What, exactly, is application modernization? Fundamentally, application modernization is the practice of updating older software. This broad definition includes implementing newer computing approaches, learning newer languages, developing appropriate frameworks and even creating new infrastructure platforms. This practice is also sometimes called legacy modernization or legacy application modernization. You could think of application modernization as the […]
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Which cloud migration strategy is best for you? An old Chinese proverb says that the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. This proverb holds true for your journey in the cloud. However, the Chinese proverb implies that the location of the journey’s end is known, and the course is well-planned. Otherwise, […]
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The short answer is that synthesizing those two worlds offers comprehensive system logging, more precise system observability, better code pipelines, and enhanced security. In other words, AWS users run Windows and Linux containers side by side in the same Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) environment to meld the attributes of both systems, providing a consistent […]
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The answer to the titled question is simple: Because Windows has an excellent operating system, and AWS provides extra benefits and cost savings. Customers have been running Microsoft workloads on AWS for more than 12 years, longer than any cloud provider. One of AWS’s benefits includes hosting a Windows platform with the ability to launch […]
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What is observability? Observability is a process that examines the properties of a system. A system is observable if its current state can be determined in a finite time period using the system’s outputs. The meaning of “observability” has changed as development models have evolved. Before cloud computing and DevOps, on-premises data centers were exclusively […]
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What is GitOps The term GitOps was coined by Weaveworks in 2017. GitOps is a logical extension of DevOps. GitOps builds on DevOps with Git as a single source of truth for the whole system. In other words, Git is a secure library repository that holds the best, most complete version of a system’s infrastructure […]
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GitOps or DevOps? You’re likely more familiar with the concepts of DevOps than the more recently coined term GitOps. Among the goals of DevOps are to reduce friction within development, testing, and operation departments, and to improve the iteration efficiency of application deployments and versions to reduce human errors. With advancements in cloud computing and […]
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Many companies are on lockdown because of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) and social distancing, and they’re struggling to still be in scope of the regulatory compliance and security they generally work under. Using Amazon WorkSpaces, it’s possible to have a virtual desktop without losing your grip on your company’s regulatory compliance and IT security while working […]
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