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• May 31, 2018 31 May'18

  Bare-metal instances augment AWS' IaaS options

  Infrastructure was AWS' focus in May, as the cloud provider made good on several of its promises with features that provide more diverse compute options -- including some that directly challenge ...

• May 25, 2018 25 May'18

  Amazon Aurora backtrack: A time-travel weapon of last resort

  AWS added a feature to its fastest-growing service that provides more granular response to catastrophic failures and faster recovery -- just hope you never need to use it.

• May 16, 2018 16 May'18

  EC2 features geared toward modest enterprise adoption

  AWS infrastructure services now offer more VM control, licensing flexibility and a price cut -- all part of its plan to lure coveted enterprise customers.

• April 30, 2018 30 Apr'18

  AWS Lambda features rev Node.js support

  Breathe easier, serverless application developers -- your lengthy wait is over, with AWS Lambda's added support for a newer Node.js runtime After a year's wait, AWS developers can now use Node.js ...

• April 27, 2018 27 Apr'18

  AWS blockchain template a response to market demand

  AWS was lukewarm on blockchain until recently, but customer demand might have pushed the cloud provider to change its tune and offer some entry-level templates.

• April 17, 2018 17 Apr'18

  Three laws of IoT connectivity govern AWS' strategy

  The growth and proliferation of connected sensors has drawn AWS headlong into the IoT market. And a recent keynote speech provided clues as to how the cloud provider shapes its tools to manage ...

• April 12, 2018 12 Apr'18

  AWS Lambda serverless platform holds center stage for devs

  Enterprises are adopting AWS Lambda faster than competing serverless platforms from Google, Microsoft, IBM and others, citing ease of use to replace manual with automated functions and the broad ...

• April 10, 2018 10 Apr'18

  With cloud IoT platform, AWS hopes to leap stubborn barriers

  During the last six months, AWS has demonstrated a commitment to IoT technology. But while it has a prominent place in the cloud IoT market, the technology doesn't fit all needs.

• April 09, 2018 09 Apr'18

  AWS developer tools ease security, machine learning pains

  AWS technology evangelist Jeff Barr surveys the technology needs addressed by new security and ML-focused AWS developer tools disclosed at AWS Summit 2018, such as Secrets Manager.

• April 05, 2018 05 Apr'18

  AWS security tools fill platform gaps

  AWS added more features to secure data on its platform, including private certificates, a managed service for secrets and a hub for policies regardless of where applications run.

• March 30, 2018 30 Mar'18

  Extended duration for IAM roles appeases some, alarms others

  Cloud security best practices and IT convenience don't always align, but as standards such as GDPR take hold and new vulnerabilities constantly emerge, maybe it's ok to loosen the reins from time ...

• March 28, 2018 28 Mar'18

  Enterprises wear large targets in cloud cryptomining hacks

  Several examples of cryptojacking highlight organizational difficulties -- or outright neglect -- in securing AWS environments. Whether the trend continues is up to enterprise IT.

• March 08, 2018 08 Mar'18

  VMware cloud services tidy up AWS migration path

  VMware Cloud on AWS has improved migrations, cost controls and availability, as VMware pitches customers on the value of hosting vSphere-based workloads on the public cloud.

• March 02, 2018 02 Mar'18

  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.

• March 01, 2018 01 Mar'18

  Serverless apps, encryption top AWS features in February

  Many cloud developers espouse the benefits of serverless computing, but others find the approach unwieldy or difficult to manage. The AWS Serverless Application Repository, one of several AWS ...