Aiming for more than just net zero

By Dustin Ward

Climate experts across the globe agree: if we can’t drastically reduce carbon emissions, our planet will face catastrophic consequences. Microsoft has operated carbon neutral since 2012, and in January 2020 Brad Smith announced our commitment to going carbon negative by 2030. This isn’t a goal we can reach in one easy swoop—it will take time,…

Amazon CloudFront adds additional geolocation headers for more granular geotargeting

By Dustin Ward

Amazon Web Services FeedAmazon CloudFront adds additional geolocation headers for more granular geotargeting Additional geolocation headers are now available in Amazon CloudFront for use in new cache and origin request policies. You can now configure CloudFront to add additional geolocation headers that provide more granularity in your caching and origin request policies. Previously, you could…

Enhancing your chatbot experience with web browsing

By Dustin Ward

Amazon Web Services FeedEnhancing your chatbot experience with web browsing Chatbots are popping up everywhere. They are qualifying leads, assisting with sales, and automating customer service. However, conversational chatbot experiences have been limited to the space available within the chatbot window. What if these web-based chatbots could provide an interactive experience that expanded beyond the…

Field Notes: Building a Disaster Recovery site on AWS for your Azure Workload

By Dustin Ward

Amazon Web Services FeedField Notes: Building a Disaster Recovery site on AWS for your Azure Workload Customers running workloads on other clouds, like Azure or GCP, can increase resilience and meet compliance requirements by using AWS as their disaster recovery site. CloudEndure Disaster Recovery provides an easy cross-cloud solution for replicating and recovering workloads from…