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• Test your knowledge of GDPR rights and AWS data protection

  Is your enterprise GDPR-compliant? Take this quick quiz to test your knowledge of the EU regulation, as well as relevant AWS data protection tools. Continue Reading

• Professional-level AWS certifications pay off for cloud vets

  To gain a Professional-level AWS certification, AWS requires at least two years of experience with its platform. But will it help your career, or is it just a notch in your belt? Continue Reading

• Words to go: Amazon AI services

  Artificial intelligence is a growing area of focus among the major cloud vendors. Use this list of key terms to see what AWS has to offer in the realm of AI. Continue Reading

• AWS Network Load Balancer (NLB)

  Network Load Balancer is an Amazon Web Services (AWS) tool that distributes end user traffic across multiple cloud resources to ensure low latency and high throughput for applications. Continue Reading

• Amazon Connect

  Amazon Connect is a customer contact center service provided by and hosted in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) public cloud. Continue Reading

• Definitions to Get Started

  • AWS Network Load Balancer (NLB)
  • Amazon Connect
  • AWS Cost Management
  • Amazon Echo

  • AWS Blox
  • AWS CodeStar
  • Amazon Pinpoint
  • AWS Step Functions

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• AWS Cost Management

  AWS Cost Management is a collection of tools that provide insight into Amazon Web Services (AWS) public cloud cost and usage.Continue Reading

• Mind sensitive data during a hybrid cloud migration

  Many organizations fret over the security of sensitive data in hybrid cloud. And while that fear isn't totally irrational, there are solid options to keep your workloads safe.Continue Reading

• Third-party tools help manage DevOps with AWS, multi-cloud

  Many IT teams struggle with the cultural and technical shift to DevOps. Nathaniel Felsen, a DevOps professional, sorts through some tough choices.Continue Reading

• Amazon Echo

  Amazon Echo is a product line of hands-free speaker and virtual assistant devices that interact with an end user via the Amazon Alexa cloud-based voice service.Continue Reading

• AWS managed services improve performance, cost efficiency

  In this book excerpt from Effective DevOps with AWS, learn how to drive performance improvements and reduce costs with data management services.Continue Reading

• AWS Blox

  AWS Blox is an open source project designed to help IT professionals manage and schedule Docker containers that run on the Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS).Continue Reading

• Avoid AWS access control mistakes to keep your cloud safe

  If you get clumsy with AWS security, you can put your whole business at risk. Be wary of these common errors, and implement best practices to secure your workloads.Continue Reading

• AWS CodeStar

  AWS CodeStar is a planning and management service designed for a team of developers working on a project in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) public cloud.Continue Reading

• Eight tips to roll a service or app into an AWS deployment

  With dozens of services available, it can be a challenge to integrate new services or apps into an AWS deployment. Use these eight tips to get started.Continue Reading

• Test your knowledge of the AWS shared responsibility model

  Do you know where AWS' security responsibility ends and yours begins? Try your hand with this quick quiz.Continue Reading