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Hello Cloud fans, Today I’d like to talk to you about some commonly perceived cloud myths that Iâ€...

Cloud computing continues to redefine itself as more customers begin their “Journey to the cloud.â...

Last week, AWS announced their 42nd price reduction since 2008. This significant cut impacts many of...

Yes, I know, everyone is tired of hearing about the Cloud. It seems like talk about the cloud happen...

The jump to the cloud can be a scary proposition.  For an enterprise with systems deeply embedded i...

As Amazon Web Services (AWS) continues to develop their enterprise adoption strategy, we sometimes f...

The human factor of IT embracing the cloud must always be taken into consideration. Cloud computing ...

One of the main differentiators between traditional on premise data centers and Cloud Computing thro...

Dealing with organizational change is a challenge in today’s fast-paced business environment.  Lo...

There are four main reasons why companies are moving to the cloud. They include: agility, availabili...

There have been numerous articles, blogs, and whitepapers about the security of the Cloud as a busin...

Amazon Web Servicesâ„¢ (AWS) released a new service at re:invent a few weeks ago that will have oper...

The pervasive technology industry has created the cloud and all the acronyms that go with it.  ...

October 28th marked the one year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, the epic storm that ravaged the Nor...

Amazon and 2nd Watch have published numerous white papers and blog articles on various ways to use A...

Backup and disaster recovery often require solutions that add complexity and additional cost to prop...

An Introduction to CloudFormation One of the most powerful services in the AWS collection set is Clo...

Cloud Services are becoming more commonplace in the Enterprise. As a result, our ability to learn fr...

Amazon Web Services best practices tell us to build for stateless systems, in a perfect world any se...

After a seven-year career at Cisco, I am thrilled to be working with 2nd Watch to help make cloud wo...

Auto-Scaling gives the ability to scale your EC2 instances up or down according to demand to handle ...

To leverage the full benefits of Amazon Web Services (AWS) and features such as instant elasticity a...

Earlier this month, AWS announced that it was integrating its Route 53 DNS service with its CloudWat...

There are an endless supply of articles talking about “the dangers of the hidden costs of cloud co...

Not long ago, 2nd Watch published an article on Amazon Glacier. In it Caleb provides a great primer ...

The other day I was working with my neighbor’s kid on his baseball fundamentals and I found myself...

A lot of companies have been dipping their toe in the proverbial Cloud waters for some time, looking...

If you haven’t heard of Amazon Glacier, you need to check it out. As its name implies, you can thi...

If you are a user like me, it may actually take you longer to make a cup of coffee than creating an ...

There are many companies selling goods or services on the AWS platform, and all have to solve an imp...