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Seven ways to keep your cloud storage costs under budget

Cloud storage can be an effective place to house your data, but keeping it cost-efficient means putting in some work up front.

By Dan Sullivan • May 30, 2014

Sizing, pricing Amazon Web Services EC2 instance types

Bill Claybrook compares complex sizing and pricing issues when choosing EC2 instance types.

By Bill Claybrook • May 29, 2014

Set up AWS CloudWatch alerts and alarms

Need more insight into your AWS cloud? Want to know when something is wrong before it's too late? Use CloudWatch to create alerts and alarms.

By Brian Tarbox • May 16, 2014

Four points of archiving data on AWS S3

Storing archives on S3 can be a cost-effective option with proper planning and long-term management.

By Dan Sullivan • May 8, 2014

Untangle cloud billing knots across multiple providers

Tracking your spending while using multiple cloud accounts can be a budgeting nightmare, but services are available to simplify the process.

By Dan Sullivan • April 30, 2014

AWS Management Console: Five steps to create an S3 bucket policy

In this AWS Management Console series, learn five ways to create an S3 bucket policy.

By Judith M. Myerson • April 18, 2014

S3 Browser: Amazon’s adaptable data storage interface

Learn how to use the SS3 Browser and how to benefit from it.

By Judy Myerson • April 16, 2014

Cloud Foundry foundation prompts open source PaaS debate

A new Cloud Foundry foundation provokes debate about the fate of OpenStack-based PaaS efforts.

By Beth Pariseau • Feb. 27, 2014

Amazon’s data flow PaaS: AppStream and Kinesis

Learn why AppStream and Kinesis are different kinds of data flow services.

By Tom Nolle • Jan. 27, 2014

Is Amazon CloudSearch superior to do-it-yourself search tools?

Big data can be incredibly valuable for enterprise business intelligence. But to extract that value, you must choose the most appropriate search tool.

By Dan Sullivan • Jan. 24, 2014

Amazon Kinesis: When to use Amazon’s new big-data processing service

In this expert answer, Chris Moyer offers advice on using Amazon Kinesis for near-real-time processing of streaming big data.

By Chris Moyer • Jan. 6, 2014

Considering migration to the cloud? Answer five key questions first

In this Q&A, Todd DeCapua of Shunra Software Ltd. discusses considerations for minimizing risk and maximizing benefits in a migration to cloud.

By Anne Stuart • Dec. 12, 2013

PaaS adoption upswing predicted for 2014; will it last?

The Platform as a Service market could heat up next year, but what is PaaS, exactly? And will it eventually be subsumed under other cloud categories?

By Beth Pariseau • Dec. 6, 2013

Pivotal’s open source PaaS play arrives in-house

Pivotal's latest offering includes private PaaS for enterprises. Sounds great in theory, but will it work across multiple platforms?

By Adam Hughes • Nov. 14, 2013

AWS auto-scaling lets companies expand and contract service as needed

Contributor Chris Moyer describes how Amazon Web Services customers can use AWS auto-scaling to adjust to changes in demand.

By Chris Moyer • Sept. 20, 2013

If IT had a hammer: Choosing among IaaS, PaaS and SaaS

Enterprises tend to use the latest technology to solve all of its IT problems. But if your apps are nails, is IaaS, PaaS or SaaS really the hammer?

By Mark Eisenberg • Aug. 19, 2013

Choosing among IaaS, PaaS and Database as a Service for a cloud database

Regardless of which cloud database you choose, multiple factors must come into play, ranging from costs and availability to feature support.

By Dan Sullivan • Aug. 12, 2013

IBM joins Pivotal in developing Cloud Foundry’s open source PaaS

IBM will collaborate with Pivotal to develop Cloud Foundry's open source PaaS to allow enterprises to freely choose the platform they want.

By Michael Anderson, Assistant Site Editor • July 26, 2013

When IaaS won’t cut it: Planning a transition to PaaS cloud

Many IT pros find PaaS meets their needs more than IaaS does. How can you ensure success? Transitioning to PaaS isn't as easy as you think.

By Tom Nolle • July 17, 2013

PaaS market heats up with Red Hat OpenShift, Savvis AppFog buy

PaaS made headlines last week, but it's still difficult to gauge the true level of interest in Platform as a Service in the enterprise world.

By Beth Pariseau • June 18, 2013

Private PaaS eases enterprise governance, cloud security concerns

Enterprise IT is seeing the value of private PaaS on the path to true public PaaS. But don't ditch your existing IaaS architecture.

By Alex Barrett • June 6, 2013

IaaS infringes on acceptance of true PaaS cloud architecture

Despite the many benefits of a true PaaS cloud architecture, IaaS vendors are marking their territory by offering pseudo PaaS.

By Alex Barrett • June 6, 2013

Windows Azure Media Services gives YouTube junkies a new outlet

Enterprises need only look to YouTube's stats to see the value of video. Windows Azure Media Services has the benefits of video with more control.

By Dan Sullivan • June 3, 2013

Focus on cloud goals and developer needs to choose the right PaaS

Companies looking to invest in PaaS are faced with more choices than ever before. Focus on cloud goals and developer needs to choose the right one.

By Stephanie Mann • May 29, 2013

What are some best practices for cloud configuration?

Traditional configuration practices fall short in the cloud. Here, Chris Moyer shares some best practices for cloud configuration.

By Chris Moyer • May 23, 2013