The Daily Dose
Our regularly updated blog on all the things that we think you will find interesting. AWS, Cloud, Healthcare, Mobile apps, tutorials and more.
Top 25 AWS Services
Learn about our Top AWS Services for 2023 and prepare your journey through the cloud with precision and confidence.
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Top 10 AWS Migration Services
Discover our top services for helping you migrate over to the AWS cloud.
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AWS Business Continuity Plan
Learn how to create an effective business continuity plan for your AWS stack.
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Top 10 Cloud Providers in 2025
Explore the leading cloud service providers poised to redefine the technological landscape in 2025. In this article, we delve into the fundamentals of cloud computing and introduce you to the visionary companies shaping the future of cloud technology.
Before the proliferation of cloud platforms and virtual servers, organizations grappled with the limitations of on-premises servers, leading to extended service outages and data vulnerability. The advent of cloud computing revolutionized this paradigm, offering a robust solution accessible from any location at any time.
AWS QuickSight vs. Power BI
Business Intelligence is important to a firm in order to understand the data gathered from its various operations. Amazon does provide a service called QuickSight which is more tailored to use-by-use cases. By comparison, Microsoft has Power BI on offer with a much more universally applied pricing model but extensive customizability and modularity. Both do have a lot to offer on top of their compatibility to their respective organizations.
AWS Aurora
Among other services, Amazon also provides Aurora – a database service with a global presence that is compatible with MySQL and PostgreSQL at a mere tenth of the cost of traditional databases. True to AWS fashion, Amazon fully manages these databases helping to further reduce costs for the users and alleviate the need to dedicate resources towards maintenance. To prevent loss and damage, Aurora databases have nearly a 100% uptime with easy replication and a restoration of services in less than a minute. For newer users to AWS, immigrating data locally is incredibly easy.
AWS Certification Exam Tips
While Amazon does make acquiring certification for knowledge on their cloud services readily accessible, the process is still a large hurdle to overcome. The exams are incredibly tough and do have a B and above requirement in order to pass. Fortunately, there are plenty of resources both official and unofficial to help potential new experts to prepare. Everyone is better off knowing what resources they have to prepare for such a tremendous hurdle.
AWS QuickSight vs. Tableau
Data Analytics is increasingly important for evaluating company performance and adjusting for continuous improvement and avoiding recreating mistakes. As such, there are plenty of platforms on the market for making the analysis process to make this easier. Though Amazon’s offering might seem to be the go-to for any and all solutions, there are still other options present on the market for anyone who has data analysis needs.
Dell APEX Cloud vs. DigitalOcean
Cloud services are numerous in type and functionality, leaving potential users with no shortage of choice as to what cloud service they wish to use and why. While not as widely known or capable of some of the same potential as their bigger competitors, Dell and DigitalOcean have their own offerings for cloud computing. Despite their more niche use and more fitting application for much smaller users, keep in mind that the likes of AWS and Google Cloud will just be more flexible and likely more capable in the long-run.
Adobe Creative Cloud vs. Dropbox
Web application development isn’t necessarily the only applicability of the cloud. There is plenty of demand for using the cloud as storage and workplace utilities rather than as a platform to build. While neither Adobe nor Dropbox have a particularly large share in the cloud market, they have still carved out their niche among content creators – such as photographers and 3D artists – with some potential for office spaces. Having the ability to easily share files with coworkers wherever they are located is incredibly important.
Benefits of Cloud Computing
There are significant benefits an organization can experience from moving many of their operations to the cloud from cut costs to avoiding the loss of data. Despite the increasing number of organizations looking to adopt cloud computing into their business operations and what can be accomplished, only a handful of companies have adopted the technology even after over a decade’s existence. With time, this is something that we aim to gradually rectify.
IBM Cloud vs. Oracle
The Cloud is largely dominated by Amazon, Microsoft, and Google at the time of writing with Alibaba still far off but looking to make gains in the near future. That being said, even tech giants like Oracle and IBM have mostly fallen by the wayside compared to their purported contemporaries in the race to produce cloud solutions. Not that these options will outright harm an organization’s ability in the cloud, but there are some risk factors that are worth considering.