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Cloud architecture design and planning

• 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

• 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

• cloud infrastructure

  Cloud infrastructure refers to the hardware and software components, such as servers, storage, networking, virtualization software, services and management tools, that support the computing requirements of a cloud computing model. Continue Reading

• Different types of cloud load balancing and algorithms

  Learn how load balancing in the cloud differs from a traditional network traffic distribution, and explore services available from AWS, Google and Microsoft. Continue Reading

• What is a private cloud?

  Private cloud is a type of cloud computing that delivers similar advantages to public cloud, including scalability and self-service, but through a proprietary architecture. Continue Reading

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• cloud engineer

  A cloud engineer is an IT professional responsible for any technological duties associated with cloud computing, including design, planning, management, maintenance and support.Continue Reading

• Get started on AWS with this developer tutorial for beginners

  Kick-start your AWS cloud developer journey with this breakdown of essential services, deployment options and other cloud basics you'll need to get started.Continue Reading

• Tips to prepare for Google Cloud Architect certification

  Author of 'Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect All-in-One Exam Guide' Iman Ghanizada explains how to approach the cloud architect certification and role in this Q&A.Continue Reading

• Ready to be a GCP architect? Try this quiz and see

  This 10-question quiz, drawn from a new GCP certified professional cloud architect prep guide, helps identify your strengths and weaknesses to improve your odds of passing the exam.Continue Reading

• Cloudflare vs. Amazon CloudFront: Which CDN is right for you?

  Review the similarities and differences between CloudFront and Cloudflare to help your IT team choose between these two popular CDN services.Continue Reading

• cloud server

  A cloud server is a compute server that has been virtualized, making its resources accessible to users remotely over a network.Continue Reading

• Cloud security: The building blocks of a secure foundation

  Before going ahead with digital transformation, ensure your organization has created its cloud security strategy to ensure that moving to the cloud doesn't create vulnerabilities.Continue Reading

• How to become a cloud administrator

  Although the cloud admin role varies from company to company, there are key skills every successful one needs. Explore seven areas of expertise and how they relate to this role.Continue Reading

• Myth or emerging trend? Cloud repatriation explained

  Cloud customers may look to move workloads off the public cloud because of cost, security, availability and staff skill sets. But how common is the move itself?Continue Reading

• cloud computing

  Cloud computing is a general term for anything that involves delivering hosted services over the internet.Continue Reading

• Multi-cloud networking -- how to choose the right path

  There are a couple ways to connect the disparate pieces of a multi-cloud architecture. Review your networking options and choose the best fit for your environment.Continue Reading

• How to approach a GCP-to-AWS migration

  Before you move your GCP workloads to AWS, you need a clear cloud migration plan in place and a framework to understand the challenges and additional costs.Continue Reading

• Chart an Azure administrator certification path

  Advance your career as an IT administrator with Azure certifications. Review the requirements and exams associated with Azure administrator roles with this guide.Continue Reading

• 10 FAQs about cloud computing

  Learn the basics of cloud computing with answers to these frequently asked questions. Review the different types of clouds, and see how your company can get started with them.Continue Reading

• 8 key characteristics of cloud computing

  Companies rely on the cloud for modern app development. Learn the key features that differentiate cloud computing from traditional, on-premises IT architectures.Continue Reading

• Review the top sessions from recent cloud conferences

  Build your own cloud conference from home. Watch sessions from the past year to learn about modern application architecture, cloud security, machine learning and cost management.Continue Reading

• Cloud onboarding best practices for users and applications

  There are a number of ways organizations can prepare both users and applications for the cloud. Use these onboarding best practices to ensure a smooth transition -- even during uncertain times.Continue Reading

• Step-by-step guide to develop an AWS runbook

  Runbooks enable anyone on the team to execute a task and jump in when things go wrong. Learn how to create one to handle repetitive tasks like monitoring and incident response.Continue Reading

• 4 DIY cloud projects to make your business more cloud-friendly

  Show your business there's value in doing more in the cloud. Even in a work-from-home world, you can start small with projects that will be catalysts for broader adoption.Continue Reading

• Use this EC2 instance type comparison to power your AWS apps

  To get the most out of AWS, organizations need to get the most out of their EC2 instances. Use this infographic to help choose the right AWS instance type and pricing plan.Continue Reading

• AWS Local Zones offers low latency, with clear limitations

  Get to know Local Zones, the AWS infrastructure deployment service built for customers that need to run low-latency applications in specific areas far from AWS Regions.Continue Reading

• A look at AWS antipatterns: What not to do in the cloud

  In this Q&A, Clive Harber, co-author of "Implementing Cloud Design Patterns for AWS," breaks down why traditional enterprises sometimes struggle to establish efficient cloud design patterns.Continue Reading

• Beat vendor lock-in with a cloud exit strategy

  Without a comprehensive cloud exit strategy, an organization might fall victim to vendor lock-in and find itself dependent on proprietary tools and services.Continue Reading

• single-tenancy

  Single-tenancy is an architecture in which a single instance of a software application and supporting infrastructure serves one customer.Continue Reading

• AWS Serverless Application Repository explained

  To address the needs of its serverless users, AWS released its Serverless Application Repository. Explore the ways users can benefit and a few best practices everyone should follow when they use this feature.Continue Reading

• Top 5 cloud architect interview questions and answers

  Job candidates need technical skills and much more to work in the cloud. Prepare for your cloud architect interview with these potential questions and answers to stand out from the crowd.Continue Reading

• Ask these 5 questions before deploying cloud HA

  IT teams can build HA into their organization's cloud apps, but is it worth it? And how much is too much? Ask these and other critical questions before architecting for HA.Continue Reading

• Know the tools needed to bake cloud HA into apps

  The cost for HA might outweigh the benefit for many cloud apps. But, before you can debate the need to architect a highly redundant system, you need to know the tools at your disposal.Continue Reading

• multi-tenant cloud

  A multi-tenant cloud is a cloud computing architecture that allows customers to share computing resources in a public or private cloud. Each tenant's data is isolated and remains invisible to other tenants.Continue Reading

• New types of cloud services bring the cloud to you

  Would your hybrid experience be improved by placing technology from a cloud service provider directly into your data center? Here's how to evaluate that option.Continue Reading

• New cloud service models put providers in the data center

  All of the major cloud players now offer on-premises hardware or specific technologies to make a data center look and feel more like the public cloud. What's driving this trend?Continue Reading

• Here's what it takes to become a cloud automation engineer

  A cloud automation engineer is a challenging role for any IT professional because of the varied requirements. Find out what education, experience and skill sets you need to get the job.Continue Reading

• The first 5 steps to build a private cloud infrastructure

  To implement a private cloud, IT teams must start at the beginning -- and define what a cloud strategy will mean, exactly, to their organization -- before they proceed.Continue Reading

• Write your first Google Cloud Function with these three tips

  To build a serverless function, many developers require a shift in mindset. Use these three tips to create a cost-effective and high-performing function in Google Cloud Platform.Continue Reading

• virtual private cloud (VPC)

  A virtual private cloud (VPC) is the logical division of a service provider's public cloud multi-tenant architecture to support private cloud computing.Continue Reading

• Fog computing is in the forecast for IoT deployments

  IoT devices produce large amounts of data, which can be a burden for a network. A distributed model, such as fog computing and edge IT, lessens the load.Continue Reading

• A look at digital transformation tools and strategies

  An expert looks at tools and techniques, like containers, microservices and ChatOps, that can help enable digital transformation by overcoming roadblocks that make the move challenging.Continue Reading

• Discover the pros, cons of bare-metal cloud services

  A bare-metal cloud service combines the benefits of physical servers with public cloud, but may not be right for all workloads. Weigh the pros and cons before you make a decision.Continue Reading

• Test your cloud knowledge in this cloud computing quiz

  In this quiz on cloud computing skills, find out how much you know about the IT functions and programming languages being used in the cloud.Continue Reading

• Mapping the best cloud backup options to your IT needs

  When it comes to data backup in the cloud, there's no one-size-fits-all approach -- so be sure to select your backup services carefully.Continue Reading

• New player battles for U.S. cloud market share

  The U.S. cloud market is highly competitive, with Amazon, Microsoft and Google firmly planted at the top. Can new player Alibaba shift the balance?Continue Reading

• Amid microservices boom, smart pipes emerge

  In part two of a two-part series about the tradeoffs between smart endpoints and smart pipes in microservices, experts describe the value of smart pipes.Continue Reading

• Discover the role of smart endpoints in microservices

  In part one of a two-part series, a software architect describes how his organization has used microservices and smart endpoints.Continue Reading

• Using the cloud to enable microservices

  Microservices can bring agility and scalability to enterprise applications. A key enabler to implementing microservices is the cloud.Continue Reading

• Ensure project success with private cloud planning

  Before taking the leap to private cloud, it's important to ask -- and answer -- five common questions on performance, security and more.Continue Reading

• cloud architect

  A cloud architect is an IT professional who is responsible for overseeing a company's cloud computing strategy.Continue Reading

• cloud spanning

  Cloud spanning is a cloud delivery model in which an application requiring a large pool of computing resources is deployed over multiple cloud environments (private cloud, public cloud and/or hybrid cloud).Continue Reading

• Virtualization to cloud: Planning, executing a private cloud migration

  Moving from virtualization to the cloud requires careful planning and execution, but with the proper tools, enterprise IT can make the switch.Continue Reading

• cloud-oriented architecture (COA)

  A cloud-oriented architecture (COA) is a conceptual model encompassing all elements in a cloud environment. In information technology, architecture refers to the overall structure of an information system and the interrelationships of entities that ...Continue Reading

• Hyper-V Cloud

  Hyper-V Cloud is a combination of Microsoft virtualization and virtualization management software that makes it easier for businesses to virtualize their existing server hardware assets and either consolidate them or move them to the cloud.Continue Reading

• cloud-in-a-can (cloud in a box)

  A cloud-in-a-can, also called a cloud in a box, is a marketing term used to describe a turnkey product for private cloud deployments.Continue Reading

• Cloud computing resources center

  Cloud standards organizations, open source cloud projects, cloud computing and social media and more, all explained in this compendium of cloud resources.Continue Reading