Cloud Computing

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced the launch of a new cloud computing region in Switzerland. The Europe AWS region will enable the company to create 2,500 full-time jobs annually in various industries such as engineering, telecommunications, facility maintenance, and construction through 2036. According to AWS, the new cloud region in the beautiful city of…

Avoid these five common hybrid cloud mistakes to make sure that your environment is ready for the modern infrastructure.

Amazon may have been a bit late to the hybrid cloud party, but their latest Amazon Web Services announcements leave no doubt that it has become a big deal for them. This past October 2022, the company announced that they have essentially doubled the computing power of its Snowball Edge device. Snowball Edge is a…

Oracle has launched a new Oracle Alloy platform that enables organizations to host and deliver custom cloud services with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). The solution allows customers to use Oracle cloud services without losing control over operational decisions. With this release, enterprise customers can create applications and services to meet the specific needs of select…

Amazon File Cache, a new high-speed cache service on Amazon Web Services (AWS) was announced by Amazon in late September. This new AWS offering is designed for processing file data stored in the cloud and on-premises. “File Cache accelerates and simplifies your most demanding cloud bursting and hybrid workflows by giving your applications access to…

Learn how to hierarchically browse Azure resources using Cloud Explorer in Visual Studio.

In this Ask the Admin, Russell Smith looks at the different ways Azure can be managed from the command line, including Cloud Shell, which is currently in preview.

The Azure Command-Line Interface (CLI) is a cross-platform command line tool allowing IT pros to connect to Azure services and execute administrative commands within the tenant. After installing the Azure CLI locally, you can execute commands using the terminal of your choice. In this article, we’re going to detail how to download, install, and get…

When it comes to downtime, it’s not if but when will it happen to your environment. Everyone knows that outages are an evergreen challenge and if your environment is offline, real dollars are being lost through either a stoppage of sales or an impact to your reputation with your clients.

Google announces a new Managed Service for Microsoft Active Directory that should give customers more options about which cloud service fits their needs.