Category: Guest Author

A Practical Guide to AWS Monitoring

Another interesting article from my fav guest author. Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides a comprehensive infrastructure you can use to develop, deploy and scale applications. As cloud deployments grow and support mission critical applications, it is becoming more important to gain visibility into what is happening on the cloud, which services or workloads are experiencing … Continue reading A Practical Guide to AWS Monitoring →

Serverless Security: Are You Getting it Right?

What Is Serverless Computing? A serverless architecture allows users to write and deploy code without worrying about the infrastructure. Companies using backend services from serverless providers are billed according to the number of times their code, broken down into functional units called “serverless functions”, is executed. These services scale automatically so you don't have to … Continue reading Serverless Security: Are You Getting it Right? →

HPC on Azure: Benefits and Best Practices

High performance computing (HPC) enables you to leverage supercomputing resources for complex processes. In the past, supercomputers were accessible mainly to those with high budgets. Today, affordable HPC services are offered by the top cloud vendors, including Azure. This article explains basic HPC concepts, and examines best practices for Azure HPC deployments. What Is HPC? … Continue reading HPC on Azure: Benefits and Best Practices →

Top 8 Container Security Best Practices

Containers are a streamlined way to build, test, and deploy applications on local machines and in the cloud. However, there are some security challenges that are unique to containers. A large attack surface, access control issues, and vulnerable images can pose substantial risk. However, it is possible to prevent an exploitation of these vulnerabilities, by … Continue reading Top 8 Container Security Best Practices →

What You Need to Know Before Deploying SAP HANA on Azure

Another interesting article from my favorite guest author. Image source   SAP HANA is column-oriented, in-memory relational database management system (RDBMS). While traditional databases store information in persistent storage, HANA uses random access memory (RAM). This in-memory functionality enables it to provide significantly faster read and write times. SAP HANA functions as a database server, … Continue reading What You Need to Know Before Deploying SAP HANA on Azure →

DIY Kubernetes: Pros, Cons, and Where to Start

Another guest post today - hope you like it! Image Source Although Kubernetes is notoriously complex, there are still many who choose to self deploy Kubernetes. Self, or DIY, deployment grants you full control over your clusters and configurations but requires significant expertise and experience. Before deciding if DIY deployment is right for you, consider … Continue reading DIY Kubernetes: Pros, Cons, and Where to Start →

Building Infrastructure as Code with AWS Cloudformation

Another guest author article! Image Source    Infrastructure as Code (IaC) is gaining attention as a method for improving the resilience, consistency, and scalability of IT infrastructure. IaC enables you to configure infrastructure in the form of a code file. Since it is just text, you can easily copy, edit and distribute the file. When … Continue reading Building Infrastructure as Code with AWS Cloudformation →

Kubernetes as a Service: Amazon EKS vs Google Kubernetes Engine

Another guest author and post today. Image Source Kubernetes makes the management and deployment of containers much easier. However, maintaining the platform can be complicated and expensive so many companies opt to use managed Kubernetes services. This article provides an overview of Kubernetes as a Service (KaaS) and compares two of the top providers: Google … Continue reading Kubernetes as a Service: Amazon EKS vs Google Kubernetes Engine →

Encoding Video for the Web: Codecs and Compression Techniques

We have another guest post today.  Interesting subject! Image Source  Transmission of uncompressed video data over any network is nearly impossible due to file size. A single frame of uncompressed, high-definition video is approximately 8 MB. A minute of uncompressed HD video requires 1.4 GB of storage. As a result, you need a network bandwidth … Continue reading Encoding Video for the Web: Codecs and Compression Techniques →

Understanding Premium Azure File Storage

Another interesting guest author post. Image Source Companies need to store their data in a way that can be accessible and protected. To achieve this, many organizations are migrating their workloads to the cloud. One of the top cloud storage providers, Microsoft Azure, provides highly available and scalable storage services. Recently, the Premium tier of … Continue reading Understanding Premium Azure File Storage →