Gain flexibility to run open-source applications your way with Microsoft Azure

By Dustin Ward

“Tech companies born with an open-source mentality get it. It’s our ability to work together that makes our dreams believable, and ultimately achievable; we must learn to build on the ideas of others”—Satya Nadella, CEO, Microsoft Microsoft has always been a developer-first organization, and we are striving to make our tools and platforms better to serve…

Making Effective Decisions for Your V1 AWS Design

By Dustin Ward

AWS FeedMaking Effective Decisions for Your V1 AWS Design In reviewing your existing business application portfolio to create V1 AWS designs—the first architecture design for moving to AWS—we must address two main factors that often inhibit progress: Your technology teams must find a clear path forward that balances modernization and migration. You must provide clear…

Create threshold-based alerts in Amazon QuickSight

By Dustin Ward

AWS FeedCreate threshold-based alerts in Amazon QuickSight Every business has a set of key metrics that stakeholders focus on to make the most accurate, data-driven decisions, such as sales per week, inventory turnover rate, daily website visitors, and so on. With threshold-based alerts in Amazon QuickSight, we’re making it simpler than ever for consumers of…

Performance and functionality improvements for AWS Lambda extensions

By Dustin Ward

AWS FeedPerformance and functionality improvements for AWS Lambda extensions AWS Lambda extensions are a new way to integrate Lambda more easily with your favorite monitoring, observability, security, and governance tools. With the general availability announcement, AWS is introducing performance and functionality improvements. The Lambda service now returns the response from the function as soon as…