DevOps Concepts: Pets vs. Cattle
Pets vs. cattle has become a famous analogy for server operations in the infrastructure management space. With the rise of cloud computing, businesses need to have a competitive edge with…
ChaosDB Unleashed on Azure: TheStack Overflow Survey Still Says AWS and Docker, More Unicorns and Acquisitions
Gee Wiz! The Armageddon of Cloud Attacks Incarnated This bug is pretty damned close to Cloud Armageddon. https://t.co/VXkLMxqWmK— Corey Quinn (@QuinnyPig) August 27, 2021 We were planning on leading with the annual…
Choosing a PaaS Provider to Empower, Not Limit You
As cloud computing continues exponential growth and adoption, numerous deployment strategies and models have emerged to meet the increasing demand and diverse needs of cloud users. PaaS (platform as a…
July Tech News: The Pegasus That Flew Too Close to the Sun, the Battle for the Stars, and Yet More Cloud Wars
This month was rife with big cloud news from major leadership changes, space travel battles of the Titans, cloud disappointments, and data privacy wars. We’ve rounded up the most interesting…
How To Use Terraform like a Pro: Part 2
In the previous post in this two-part series, I discussed what Terraform is and the features it supports. In this post, I’ll explore some use cases to show you how…
Maturity Milestone Alert! HashiCorp’s Terraform v1.0 Is Now Released
Infrastructure as Code (IaC) is a critical component of the modern application delivery toolchain that enables software companies to manage their IT infrastructure using machine-readable configuration files. These files contain…
Choosing a Cloud Provider—Storage: Part 2—Azure & GCP
Choosing a Cloud Provider—Storage: Part 2—Azure & GCPIn the first part of this series, I covered the basics of cloud storage and AWS’ most popular cloud storage services. While Amazon…
AWS IAM Bible Part 2 — Deep Dive
In Part 1 of this series, we explored the basics of AWS IAM. Now, I’ll present a number of advanced implementations for AWS IAM—focusing on multi-account use cases—that could prove…
AWS IAM Bible Part 1 — Nuts & Bolts
AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) is likely the first AWS service you’ll encounter when getting started on AWS, as it is Amazon’s authentication and authorization service. Virtually all other AWS…
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…
