Cloud Computing: Defintion, Types, Benefits, Risks and Uses

What Is a Public Cloud? Definition, Benefits and Security Explained in 2025

Public cloud computing is the main deployment model in the cloud, and it is characterized by public accessibility over the internet. It offers on-demand access to various types of cloud computing power through a rental system, making it very flexible. When you consider its low barrier to entry via low costs and public accessibility, it’s...

By Adeyomola Kazeem — 23 Dec'24 Last Updated: 11 Jun'25
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AWS Pricing: Models, Tiers and Services

Amazon Web Services (AWS) pricing primarily follows a pay-as-you-go model, ensuring you pay only for usage. Though this is generally cost-efficient, there are various aspects to AWS billing. If you don’t understand them, you may miss out on huge savings through pricing models like Reserved Instances or Savings Plans. You may also incur some unexpected...

By Adeyomola Kazeem — 23 Dec'24 Last Updated: 16 Jul'25
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Microsoft Azure Data Factory vs SSIS (SQL Server Integration Services): Key Differences 2025

When comparing Microsoft Azure Data Factory vs SSIS (SQL Server Integration Services), you’ll see that both data extraction and transformation tools have a lot in common. However, they differ in terms of infrastructure requirements, costs, scalability and some other features. Azure Data Factory is a fully managed, scalable, cloud-native data integration service designed to automate...

By Adeyomola Kazeem — 15 Nov'24 Last Updated: 20 Jul'25
Facts checked by Igor Kurtz

Azure Disaster Recovery: Plan, Architecture, Services, Best Practices and Cost

Azure disaster recovery offers a backup and recovery system that helps you bring services back online quickly and with minimal effort in the wake of a cloud disaster, all while avoiding data loss. Meaning, whether it is Azure for small businesses or large enterprises, it’s a must have failsafe. Though avoidable in part, outages, data...

By Adeyomola Kazeem — 29 Oct'24 Last Updated: 01 Aug'25
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Microsoft Azure for Small Business: Pros and Cons

Through its Azure for small business package, Microsoft Azure offers a vast range of cloud computing business capabilities for small businesses, including scalability, affordability and support. Azure cloud often has a relevant offering for any small business, no matter its size or revenue. Such as the Microsoft Azure App Service. Depending on the industry, small...

By Adeyomola Kazeem — 27 Oct'24 Last Updated: 14 Jun'25

Azure Bicep vs ARM Templates: Key Differences

Azure Resource Manager (ARM) is an infrastructure-as-code tool that not only manages and visualizes resources deployed in Microsoft Azure but is also used to deploy Azure resources using ARM templates, Microsoft Azure App Service and Azure Bicep, a template language used in ARM. Both have declarative syntax, but how do Azure Bicep vs ARM stack...

By Adeyomola Kazeem — 27 Oct'24 Last Updated: 01 Aug'25
Facts checked by Igor Kurtz

Microsoft Azure App Service: Definition, How It Works, Types, Features and Pricing

Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) tools like Microsoft Azure App Service make software delivery much more efficient, as they abstract the infrastructure deployment process. Microsoft Azure App Service in particular allows you to deploy applications in pre-configured environments on automatically provisioned infrastructure. Microsoft Azure App Service offers a cloud computing environment to deploy Python, PHP, Java and Node.js...

By Adeyomola Kazeem — 22 Oct'24 Last Updated: 16 Jun'25

AWS Cost Optimization: Best Practices, Tools, Using Pricing Models and Benefits

Amazon Web Services’ pay-as-you-go pricing helps ensure you pay only for what you need, but cloud computing costs can balloon if not managed properly. This highlights the importance of AWS cost optimization. The good news is you can implement efficient AWS cost monitoring with tools like AWS Cost Explorer, Amazon S3 analytics, AWS Budgets and...

By Adeyomola Kazeem — 22 Oct'24 Last Updated: 16 Jul'25
Facts checked by Igor Kurtz

Microsoft Azure Pricing: Models, Tiers and Services

Though Azure pricing is primarily pay-as-you-go, the specifics of certain cloud computing services’ pricing are not as straightforward. As a result, billing can be confusing and users can end up with unexpected charges. Not unlike AWS pricing, indeed. This Microsoft Azure pricing guide takes a deep dive into Azure cloud computing’s pricing pattern, examining the...

By Adeyomola Kazeem — 19 Oct'24 Last Updated: 16 Jul'25
Facts checked by Simona Ivanovski

Microsoft Azure Cost Optimization: Tools, Best Practices and Benefits 

Like many public cloud service providers, Azure costs are primarily usage-based, meaning you pay for only what you use. Though this pricing model is widely considered cost-effective, it remains so only if you integrate best practices for cost optimization into your cloud computing environment. If your expenses are ballooning out of control, you may be...

By Adeyomola Kazeem — 19 Oct'24 Last Updated: 16 Jul'25
Facts checked by Simona Ivanovski