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Enterprises wear large targets in cloud cryptomining hacks

Several examples of cryptojacking highlight organizational difficulties -- or outright neglect -- in securing AWS environments. Whether the trend continues is up to enterprise IT.

By David Carty • March 28, 2018

Build a data lake in AWS for analytics success

It can feel overwhelming to migrate data to AWS for analysis. But, while there are challenges, Quick Start guides and services like Snowball and Glue ease the process.

By Kurt Marko • March 28, 2018

Simplify multi-cloud management with two abstraction models

To streamline management and reduce complexity in a multi-cloud model, enterprises can turn to two abstraction techniques: resource and orchestration.

By Tom Nolle • March 27, 2018

Mind sensitive data during a hybrid cloud migration

Many organizations fret over the security of sensitive data in hybrid cloud. And while that fear isn't totally irrational, there are solid options to keep your workloads safe.

By Alan Earls • March 27, 2018

Google Cloud Platform security updates buoy enterprise appeal

Google Cloud Platform upgrades provide deeper protection and visibility for enterprise assets in the cloud, as organizations increasingly mull multi-cloud options.

By James Montgomery • March 23, 2018

BPM in cloud evolves to suit line of business, IoT

While on-premises BPM tools have caused a tug of war between lines of business and IT, the cloud helps appease both sides. Here's what to expect from this cloud BPM trend and more.

By Tom Nolle • March 23, 2018

Management tools emerge from VMware-AWS partnership

VMware provides a series of tools, including Discovery, Cost Insight and Wavefront, to lighten the multi-cloud management burden for VMware Cloud on AWS customers.

By Stephen Bigelow • March 23, 2018

IBM PAIRS Geoscope brings geospatial-temporal data to devs

IBM Research's Geoscope service targets developers who build complex applications that require data from large, disparate geospatial-temporal data sets.

By Darryl Taft • March 22, 2018

IBM cloud tools aim to woo the unconvinced

IBM's latest batch of cloud tools aims to help customers deploy and manage workloads on private and public clouds and keep the company at the center of their cloud strategies.

By Trevor Jones • March 21, 2018

Human error still poses a significant cloud security risk

Even with the most sophisticated cloud security tools in play, human error -- both from end users and IT teams -- can open up your enterprise to numerous kinds of attacks.

By Paul Korzeniowski • March 21, 2018

How Amazon Comprehend works for basic text analysis

Amazon's text analysis service, Comprehend, parses documents for key phrases, sentiment and more. But there are volume and input limitations to mind.

By Chris Moyer • March 19, 2018

Analysts: How to make IBM Cloud services more competitive

To make IBM Cloud more competitive, Big Blue must stand by its enterprise base, while it also satisfies the developer community and expands its infrastructure tools.

By Trevor Jones • March 15, 2018

Don’t overlook these practices in software modernization

During app modernization projects, teams commonly overlook basic goals, processes and tools, which can sully app launches as a result.

By Jan Stafford • March 14, 2018

Google preemptible VMs reduce cloud costs -- with a catch

With its preemtible VMs, Google offers spare compute capacity at a discounted price. But be careful not to run certain apps on these VM types, as they shut down at any time.

By Kurt Marko • March 13, 2018

Alibaba Cloud services become strong IaaS contender

Alibaba continues to gain traction in the IaaS market, and despite not having the same breadth of services as some of its rivals, it could lure some smaller shops away from AWS.

By David Linthicum • March 12, 2018

Try this data science experiment for deep learning insights

Deep learning professionals require a specific set of skills and tools. Follow this simple example of a data science project to learn more about the technology and related careers.

By Walker Rowe • March 12, 2018

Use LinuxKit to increase container portability

With LinuxKit, Docker continues its push for better container portability. Learn how the tool can help your apps run across various platforms, as well as its potential limitations.

By Chris Tozzi • March 12, 2018

Modernize legacy applications with containers, microservices

To break down monolithic apps and modernize them for cloud deployment, enterprise development teams continue to turn to containers and microservices.

By Jan Stafford • March 8, 2018

VMware cloud services tidy up AWS migration path

VMware Cloud on AWS has improved migrations, cost controls and availability, as VMware pitches customers on the value of hosting vSphere-based workloads on the public cloud.

By Trevor Jones • March 8, 2018

Cloud security challenges spark startup acquisitions

Cloud security startups are popular acquisition targets, as cloud providers and third parties seek to address corporate IT concerns across multiple platforms.

By Trevor Jones • March 7, 2018

Can you choose the right tools to manage Azure resources?

Azure continues to evolve its tool set to simplify cloud monitoring and management for admins. Take this brief quiz to see how much you know about these tools' capabilities.

By Kathleen Casey • March 7, 2018

Manage app dependencies carefully for serverless platforms

Application dependencies are tough to manage in serverless computing. Developers need to take specific steps, including the establishment of a well-defined CI/CD process, to cope.

By Zachary Flower • March 5, 2018

Cloud computing with VMware evolves with products, partnerships

VMware has stepped away from what originally made it successful to face the cloud future. Partnerships and acquisitions situate cloud computing with VMware as a competitive option.

By Paul Korzeniowski • March 5, 2018

Third-party tools help manage DevOps with AWS, multi-cloud

Many IT teams struggle with the cultural and technical shift to DevOps. Nathaniel Felsen, a DevOps professional, sorts through some tough choices.

By Tim Culverhouse • March 2, 2018

Optimize serverless apps with real-time troubleshooting

Serverless computing demands a new way of thinking to successfully troubleshoot apps. Carefully define error states, and maintain logs to pinpoint and solve performance issues.

By Tom Nolle • March 1, 2018