AWS Makes a Big Deal about Notifications Amazon Web Services is attempting to keep its cloud users updated about their projects and services. The company has added a variety of notification options. The company announced that you can now receive notifications about events within repositories, build and deploy projects, deployments, pipelines, and other services.
AWS CodeCommit: For hosting secure Git-based repositories. AWS CodeBuild: A service that compiles source code and runs tests to produce software packages that can be deployed. AWS CodeDeploy is a service that automates software installations to a variety compute services like Amazon EC2, AWS Fargate and AWS Lambda. AWS CodePipeline is a continuous delivery service…
AWS Gives its App Streaming Service a GPU Boost
Amazon Web Services (AWS), users can now stream even the most graphic-intensive desktop applications to customers’ browsers with a recent update of the AWS AppStream 2.0 service. AppStream 2.0 was unveiled at the AWS reInvent conference last year. It allows users to leverage AWS’ infrastructure and stream their Windows apps directly to their customers’ desktop…
Ravello: AWS gets VMware Offerings from VMware
Ravello Systems today announced two new offerings that offer VMware-based services on public cloud infrastructures, including Amazon Web Services Inc. (AWS). InfinityDC, the “nested virtualization” specialist, was unveiled by the “nested virtualization” specialist. It allows organizations to expand their VMware datacenters in cloud without having to buy more hardware. InceptionSX lets them run VMware ESXi…
The New York Times: AWS Gets More Biz From Dunkin’ Brands
Signing up high-profile customers in the cloud computing wars is important ammunition. Amazon Web Services Inc. (AWS), Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform are quick to announce big wins. Today, AWS announced that Dunkin’ Brands Group Inc. has chosen AWS to provide cloud infrastructure. This follows a report yesterday by Data Center Knowledge that the…
Amazon Web Services Inc. (AWS), the original cloud computing platform, is fiercely fighting off cloud competitors. At its recent summit in San Francisco, the company made a slew of announcements about machine learning, storage, desktop apps, and more. These moves are a testament to how serious the company takes the threat from main rivals IBM and Google, particularly in light of recent reports like:
IBM Continues to Rise to the Clouds Google Challenges AWS With Nearline Storage Study: Microsoft Challenges AWS’ Domination of Public Clouds These top challengers have outperformed a host of smaller niche players like Rackspace, HP, and VMware. Studies, surveys, and pundits all point to these gains. Microsoft is the most prominent contender, appearing in informal…
AWS Fights DDoS Attacks
Amazon Web Services Inc. (AWS), which was responsible for the Mirai malware-generated distributed Denial of Service (DDoS), attacks last October, provided protection guidance, such as the AWS Best practices for DDoS resilience whitepaper published last June. AWS has announced that it is increasing its anti-DDoS guidance. Spopokesman Jeff Barr made the announcement on Friday. He…
Global Knowledge
Digital transformation has brought innovation and risk together. And it’s not just the IT department that’s been disrupted–technology is now the most critical risk factor for the entire organization. It has never been more vital to have an expert on staff who can identify and evaluate aspects of IT that are a threat to business…
How to become a Microsoft Certified Azure Solution Architect
What is the Azure Solution Architect Expert certification? As Azure solutions architects, you will help stakeholders translate business requirements into secure, scalable and reliable solutions. This role-based, expert-level certification will confirm your knowledge of Azure solutions and your expertise in storage, computing, security, and computing. To attain this certification, you must pass two exams: Microsoft…
How to become a CompTIA Security+ Certified Professional
Why not become Security+ certified? This guide will provide an overview of Security+ certification. It will also explain how to earn it and how to maintain it. You can also learn about the benefits it has on your career and the options for advancement after you have obtained your Security+ certification. Security is an ever-growing…