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• Troubleshooting 7 common errors in AWS CloudFormation

  Errors can occur when an AWS developer builds a CloudFormation template, launches a stack or rolls back an update. Prevent and address common errors by following best practices.  Continue Reading

• 10 cloud vulnerabilities that can cripple your environment

  Enterprises can be devastated by security-related weaknesses or flaws in their cloud environments. Find out where you are most vulnerable before an attacker comes knocking.  Continue Reading

• Learn the basics of industry cloud platforms

  Healthcare, finance and other specialized industries can ask a lot of cloud services. Find out more about industry cloud platforms, and compare tools from the major cloud providers.  Continue Reading

• Compare ESG tools from AWS, Azure and Google Cloud

  ESG standards are beginning to influence how large enterprises procure and consume cloud services. Take a closer look at the offerings from the biggest providers.  Continue Reading

• Ease multi-cloud governance challenges with 5 best practices

  Establishing sound multi-cloud governance practices can mitigate challenges and enforce security. Review best practices and tools to help manage costs and risk.  Continue Reading

• Top public cloud providers of 2024: A brief comparison

  How do AWS, Microsoft and Google stack up against each other when it comes to regions, zones, interfaces, costs and SLAs? We break down the features of these cloud providers.  Continue Reading

• Top 6 soft skills in IT that cloud teams need

  Soft skills play a bigger part in successful cloud deployments than you might think. Technical skills are obviously essential in IT, but a company must hire well-rounded employees.  Continue Reading

• Pros and cons of CS degrees vs. cloud certification programs

  Standards for IT qualifications are changing with the rapid pace of cloud adoption. See how experts evaluate the debate between individual cloud certifications or a full degree.  Continue Reading

• Compare CompTIA Cloud+ vs Cloud Essentials+ certifications

  CompTIA Cloud+ and Cloud Essentials cover various areas and target different career paths. Find out which certification is right for you and how to prepare.  Continue Reading

• Get to know 8 core cloud team roles and responsibilities

  To fully realize the benefits of cloud, you're going to need to create a structure that puts the right people in the right places. Here are the key roles involved.  Continue Reading

• How to build a cloud center of excellence in 9 steps

  A cloud center of excellence brings together expertise from different departments to develop a uniform cloud adoption strategy. Here are some best practices for a successful CCoE.  Continue Reading

• AWS CloudFormation vs. Terraform: How to choose?

  Once you decide that IaC is the best approach for your AWS environment, it is time to choose a tool. Assess your needs when it comes to stack management, failure and support.  Continue Reading

• Upskill your cloud team for success

  An investment in people is an investment in the company. See how a trained and upskilled staff can have a positive impact on productivity and profits.  Continue Reading

• Top 11 cloud certifications for 2024

  Cloud certifications are available for all levels of cloud expertise. Use this guide to evaluate basic, topic-specific, high-level and vendor-neutral certifications.  Continue Reading

• What you need to know about Microsoft Azure Spot VMs

  The cost of spot prices can be a risk-and-reward kind of strategy. Better understand the risks that come with Azure Spot VMs so your enterprise can reap the rewards.  Continue Reading

• Top benefits and disadvantages of serverless computing

  It's no secret that developers want to focus more on building apps. With serverless, the cloud vendor takes care of back-end tasks. However, serverless comes with its own caveats.  Continue Reading

• Decode serverless pricing in AWS to avoid high costs

  Serverless computing is an implementation worth considering in any cloud-based application. Learn to evaluate every component to avoid unexpected and unnecessary high costs.  Continue Reading

• On premises vs. cloud pros and cons, key differences

  Immersed in the 'should I stay or should I go' cloud migration debate? Before vacating the premises and moving 'up there,' ponder these advantages and disadvantages.  Continue Reading

• The pros and cons of containerized 5G workloads

  Deploying containerized 5G workloads in a cloud environment offers benefits like portability, optimized resource usage and orchestration. But the strategy creates security risks.  Continue Reading

• 4 popular machine learning certificates to get in 2024

  AWS, Google, IBM and Microsoft offer machine learning certifications that can further your career. Learn what to expect from each one, as well as skills and tips you should know.  Continue Reading

• 7 keys to an effective hybrid cloud migration strategy

  Cloud readiness, storage costs, network lag and metrics can make or break the choice to move data, applications and workloads to today's more complex hybrid cloud environment.  Continue Reading

• 8 hybrid cloud security challenges and how to manage them

  Hybrid cloud's benefits are many and varied but so are the security issues surrounding integration, compatibility, governance, compliance, APIs, visibility and responsibility.  Continue Reading

• Pros and cons of 10 common hybrid cloud use cases

  For businesses contemplating the advantages and disadvantages of their applications living in a distributed cloud infrastructure, take a cue from these hybrid cloud use cases.  Continue Reading

• The relationship between cloud FinOps and security

  True FinOps maturity isn't achievable without FinOps and cybersecurity team collaboration. The first step is building the relationship between those teams.  Continue Reading

• Optimize serverless apps with an observability strategy

  Serverless apps come with unexpected challenges and sometimes they are nearly impossible to troubleshoot and optimize. Move away from traditional monitoring practices to succeed.  Continue Reading

• Top 8 benefits of hybrid cloud for business

  Why choose between public cloud and private systems when you can have both? With hybrid cloud, enterprises can address workload requirements, business demands and budgetary needs.  Continue Reading

• Navigate the eviction policies for Azure Spot Virtual Machines

  When things go right, Azure Spot VMs are a good investment to save money. However, users need a greater understanding of how eviction policies will affect their VMs.  Continue Reading

• Compare Azure Blueprints vs. Terraform

  Azure Blueprints helps companies with strict compliance needs in Azure environments, while Terraform is a versatile tool that suits multi-cloud strategies. Evaluate the tools here.  Continue Reading

• How to implement AI into cloud management and operations

  AI is becoming a transformative feature of cloud, but it means nothing if you don't have a proper strategy. Find out how to fold AI into management practices.  Continue Reading

• Evaluate serverless computing best practices

  Serverless computing strategies require enterprises to evaluate tools, features and costs, while understanding application requirements and use cases. Here are some best practices.  Continue Reading

• Hybrid cloud connectivity best practices and considerations

  Private and public clouds stress networks in different ways and don't always play well together. Here's what to know to set up a cost-effective hybrid cloud network architecture.  Continue Reading

• Compare AWS, Azure and Google Cloud IAM services

  This comparison dives into the differences among cloud IAM services from AWS, Azure and Google Cloud. Use it to evaluate features, resource hierarchy configuration and pricing.  Continue Reading

• Deploy ML on edge devices with SageMaker, IoT Greengrass

  Amazon SageMaker, ONNX and AWS IoT Greengrass help deploy machine learning models to edge devices. Steps include component creation, recipe building and core device configuration.  Continue Reading

• 3 cost optimization strategies for multi-cloud environments

  Cloud environments can become costly especially across multiple cloud providers. Read about these cost optimization strategies to bring down your bill.  Continue Reading

• Minimize the high costs of AI in cloud with FinOps

  Deploying and managing AI applications can become costly, especially if it is your first generative AI initiative. Learn how these costs can impact cloud costs.  Continue Reading

• Prep data for ML training with SageMaker Data Wrangler

  Are you ready to wrangle some data? Follow this step-by-step tutorial, and learn how to load, analyze and transform data to train a ML model with Amazon SageMaker Data Wrangler.  Continue Reading

• Introduction to Amazon SageMaker Edge Manager alternatives

  Amazon SageMaker Edge Manager helps manage ML applications at the edge. But enterprises can evaluate tools such as ONNX and AWS IoT Greengrass to prepare for Edge Manager's sunset.  Continue Reading

• 5 cloud asset management best practices to optimize performance

  Cloud billing, application deployments and security and governance are all important steps of cloud asset management. These best practices can help optimize cloud performance.  Continue Reading

• Craft a risk management plan for application modernization

  While enterprises want to invest more in app innovation, a small risk of failure can stop a project in its tracks. Add a risk management plan into your app modernization project.  Continue Reading

• Compare Amazon CloudWatch vs. AWS CloudTrail

  Amazon CloudWatch and AWS CloudTrail help cloud administrators view configuration history and set up predictive monitoring alerts. Here are the major differences between the tools.  Continue Reading

• How AI and ML can transform CloudOps

  AI and ML tools support several use cases in cloud operations, such as security, fault correlation and latency. These best practices can help CloudOps teams take the right steps.  Continue Reading

• Look beyond AI and ML buzzwords for the cloud

  AI and machine learning are more than buzzwords, they can have serious impact to your business when applied correctly. Learn how to identify the true cost savings of these tools.  Continue Reading

• How to modernize apps as part of the cloud migration process

  Take stock of your applications, and modernize them where appropriate as part of a cloud migration. Learn about the benefits of this approach, and be aware of the potential pitfalls.  Continue Reading

• 3 factors that influence multi-cloud cost optimization

  Without careful oversight, multi-cloud deployments can be expensive. These data management and security practices can help IT teams control and reduce monthly costs.  Continue Reading

• 5 Azure Functions logging best practices

  Implement these Azure Functions best practices to improve logging strategies, optimize application performance and ensure application strength and dependability.  Continue Reading

• Factor performance into an application modernization strategy

  Dev teams increasingly use cloud, containers and microservices to modernize apps, but these technologies bring little value unless they boost performance, which is no guarantee.  Continue Reading

• What does a cloud network engineer do?

  A cloud network engineer juggles a number of responsibilities -- from network design and troubleshooting to learning about specific cloud providers and platforms.  Continue Reading

• 3 rules to avoid high multi-cloud integration costs

  When using multiple cloud providers, integration costs can grow quickly. To prevent billing surprises, enterprises must carefully plan application deployments and workflows.  Continue Reading

• Secure Azure Functions with these authentication methods

  Securing Azure Functions is paramount to maintaining the integrity and reliability of your applications. Read over the methods, tools and best practices.  Continue Reading

• Compare Azure Bicep vs. ARM templates

  Azure Bicep can be easier to use than ARM templates when deploying Azure resources. Learn how the languages compare and how Bicep can help automate deployment.  Continue Reading

• Manage cloud waste and high costs with automation

  Once you apply automation to a cloud waste strategy, it's continuously on guard and working in real time. See what manual tasks you can replace and available automation tools.  Continue Reading

• Cloud budgeting for a multi-cloud strategy

  A multi-cloud strategy can quickly become costly, especially with different providers. What you need is a cloud accountant to control the budgeting and billing processes.  Continue Reading

• How to develop a cloud backup ransomware protection strategy

  Deploying cloud backups for ransomware protection has become a common security strategy. Here's how to properly vet cloud storage vendors to ensure backups stay secure.  Continue Reading

• Get started with SageMaker JumpStart

  SageMaker JumpStart is a tool for both beginner and experienced machine learning software developers. Learn how the tool simplifies and accelerates the learning process.  Continue Reading

• Avoid overprovisioning in cloud computing with tracking

  A lack of visibility means organizations can easily lose unused resources which rack up costs. However, there are tools and best practices that can help set up a tracking system.  Continue Reading

• Reduce cloud waste with proper provisioning best practices

  Don't pay for resources you don't use. Implement these best practices to avoid overprovisioning through access controls, policies and right-sizing.  Continue Reading

• 7 use cases for Google Cloud committed use discounts

  Google offers discounted prices for VM instances in exchange for year commitments. Find out what discounts are available, when to use them and common use cases.  Continue Reading

• Manage shadow IT with Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps

  Managing shadow IT doesn't have to be a daunting task. With Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps, users can reap the benefits of cloud, while mitigating the risks of shadow IT.  Continue Reading

• Explore the key features of Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps

  Monitoring and visibility are crucial when it comes to cloud security. Explore Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps, and see how this cloud access security broker can mitigate threats.  Continue Reading

• Navigate multi-cloud billing challenges

  Keeping track of cloud bills from multiple clouds or accounts can be complex. Learn how to identify multi-cloud billing challenges and how to tackle them.  Continue Reading

• Rein in services to avoid wasted cloud spend

  Organizations often make the easy mistake of duplicate purchases, which lead to wasted cloud spend. Learn strategies to avoid overspending in the cloud.  Continue Reading

• 5 Google Cloud cost optimization best practices

  Cost is always a top priority for enterprises. For those considering Google Cloud, or current users, discover these optimization best practices to gain better control of spending.  Continue Reading

• Deploy a low-latency app with AWS Local Zones in 5 steps

  Once you decide AWS Local Zones are right for your application, it's time for deployment. Follow along in this step-by-step video tutorial to get started.  Continue Reading

• Are AWS Local Zones right for my low-latency app?

  AWS offers its customers several options to minimize application latency. Let's look at the role AWS Local Zones can play in delivering your apps right on time.  Continue Reading

• Reduce latency with the right AWS placement group

  When prioritizing latency in AWS, evaluate the advantages and limitations of placement groups and how they fit the desired cloud architecture outcome for an application.  Continue Reading

• Prepare for the Azure Security Engineer Associate certification

  Are you ready to boost your resume or further your cloud career path? Review this preparation guide to get ready for Exam AZ-500 to become Microsoft certified.  Continue Reading

• Deploy an app on Google Cloud Run with Terraform

  Using Terraform to deploy an application to Google Cloud Run enables a scalable deployment process and can reduce configuration struggles. Follow this tutorial to get started.  Continue Reading

• The benefits and limitations of Google Cloud Recommender

  Cloud costs can get out of hand but services such as Google Cloud Recommender provide insights to optimize your workloads. But can you trust its recommendations?  Continue Reading

• 4 best practices to avoid cloud vendor lock-in

  Without proper planning, an organization could end up feeling trapped in its relationship with a cloud provider. Follow these tips to avoid vendor lock-in.  Continue Reading

• When to use AWS Compute Optimizer vs. Cost Explorer

  AWS Compute Optimizer and Cost Explorer monitor, analyze and optimize your cloud costs. Compare the two tools to choose which is best for VM rightsizing.  Continue Reading

• Get to know the Azure resource hierarchy

  Azure management groups, subscriptions, resource groups and resources are not mutually exclusive. Businesses can -- and often do -- use all of these scopes simultaneously.  Continue Reading

• Top cloud performance issues that bog down enterprise apps

  Workloads with rigid latency, bandwidth, availability or integration requirements tend to perform better -- and cost less -- if you host them on private infrastructure.  Continue Reading

• 8 key steps of a cloud exit strategy

  If your cloud-based workloads and applications need to move back on premises, you'll need a plan. Start your reverse migration with this step-by-step guide.  Continue Reading

• IaaS vs. PaaS options on AWS, Azure and Google Cloud Platform

  Looking to shift your organization's workloads to the cloud? Understand the advantages and disadvantages of IaaS and PaaS options on AWS, Azure and Google Cloud Platform.  Continue Reading

• 3 best practices for right-sizing EC2 instances

  EC2 instances that are improperly sized drain money and restrict performance demands on workloads. Learn how to right-size EC2 instances to optimize costs with these best practices.  Continue Reading

• Interpret and apply AWS Compute Optimizer recommendations

  It is challenging to find the right balance between performance, availability and cost. Learn how to enable and apply AWS Compute Optimizer to monitor your metrics.  Continue Reading

• Weigh the benefits and drawbacks of a hybrid data warehouse

  Among other benefits, a hybrid cloud data warehouse can offer enhanced flexibility and scalability, as well as on-demand access to emerging analytics services.  Continue Reading

• Compare Azure Key Vault vs. Kubernetes Secrets

  Secrets require a certain level of upkeep such as storage, delivery and management. Compare services in these criteria and learn how to use Key Vault for AKS.  Continue Reading

• Cloud experts and their AWS re:Invent 2022 predictions

  As AWS prepares for its biggest event of the year, our contributors predict what the cloud vendor will unveil at re:Invent 2022.  Continue Reading

• Compare Amazon Lightsail vs. EC2 for your web app needs

  Not all developers need, or want, the full capabilities of Amazon EC2. See if the scaled-back and simplified Amazon Lightsail is the better fit for your application.  Continue Reading

• Top 11 benefits of cloud computing

  On-premises environments aren't the best fit for all organizations. Discover the top benefits of cloud computing that can save time, money and resources.  Continue Reading

• The pros and cons of cloud computing explained

  Familiarize yourself with the basics of computing in the cloud, how the market has changed over the years, and the advantages and disadvantages of this type of IT environment.  Continue Reading

• Protect data with these Azure Key Vault best practices

  Enterprises must secure, manage and monitor Azure key vaults correctly to ensure protection. Follow these best practices to effectively protect your data.  Continue Reading

• Compare AWS Global Accelerator vs. Amazon CloudFront

  AWS Global Accelerator and Amazon CloudFront solve similar problems. But users must know when to use one over the other. Discover how they differ to choose the right service.  Continue Reading

• Best practices for a multi-cloud Kubernetes strategy

  Multi-cloud has its benefits, but it also creates complexities. Discover best practices and configurations for a multi-cloud strategy using Kubernetes.  Continue Reading

• Choose the right on-premises-to-cloud migration method

  One of the first steps in a cloud migration is to choose a data transfer model. There are two options to consider -- online and offline -- but you need to weigh the pros and cons.  Continue Reading

• Implement these 6 Azure cost optimization best practices

  From resource tagging to serverless deployments, there are several ways cloud admins can optimize Azure spending to stay within their company's budget.  Continue Reading

• Azure cost management tools to control cloud spending

  With alerts, cost analysis dashboards and other features, Azure cost management tools can help admins more clearly see their cloud usage and optimize their spending.  Continue Reading

• Compare Azure Data Factory vs. SSIS

  Discover the differences between Azure Data Factory and SSIS, two ETL tools. These contrasts include key data management features, GUI layout, performance, data volumes and more.  Continue Reading

• Compare AWS Glue vs. Azure Data Factory

  AWS Glue and Azure Data Factory have key differences despite being similar services. Learn which best suits your organization's data integration and ETL requirements.  Continue Reading

• Which should I choose? AWS Shield vs WAF vs Firewall Manager

  AWS WAF focuses on Layer 7 protection, while Shield protects against DDoS attacks. Firewall Manager manages the protection. Learn their key features, pricing and use cases.  Continue Reading

• Break down Azure VM pricing models and discounts

  Azure offers three VM pricing models. Learn the benefits and drawbacks of each, which model works best for you and discount options to help you save.  Continue Reading

• Be aware of these CloudWatch Logs limits and quotas

  CloudWatch Logs imposes certain limits and service quotas related to log data ingestion and other areas. Fortunately, in many cases, there are workarounds.  Continue Reading

• Compare NoSQL database types in the cloud

  NoSQL systems are increasingly common in the cloud. Read about the different types of NoSQL databases that are available from major cloud providers and other vendors.  Continue Reading

• Gain insights from Azure Advisor recommendations

  Microsoft's Azure Advisor service offers recommendations based on five categories. Learn these categories and the roles they play in a cloud management strategy.  Continue Reading

• When and how to search with Amazon CloudWatch Logs

  Logs can reveal important information about your systems, such as patterns and errors. Learn how to search logs with CloudWatch Logs, key concepts and other options.  Continue Reading

• Learn the basics of SaaS licensing and pricing models

  SaaS licensing can be tricky to navigate, and a wrong choice could cost you. To get it right, examine the different types of licenses and the main pricing models.  Continue Reading

• Prepare for your FinOps interview with these 9 questions

  FinOps promises to help organizations gain more value from their technology spending, especially in the cloud. Do you have the skills to become part of the FinOps team?  Continue Reading

• Why and how to export data from CloudWatch Logs to S3

  There are several reasons to export data out of CloudWatch Logs and into S3. Use this step-by-step tutorial to automate the process.  Continue Reading

• What are FinOps tools and how do I choose one?

  FinOps tools help organizations optimize cloud usage and spend. Review different native and third-party offerings to find the best fit for your needs.  Continue Reading