Department of Defense cloud contract looms large

AWS Digest A roundup of AWS content from TechTarget's network |June 11th, 2018 FEATURED STORY JEDI cloud deal set to shake up market by Trevor Jones, Senior News Writer The DoD's JEDI cloud contract could make waves beyond the public sector, and help solidify AWS' lead -- or give momentum to one of its competitors. (The Troposphere Blog) Advertisement NEWS   Complex pricing hinders enterprise assessment of cloud IoT hubs 451 Research claims the complex IoT pricing models favored by the hyperscale cloud giants are making life difficult for enterprise IT departments. (Computer Weekly)   AWS unveils new instances, expanded IoT options Fulfilling its re:Invent promises, AWS unveiled EC2 bare-metal instances for greater infrastructure control, as well as expanded IoT and graph database options. (AWS Cloud Cover Blog) EXPERT ADVICE   Map out a cloud incident response plan A successful AWS incident response plan not only ensures that you detect and act on an issue, but that you get all relevant data into the right hands and know, through practice, that the process works. (SearchAWS.com)   Do the math to choose a machine learning tool SageMaker, a new AWS machine learning service, aims to simplify the training and deployment of algorithms, but might still be over some IT pros' heads. (SearchAWS.com)   How Kubernetes services complicate cloud portability While managed Kubernetes services from AWS, Google and Microsoft have their perks, they aren't necessarily conducive to portability in a multi-cloud strategy. (SearchCloudComputing.com)   Amazon EKS features trump ECS but add complexity Amazon EKS might offer better management features than other AWS container orchestrator options, with the added benefit of Kubernetes capabilities. (SearchAWS.com)   Compare Lambda functions in the cloud vs. at the edge IoT Lambda functions perform differently in the cloud vs. on edge hardware. Explore these key differences and how to track and store device data. (SearchAWS.com)   The steps to success in cloud automation, orchestration Managing a complex cloud environment is an ongoing chore for an organization's IT operations team, but cloud orchestration tools can lessen this burden. (SearchCloudComputing.com) About This E-Newsletter This e-newsletter is published by the TechTarget network. To unsubscribe from AWS Digest, click here. Please note, this will not affect any other subscriptions you have signed up for. TechTarget Enterprise Applications Media Group, 275 Grove Street, Newton, MA 02466. Contact: webmaster@techtarget.com Copyright 2018 TechTarget. All rights reserved.