Containers are the future of web development, in large part thanks to Docker’s explosive growth. According to DataDog, 15 percent of hosts run Docker, which is significantly up from the 6 percent of hosts running it at this point in 2015. LinkedIn has also seen a 160 percent increase in profile references to Docker in just the past year alone, indicating Docker has become a much bigger priority for IT professionals looking for work. With this technology primed to continue its exponential growth in the coming years, here’s a Q&A rundown of the basics: consider it Containers 101.
Monthly Archives: October 2017
A look into some Azure certifications to become a cloud expert
Azure certifications give you an in-depth knowledge about the Azure platform, so you can become an expert in it. As you know, Azure is one of the best cloud computing platforms available today, so knowing more about this platform can open up a world of opportunities for you.
You may wonder why you need a certification in the first place? Isn’t deep knowledge that you can learn by yourself good enough?
The answer is an overwhelming no for many reasons. Firstly, certifications tell the world you’re an expert in Azure. Imagine you’re walking into a CEO’s room to convince him of your knowledge. Though you’ll have to answer your questions and show your profound knowledge in the subject, a certification can help you start off on a positive note. It creates an impression that you’re well-versed in Azure and this mindset will reflect in the way your interview is conducted or your chances for landing the job you’ve always wanted.
Besides telling the world that you’re an expert, it makes you a more confident person. The materials you’ve learned tend to come from authentic sources, so at the end of the course, you can rest assured that you’re truly an expert in this field.
Now that we’ve talked about the need for certifications, let’s look at some of the choices you have. In this piece, we’ll talk about some of the lesser-known certifications that teach you everything about Azure and at the same time, gives a great value for your money.
Microsoft Azure fundamentals
This course talks about the basics of cloud computing and how it fits well into the Azure platform. This is the perfect course for anyone starting off with cloud computing.
Through this course, you’ll learn about virtual machines, SQL databases, web apps, and other relevant technologies. This course is recommended for more advanced courses like MCSA: cloud platform certification.
Cloud data science with Azure machine learning
This is an interesting course that delves deep into Azure machine learning, how it works, how you can use it and more. This is a relatively recent course that’s based on Microsoft’s Ignite conference where Microsoft introduced a slew of machine learning capabilities for Azure, and this course covers them all for you.
Configuring and operating a hybrid cloud with Microsoft Azure stack
Microsoft has introduced something called Azure Stack that allows developers to run mirror images of Azure in their own premises. To help everyone understand how you can work on this extension, Microsoft has also designed this course. It is most ideal for cloud architects, DevOps and service administrators who would be using Azure stack to provide cloud services.
Linux on Azure
Linus and Microsoft have finally found common ground. Surprising, more than 20 percent of Azure are Linux, so it makes sense to have a course dedicated for this operating system.
Each of these courses give you a new insight into how Azure works. Let us know which look more promising to you in our comments section.
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[session] Containers on @Azure | @DevOpsSummit #DevOps #Docker #Kubernetes
Microsoft Azure Container Services can be used for container deployment in a variety of ways including support for Orchestrators like Kubernetes, Docker Swarm and Mesos. However, the abstraction for app development that support application self-healing, scaling and so on may not be at the right level. Helm and Draft makes this a lot easier.
In this primarily demo-driven session at @DevOpsSummit at 21st Cloud Expo, Raghavan “Rags” Srinivas, a Cloud Solutions Architect/Evangelist at Microsoft, will cover Docker Swarm and Kubernetes deployments on Azure with some simple examples. He will look at Helm and Draft and how they can simplify app development significantly, like app scaling, rollback, etc. Helm is a tool that streamlines installing and managing Kubernetes applications, like the apt/yum/homebrew for Kubernetes. Draft works with pre-provided charts to deploy the apps via Helm.
High Sierra and Parallels Desktop 13
High Sierra is finally available! If you are reading this post, then you probably want to know if Parallels Desktop® 13 for Mac supports macOS® High Sierra. The quick answer is yes! Parallels Desktop 13 fully supports macOS High Sierra, both as a host OS and guest OS. The more detailed answer is in the […]
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Keynote at @CloudExpo By @DavidLinthicum | @CloudTP #Cloud #Serverless
In a recent survey, Sumo Logic surveyed 1,500 customers who employ cloud services such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). According to the survey, a quarter of the respondents have already deployed Docker containers and nearly as many (23 percent) are employing the AWS Lambda serverless computing framework.
It’s clear: serverless is here to stay. The adoption does come with some needed changes, within both application development and operations. That means serverless is also changing the way we leverage public clouds. Truth-be-told, many enterprise IT shops were so happy to get out of the management of physical servers within a data center that many limitations of the existing public IaaS clouds were forgiven. However, now that we’ve lived a few years with public IaaS clouds, developers and CloudOps pros are giving a huge thumbs down to the constant monitoring of servers, provisioned or not, that’s required to support the workloads.
[session] Powering #SmartCities with #IoT | @ThingsExpo #BigData #Analytics
Smart cities have the potential to change our lives at so many levels for citizens: less pollution, reduced parking obstacles, better health, education and more energy savings. Real-time data streaming and the Internet of Things (IoT) possess the power to turn this vision into a reality. However, most organizations today are building their data infrastructure to focus solely on addressing immediate business needs vs. a platform capable of quickly adapting emerging technologies to address future business challenges.
Why did bitcoin miners hack into AWS?
This is not your typical hacking incident when a hacker enters the network of a cloud provider to take the sensitive data of millions of customers and sell them on the dark web for millions of dollars.
This is a rather bizarre case where hackers compromised the powerful AWS cloud network to mine the crypto currency bitcoin!
According to a report from RedLock, the hackers wanted a computer to mine bitcoins. In the process, they realized that the admin consoles of AWS cloud servers are not password protected. As a result, two major companies, namely Aviva and Gemalto, were affected. It is not known whether data was stolen and how many customers were affected. So far, Amazon, Aviva and Gemalto have not come forth to give any statements in this regard.
But overall, this is an interesting and worrying trend, especially if hackers want to use different tools to hack into a system just to use it for mining a cryptocurrency. If you’re wondering why this is worrying, it’s simply because mining bitcoins is super energy intensive and could be extremely costly in terms of electricity costs. When someone wants to mine these coins, they could spend a lot of money on utility costs. To avoid this, they hack into powerful servers and use the resources of these servers.
Why this is alarming is because it can affect cloud companies without their knowledge. While hacking will also affect them, this is a completely different kind of crime that can go unnoticed. When the utility costs go up by a few thousand dollars, it won’t even be so obvious to the company. But at the same time, hackers are exploiting a vulnerability for which customers or the company itself is paying the price.
In fact, this bitcoin mining is spreading faster than you may think. Many bitcoin miners are coming together to form groups to share the costs that come with it. These miners put together complex algorithms to find the best computers to mine and that’s probably how a few reached AWS in the first place.
As of October 7th, bitcons were worth about $4,300 each and this mining can happen until there are 21 million bitcoins available on the Internet. But, mining becomes difficult as years pass because almost every technique is explored and exhausted.
In this scenario, the big question is how are companies going to protect their assets not just from hackers, but also from bitcoin miners?
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[session] @NetApp HCI at Enterprise-Scale | @CloudExpo #HCI #DataCenter
First generation hyperconverged solutions have taken the data center by storm, rapidly proliferating in pockets everywhere to provide further consolidation of floor space and workloads. These first generation solutions are not without challenges, however.
In his session at 21st Cloud Expo, Wes Talbert, a Principal Architect and results-driven enterprise sales leader at NetApp, will discuss how the HCI solution of tomorrow will integrate with the public cloud to deliver a quality hybrid cloud experience at enterprise-scale.
Six Prefectures of Japan and @JETROUSA to Sponsor @CloudExpo | #AI #DX
SYS-CON Events announced today that Japan External Trade Organization & Six Prefectures of Japan have been named “Pavilion Sponsor” of SYS-CON’s 21st International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on Oct 31 – Nov 2, 2017, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
Meet the leading Japanese cloud computing companies from six prefectures of Japan. The Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) is a non-profit organization that provides business support services to foreign companies expanding to Japan, and Japanese companies expanding to all over the world. With the support of JETRO’s dedicated staff, clients can incorporate their business; receive visa, immigration, and HR support; find dedicated office space; identify local government subsidies; get tailored market studies; and more.
High Sierra and Parallels Desktop 13
High Sierra is finally available! If you are reading this post, then you probably want to know if Parallels Desktop® 13 for Mac supports macOS® High Sierra. The quick answer is yes! Parallels Desktop 13 fully supports macOS High Sierra, both as a host OS and guest OS. The more detailed answer is in the […]
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