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Why you should embrace, not fear, cloud vendor lock-in
Embracing cloud vendor lock-in can help you gain a competitive advantage. Fearing it can leave you behind. In our previous blog post, we wrote about the reasons why many companies fear cloud vendor lock-in, where those fears stem from, and tactics you can implement to...
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6 things you can do to avoid cloud vendor lock-in
Vendor lock-in is a concern for those moving to the cloud. Here's what you can do to mitigate the risks. Migrating to the cloud can bring a multitude of benefits to your company, such as increased agility, flexibility, and cost savings. Despite all of these...
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Quick Recap of the 2017 New York AWS Summit
The New York AWS Summit took place on August 14. The Thorn Tech team went to the Big Apple to attend, learn, and have a great time! More than 7,000 cloud-minded people attended the New York event, making it the second largest AWS Summit this year. Over the course of...
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Why security shouldn’t be a hurdle to migrating to the cloud
Security has been a big hurdle for companies looking to migrate to the cloud, but it shouldn't be anymore. Security will always be a concern when it comes to technology, especially with cloud computing. The thought of important data and key parts of your...
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How to transform your business with artificial intelligence in the cloud
Artificial intelligence can make your business smarter and more efficient, and cloud computing can make AI easier and cheaper to implement. Artificial intelligence has fascinated mankind for centuries. The concept dates back to Greek myths of golden automatons...
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Announcing SFTP Gateway – automatically upload files via SFTP to Amazon S3
We've just launched SFTP Gateway, a secure, pre-configured, reliable way to push files via SFTP to S3. We are excited to announce the launch of our new product, SFTP Gateway, now available on the Amazon Web Services Marketplace! SFTP Gateway is a secure,...
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How to improve your disaster recovery plan with the cloud
Cloud computing has made disaster recovery better and cheaper. Here's what you need to know about how to integrate the cloud into your disaster recovery plan. A disaster can strike at any time, disrupting the delivery of your software applications to your...
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What You Need to Think About Before Going Multi-Cloud
Consider these benefits and risks before you move to a multi-cloud environment. According to the 2016 IDC CloudView survey, 56% of companies who use AWS are also using cloud services from another provider, and an additional 23% of respondents have plans to do so very...
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The cloud staffing problem is real. Here’s how to deal with it.
More and more businesses are moving their on-premise IT infrastructure to the cloud to increase agility, cut costs, and reap the many other benefits that cloud computing can provide. If you’ve considered a move to the cloud, you’ve likely spent a lot of time thinking...
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AWS Tutorial: How to Build a Serverless Slack Chatbot
Create a serverless Slack chatbot with API Gateway, Lambda, and DynamoDB Slack, a messaging tool with similarities to IRC, basically killed email in our office (for which I am forever grateful). Not only does Slack organize group conversations, but it provides extra...
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