How to choose a cloud database
Transactional cloud databases come in all shapes and sizes, from simple key-value stores to planet-scale distributed relational databases. Here’s how to choose the right cloud database for your application. Databases...
IoT cloud services: How they stack up against DIY
AWS, IBM, and Microsoft, with the capacity to handle massive data sets, machine learning, and AI in the cloud, have created managed services to support IoT, but is that best...
New Cisco servers embrace hybrid cloud
Cisco UCS X-Series servers have a new architecture that supports blade- and rack-server features to simplify data centers and come loaded with management software to unify hybrid cloud environments. Cisco...
How to make the most of the AWS free tier
10 tips for stretching Amazon’s free services to the limit and keeping your cloud bill near zero. Free is a powerful incentive. When I taught a course on web frameworks...
Why you should look beyond the big 3 cloud providers
There are appealing enterprise options beyond AWS, Azure, and GCP, but buyer beware — not just any cloud service qualifies. The cloud has, for the most part, become a commodity....
How cloud providers’ performance differs
The 2019 ThousandEyes Benchmark report shows that not all cloud providers are created equal across all regions. Not all public cloud service providers are the same when it comes to...
With friends like AWS, who needs an open source business?
AWS executive’s remarks over the company’s exploitation of open source have put a question mark over the viability of open source businesses. In December, a New York Times article suggested that Amazon...
AWS hits back at open source theft allegations
New York Times accuses the public cloud provider of taking open source products and integrating them into its own managed services. Amazon Web Services (AWS) has accused the New York Times of...
Top cloud providers 2019: AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud; IBM makes hybrid move; Salesforce dominates SaaS
The top cloud providers for 2019 have maintained their positions, but the themes, strategies, and approaches to the market are all in flux. The infrastructure-as-a-service wars have been largely decided,...
When it comes to uptime, not all cloud providers are created equal
Cloud uptime is critical today, but vendor-provided data can be confusing. Here’s an analysis of how AWS, Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure compare. The cloud is not just important; it’s...