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AWS Firecracker: Next Generation Virtualization for MicroVMs
“Firecracker is an open source virtualization technology that is purpose-built for creating and managing secure, multi-tenant containers and functi...
Azure Stack Use Cases and Applications
This is the second of a two-part series covering Azure Stack. Our first post provided an introduction to Azure Stack. Why would your organizati...
Azure Stack Product Overview and Deployment Options
This is the first of a two-part series. In our second post, we'll discuss use cases for Azure Stack and compare it to Microsoft Azure. Azure Stac...
AWS AMI Virtualization Types: HVM vs PV (Paravirtual VS Hardware VM)
Amazon Machine Images (AWS AMI) offers two types of virtualization: Paravirtual (PV) and Hardware Virtual Machine (HVM). Each solution offers its ...
Container Virtualization: What Makes It Work So Well?
Various implementations of container virtualization (including Docker) are filling compute roles once reserved for hypervisor virtualization. Incr...
vCloud Air from VMware: Launching your First VM on the ‘Other’ Public Cloud
vCloud Air provides a public cloud platform based on VMware's vSphere. It certainly isn't the only public cloud provider out there, but you can't i...
Migrating Virtual Machines to the AWS Cloud
Migrating Virtual Machines: why? In this blog post, we'll discuss how to migrate your on-premise virtual machines to AWS - focusing mostly on the ...
Virtualization: Why it’s a Crucial Technology for the Cloud
Virtualization is the Holy Grail solution of just everything IT talks about. Being in this industry for some time I really see and have experienced...
10 Courses to Master Amazon Web Services
(Update) We've improved our cloud computing plans to cater to both enterprise teams and individuals training needs. You can see our updated pricing...
Docker vs. Virtualization
(Update) We've released new training material on Docker, including the Cloud Academy's Docker in Depth Learning Path. This learning path is designe...
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How to Use AWS CLI
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