An updated guide to Azure App Service plans, tiers, and pricing, covering features from Free to Premium v3 and recent 2024 changes.
A technical guide explaining how to set up and configure Google Cloud Platform's HTTP Load Balancer using the command-line interface (CLI).
Explains why AWS EBS volumes from snapshots have slower initial disk performance and how to pre-read the disk to trigger block resets for accurate testing.
Analyzes OpenStack's rapid growth from a few IaaS projects to a vast ecosystem of 54 teams, highlighting the tensions between its old integrated model and new 'big tent' approach.
AWS explains its infrastructure and disaster preparedness to ensure high availability and reliability for hosted applications during major weather events.
A tutorial on building data pipelines using Microsoft Azure Data Factory, covering ingestion, transformation, and orchestration.
A personal recap of the first day at VMworld Europe 2015, covering sessions on the evolving IT admin role and hybrid cloud.
A developer presents Gnocchi, an OpenStack metrics project, at a Paris meetup, explaining its purpose, functionality, and advantages over Ceilometer.
A technical tutorial on building an IoT solution using Microsoft Orleans and Azure, covering grains, state persistence, and deployment.
Interview with a software engineer about his work on OpenStack, his role at Red Hat, and his book on Python.
A summary of five key announcements and technologies from VMworld US 2015, focusing on VMware's virtualization and cloud innovations.
A blogger's preview and preparation for attending VMworld Europe 2015, covering virtualization and cloud technology conference tracks.
Explains Azure WebJobs for running background tasks and scheduled workloads on Azure App Service, highlighting their cost-effectiveness and integration.
A tutorial on building a reporting application and deploying it using Microsoft Azure RemoteApp, a cloud service for hosting Windows applications.
Explains how to optimize SQL Server performance and reduce costs on Microsoft Azure using flexible IaaS configurations and storage strategies.
A technical overview and personal notes on Amazon's ECS (EC2 Container Service), explaining its core concepts, workflow, and current state.
A guide to setting up and running Docker containers on Microsoft Azure, covering initial setup, common pitfalls, and management from a Linux host.
A detailed review of Microsoft Azure's major updates, feature releases, and milestones throughout the year 2014.
Oracle OBIEE SampleApp v406 is now available as a public Amazon EC2 AMI for development and testing in the cloud.
A 2014 TechEd talk on Azure API Management, now archived, with slides and a dead video link.
