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What is Cloud Migration? The Basics & Benefits of Moving to the Cloud
According to the Google Cloud Brand Pulse Survey, Q4 2022, 41 percent of global tech and business leaders are planning to increase their cloud investments in 2023. Google attributes this trend to concerns about the economy, but moving to the cloud offers many other...
The Complete Guide to AWS Compute Services
Welcome to the world of AWS compute services! It’s a big one, but compute really only scratches the surface of all the resources AWS offers. In this article, we’ll walk you through each and every AWS compute service, explaining their features and pricing structures....
C++ vs. Java: Choose Your Fighter
Whether you’re a developer looking to expand your programming literacy or a recruiter writing a job post or prepping for an interview, understanding the differences between C++ and Java is important. Read on to learn more about what makes these programming languages...
Data Center Sustainability: Making the Internet Green
When it comes to business’ carbon footprints, we often hear about the importance of flying less, offering more sustainable commute options, and eliminating single use plastics in the office. But rarely is data center sustainability ever mentioned. Data centers are the...
AWS re:Invent 2022 – Werner Vogels and Event-Driven Architecture
If given the chance, would you want to live in a synchronous world? “Nope,” said Dr. Werner Vogels, VP and CTO of Amazon.com, in a The Matrix-inspired opening video to his Thursday keynote address at AWS re:Invent 2022. What follows is an overview of Dr. Vogels’...
AWS re:Invent 2022 – Swami Sivasubramanian and Data in the Organization
With the amount of data organizations collect paired with tools to store, analyze, and make predictions from that data, it’s tempting to think of data functioning in an organization as it would in the brain. That’s the goal in many ways, but we aren’t quite there yet,...
New Sustainability Commitments, Product and Feature Announcements at re:Invent
AWS re:Invent is now in full swing. The conference—this year hosted in Las Vegas—is a five-day affair featuring keynote speakers and leadership sessions from AWS leaders and partners, covering topics from new product and feature announcements to the cutting edge of...
AWS vs. Azure: What to Consider When Cloud Shopping
AWS vs. Azure is a tough comparison. These are two of the leading public cloud service providers, and they have both led the creation and innovation of new cloud services and products since the technology's emergence. In this article, we’ll compare these two giants of...
Data Center Resiliency: What You Need to Know for Max Uptime
If you’ve ever had the misfortune of experiencing a data center outage, you already know something about the importance of data center resiliency. Whether the power’s out or a server component is malfunctioning, outages are expensive—TechChannel reports 91 percent of...
Golang vs. Python: Which Should You Use?
Comparing Golang vs. Python is a bit like comparing apples to oranges. Both are popular programming languages, but they come with their own learning curves, use cases, and pros and cons. In this article, we’ll take a look at what both of these languages are, their...
Modern Data Architecture: Making the Most of Big Data
One of the many advantages of cloud computing is practically unlimited data storage. And if you want to take advantage of big data, you’ll need to adopt a modern data architecture. In this post, we’ll explore modern data architectures, explaining what they are, why...
IAM Best Practices: What They Are and How to Use Them
The average number of cyberattacks and data breaches increased by 15.1 percent from 2020 to 2021, and that number is still on the rise. To protect your organization against security threats, it’s critical that you prioritize identity and access management (IAM) best...
Should You Use a Multi-Cloud Network Architecture?
Whether you’re trying to maximize reliability or optimize workload performance, it might be a good idea to explore multi-cloud network architecture. Many organizations today have a multi-cloud environment, and it’s easy to see why—this type of architecture offers...
Data Center Migration to AWS: What You Need to Know
If you haven’t already started your data center migration to AWS, it’s time to start thinking about it. Over 9 million websites use AWS and reap the benefits of its advanced cloud computing capabilities. In this article, we’ll cover what AWS is, the benefits of AWS,...
What is AWS MAP (Migration Acceleration Program)?
AWS MAP (Migration Acceleration Program) is a program from AWS for organizations who want to migrate their workloads to the cloud. Cloud migrations can be long, complicated, and expensive projects, but MAP aims to alleviate some of those challenges by providing...
AWS Cost Optimization: Getting the Most From Your Cloud Spend
AWS cost optimization is possible, and the companies that comprehensively and proactively manage their cloud environments get the most out of their investment. By adopting cloud financial management best practices, organizations can reap the benefits of elasticity,...
AI/ML + HR: Do Opposites Really Attract?
Attracting, hiring, and retaining people is at the core of a successful human resources department, and it has always been a deeply “human” activity. Looking back at my career, when I think of the very best human resources managers I have worked with, they have all...