Choosing a Cloud Provider—Storage: Part 1—AWS
Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) was one of the first cloud storage services launched by Amazon back in 2006. Offering highly durable and always available storage, S3 allows you to…
Multicloud Networking Deep Dive: Part 2
In the first part of this two-post series, I explained the core concepts behind multicloud networking. I also discussed necessary protocols, the relevant networking services offered by the three major…
Can AWS ECS Battle EKS or KOPS?
Containers have revolutionized the industry by making it easy to deploy applications to production. They do this by providing process separation, which makes it easy to run your applications as…
Tips: Monitoring Your AWS Lambda Functions with ELK
Serverless technology has made it possible to deploy code without knowing anything about the underlying server infrastructure. As a result, running code in the cloud has never been easier. AWS…
Multicloud Networking Deep Dive: Part 1
In 2019, Gartner predicted that by 2021 up to 75% of large and midsize organizations would be running some variation of multicloud environments. This IT trend is due in part…
Load Testing Serverless Functions
Serverless comes with the promise of infinite scalability, but what does this mean in practice? Services like AWS Lambda don’t magically scale up to thousands of parallel invocations in an…
Choosing the Right Cloud Provider – Containers (Part II)
(Don't miss Part I in this series on choosing the right cloud provider when it comes to databases.) Prior to container technology, making applications run on different environments was one…
AWS Fargate for Running Serverless Applications on Kubernetes
AWS has been promoting serverless computing for many years now. The whole journey started with AWS Lambda, which enables event-driven workflows without you having to worry about server provisioning. Serverless…
Building a Multi-Region Serverless App with AWS AppSync
Serverless technology eases much of the pain of managing your infrastructure. Unfortunately, it’s only a partial solution to the headaches of multi-region deployments. While some core services like Amazon S3,…
Top Cloud Experts: Our Wish Lists & Predictions for AWS re:Invent 2020
Last week, AWS announced its free-of-charge online conference schedule, but seeing as it'll be an unusual re:Invent in an unusual year, we wanted do something a little different with our…
