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AWS Weekly Roundup: Single GPU P5 instances, Advanced Go Driver, Amazon SageMaker HyperPod and more (August 18, 2025)
Let me start this week’s update with something I’m especially excited about – the upcoming BeSA (Become a Solutions Architect) cohort. BeSA is a free mentoring program that I host…
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AWS named as a Leader in 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Strategic Cloud Platform Services for 15 years in a row
On August 4, 2025, Gartner published its Gartner Magic Quadrant for Strategic Cloud Platform Services (SCPS). Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the longest-running Magic Quadrant Leader, with Gartner naming AWS…
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Celebrating 10 years of Amazon Aurora innovation
Ten years ago, we announced the general availability of Amazon Aurora, a database that combined the speed and availability of high-end commercial databases with the simplicity and cost-effectiveness of open…
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Nutanix AHV vs. VMware ESXi: Making an Informed Decision
Key Takeaways Nutanix AHV is easy to use, cost-effective, and tightly integrated with Nutanix HCI. VMware ESXi offers advanced features, broad compatibility, and is ideal for complex enterprise environments. Choose…
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Meet our newest AWS Heroes — August 2025
We are excited to announce the latest cohort of AWS Heroes, recognized for their exceptional contributions and technical leadership. These passionate individuals represent diverse regions and technical specialties, demonstrating notable…
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Introducing Veeam Vault to the One UI: Secure Cloud Storage Made Easy
Today marks an exciting step forward for Veeam and our customers, as Veeam Vault joins our all-new unified OneUI, alongside our Veeam Data Cloud workloads for Microsoft 365, Entra ID,…
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AWS Weekly Roundup: OpenAI models, Automated Reasoning checks, Amazon EVS, and more (August 11, 2025)
AWS Summits in the northern hemisphere have mostly concluded but the fun and learning hasn’t yet stopped for those of us in other parts of the globe. The community, customers,…
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Smart Strategies for Handling Vendor Lock-In, Lock-Out, and Data Challenges
Key Takeaways: Understanding the difference between vendor lock-in and lock-out is essential for data control: Lock-in can restrict flexibility and innovation, while lock-out can result in sudden loss of access…
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How Higher Education Institutions Can Strengthen Cyber Resilience with Modern Data Protection
Education sector IT teams are facing unprecedented cybersecurity threats and compliance demands. For colleges and universities, cyber resilience is the ability to withstand, recover from, and adapt to cyberattacks and…
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Locking Down Public-Sector Data: My Perspective on Why Veeam Data Cloud Vault Sets the New Standard
As director of public sector sales for Veeam in the U.S., I spend my days talking with state agencies, county CIOs, school districts, and federal program managers who are under…