How to Run Hadoop on Google Cloud – Part 2
Setting up and working with Hadoop can sometimes be difficult. Furthermore, most people with limited resources develop on Hadoop instances on Virtual Machines locally...
Encryption in the Cloud: An Overview
In this post we will look at how to secure your AWS solution data using encryption (if you need a primer on encryption here...
How to Run Code in the Cloud with AWS Lambda
AWS Lambda is a new compute service introduced by AWS to run a piece of code in response to events. The source of these...
Is OpenStack a ‘Jack of All Trades, Master of None’ Cloud Solution?
OpenStack looks like all things to all people. Casually perusing their website you can see that it emphasises the cloud solution’s high-level features –...
3 Reasons Why “the Cloud” Is a Terrible Metaphor (and One Why It Isn’t)
I have a lot of feelings about “the cloud” as a metaphor for networked computing. All my indignation comes too late, of course. I’ve...
Cloud Security Tips: Locking Your Account Down with AWS Identity Access Manager (IAM)
With the growth of cloud services such as Google’s Cloud Platform, Microsoft Azure, Amazon’s Web Service, and many others,developers and organizations have unprecedented access...
Deploying a Docker Container to the Cloud, Part 2
I previously wrote about app containerization using Docker, and if you’re unfamiliar with that concept, please read that post first. In this post, I'm...
Dispelling the myths of hybrid cloud
The words "vendor lock" worry me more than I'd like to admit. Whether it's having too many virtual machines in ec2, an expensive lambda...
Will Oracle become a key cloud player, and what will it mean to development...
This sort of question and provoke some emotive reactions, and many technologists despite the stereotype can get pretty passionate about our views. So let...
The biggest cloud adoption challenges
The cloud technology industry is growing rapidly, as companies are understanding the profitability and efficiency benefits that cloud computing can provide. Public, private, or...