Tips

Tips

• 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

• Three Amazon AI-based projects to get your dev team rolling

  Amazon AI technologies expand capabilities for enterprise developers. Try out these sample AI projects to familiarize yourself with deep learning and image recognition features.  Continue Reading

• AWS container services evolve, but remain a work in progress

  At re:Invent, AWS made a number of enhancements to its container services portfolio. But its bedrock container orchestration service, Amazon ECS, still vexes some dev teams.  Continue Reading

• Aurora Serverless leads next wave of cloud database features

  IT teams face a notoriously difficult task when it comes to database scaling and management. New Amazon Aurora features can ease some of these woes and potentially reduce costs.  Continue Reading

• Amazon QuickSight tutorial: Get started with data analysis

  While Amazon QuickSight comes with some tradeoffs that data scientists should note, this tutorial walks you through key features that might be of interest to your analytics team.  Continue Reading

• AWS Cloud9 IDE connects dispersed development teams

  With the Cloud9 IDE now available, AWS enables developers to get on the same page -- or console -- no matter where they are. That said, it won't be a fit for all dev teams.  Continue Reading

• AWS SLAs guarantee uptime, but users aren't off the hook

  Despite the availability guarantees in AWS' service-level agreements, enterprises need to read the fine print and put in some work themselves to protect against losses.  Continue Reading

• Enable canary deployments with Lambda, API Gateway

  Don't let code tests impede apps in production. Use AWS Lambda and API Gateway to enable a canary deployment and slowly test changes to production environments.  Continue Reading

• Common Amazon EBS performance issues, and how to troubleshoot them

  Having EBS trouble? You're not alone. Use these troubleshooting tips to work through common EBS issues, such as stuck volumes and slow performance.  Continue Reading

• AWS edge computing shapes new hybrid cloud architectures

  Hybrid cloud means more than connecting back to a data center. Learn how two services can incorporate AWS functionality onto IoT and edge devices to reshape a hybrid deployment.  Continue Reading

• Perform a health check on distributed apps with AWS X-Ray

  Performance issues can be tough to pin down with distributed applications. While it doesn't debug line by line, AWS X-Ray can alleviate some of these concerns.  Continue Reading

• AWS Step Functions visualizes distributed app workflows

  With Step Functions, developers can visualize the complex, multistep tasks that their cloud applications perform. Use this example to create a state machine and get started.  Continue Reading

• Keep it simple to avoid multi-cloud computing hang-ups

  A multi-cloud deployment can reduce costs and fortify a disaster recovery plan, but IT needs to be highly skilled and willing to move one step at a time to properly manage it.  Continue Reading

• Use AWS cost optimization tools to avoid billing surprises

  Several AWS tools enable organizations to dissect their cloud bills, visualize spending and estimate future costs. Learn when -- and when not -- to use each.  Continue Reading

• AWS load balancers evolve to meet hybrid cloud needs

  New load-balancing options from AWS control traffic according to administrator needs, which increasingly revolve around hybrid cloud workloads.  Continue Reading