The simple truth is that there is no one-size-fits-all cloud adoption strategy that works for everyone. Fitness is a great analog for cloud adoption. To get fit, we must eat well and exercise. But the types of food we eat and training we undertake has many varying factors.

From the dozens of new announcements at 2020’s AWS re:Invent, by far the two categories with the most announcements have been in the areas of compute and machine learning. While attempting to summarize those here would not do them justice, I’d like to highlight three of the most interesting and eye-popping ones as we begin 2021.

When deciding whether to migrate your critical workloads to the AWS cloud, it can be difficult to understand what your full scope of spending will be. AWS total cost of ownership (TCO) varies from organization to organization, as many have differing compliance and security requirements, customer expectations for service and availability, and DevOps goals.

Deciding which target or targets are right for your DRaaS strategy can be complex. Some of the factors end up being tradeoffs, speed vs. cost.

Traditional norms were no doubt disrupted in 2020, which makes 2021 predictions a big question mark of how things will evolve. As we reflect on lessons learned from 2020, one commonality among those we saw thrive is that being prepared for the uncertain means pivoting your company toward a stance that emphasizes agility, speed and security.

Secure access service edge (SASE) is a methodology for secure connectivity to resources in the cloud and on-premise that combines WAN capabilities and network security.

When searching for a reliable cloud managed services provider, it can be difficult to see through the noise. Indeed, there are hundreds if not thousands of cloud service providers out there. In evaluating providers of cloud managed services for Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud or Microsoft Azure, it is not enough to check the accreditation level, certifications and competencies of these vendors alone. Instead, companies should examine a variety of other aspects to find the truly right fit for their business. Here are a few areas to check during your selection process.

Confidence in your AWS services provider is crucial to the migration process and operations thereafter. And confidence in a provider is built over time, with alignment to your IT team and company in an understanding of your objectives both now and for the future.

Identity Access Management (IAM) has captured a growing share of the overall IT budget in recent months, since business leaders want to verify that administrative capabilities don’t suffer during times of uncertainty and evolving cyber threats.

The senseless killings of Black Americans in the headlines have understandably led to civic action and visible protests around the country as Americans everywhere, of all races and walks of life, are exercising their right to free speech. Worldwide, millions are now speaking out against systemic racism in our society. As a result, we are witnessing a sea of change and I wanted to take a moment to share my own recent reflections. I have been thinking of how to embrace the realities of today beyond simply condemning the crimes committed, a question we can all explore as we come together prepared to listen, learn and engage in community conversations around issues of race, fairness and equity.

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