Walmart expands cloud strategy with Azure adoption

Cloud Computing Digest A roundup of cloud infrastructure content from TechTarget's network |July 24th, 2018 FEATURED STORY Walmart's cloud strategy sticks by OpenStack, despite Azure migration by Trevor Jones, Senior News Writer Walmart is OpenStack's most famous supporter, but how much will the flagging open source technology remain in the retailer's plans now that it has chosen Microsoft as its preferred cloud provider? (SearchCloudComputing.com) Advertisement NEWS   Microsoft bills Azure network as the hub for remote offices Azure Virtual WAN is Microsoft's bid to play in the emerging SD-WAN space, as it seeks to solve users' networking problems while it adds new customers. (SearchCloudComputing.com)   GCP Marketplace beats AWS, Azure to Kubernetes app store Google is the first major public cloud provider to sell prepackaged apps for container orchestration clusters, but expect AWS and Azure to follow quickly with Kubernetes marketplaces of their own. (SearchITOperations.com)   Microsoft Azure Dev Spaces, Google Jib target Kubernetes woes Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud both added cloud application development tools that improve and simplify the process of creating apps that run on the respective platforms. (SearchCloudApplications.com)   Matt Wood talks AWS' AI platform, ethical use AWS' AI tools have gained traction with users, but also criticism from civil rights advocates. Matt Wood, an AWS deep learning and AI exec, discusses AWS' evolving portfolio. (SearchAWS.com) EXPERT ADVICE   Evaluate Google Cloud TPUs for machine learning apps Machine learning apps have prompted a paradigm shift in the world of public cloud. Google is an early market leader with its TPUs and TensorFlow, but can it stay on top? (SearchCloudComputing.com)   Four tips for a successful hybrid cloud POC A hybrid cloud proof of concept is an important step to ensure a deployment will fully meet IT and business needs. Mind these best practices around data, networks and more. (SearchCloudComputing.com)   Serverless vs. containers: What's best for event-driven apps? Serverless and containers give teams new options to host event-driven applications, but each has pros and cons. Decide which platform is best for your app to avoid a costly mistake. (SearchMicroservices.com)   Overcome app deployment challenges in a multi-cloud strategy Looking to adopt a multi-cloud model? Be sure to address these common app deployment, redeployment and scaling challenges first. (SearchCloudComputing.com)   Don't overlook these practices in software modernization During app modernization projects, teams commonly overlook basic goals, processes and tools, which can sully app launches as a result. (SearchCloudComputing.com)   With AWS Greengrass, IoT apps become seamless edge to cloud Find out how the various applications and infrastructure pieces work together when building an IoT app on top of AWS Greengrass. (IoTAgenda.com) About This E-Newsletter This e-newsletter is published by the TechTarget network. To unsubscribe from Cloud Computing Digest, click here. Please note, this will not affect any other subscriptions you have signed up for. TechTarget Data Center and Virtualization Media Group, 275 Grove Street, Newton, MA 02466. Contact: webmaster@techtarget.com Copyright 2018 TechTarget. All rights reserved.