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When it comes to building and configuring IT infrastructure, especially across dozens or even thousands of servers, developers need tools that auto...
What Certifications Should I Get?
As we mentioned in a post earlier this month, the old AWS slogan the “Cloud is the new normal” is indeed a reality today. The question we'll be try...
New Course: Introduction to Continuous Integration
The Ideal Course for DevOps Beginners Who Want to Learn about Continuous IntegrationHey folks! You'll be happy to know that Cloud Academy has rec...
Working with Amazon DynamoDB: New Course
A fantastic new course from an exciting new instructorWe proudly announce a new course Working with Amazon DynamoDB from a new instructor, Ryan P...
AWS DevOps Training: How and why you should study it
The AWS DevOps training is challenging and rewarding. You should study for the exam even if you don't want the certification - Everyone should unde...
Amazon Web Services: 2 new courses from Andrew Templeton
We are proud to publish 2 new AWS courses that will make a difference in people's careers.As I noted last week, Andrew Templeton is one a select ...
Jobs Opportunities in the Growing Cloud Industry: Infographic
Our infographic summarizes the phenomenal opportunities and job roles emerging in cloud computingIt's no secret that companies need legions of En...
AWS re:Invent 2015: Five Sessions You Mustn’t Miss
As we recently wrote in a previous AWS re:Invent 2015 post, the 2015 edition of AWS's re:Invent event is going to be huge. There will be far too mu...
New Cloud Academy Course: Amazon’s Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
Whether it's about server safety and security or user access, if you're serving up applications on AWS, your primary design focus has got to be on ...
All Three AWS Solutions Architect Certification Exam Preparation Courses Now Available
The third and final AWS Solutions Architect Associate Level prep course (or 16-SolArch.03, as we affectionately call it) is now up and running on t...
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If you want to deliver digital services of any kind, you’ll need to compute resources including CPU, memory, storage, and network connectivity. Which resources you choose for your delivery, cloud-based or local, is up to you. But you’ll definitely want to do your homework first. In this...
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. This shift requires a new set of skills to design, deploy, and manage applications in cloud computing.As the market leader and most ma...
Microservices Architecture: Advantages and Drawbacks
Microservices are a way of breaking large software projects into loosely coupled modules, which communicate with each other through simple Application Programming Interfaces (APIs).Microservices have become increasingly popular over the past few years. The modular architectural style,...
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 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
Is it possible to create an S3 FTP file backup/transfer solution, minimizing associated file storage and capacity planning administration headache?FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is a fast and convenient way to transfer large files over the Internet. You might, at some point, have conf...
Prerequisites to Learn Cloud Computing – Introduction
Learn Cloud Computing: Basic Requirements IntroductionWhat are the prerequisites and requirements to start learning Cloud Computing?This is the first article in a series to introduce our members to the Prerequisites to learning Cloud Computing. This was a question I got a thousan...
What Exactly is a Cloud Architect and How do You Become One?
Note from Editor: Readers can explore the latest trends in technical skills in demand for Cloud Architects using Cloud Roster™, the data-driven job role matrix updated weekly.One of the buzzwords surrounding the cloud that I am sure everyone reading this post has heard of is "Cloud ...
How DNS Works – the Domain Name System (Part One)
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How to Use AWS CLI
The AWS Command Line Interface (CLI) is for managing your AWS services from a terminal session on your own client, allowing you to control and configure multiple AWS services.So you’ve been using AWS for awhile and finally feel comfortable clicking your way through all the services....
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 employers Provides solid credentials in a growing industry (with projected growth of as much as 70 percent in five years) Market anal...
What are the Benefits of Migrating to the Cloud?
If you’re like most businesses, you already have at least one workload running in the cloud. However, that doesn’t mean that cloud migration is right for everyone. While cloud environments are generally scalable, reliable, and highly available, those won’t be the only considerations dri...
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 ...