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Amazon Web Services (AWS) offers three different ways to pay for EC2 Instances: On-Demand, Reserved Instances, and Spot Instances. This article wil...
AWS Certification Practice Exam: What to Expect from Test Questions
If you’re building applications on the AWS cloud or looking to get started in cloud computing, certification is a way to build deep knowledge in ke...
Introducing the New Enterprise Integrations & API Control Center
Connect directly to the Cloud Academy platform to simplify sign on, enhance training, and improve security | We know it's a pain to remember comp...
Continuous Deployment: What’s the Point?
Continuous Deployment is the pinnacle of high-performance software development. Continuous deployment teams deploy every commit that passes tests t...
AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate: A Study Guide
The AWS Solutions Architect - Associate Certification (or Sol Arch Associate for short) offers some clear benefits: Increases marketability to...
Advance Your Team’s Java Programming Skills
The Java programming language has kept its popularity for its versatile nature. As discussed in our previous post, Java is a powerful, type-safe la...
Moving Data to S3 with Apache NiFi
Moving data to the cloud is one of the cornerstones of any cloud migration. Apache NiFi is an open source tool that enables you to easily move and ...
Amazon DynamoDB: 10 Things You Should Know
Amazon DynamoDB is a managed NoSQL service with strong consistency and predictable performance that shields users from the complexities of manual s...
How to Become a Microsoft Certified Azure Administrator
Microsoft Azure is one of the hottest cloud services on the planet, and it’s growing at a phenomenal rate. This rapid growth has created a huge dem...
The 11 AWS Certifications: Which is Right for You and Your Team?
As companies increasingly shift workloads to the public cloud, cloud computing has moved from a nice-to-have to a core competency in the enterprise...
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If you’re building applications on the AWS cloud or looking to get started in cloud computing, certification is a way to build deep knowledge in key services unique to the AWS platform. AWS currently offers 11 certifications that cover major cloud roles including Solutions Architect, De...
S3 FTP: Build a Reliable and Inexpensive FTP Server Using Amazon’s S3
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What Exactly is a Cloud Architect and How do You Become One?
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How DNS Works – the Domain Name System (Part One)
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How to Use AWS CLI
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AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate: A Study Guide
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Amazon DynamoDB: 10 Things You Should Know
Amazon DynamoDB is a managed NoSQL service with strong consistency and predictable performance that shields users from the complexities of manual setup.Whether or not you've actually used a NoSQL data store yourself, it's probably a good idea to make sure you fully understand the key ...