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• Cost to run EC2 instances vs. Docker containers

  Fans of Docker claim it has many advantages for application deployment. But how does this translate in AWS? We do a trial run to compare costs. Continue Reading

• AWS AppSync

  AWS AppSync is an application development service hosted in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) public cloud that synchronizes data for mobile and web apps in real time. Continue Reading

• Remove AWS security credentials for outgoing employees

  Personnel changes are inevitable at an enterprise, and security teams need to revoke AWS credentials accordingly to ensure the integrity of their cloud data. Continue Reading

• Tips and tools to give AWS network performance a jolt

  Don't wait for network performance to lag to do something about it. Proactively monitor AWS workloads to identify troublesome areas that can disrupt the end-user experience. Continue Reading

• AWS development services push apps from code to production

  To create an AWS deployment pipeline, developers use various tools, including CodeCommit and CodeDeploy, to build and rigorously test their applications. Continue Reading

• Definitions to Get Started

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• Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store)

  Amazon Elastic Block Store is a cloud-based block storage system provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS) that is best used for storing persistent data.Continue Reading

• Five tips to ease your AWS data migration effort

  Before migrating data to AWS, an enterprise must be mindful of security and networking challenges, as well as carefully select the best storage and database options for its needs.Continue Reading

• Native, third-party tools boost interoperability in cloud

  AWS exposes APIs and provides container services for portability, but does it go far enough? Some IT pros still find themselves leaning on third-party tools to fill critical gaps.Continue Reading

• AWS Artifact

  AWS Artifact is a portal that provides an enterprise with access to security and compliance reports that apply to the Amazon Web Services (AWS) public cloud.Continue Reading

• Amazon WorkMail

  Amazon WorkMail is a managed email and calendar service for businesses that is hosted on the Amazon Web Services public cloud.Continue Reading

• Amazon Macie

  Amazon Macie is a cloud security tool that uses machine learning to identify and protect sensitive data stored in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) public cloud.Continue Reading

• 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

• 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

• Amazon Pinpoint

  Amazon Pinpoint is a marketing and analytics service hosted on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) public cloud that enables an organization to engage with and track metrics related to its application end users.Continue Reading

• Dive into AWS data lakes for analytics projects

  Data lakes on AWS can provide a treasure trove of information -- if you can work past complexity and management issues. Test the water with these cloud services.Continue Reading

• AWS Step Functions

  AWS Step Functions is a cloud service from Amazon Web Services that enables a developer to manage and visualize the components of distributed, multi-component applications.Continue Reading

• IaaS providers weigh new tech against core offerings

  Like its rivals, AWS continues to push itself up the stack -- and capture headlines in the process. But user demand still revolves around core infrastructure features.Continue Reading

• Amazon Athena

  Amazon Athena is a service that enables a data analyst to perform interactive queries in the Amazon Web Services public cloud on data stored in Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3).Continue Reading

• Five AWS tips and tricks to advance cloud app development

  Developers in 2017 continued to embrace Lambda and containers, as AWS added more support and services. Review SearchAWS' top development advice from last year to prepare for 2018.Continue Reading

• The future of AWS holds new tech, heated competition

  As the world rings in a new year, AWS moves forward in a contentious cloud market. Our experts speculate whether edge, IoT and machine learning will help AWS maintain its lead.Continue Reading

• These AWS features, partnerships dominated 2017 news

  It's difficult for AWS customers to stay informed on everything the cloud provider offers. Get up to speed with these top AWS news stories from 2017.Continue Reading

• Oracle vs. AWS battle heats up around cloud costs, databases

  After imposing a price hike for its customers that use AWS, Oracle now needs to contend with new AWS services that compete with its databases, as some users mull a migration.Continue Reading

• Amazon EC2 Elastic GPUs

  Amazon EC2 Elastic GPUs are virtual machines (VMs), also known as compute instances, in the Amazon Web Services public cloud with added graphics acceleration capabilities.Continue Reading

• Amazon Cloud Directory

  Amazon Cloud Directory is a service that enables an IT team to build cloud-native directories in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) public cloud.Continue Reading

• AWS ADS (AWS Application Discovery Service)

  AWS Application Discovery Service (AWS ADS) is a tool that helps an enterprise plan application migrations to the Amazon Web Services public cloud.Continue Reading

• AWS IoT Button

  The AWS IoT Button is a programmable, Wi-Fi-enabled handheld device that allows developers to push a button to execute a variety of actions in the Amazon Web Services public cloud.Continue Reading

• AWS Glue

  AWS Glue is a cloud service that prepares data for analysis through automated extract, transform and load (ETL) processes.Continue Reading

• AWS Managed Services

  AWS Managed Services is a set of services and tools that automate infrastructure management tasks for Amazon Web Services (AWS) deployments.Continue Reading

• Amazon AppStream

  Amazon AppStream is an Amazon Web Service (AWS) that enables compute-intensive applications to be streamed from the cloud to computing devices of all types.Continue Reading

• Amazon Polly

  Amazon Polly is a text-to-speech service within the Amazon Web Services cloud platform. It uses deep learning technology to allow applications to speak with a human-like voice.Continue Reading

• Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)

  Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS) is a cloud computing service in Amazon Web Services (AWS) that manages containers and allows developers to run applications in the cloud without having to configure an environment for the code to run in.Continue Reading

• CloudFormation StackSets drive cross-account automation

  AWS gave its automation capabilities a boost with the release of CloudFormation StackSets, a feature that lets dev teams deploy stacks across multiple accounts and regions.Continue Reading

• Enterprises maintain a wish list for hybrid cloud with AWS

  Recent partnerships show Amazon's intentions to tap into the hybrid cloud market. While there's a lot of promise, there are still many features customers want.Continue Reading

• Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS)

  Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS) is a scalable and fully managed message queuing service that allows users to transmit any amount of data through the web without administrative responsibility.Continue Reading

• Amazon Rekognition

  Amazon Rekognition is an image analysis service available in the Amazon AI suite.Continue Reading

• AWS Greengrass

  AWS Greengrass is a service that extends Amazon Web Services functionality to internet of things (IoT) devices, allowing a business to perform data collection and analysis closer to its origin.Continue Reading

• Where AWS Elemental Cloud fits in digital content market

  AWS Elemental offers a host of tools to process and manage on-demand and streaming media in the cloud. It can also, however, present enterprise networking and integration hurdles.Continue Reading

• Amazon Chime

  Amazon Chime is a real-time audio, video conferencing and collaboration service hosted by Amazon Web Services (AWS).Continue Reading

• AWS Shield

  AWS Shield is a security service that protects web applications hosted on the Amazon Web Services public cloud against distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks.Continue Reading

• AWS Batch

  AWS Batch is a service that enables IT professionals to schedule and execute batch processing jobs in the Amazon Web Services public cloud.Continue Reading

• US-East-1 region's checkered past deters some users, but many remain

  AWS users in the US-East-1 region have seen a string of outages in the last few years. But does that mean they shouldn't deploy workloads there?Continue Reading

• AWS Lambda (Amazon Web Services Lambda)

  AWS Lambda is an event-driven computing service that allows developers to program serverless functions on a pay-per-use basis.Continue Reading

• Amazon Lightsail

  Amazon Lightsail is an Amazon cloud service that offers bundles of cloud compute power and memory for new or less experienced cloud users.Continue Reading

• Amazon Developer Services

  Amazon Developer Services is a suite of tools and services that enable a developer to build, test and sell applications and games in the Amazon Appstore.Continue Reading

• AWS Organizations

  AWS Organizations is a cloud service that applies and manages access policies across Amazon Web Services accounts.Continue Reading

• Amazon EFS (Elastic File System)

  Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) is a cloud-based file storage service for applications and workloads that run in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) public cloud.Continue Reading

• The benefits and drawbacks of AWS Convertible Reserved Instances

  Reserved Instances save IT teams money on compute resources but lock them into a particular type of instance. How do Convertible RIs differ, and what are the drawbacks?Continue Reading

• AWS Marketplace seller, buyer FAQs

  AWS Marketplace serves Amazon Web Services customers and vendor partners alike. So, how does it work, and what types of software are available?Continue Reading

• Hone AWS skills with these training methods

  IT pros have an abundance of AWS training resources available to boost cloud know-how, but knowledge is no substitute for hands-on cloud experience.Continue Reading

• AWS hybrid cloud tools that beat setup barriers

  A hybrid cloud is complex, with various storage and networking requirements. The right tools and services get IT admins a step closer to bridging AWS and on-premises workloads.Continue Reading

• Hone your AWS expertise to adapt in an AppDev world

  New and experienced IT pros alike struggle to gain the AWS know-how to stay relevant in an evolving space. These five tips highlight top technologies and skills you need in 2017.Continue Reading

• Memory issues shine light on hidden serverless environment costs

  Serverless environment issues stem from hard-to-see areas for IT. This means developers blindly trust cloud providers and often pay the price.Continue Reading

• Outages, partnerships claim top AWS news slots

  Amazon's infamous S3 outage grabbed IT pros' attention in the first half of 2017, while stories about Kubernetes containers and open source partnerships kept them clicking.Continue Reading

• Gain control over multiple AWS accounts with IAM

  Our environment has multiple AWS accounts for different dev stages. How can we use the IAM cross-account feature to share resources across accounts?Continue Reading

• AWS X-Ray

  AWS X-Ray is an application performance management service that enables a developer to analyze and debug applications in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) public cloud.Continue Reading

• AWS CodeBuild

  AWS CodeBuild is a managed cloud service that enables an IT developer to automate and manage server builds for applications that reside in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) public cloud.Continue Reading

• AWS SDK for Go

  The AWS SDK for Go is a collection of tools that helps a developer integrate applications built with the Go programming language into the Amazon Web Services (AWS) public cloud.Continue Reading

• Amazon Trust Services

  Amazon Trust Services is a certificate authority created and operated by Amazon Web Services.Continue Reading

• Amazon Device Messaging

  Amazon Device Messaging (ADM) is an Amazon Developer Services tool that enables a developer to send push notifications to end user native devices that run a mobile application, such as a game or shopping platform.Continue Reading

• AWS Glue simplifies messy data transfers

  We need to perform extract, transform and load processes on data, but the work is labor-intensive and error-prone. Is there an AWS tool to simplify this task?Continue Reading

• Amazon Echo Look

  Amazon Echo Look is a camera and style virtual assistant for consumers.Continue Reading

• Follow this expert advice to improve security in AWS

  AWS security encompasses server tools and concepts. Enterprises that use the right services, VPCs, encryption and DevSecOps can avoid major gaffes that can expose valuable data.Continue Reading

• AWS logs connect the configuration management dots

  Configuration changes help developers build at a faster pace -- as long as those changes are wanted. How can we quickly diagnose and fix undesirable AWS configurations?Continue Reading

• AWS Data Pipeline (Amazon Data Pipeline)

  AWS Data Pipeline is an Amazon Web Services (AWS) tool that enables an IT professional to process and move data between compute and storage services on the AWS public cloud and on-premises resources.Continue Reading

• Maintain compliance with AWS Config Rules

  We use AWS Config to track resources, but we also need to meet compliance regulations. What configuration management tools should we use?Continue Reading

• Understand the pros, cons of an AWS cloud VPN service

  Our team will move workloads into AWS, but we need control and security over them. What VPN features does Amazon Lightsail provide, and is it better suited for certain workloads?Continue Reading

• Amazon Cognito

  Amazon Cognito is an Amazon Web Services (AWS) product that controls user authentication and access for mobile applications on internet-connected devices. The service helps to speed application development by saving and synchronizing end user data, ...Continue Reading

• AWS SDK for PHP

  The AWS SDK for PHP is an open source library designed to help developers build applications that are based on the PHP server-side scripting language within Amazon Web Services (AWS).Continue Reading

• AWS SDK for Ruby

  The AWS SDK for Ruby is a collection of tools designed to help a developer build applications within Amazon Web Services (AWS) that are based on the Ruby open source object-oriented programming language.Continue Reading

• Alexa Skills Kit

  The Alexa Skills Kit is a software development kit (SDK) that enables a developer to build skills, also called conversational applications, on the Amazon Alexa artificial intelligence assistant.Continue Reading

• Use AWS Config service to track app changes

  When our IT teams change a cloud configuration, a lot of application data and dependencies change too. How does AWS compile this data for customers?Continue Reading

• Audit resources with AWS configuration management tool

  SysOps teams must maintain consistent workload performance, meet compliance and security standards, as well as other IT tasks. AWS Config helps admins keep a watchful eye on apps.Continue Reading

• AWS Security Token Service

  The AWS Security Token Service is an Amazon Web Services (AWS) software tool that enables an IT administrator to grant trusted users temporary and limited access credentials to public cloud resources.Continue Reading

• How to register and connect a Route 53 domain to endpoints

  We're ready to move an application to production on the AWS cloud. How do we connect and route domain traffic to EC2 instances?Continue Reading

• AWS Management Console

  The AWS Management Console is a browser-based GUI for Amazon Web Services (AWS).Continue Reading

• Amazon Lumberyard

  Amazon Lumberyard is a cross-platform video game development engine that connects to the Amazon Web Services (AWS) public cloud.Continue Reading

• How does Amazon WAM manage WorkSpaces apps?

  Which Amazon WorkSpaces tools allow IT teams to easily package, deploy and manage applications for DaaS users?Continue Reading

• Amazon AI

  Amazon AI is a set of artificial intelligence services that offer machine and deep learning technologies for Amazon Web Services (AWS) developers and users.Continue Reading

• How do we establish a Microsoft AD connection with Amazon WorkSpaces?

  We want to ensure a good desktop experience for DaaS users. How can we connect Amazon WorkSpaces and local resources to do this?Continue Reading

• How does VDI on AWS work?

  Amazon WorkSpaces offers several virtual desktop infrastructure configurations, enabling businesses to categorize workers into different user types to match their roles and needs.Continue Reading

• Which AWS programming language is best for our project?

  AWS developers can choose between a variety programming languages, including Microsoft, .NET, Java and Python. How do they differ and should we use them to develop applications?Continue Reading

• Are EC2 Reserved Instances the most economical choice?

  We don't want to be tied to AWS Reserved Instances for multiple years. Is reserved EC2 capacity a better financial choice?Continue Reading

• Amazon SWF (Simple WorkFlow Service)

  Amazon SWF (Simple Workflow Service) is an Amazon Web Services tool that helps developers coordinate, track and audit multi-step, multi-machine application jobs.Continue Reading

• application load balancer

  The Application Load Balancer is a feature of Elastic Load Balancing that allows a developer to configure and route incoming end-user traffic to applications based in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) public cloud.Continue Reading

• Do EC2 Dedicated Hosts give us more control over workloads?

  We need better control and visibility for workloads, but still want dedicated compute capacity. How do Dedicated Hosts work and what are the drawbacks?Continue Reading

• What's the best use for EC2 Dedicated Instances?

  We're exploring AWS instances and need the best option for mission-critical workloads. What are the benefits and drawbacks of EC2 Dedicated Instances?Continue Reading

• DevOps on AWS is a complex relationship

  Embracing DevOps methods in the enterprise isn't an easy task. AWS has several native and complementary tools to help IT teams smooth out the process.Continue Reading

• Amazon VPC best practices to kick security up a notch

  Every new Elastic Compute Cloud instance resides in an Amazon VPC by default. IT teams must understand which configurations best protect their resources.Continue Reading