As a technologist, it’s almost second nature to come across new problems and immediately think—how do I combine the right set of tools and technologies to solve this puzzle? It’s exciting to consider how you could use fundamental building blocks like EC2, S3, and Lambda to solve complex problems. But it’s even more amazing to […]

There’s no denying that migrating to the cloud unlocks multiple benefits for organizations looking to modernize their IT infrastructure. However, the journey to truly unlock the benefits of the cloud and experience its full potential can bring some unforeseen challenges. We can all agree that no two cloud journeys are alike, but having worked on […]

Cloud computing has offered new horizons to businesses embarking on a digital transformation journey. However, no matter how appealing, it’s also a reason to worry. With cloud computing, businesses can access crucial information about their organization anywhere, anytime. But this also means that it’s easy for hackers to access and exploit it. The changing digital […]

This post is part of our Week in Review series. Check back each week for a quick roundup of interesting news and announcements from AWS! As a new week begins, let’s quickly look back at the most significant AWS news from the previous seven days. Last Week’s LaunchesHere are the launches that got my attention […]

Cloud and IT certifications are critical for technologists to demonstrate their understanding and proficiency with cloud technologies. It also brings added benefits to the technologist. According to a recent study that we commissioned, 52 percent of learners said cloud certifications expanded their career opportunities while 80 percent of people identified a higher salary as a […]

In the era of speed and consistency, many service providers in the connectedness industry deal with a significant number of calls related to network outages. Their inability to predict these outages and proactively notify the customer results in customer dissatisfaction. Proactive outage notifications, if not triggered quickly, have a cascading impact: Huge call spike in […]

Our customers are looking for cost-effective ways to continue to migrate their applications to the cloud. VMware Cloud on AWS is a fully managed, jointly engineered service that brings VMware’s enterprise-class, software-defined data center architecture to the cloud. VMware Cloud on AWS offers our customers the ability to run applications across operationally consistent VMware vSphere-based […]

‘Legacy systems’ often get a bit of a rough time in the IT community. But perhaps this is unfair. After all, in many cases you’re talking about software platforms that have lasted and been effective for 20 or 30 years – most of us don’t own cars that old. A long, useful life in an […]

The AWS Region in the United Arab Emirates is now open. The official name is Middle East (UAE), and the API name is me-central-1. You can start using it today to deploy workloads and store your data in the United Arab Emirates. The AWS Middle East (UAE) Region is the second Region in the Middle […]

I’ve just returned from data and machine learning (ML) conferences in Los Angeles and San Francisco, California. It’s been great to chat with customers and developers about the latest technology trends and use cases. This past week has also been packed with launches at AWS. Last Week’s Launches Here are some launches that got my […]