Stephen Whitson
The AWS Developer Associate exam is one of three AWS certifications at the associate level. This certification is geared towards those who work in development roles using AWS cloud services. If you don’t work as a developer, this might put you off. However, as you’ll learn in this article, this certification is both accessible and … Read more
If you’re a life-long learner like me, this is an amazing time to be alive. We have unprecedented access to inexpensive information. When I first started working in IT over 20 years ago, I primarily learned from books. Free information on the Internet was far more limited, and if I wanted to build a lab … Read more
AWS have recently announced additional support for those affected by exam center closures caused by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. You can now take any AWS certification exam from your home or office with online proctoring. There’s additional support in extending certification expiration dates, exam retirements dates (SAA-C01 and BDS-C00) and voucher expiration dates too. Here’s … Read more
A couple of weeks ago I passed the AWS Certified Developer Associate (DVA-C01) exam on my first attempt. This was the second time I took this exam having previously become AWS Developer Associate certified about 4 years ago. The exam has definitely changed since then. In the old exam with the knowledge from the AWS … Read more
How awesome is this? You can now take your AWS Cloud Practitioner exam from home. I’ve been working in IT for over 20 years and have taken over 50 IT certification exams, but this was the first time I’ve ever been able to take an exam from home. It was my second time taking the … Read more
Cloud Computing services may be delivered on-premises, or in public clouds. This article discusses the various cloud computing deployment models including Public Cloud, Private Cloud, Hybrid Cloud, and Multicloud. In previous articles, you’ve learned what cloud computing is, and the various cloud computing service models. But which one is best for you and your company? … Read more
IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS – you’ve probably seen the acronyms for these cloud computing service models bounded around a lot lately. Many cloud computing services offer varying features and degrees of operational management depending on the service you consume. This provides a lot of flexibility, often balancing between customizability, features, and cost. In the previous … Read more
Amazon Web Services (AWS) are powering ahead of the competition and easily maintaining their lead and status as the premier provider of cloud computing services. Demand for skilled resources who can build applications in the cloud is increasing every day with a growing skills shortage that needs to be filled. With this growth in jobs, … Read more
Are you looking for AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate Training and struggling to find the best courses? As a Solutions Architect working with cloud computing, and an instructor of over 500,000 students, I often get asked for recommendations on the best instructor-led online training and practice exams. This article provides some recommendations for how to … Read more
A basic understanding of serverless cloud computing is becoming increasingly important as this technology has evolved and matured in recent years and has exploded in popularity. Some people are even saying we live in a “post-container” world. No matter the hype, serverless computing is a useful technology that provides significant benefits to developers and organizations. Where … Read more
In modern networking, network functions are increasingly becoming abstracted from the underlying switching and routing hardware layer. These virtualized resources are usually API driven, allowing developers to create, update and delete software-based network interfaces, firewalls, load balancers and routing functions through code. Public cloud providers such as AWS offer many network services to customers that … Read more
In cloud computing, cloud storage is a service offering with which a consumer is able to read and write data to cloud-based systems that are managed by a service provider. In this article, which is aimed at those who are new to cloud and computing in general, I discuss the basic concepts you need to understand … Read more