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Assess AWS serverless costs and learn how to reduce them

Serverless architectures help teams deploy to production faster but also introduce an entirely new cost structure. Use this step-by-step example to know what to expect on a bill.

By Ernesto Marquez • June 29, 2018

Manage Google cloud instances with images, templates

Recent additions to Google Compute Engine, particularly around images and templates, streamline how admins can create and manage VMs.

By Kurt Marko • June 29, 2018

Master AWS CloudFormation templates with these five tips

AWS CloudFormation enables businesses to automate much of their cloud infrastructure. Read this expert advice to ramp up with the service.

By Tim Culverhouse • June 29, 2018

Breadth of AWS features acts as a double-edged sword for IT

AWS offers a wide variety of cloud tools but, in some cases, still lacks the core IT management and ops features that enterprises crave.

By Alan Earls • June 29, 2018

Embrace automation in a hybrid cloud deployment: Free chapter

Hybrid cloud is complex, and while automation helps, it also presents new risks. This book by Clive Longbottom dives into the details cloud adopters should know.

By Kathleen Casey • June 29, 2018

Use AWS tags to sharpen your cloud visibility

AWS resource tags provide admins with more visibility into their cloud deployment. Learn how to implement them with these best practices.

By Ofir Nachmani • June 28, 2018

Four signs you need a third-party cloud management platform

In a multi-cloud deployment, IaaS providers' native tools for admins often fall short. These four signs indicate it's time to invest in a third-party cloud management tool.

By David Linthicum • June 28, 2018

VMware’s managed Kubernetes service enters a crowded race

VMware Kubernetes Engine is the latest service from vendors that want to jump into the container business, and it's another signal of VMware's changing take on cloud.

By Trevor Jones • June 28, 2018

AWS’ market share growth depends on enterprise focus

While AWS remains the clear leader in the public IaaS market, the vendor's future success depends on how it addresses the more foundational needs of its enterprise customers.

By David Linthicum • June 27, 2018

Google dives into elusive cloud file storage market

Google Cloud Filestore may be the last piece of the puzzle for the vendor's storage services, but like its competitors' file offerings, it's far from a finished product.

By Trevor Jones • June 26, 2018

Bolster multi-cloud security with these data privacy tips

Data privacy is always a top priority for enterprise IT teams. And those with a multi-cloud model should adopt a mix of security techniques -- from erasure coding to encryption.

By Jim O'Reilly • June 26, 2018

AWS Shield provides DDoS attack protection as threats mount

DDoS attacks continue to grow in sophistication, and enterprises need to be on alert. AWS Shield provides two tiers of automatic protection, but are they enough?

By Kurt Marko • June 25, 2018

Azure PaaS strategy hones in on hybrid cloud, containers

Microsoft's PaaS offerings might have a leg-up in terms of support for hybrid deployments, but the vendor still faces tough competition in a quickly evolving app-dev market.

By Paul Korzeniowski • June 25, 2018

Use service-linked IAM roles to simplify user permissions

While AWS IAM enables control over a cloud environment, it can become a management nightmare. Automate part of this process via service-linked roles to free up time for other tasks.

By Stephen Bigelow • June 22, 2018

Three ways to ensure app portability in a multi-cloud strategy

As multi-cloud adoption grows, developers need to be careful they don't sacrifice application portability for the sake of using provider-native services.

By Tom Nolle • June 22, 2018

Avoid runaway costs to keep a cloud budget in check

Wasteful spending is still a prominent issue for enterprises in the cloud. Admins need to do their homework -- before migration -- to rein in runaway cloud costs.

By Brian Kirsch • June 21, 2018

Emerging PaaS model puts cloud app dev into the fast lane

As they grapple with application backlogs and a shortage of seasoned, business-savvy developers, enterprises will increasingly look to drag-and-drop programming options.

By Mike Matchett • June 21, 2018

Don’t overestimate the benefits of serverless computing

It's natural to be curious about new technologies, but the hype around serverless computing far outweighs its practical advantages.

By Nick Martin • June 21, 2018

Enterprises wrestle with OpenStack backup, DR challenges

To work around the manual and often tedious processes associated with OpenStack DR and backup, some enterprises have turned to third-party tools.

By Alan Earls • June 21, 2018

Pulumi aims to become standard cloud dev platform

Aiming to help developers build and scale applications for multi-cloud environments, Seattle-based startup Pulumi has delivered a cloud development platform.

By Darryl Taft • June 20, 2018

Unchecked cloud IoT costs can quickly spiral upward

IoT sensors can produce seemingly endless streams of data, so users must beware how much to send back to the cloud to avoid jaw-dropping monthly bills.

By Trevor Jones • June 20, 2018

AWS low-code strategy hones in on back-end services

AWS has yet to unveil a native and general-purpose low-code platform, but some of its services, such as Lex and Sumerian, seem to endorse that model.

By Chris Moyer • June 19, 2018

AWS termination protection acts as resource safety belt

In the push to get applications to production quickly, mistakes can happen. But you can avoid potentially disastrous AWS resource deletion through these features and strategies.

By Ofir Nachmani • June 19, 2018

How AWS Fargate reduces container management burdens

Enterprises face a number of management challenges when they adopt containers. While AWS Fargate eliminates some of these hurdles, be sure to mind your bill.

By Kurt Marko • June 18, 2018

Map hybrid cloud applications to your VPN address spaces

Enterprise networks can easily become your Achilles' heel in hybrid cloud. Follow this advice to effectively manage your VPN, as well as scale and redeploy hybrid cloud apps.

By Tom Nolle • June 12, 2018