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Amazon VPC: 5 Reasons to Use and Learn it…with Cloud Academy!
Amazon VPC (Virtual Private Cloud) is probably one of the most used and famous services inside the Amazon Web Services suite. The reason is simple:...
AWS Certification Practice Exam: 3 Top Tips For You
Starting out with AWS can be a daunting task. Amazon has done a great job of documenting and presenting systems and services in a clear and concise...
What is Anki Drive and Why Are They Using Amazon Web Services?
One of the most amazing things about AWS is the incredible numbers of startups and companies that are relying on Amazon's Cloud Platform to power o...
OpenStack: PayPal Will Not be The Only One
If you are reading this post you probably know that Cloud Academy is a platform based, right now, on AWS learning. We are a company that aims to...
Study Decks: Learning Amazon AWS with Cloud Academy
In the last month we introduced a new version of CloudAcademy. We spent almost 6 months working not only on a new UX/UI for our product, but also t...
Why You Should Learn Cloud Computing
When I started Cloud Academy I had several discussions with many people involved in the IT industry. Some of them are the best system administra...
Cloud Academy is Hiring a “Creator of Cloud Awesomeness”
(Update) Want to join our team? We are looking for ambitious and energetic people to join our growing team and help build Cloud Academy while maint...
New Partner for Cloud Academy: Newvem.com, the Cloud Operations Optimization Service
(Update) We've been busy building relationships with industry leaders with a common vision, helping organizations leverage cloud technology. If you...
How Cloud Computing is Changing the Demand for IT Skills
(Update) We’ve recently released some new product features to further enhance your training experience: Hands-on Labs, live cloud environments f...
Some Updates on CloudAcademy.com
CloudAcademy.com is live since October 2012, so far we have just focused our efforts on building great content for Amazon Web Services, but as you ...
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Disadvantages of Cloud Computing
If you want to deliver digital services of any kind, you’ll need to estimate all types of resources, not the least of which are 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...
The 12 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...
Advantages and Disadvantages of Microservices Architecture
What are microservices? Let's start our discussion by setting a foundation of what microservices are. Microservices are a way of breaking large software projects into loosely coupled modules, which communicate with each other through simple Application Programming Interfaces (APIs). ...
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 12 certifications that cover major cloud roles including Solutions Architect, De...
AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate: A Study Guide
Want to take a really impactful step in your technical career? Explore the AWS Solutions Architect Associate certificate. Its new version (SAA-C02) was released on March 23, 2020, though you can still take SAA-C01 through July 1, 2020. This post will focus on version SAA-C02. The AWS...
What Exactly Is a Cloud Architect and How Do You Become One?
One of the buzzwords surrounding the cloud that I'm sure you've heard is "Cloud Architect." In this article, I will outline my understanding of what a cloud architect does and I'll analyze the skills and certifications necessary to become one. I will also list some of the types of jobs ...
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 config...
How DNS Works – the Domain Name System (Part One)
Before migrating domains to Amazon's Route53, we should first make sure we properly understand how DNS works While we'll get to AWS's Route53 Domain Name System (DNS) service in the second part of this series, I thought it would be helpful to first make sure that we properly understand...
How I Prepared for the 70-533 Azure Exam
I have been an IT Professional for over two decades. In that time, I have seen and experienced many changes in the IT landscape. Such changes included the move away from Novell to a fledgling company called Microsoft, the shift to something called Active Directory, and the explosion of...
Which Certifications Should I Get?
The old AWS slogan, “Cloud is the new normal” is indeed a reality today. Really, cloud has been the new normal for a while now and getting credentials has become an increasingly effective way to quickly showcase your abilities to recruiters and companies. With all that in mind, the s...
Learn Cloud Computing: Prerequisites
What are the prerequisites and requirements to learn 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 was emailed countless times from our users, and while we have Learning Paths, AWS...
Cloud Migration Risks & Benefits
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...