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Oracle Cloud data center buildup aims to enchant enterprises

An updated Oracle Cloud SLA becomes the first to factor in performance standards for customers -- one of several moves aimed at luring enterprises to its expanding public cloud.

By Trevor Jones • Feb. 13, 2018

Avoid AWS access control mistakes to keep your cloud safe

If you get clumsy with AWS security, you can put your whole business at risk. Be wary of these common errors, and implement best practices to secure your workloads.

By Ofir Nachmani • Feb. 13, 2018

Four tips to manage costs in a multi-cloud architecture

For some enterprises, it's difficult enough to manage and optimize the costs of a single cloud platform. And in a multi-cloud environment, those challenges only increase.

By Kathleen Casey • Feb. 12, 2018

AWS Instance Scheduler adds more automation options

AWS automation capabilities continue to expand, as the cloud vendor pushes customers to follow its lead to eliminate manual steps and gain efficiency.

By Trevor Jones • Feb. 9, 2018

Can niche cloud players take on hyperscale cloud providers?

AWS, Azure and GCP are top of mind for public cloud market share, but companies lower down the ranks want their piece of the pie, too.

By Trevor Jones • Feb. 9, 2018

Review chatbot development options in public cloud

As users look to interact with applications via more natural language and text, chatbots become increasingly popular. And many developers turn to the public cloud to create them.

By George Lawton • Feb. 9, 2018

The window to be a hyperscale cloud provider is closing

A handful of companies will control the majority of the public cloud. Is there still room for big-name companies to join the club, or are they already too late?

By Trevor Jones • Feb. 8, 2018

Serverless technology seeks mainstream enterprise traction

Serverless tech providers continue to add features as a service that have enterprise interests in mind, and IT pros have some wish list items.

By Margie Semilof • Feb. 8, 2018

Test your knowledge of the AWS shared responsibility model

Do you know where AWS' security responsibility ends and yours begins? Try your hand with this quick quiz.

By Stephen Bigelow • Feb. 6, 2018

IBM taps Mendix for low-code platform deal

As the market to empower citizen app developers heats up, IBM and Mendix have joined forces to deliver low-code tools for the IBM Cloud.

By Darryl Taft • Feb. 6, 2018

How cloud vets can advance along an AWS career path

Cloud training companies often gear their material toward newcomers. But experienced cloud professionals can enhance their knowledge, too, with some dedication.

By Ofir Nachmani • Feb. 6, 2018

Azure B-series VMs reduce resource waste for bursty apps

Paying only for the resources they consume is the ultimate goal for many enterprises in the cloud. Azure's B-series VMs make that goal more attainable -- for certain workloads.

By Stuart Burns • Feb. 5, 2018

Mitigate low-code/no-code platform security risks

While you can't entirely avoid the security risks of low-code and no-code platforms, you can mitigate them. Here's a look at the top vulnerabilities and how to combat them.

By Chris Tozzi • Feb. 5, 2018

How to deploy IoT Lambda on AWS Greengrass-connected hardware

Not all Lambda functions are built the same. Follow this advice, and implement best practices to account for Lambda limitations and features in Greengrass edge deployments.

By George Lawton • Feb. 2, 2018

AWS appeals to the masses with low-code development project

AWS has created a low-code dev environment to help tech-savvy business users build apps for the public cloud and draw new customers to its platform.

By Darryl Taft • Feb. 2, 2018

AWS bandwidth upgrade opens door to more data movement

A bandwidth jolt to AWS networking services gives customers faster data transfer between services, and creates workflows that might have otherwise been prohibitive.

By Trevor Jones • Feb. 1, 2018

Latest AWS machine learning service takes aim at AI novices

The latest service in AWS' AI portfolio, Amazon SageMaker, is designed to simplify the deployment of new machine learning models, but still requires data science skills.

By Kurt Marko • Jan. 31, 2018

Compare managed Kubernetes services from AWS and Azure

AWS and Azure have both rolled out a managed service for Kubernetes, and while their overall aim is the same, there are key differences users should note.

By Kurt Marko • Jan. 31, 2018

Serverless cloud providers aim to ease adoption in 2018

As the buzz around serverless computing carries over into 2018, providers will look to simplify adoption in several ways, including more support for hybrid cloud.

By Tom Nolle • Jan. 31, 2018

Prep an OpenStack private cloud for a multi-cloud deployment

Enterprises with an OpenStack private cloud can still jump on the multi-cloud bandwagon. But they should prepare for challenges around data management and platform compatibility.

By Jim O'Reilly • Jan. 29, 2018

Hybrid cloud migration starts with updating the private cloud

It might seem counterintuitive, but a key part of hybrid cloud adoption is committing the time and resources to updating your private cloud. These steps will set you up for success.

By Ryann Burnett • Jan. 29, 2018

Big data in cloud computing demands an IT skill set change

Enterprises continue to shift big data workloads to the cloud. And while the move doesn't require a total overhaul of IT skills, it does demand some change for admin and dev teams.

By Alan Earls • Jan. 29, 2018

EKS enters the fray of container orchestrator options

Amazon EKS relieves some of the headaches that have plagued the provider's Elastic Container Service. Here's an overview of key features and how to get started with a migration.

By Ofir Nachmani • Jan. 29, 2018

AWS snaps up Sqrrl to strengthen threat detection, analytics

Amazon's move to fold Sqrrl, a threat detection startup, into AWS security services could help bring together its growing list of disparate security tools.

By Trevor Jones • Jan. 26, 2018

Manage APIs with microservices in a Lambda architecture

When you use Serverless Framework in an AWS environment, you might run into resource limits. Chris Moyer explains how to use microservices to avoid this problem.

By Chris Moyer • Jan. 26, 2018