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• 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

• Definitions to Get Started

  • Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store)
  • AWS Artifact
  • Amazon WorkMail
  • Amazon Macie

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

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• 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 data lakes on AWS 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