Microsoft Azure chases AWS with Accelerated Networking

Cloud Computing Digest A roundup of cloud infrastructure content from TechTarget's network |January 30th, 2018 FEATURED STORY Azure networking feature addresses latency, performance by Trevor Jones, Senior News Writer An Accelerated Networking upgrade to Microsoft Azure reduces latency and improves performance for newer VMs, as Microsoft tries to keep pace with AWS. (SearchCloudComputing.com) Advertisement NEWS   Five cloud computing skills to propel your career in 2018 Need to stay relevant in the cloud computing job market? To kick off 2018, build or hone your skills around hybrid cloud, AI and more. (SearchCloudComputing.com)   AWS snaps up Sqrrl to strengthen threat detection, analytics Amazon's move to fold Sqrrl, a threat detection startup, into AWS security services could help bring together its growing list of disparate security tools. (SearchAWS.com)   Cloud conferences to check out in the first half of the year For beginners and experts alike, cloud conferences are a good way to gain industry knowledge and sharpen your skills. Here are some to pencil in over the next several months. (SearchCloudComputing.com)   OpenShift on OpenStack aims to ease VM, container management In this Q&A, Red Hat's Brian Gracely discusses managing a virtual environment that has both VMs and containers and how OpenShift on OpenStack can help. (SearchServerVirtualization.com) EXPERT ADVICE   Big data in cloud computing demands an IT skill set change Enterprises continue to shift big data workloads to the cloud. And while the move doesn't require a total overhaul of IT skills, it does demand some change for admin and dev teams. (SearchCloudComputing.com)   Words to go: Basic cloud computing terms New to cloud computing? Use this list of basic terms to familiarize yourself with common deployment models, service categories and top providers. (SearchCloudComputing.com)   Prepare for these cloud computing technologies in 2018 Not sure what to expect, exactly, in the cloud computing market in 2018? Three of our Advisory Board members share their top predictions. (SearchCloudComputing.com)   Google cloud features evolve to turn up the heat on AWS Google made several moves in 2017 in an attempt to close the gap between itself and market leader AWS. But will those efforts be enough to win over new customers? (SearchCloudComputing.com)   CASBs address wide range of cloud security concerns Cloud and distributed apps create complex security challenges. CASBs aim to resolve these issues with features for threat protection, data loss prevention and more. (SearchCloudComputing.com)   Build and test a cloud-based disaster recovery plan A disaster recovery plan is essential to protect critical workloads in the cloud, but unless you perform regular and extensive tests, that plan might let you down. (SearchCloudComputing.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 2017 TechTarget. All rights reserved.