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Content Distribution with Amazon CloudFront

November 9, 2018 By ezcloud Leave a Comment

Consider a situation in which you’ve developed a groundbreaking website, and you would like to share your content with the world. The problem is that your hosting provider is based in New York, and you’re concerned that a user from a different region, such as Europe or Australia, won’t be able to view your content quickly and reliably. … Read more

Amazon’s cloud-computing business is looking to space

November 9, 2018 By ezcloud Leave a Comment

Amazon’s public cloud could be bound for space. The cloud-computing division, Amazon Web Services, has been looking to hire people for an initiative involving space and satellite systems, though the company has never publicly discussed such a project. On Tuesday the website This Just In, which covers Amazon, published a report after spotting two job postings for the space program.… Read more

Updated: Microsoft Azure’s southern U.S. data center goes down for hours, impacting Office365 and Active Directory customers

November 9, 2018 By ezcloud Leave a Comment

A look inside a Microsoft data center in Cheyenne, Wyo. (Microsoft Photo) On September 4, 2018 around 230am Pacific Time, Microsoft identified problems with the cooling systems in one part of its Texas data center complex, which caused a spike in temperature and forced it to shut down equipment in order to prevent a more catastrophic failure, according to the Azure status page.… Read more

VMware to Acquire Startup CloudHealth in Push to Grow Cloud Offerings

November 8, 2018 By ezcloud Leave a Comment

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – VMware Inc will acquire CloudHealth Technologies as part of the information technology company’s continued push into cloud-based software services, the company announced on Monday. The Palo Alto, California, company will pay approximately $500 million for the Boston-based startup, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.… Read more

The 12 Best Video Conferencing Apps for Teams

November 8, 2018 By ezcloud Leave a Comment

In 1884, eight years after Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Watson had the world’s first phone call, industrialist John Jacob Astor IV published his predictions for the 21st century. Along with ill-fated predictions of steel-covered roads and the discovery an anti-gravitational force, he also foresaw video calls.… Read more

How to become a DevOps engineer: A cheat sheet

November 8, 2018 By ezcloud Leave a Comment

Many organizations are moving to DevOps, an ethos that integrates software developers and IT professionals who manage production operations for a smoother, more productive workflow. That means that DevOps engineers are more in demand than ever before, with these professionals ranked no.… Read more