Rules Engine for Azure Front Door and Azure CDN is now generally available

By Dustin Ward

Today we are announcing the general availability of the Rules Engine feature on both Azure Front Door and Azure Content Delivery Network (CDN). Rules Engine places the specific routing needs of your customers at the forefront of Azure’s global application delivery services, giving you more control in how you define and enforce what content gets…

Azure Container Registry: Securing container workflows

By Dustin Ward

Securing any environment requires multiple lines of defense. Azure Container Registry recently announced the general availability of features like Azure Private Link, customer-managed keys, dedicated data-endpoints, and Azure Policy definitions. These features provide tools to secure Azure Container Registry as part of the container end-to-end workflow. Customer-managed keys By default, when you store images and…

The Fear of Vendor Lock-in Leads to Cloud Failures

By Dustin Ward

Amazon Web Services FeedThe Fear of Vendor Lock-in Leads to Cloud Failures   Vendor lock-in has been an often-quoted risk since the mid-1990’s. Fear that by investing too much with one vendor, an organization reduces their options in the future. Was this a valid concern? Is it still today?   The Risk Organizations walk a…