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• 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.

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• 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 ...

• February 09, 2018 09 Feb'18

  AWS Instance Scheduler adds more automation options

  AWS automation capabilities continue to expand, as the cloud vendor pushes customers to follow its lead to eliminate manual steps and gain efficiency.

• February 01, 2018 01 Feb'18

  AWS bandwidth upgrade opens door to more data movement

  A bandwidth jolt to AWS networking services gives customers faster data transfer between services, and creates workflows that might have otherwise been prohibitive.

• January 30, 2018 30 Jan'18

  EC2 features aim at network, performance improvements

  AWS users have a green light to rev the full bandwidth potential of a particular instance. AWS removed its 5 Gbps limit and improved performance for network connections to and from Elastic Compute ...

• January 26, 2018 26 Jan'18

  AWS snaps up Sqrrl to strengthen threat detection, analytics

  Amazon's move to fold Sqrrl, a threat detection startup, into AWS security services could help bring together its growing list of disparate security tools.

• January 19, 2018 19 Jan'18

  AWS Auto Scaling simplifies management across services

  Amazon's Auto Scaling service can reduce duplicate efforts by users. It's also the latest example of Amazon's effort to streamline and automate its large list of services.

• December 29, 2017 29 Dec'17

  Amazon API Gateway boosts compression, tagging

  AWS customers were enticed by products and services introduced at the cloud provider’s annual customer and partner confab, re:Invent, held recently. AWS also kept up a steady pace of basic service ...

• December 22, 2017 22 Dec'17

  AWS updates covered the IT gamut in 2017

  The list of AWS features continued to grow in 2017, with upgrades that grab IT shops' attention: containers, databases, security, serverless and machine learning.