Opinion

The agent security mess

Humans don’t use most of their granted permissions, but agents will—and the results will be disastrous.

By Matt Asay

Mar 23, 20266 mins

Access ControlDevelopment ApproachesIdentity and Access Management

Move faster with continuous security scanning in the cloud

Cloud-native application protection platforms are a promising approach to securing cloud-based applications without sacrificing development speed.

By David Linthicum

Sep 24, 2021 3 mins

Cloud Computing Cloud Security Software Development

Working with Azure Managed Instance for Cassandra

Use open-source tools to build big data systems that bridge on premises and cloud.

By Simon Bisson

Sep 22, 2021 6 mins

Databases Microsoft Azure Open Source

What’s the real value of multicloud redundancy?

Many are seeking to duplicate systems with at least two hyperscalers, but in a lot of scenarios, it's an expensive solution that might not make financial sense.

By David Linthicum

Sep 21, 2021 4 mins

Cloud Architecture Cloud Computing

Why embed analytics and data visualizations in apps

Embedding analytics in applications is a smart way to expose insights and decision-making capabilities directly in employee workflow and customer-facing apps.

By Isaac Sacolick

Sep 20, 2021 5 mins

Analytics Data Visualization Development Tools

GitLab’s S-1 points to an integrated devops future

GitLab prepares to go public, offering a way for devops, security, IT, and business teams to collaborate on software development.

By Matt Asay

Sep 20, 2021 5 mins

Cloud Computing Devops Version Control Systems

The lack of cloud skills is hindering cloud progress

The cloud skills shortage is killing enterprises that want to move to new technology quickly. Here are a few creative ways to deal with this issue.

By David Linthicum

Sep 17, 2021 4 mins

Careers Cloud Computing

Understanding WAGI, the WebAssembly Gateway Interface

One of the oldest web development techniques is back, ready to power a new generation of edge hardware and services.

By Simon Bisson

Sep 15, 2021 8 mins

Cloud Computing Libraries and Frameworks Web Development

Put business logic in the application, not the database

Reduce your dependency on scarce database resources to facilitate easier scaling.

By Lee Atchison

Sep 15, 2021 8 mins

Databases Software Development

What to do when you hit the cloudops wall

Many enterprises are now migrating the more difficult applications and data sets to the cloud. Once they attempt to operationalize these workloads, it’s clear that some things should have been fixed before.

By David Linthicum

Sep 14, 2021 4 mins

Cloud Computing Cloud Management Technology Industry

The future of Rust

The Rustacean Principles are more than feel-good ideas. They are a key part of why developers keep giving Rust the crown.

By Matt Asay

Sep 13, 2021 5 mins

Programming Languages Rust Software Development

How to get a maxed-out cloud budget

Effective cloud leaders know how to sell cloud to executives and boards, even if they don’t understand all the minutiae. Leverage your cloud skills to get the budget you need.

By David Linthicum

Sep 10, 2021 5 mins

Careers Cloud Computing

Understanding Azure Virtual Networks

Azure’s built-in software-defined network tools are key to delivering cloud-native applications securely.

By Simon Bisson

Sep 8, 2021 7 mins

Cloud Computing Microsoft Azure Software Development

The lines between private data centers and public clouds are blurring

Public clouds are changing the way we look at IT, no matter if you’re using cloud computing or not.

By David Linthicum

Sep 8, 2021 3 mins

Cloud Computing Technology Industry

How low-code platforms enable machine learning

Multiple options make machine learning available to professional data scientists, citizen data analysts, and software developers.

By Isaac Sacolick

Sep 6, 2021 7 mins

Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning No Code and Low Code

Open source is selfish

Companies don't support open source for purely altruistic reasons. They expect a return on their investment.

By Matt Asay

Sep 6, 2021 7 mins

Amazon Web Services Open Source Technology Industry

Cloud security and architecture teams need to communicate better

It’s a sure bet that containers and microservices will become new security vulnerabilities for cloud-native applications without discussions about best practices and standards.

By David Linthicum

Sep 3, 2021 3 mins

Cloud Architecture Cloud Computing Software Development

Use the Visual Studio Code editor in your own projects

Microsoft’s Monaco JavaScript library powers its own editors. Now you can build it into your own code.

By Simon Bisson

Sep 1, 2021 7 mins

Development Tools JavaScript Software Development

Making the case for the intelligent edge

Let’s look at reasons to push core AI processes out of the centralized public cloud to the edge.

By David Linthicum

Aug 31, 2021 4 mins

Artificial Intelligence Cloud Computing Technology Industry

Don’t stop your migration!

Stopping your application or cloud migration too early can cause more harm than not migrating at all.

By Lee Atchison

Aug 30, 2021 6 mins

Cloud Architecture Cloud Computing Software Development

What you don’t know about working with AWS

You’ll get further by understanding what a company values and what makes its employees tick.

By Matt Asay

Aug 30, 2021 7 mins

Amazon Web Services Careers Open Source

When a cloud provider retires a service you’re using

It may feel like a betrayal, but public cloud providers do need to sunset services at times. Here’s how to plan for it and even find an opportunity to improve.

By David Linthicum

Aug 27, 2021 3 mins

Cloud Computing Cloud Management Managed Cloud Services

Build verified code with F*

Microsoft Research’s new language makes code safer and more secure.

By Simon Bisson

Aug 25, 2021 7 mins

C Language Development Tools Programming Languages

Architects are focused on the wrong end of multicloud

Success with multicloud architecture is more about ongoing multicloud operations, not how optimized the design is.

By David Linthicum

Aug 24, 2021 3 mins

Cloud Architecture Cloud Computing

Tips for agile and devops teams in a hybrid work model

When teams are split between home and office, establishing some ground rules will keep projects moving efficiently.

By Isaac Sacolick

Aug 23, 2021 7 mins

Agile Development Careers Devops

‘Why cloud computing?’ is always a good question

With no other viable options on the horizon, most people accept cloud as the new standard. But if you can’t offer a solid reason why, it’s a question worth asking.

By David Linthicum

Aug 20, 2021 3 mins

Careers Cloud Computing

Build mixed reality for Microsoft Edge with WebXR

Get started with the new web standard for developing mixed-reality applications in Microsoft Edge on Windows.

By Simon Bisson

Aug 18, 2021 7 mins

Software Development Virtual Reality

‘Spreading the risk’ using multicloud

While many industries worry about putting all their cloud eggs in one service provider’s basket, a less-understood value of multicloud is emerging.

By David Linthicum

Aug 17, 2021 3 mins

Cloud Architecture Cloud Computing Cloud Management

5 steps to improve your application availability

Keeping your application up and running is mission-critical for modern organizations. Follow these steps to reduce your risk of customer-impacting downtime.

By Lee Atchison

Aug 16, 2021 11 mins

Cloud Computing Devops Software Development

How cloud services get built today

Taking a great open source project and building it into a product people will pay for require skills in development and operations.

By Matt Asay

Aug 16, 2021 5 mins

Cloud Computing Open Source PaaS

Meta or micro cloud architecture? You need both

Those who focus on cloud-native architecture (aka, architecture in the narrow) may miss the boat on some important decisions.

By David Linthicum

Aug 13, 2021 4 mins

Careers Cloud Architecture Cloud Computing

How to run Azure services on your own servers

Microsoft’s Azure Arc now supports Azure App Services.

By Simon Bisson

Aug 11, 2021 7 mins

Cloud Computing Microsoft Azure Software Development

Why the cloud is so complicated—an explanation, not an excuse

Many people now realize that cloud computing is more difficult and complicated than we originally thought. Trying to minimize complexity from the start will help you not get in over your head.

By David Linthicum

Aug 10, 2021 4 mins

Careers Cloud Architecture Cloud Computing

The long, long reigns of popular databases

Database popularity rises and falls over decades, not years. The databases that developers are interested in trying today may permeate the enterprises of the future.

By Matt Asay

Aug 10, 2021 5 mins

Databases

How SLOs and error budgets improve app reliability

These practical tools help devops teams balance operational issues and the pursuit of perfection.

By Isaac Sacolick

Aug 9, 2021 6 mins

Agile Development App Testing Software Development

How to screw up data migration to the cloud

Many enterprises move their data problems to the cloud. Invest the time and money to clean up your data so that it can be more valuable to the business.

By David Linthicum

Aug 6, 2021 4 mins

Cloud Computing Data Management Data Quality

Debugging concurrent code with Coyote

Microsoft’s new .NET distributed systems testing framework helps track down hard-to-reproduce errors in cloud code.

By Simon Bisson

Aug 4, 2021 6 mins

Cloud Computing Microsoft .NET Microsoft Azure

Data science needs drudges

Quality data science outputs depend on quality inputs. Data cleansing and preparing may not be exciting work, but it’s critical.

By Matt Asay

Aug 3, 2021 5 mins

Analytics Data Science Machine Learning

Cloud database and cloud infrastructure people need to talk

Hoping to increase speed and agility, most people want to decouple databases and infrastructure in their cloud computing solutions. That's a bad idea.

By David Linthicum

Aug 3, 2021 3 mins

Cloud Architecture Cloud Computing Databases

What is the color of cloud money?

The money you spend for on-premises infrastructure and the money you spend for cloud infrastructure are not the same.

By Lee Atchison

Aug 2, 2021 8 mins

Cloud Computing

Are your agile and devops processes good enough?

See how your team compares to other companies using agile and devops effectively.

By Isaac Sacolick

Jul 31, 2021 5 mins

Agile Development Careers Devops

Could you survive a cloud architecture walkthrough?

Someone could soon show up at your office to spend weeks second-guessing your cloud technology and architecture choices. Here's how to deal with the findings.

By David Linthicum

Jul 30, 2021 3 mins

Careers Cloud Architecture Cloud Computing

Design for responsible AI with Microsoft’s HAX

Microsoft Research’s Human-AI eXperience toolkit makes us think about how we use AI in our code.

By Simon Bisson

Jul 28, 2021 7 mins

Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning

The evolution of public clouds will benefit enterprises

The writing is on the wall. Most enterprise IT solutions will be multicloud, and cloud resources will be abstracted and commoditized.

By David Linthicum

Jul 27, 2021 3 mins

Cloud Computing Technology Industry

The uber-importance of docs

It doesn’t matter how great your software is if nobody understands how or why they should use it.

By Matt Asay

Jul 26, 2021 4 mins

Careers Salaries Technology Industry

The importance of classifying analytics

Aligning the right metrics to the right use case allows for timelier reporting and reduces application risk.

By Lee Atchison

Jul 24, 2021 9 mins

Analytics Devops SaaS

3 creative ways to obtain cloud talent

If your company needs more cloud skills and recruiting is too slow, look outside the box to build the right cloud team.

By David Linthicum

Jul 23, 2021 3 mins

Careers Cloud Computing IT Skills and Training

Get your Visual Studio extensions ready for 64-bit

Microsoft is finally releasing a 64-bit version of Visual Studio, but you have to rebuild your VSIX extensions for the new IDE.

By Simon Bisson

Jul 21, 2021 6 mins

Development Tools Software Development

Cloud-native apps don’t have to stay DRY

Many of those designing microservices and service-based architectures are focusing a bit too much on reuse. ‘Don’t repeat yourself’ is not always good advice.

By David Linthicum

Jul 20, 2021 3 mins

Cloud Computing IT Skills and Training Software Development