Scaling Up Monitoring

How do we design a monitoring system? The Amazon Prime team realized they didn't do a good job and changed their architecture.

Unlock the Power of Google Cloud SQL: Setting Up SQL Server and PostgreSQL Instances

Learn how to get started with Google Cloud MySQL and PostgreSQL databases by creating and configuring a database.

Using Azure Data Studio to Deploy a SQL Server VM on Azure

This article looks at deploying SQL Server on an Azure VM from Azure Data Studio.

Coming Out of the Cloud

Google announced a local version of their cloud databases that companies can install for developers.

Data Oriented Cloud Security Mechanisms

This article looks at security mechanisms in the cloud that can help protect your data, with specific examples in AWS.

The Struggles to Keep Up with Growing Systems

The growing complexity of environments can cause struggles for many IT professionals. However, we need to ensure we are not making things worse.

The Cost of the Cloud

Basecamp is leaving the cloud and Steve thinks it's a good decision. He also thinks the cloud can work very well for organizations.

Backup to Object Storage

Translate Text Data using Azure Cognitive Services

Learn the basics of the Text Translation services in Azure Cognitive Services.

Basic Checks on a New AWS RDS SQL Server

When you first become responsible for a new RDS instance, what do you do? Kenneth Igiri gives you a few queries to get you started.