Cloud Computing Platform Tutorials & Guides

Google Cloud Platform Security: Definition, Shared Responsibility, Products and Benefits

Google Cloud Platform security involves measures to protect data, applications and infrastructure within Google’s cloud services. This includes encryption, identity management and network security controls. Both Google and its customers share responsibilities for security, with Google securing the infrastructure and customers managing their data and applications. The framework includes products like Cloud IAM and Google...

By Mercy Wawira — 11 Sep'24 Last Updated: 05 Apr'25

How to Become a DevOps Engineer in 2025: A Roadmap for Individuals Without Experience

People across industries are increasingly drawn to DevOps positions as they can improve operational efficiencies and accelerate innovation. DevOps combines software development and IT operations to improve the speed, quality and reliability of software delivery. If you’re wondering how to become a DevOps engineer, this guide explains what you need to do to land DevOps...

By Kevin Kiruri — 09 Sep'24 Last Updated: 05 Apr'25
Facts checked by Igor Kurtz

What Is TOGAF Certification: Cost, Exam and Salary Guide in 2025

TOGAF is an abbreviation for “The Open Group Architecture Framework.” It is a framework with defined standards for designing, planning, implementing and monitoring enterprise architecture. A TOGAF certification covers four domains: business, technology, data and application architecture. Students who obtain TOGAF certifications demonstrate their knowledge, understanding and ability to use TOGAF concepts in applying IT...

By Adeyomola Kazeem — 08 Sep'24 Last Updated: 05 Apr'25
Facts checked by Igor Kurtz

Cloud Sustainability Statistics: Definition & Efforts in 2025

Cloud sustainability, which ensures that cloud computing and infrastructure are environmentally friendly and ecologically sustainable, is more important than ever. Organizations that close their data centers to run their workloads in the cloud contribute to a significant reduction in carbon emissions.  Centralizing data center infrastructure reduces electricity consumption due to increased efficiency, which in turn...

By Adeyomola Kazeem — 29 Aug'24 Last Updated: 25 Apr'25
Facts checked by Simona Ivanovski

How to Migrate From GCP to AWS: GCP to AWS Migration Guide

A GCP to AWS migration is a multi-step process. To ensure a seamless transition, you must assess your current GCP environment and plan your AWS architecture, data migration, application migration, testing and validation, and cutover and optimization; decommission the GCP resources; and finally, perform continuous monitoring and support. Overview of Steps to Migrate from GCP...

By Kevin Kiruri — 27 Aug'24 Last Updated: 05 Apr'25

Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)? Definition, How It Works, Features, Pricing, Benefits and Use Cases

What is Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud? Also known as EC2, Elastic Compute Cloud is AWS’s core virtual machine service. Think of it as a service through which you can rent computers from AWS over the internet, taking away the need to purchase, set up and maintain physical computers. This article talks about what you can...

By Adeyomola Kazeem — 19 Aug'24 Last Updated: 08 Apr'25
Facts checked by Igor Kurtz

AWS Region vs Availability Zone: Comparison of Location, Cost and Configuration

If you’re not familiar with Amazon’s terminology, it can be easy to confuse an AWS region vs availability zone. AWS regions are isolated geographical locations around the world in which AWS data centers are clustered. Each region contains multiple availability zones designed to offer high availability and fault tolerance. An AWS availability zone is a...

By Kevin Kiruri — 11 Aug'24 Last Updated: 05 Apr'25
Facts checked by Simona Ivanovski

AWS Savings Plan vs Reserved Instances in 2025: Similarities & Differences Explained

Many get confused by the difference between an AWS Savings Plan vs Reserved Instances. At its simplest, AWS Savings Plans are a pricing model that involves committing to a certain hourly spend for one or three years. On the other hand, Reserved Instances require you to commit to a specific instance configuration for one or...

By Adeyomola Kazeem — 11 Aug'24 Last Updated: 05 Apr'25
Facts checked by Simona Ivanovski

13 Common Cloud Computing Vulnerabilities & How to Manage Them

Cloud computing vulnerabilities refer to weaknesses in cloud systems, services or configurations that attackers can exploit to gain unauthorized access with bad intentions, such as disrupting operations or compromising data integrity. As cloud adoption increases, addressing these vulnerabilities is key to ensuring cloud security and protecting sensitive data. Some of the most severe impacts of...

By Mercy Wawira — 08 Aug'24 Last Updated: 05 Apr'25
Facts checked by Simona Ivanovski

Cloud Computing Infrastructure: Definition, Components, Delivery Models, Adoption Models and Benefits

Cloud computing infrastructure is the suite of servers, storage, networks and software that deliver cloud computing resources. Servers are physical computers in the data centers, while storage is the hardware that records and accesses data. The software allows access to the servers without a physical interface, and the network side connects the physical and virtual...

By Adeyomola Kazeem — 02 Aug'24 Last Updated: 05 Apr'25
Facts checked by Goran Nikolić