Cloud Sustainability Statistics: Definition & Efforts in 2026

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: 10 Aug'26
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: 09 Aug'26

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: 31 Aug'26
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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: 09 Aug'26
Facts checked by Simona Ivanovski

Amazon Virtual Private Cloud: Definition, Features, How It Works, Use Cases and Pricing

Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) is a service that creates a logically isolated network in AWS. It offers a form of security for cloud computing resources, as it prevents just anyone from having access. AWS VPC offers traffic mirroring, security groups, network access control lists, IP addressing, network managers and flow logs, among other features....

By Adeyomola Kazeem — 01 Aug'24 Last Updated: 03 Sep'26
Facts checked by Igor Kurtz

13 Disadvantages of Cloud Computing

Cloud computing has become the backbone of major technological trends such as artificial intelligence, machine learning and the Internet of Things. The COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 pushed companies to adopt cloud computing even more quickly. The use of cloud computing services jumped as businesses moved online to handle remote work and digital services. In early...

By Mercy Wawira — 01 Aug'24 Last Updated: 31 Jul'26
Facts checked by Goran Nikolić

AWS Resource Hierarchy: Organizations, OUs, Member Accounts and Resources

The AWS resource hierarchy is a multi-level access management system that helps ensure the accounts in AWS Organizations remain compliant, secure and within budget. It typically features four entities: organizations, organizational units, member accounts and resources. An AWS organization is a container that consolidates multiple AWS accounts. However, an organizational unit is a subdivision within...

By Adeyomola Kazeem — 30 Jul'24 Last Updated: 05 Sep'26

What Is Amazon S3? Features, Use Cases, Pricing & Benefits

What is Amazon S3? S3 stands for “Simple Storage Service” and it is a highly scalable, reliable and cost-effective cloud storage service provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS). It offers object storage designed to store and retrieve any amount of data anywhere on the web. A common distinction in cloud storage is object storage vs...

By Mercy Wawira — 23 Jul'24 Last Updated: 17 Jul'26
Facts checked by Goran Nikolić

What is AWS Lambda? Definition, Features, How It Works, Use Cases, Pricing, and Benefits

Amazon Web Services is a huge ecosystem of hundreds of different services that serve different use cases. AWS Lambda is Amazon’s solution to serverless computing. Developers can use it to deploy code without worrying about infrastructure. A good compliment to AWS Elastic Beanstalk. AWS Lambda automatically responds to predefined events by executing a set of...

By Kevin Kiruri — 19 Jul'24 Last Updated: 06 Sep'26
Facts checked by Simona Ivanovski

What Is Amazon Web Services? Definition, How It Works, Products, Benefits, and Disadvantages

Amazon is an absolute behemoth in the tech industry, thanks in no small part to AWS, its web hosting and cloud computing service. You may have seen the acronym around the web and wondered: “What is AWS?” Well, wonder no more and read on for the full answer.

By Kevin Kiruri — 11 Jul'24 Last Updated: 05 Sep'26