How To Run Your Containers in the Cloud
Nov 29,
2017
Many organizations use cloud services. Many deploy network services as containers. And now, many are combining the two. Let’s look at the advantages of running containers in the cloud. Isn’t This Virtualization on Top of Virtualization? Yes! It has to be. There is no way to do what is defined as cloud computing without virtualization! […]
Amazon AWS and Amazon EC2
Jul 13,
2017
One of the questions that is often raised on the Learning Trees Cloud Computing course is what is the difference between Amazon AWS and Amazon EC2. Both words are widely used when describing Amazons Cloud Computing offerings, but often the difference is not clear. The aim of this post is to explain the differences. Starting […]
Integrating Amazon Lex with Amazon Lambda – Instinctive Language in the Cloud
Jun 13,
2017
Amazon announced in a blog post on April 19 that they had made their natural language tool, Amazon Lex, generally available. First of all, Amazon Lex is – according to the Amazon website – “a service for building conversational interfaces into any application using voice and text.” Lex provides natural language understanding and speech recognition; […]
Functions as a Service (FaaS) – A New Cloud Computing Model
Jun 1,
2017
Cloud computing is often divided into three models: IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service), SaaS (Software as a Service), and PaaS (Platform as a Service). FaaS (Functions as a Service) is the new kid in town. Cloud Models IaaS is a cloud model where the provider supplies a complete infrastructure: virtual machines, virtual networks and potentially […]
New Year’s Resolution: Back Up Your Data
Jan 22,
2016
Two years ago I wrote about backing up your personal data using cloud services, and specifically using Amazon’s Glacier service. I’m writing this post a couple of weeks after New Year’s Day, a time of year to think about getting into better habits. Let’s take another look at this. Some simple commands that you learn […]