Tips

Tips

• Avoid downtime during the cloud migration process

  During a public cloud migration, IT teams need to take a cautious, one-step-at-a-time approach to avoid hearing the dreaded phrase, 'the system is down.'  Continue Reading

• How serverless computing affects a cloud operations team

  Serverless architectures can cut costs and improve the user experience. But enterprises should prepare for how a serverless model changes day-to-day cloud operations.  Continue Reading

• Scale resources automatically with Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets

  Scalability is an attractive capability of cloud computing that reels in enterprises of all sizes. Learn how Virtual Machine Scale Sets in Azure can help you achieve that benefit.  Continue Reading

• Get started with Microsoft Azure Functions

  Microsoft recently released Azure Functions to stand up to AWS Lambda. Learn how to get started with this event-driven service, and if it's the right fit for you.  Continue Reading

• Cloud engineering jobs demand mix of technical, business skills

  Cloud computing has become the norm for many enterprises -- and the IT job market reflects that. Learn what it takes to be a cloud engineer, and the skill set you need to succeed.  Continue Reading

• Manage OpenStack deployments with Red Hat's Platform Director

  An OpenStack deployment doesn't always come easy for an IT team. Learn how Red Hat's Platform Director can help with OpenStack implementation and lifecycle management.  Continue Reading

• Weigh virtual private cloud benefits for enterprise IT teams

  Many enterprises understand the benefits of public cloud, but would rather have them in a single-tenant environment. Here's how virtual private clouds help meet that need.  Continue Reading

• Build an effective API management system for multicloud

  APIs play a critical role in cloud, allowing apps and services to communicate with each other. But with multiple cloud providers in the mix, API management gets complicated.  Continue Reading

• Streamline cloud operations with Google automation tools

  Cloud admins can choose from a number of tools to drive automation in Google Cloud Platform. Learn how managed instance groups, Deployment Manager and other options stack up.  Continue Reading

• GPU cloud instances aid compute-intensive apps, but at a cost

  Public cloud providers increasingly offer GPU-based cloud services for compute-heavy applications, but organizations need the right skill sets -- and budget -- to deploy them.  Continue Reading

• Select the right cloud regions, availability zones to optimize costs

  Cloud computing can bring a multitude of unexpected costs. To stay within budget, evaluate the costs associated with regions and availability zones.  Continue Reading

• Choose cloud configuration management tools for multiple platforms

  The multicloud model presents unique configuration management challenges. When choosing a tool, enterprises should compare cloud native and third-party options carefully.  Continue Reading

• Combat OpenStack scalability issues with the latest Ocata release

  Scalability is a major benefit of the cloud, but enterprises have struggled to achieve the scale they need with OpenStack. A new Ocata release offers a few services to help.  Continue Reading

• Get the most from a serverless application in public cloud

  Serverless computing can cut application costs in the public cloud, but enterprises need the right set of skills to reap that and other benefits.  Continue Reading

• What users can expect as cloud providers add new data centers

  As the price wars die down, cloud providers now target new land to expand their data center footprints. But will these new data centers impact users' workloads?  Continue Reading