Cloud Computing Archives | ServerWatch https://www.serverwatch.com/cloud/ ServerWatch is the leading IT resource on all things server. Fri, 22 Sep 2023 19:48:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 6 Best Cloud and Online Backup Services 2023 https://www.serverwatch.com/guides/cloud-backup-services/ Wed, 17 May 2023 04:33:00 +0000 https://www.serverwatch.com/?p=36278 Here are the best cloud and online backup services to protect your personal and company data from loss or theft.

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]]> Top 10 Database as a Service (DBaaS) Solutions https://www.serverwatch.com/cloud/dbaas-solutions/ Thu, 25 Aug 2022 18:14:50 +0000 https://www.serverwatch.com/?p=36708 In the cloud era, tasks like managing databases and building applications are more accessible than ever by utilizing database-as-a-service (DBaaS) solutions. Available as software as a service (SaaS) on all major cloud service providers (CSP), DBaaS offers developers and software engineers accessible online databases with managed underlying infrastructure services. Gone are the days of needing […]

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]]> What is a Data Lakehouse? https://www.serverwatch.com/guides/data-lakehouse/ Tue, 24 May 2022 08:00:56 +0000 https://www.serverwatch.com/?p=36575 A data lakehouse is the data management paradigm combining data warehouse and data lake capabilities into a unified platform for optimizing structured and unstructured data storage. While data warehouses have long been the answer to storing structured data, the explosion of data in recent decades led to data lakes storing vast amounts of unique and […]

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]]> What Is AWS Lambda and How Does It Work? https://www.serverwatch.com/cloud/how-aws-lambda-serverless-works/ Mon, 25 Apr 2022 15:15:00 +0000 https://www.serverwatch.com/2020/09/14/how-aws-lambda-serverless-works/ AWS Lambda is an event-driven serverless computing platform, which executes code in response to events while handling the back-end administration and infrastructure required to run code. In this article, we explore AWS Lambda and its functioning, concepts, benefits, and use cases. What Is Serverless Computing? Serverless computing is a means of delivering back-end services on […]

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]]> 10 Best Ransomware Protection Tools for 2023 https://www.serverwatch.com/security/best-ransomware-protection/ Thu, 24 Mar 2022 18:22:46 +0000 https://www.serverwatch.com/?p=36385 Ransomware, like no other threat, puts fear into the hearts and minds of data administrators. From small businesses to hospitals and critical infrastructure, organizations of all sizes have been victims of ransomware in recent years. Sadly, ransomware protection is more a buzzword than a single product or solution. The cybersecurity vendors doing the most for […]

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]]> What Is AWS EC2? Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud https://www.serverwatch.com/cloud/amazon-ec2/ Thu, 24 Feb 2022 00:03:06 +0000 https://www.serverwatch.com/?p=36251 The prevalence of cloud computing is undeniable; cloud computing generated almost $400 billion in revenue in 2021 alone, globally. One of the largest players in the cloud computing market is Amazon Web Services (AWS), and they have a wide array of services, including Amazon EC2. Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) is a service that provides […]

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]]> Edge Network: How to Build an Edge Computing Network https://www.serverwatch.com/guides/build-edge-network/ Wed, 05 Jan 2022 20:13:22 +0000 https://www.serverwatch.com/?p=36109 Edge computing networks prioritize distributed infrastructure and micro data centers that bring processing and storage of digital resources to global end-users. But how should organizations at large approach edge network deployment? While the last decade has seen the widespread adoption of cloud computing — which relies on centrally hosted and managed data centers — edge […]

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]]> Cloud Security for Virtual Machines & Containers https://www.serverwatch.com/security/security-in-the-world-of-virtual-machines-and-containers/ Thu, 05 Aug 2021 16:30:00 +0000 https://www.serverwatch.com/2020/09/14/security-in-the-world-of-virtual-machines-and-containers/ Cloud computing security, or cloud security, is a set of policies and technologies to protect the services and resources of the cloud computing system. Cloud security is a subdomain of cybersecurity, and includes processes to protect services, applications, data, virtualized IP, and the related infrastructure of cloud computing systems. Virtualized environments, including virtual machines (VMs) […]

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]]> What Is a Container? Understanding Containerization https://www.serverwatch.com/guides/what-is-container-and-containerization/ Thu, 15 Jul 2021 18:58:59 +0000 https://www.serverwatch.com/?p=35350 Containerization is the solution to the roadblocks posed by traditional virtualization. Since their inception, virtual machines (VMs) have enabled organizations to do more with less. A single physical device can contain several isolated, virtual environments through a hypervisor, and the benefits include reduced overhead, convenient mobility, and scalability. Sounds great – but there’s one problem. […]

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]]> On-Prem Infrastructure is Here to Stay. But What Workloads Go Where? https://www.serverwatch.com/server-news/on-premises-infrastructure-is-here-to-stay/ Sat, 03 Jul 2021 03:43:07 +0000 https://www.serverwatch.com/?p=35337 Yes, data centers and server rooms are changing. The explosion of cloud infrastructure solutions enabled organizations to adopt large virtual workloads while innovative server technology offers more in less space. Though effective in causing the downward trend we’ve seen in recent years, these trends hardly mean the end of on-premises infrastructures. Through several years of […]

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