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Recent and predicted movements in the Linux arena could lead to a new revenue stream for Microsoft. Red Hat is arguably the dominant player in the open source Linux marketplace. All cloud providers, including Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform, offer Red Hat Enterprise Linux as a standard offering. In fact, there […]

After HQ2: An Open Letter to the Rochester Community As many of you have seen, our region was not selected to be in the next stage of the Amazon HQ2 selection process. While this is disappointing, we cannot and should not view this as a failure. Amazon decided to focus on the big cities with […]

As Founder and CEO of CloudCheckr, I was thrilled when Amazon announced that they were looking for a second headquarters outside of their current home in Seattle, Washington. While cities across North America watch the Amazon HQ2 selection process, I wanted to put in a plug for CloudCheckr’s hometown of Rochester, New York. I am proud of […]

Cloud containers have seen a surge in interest in recent years, with leading users such as Google, Spotify, Uber and eBay raising their profile and new open-source technologies, such as Docker, driving their adoption. They’ve been a shot in the arm for developers and operators because of their portability and ease of deployment. But they […]

Ah, it’s that time of year again. Time to set your clocks back for Daylight Saving, change the batteries in your smoke detectors, and– if you’re smart — check your S3 Buckets and Azure Blob Containers to see if they’re wide open to the public. It’s true that CloudCheckr offers 550+ Best Practice Checks, many […]

Why Cloud Migration Is Slower in Asia-Pacific At the end of June, leading IaaS provider Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced a new cloud region in Hong Kong, which is scheduled to open in 2018. It will mark the latest expansion of public cloud services into the Asia-Pacific (APAC) area, coming hot on the heels of […]

I recently attended New York City Comic-Con, and while it was not a business trip per se, I’m determined to make it tax deductible (just kidding, IRS!) So here’s an analysis of the newest episode of Doctor Who, and how it relates to cloud computing! Beware of spoilers! As a longtime Doctor Who fan, it […]

As we speak to customers, analysts, and professional colleagues, the very first question is always the same: what is CloudCheckr designed to do? What market is it designed for? What problem does it solve? In private, our CEO Aaron Newman and I often wrestle with the answers to these questions. We debate: who is our […]

Business transformation is happening in the cloud. We’ve been asking expert cloud architects, tech executives, IT experts, DevOps professionals and others the same question: What does it take to become a Cloud Leader? On February 23, we got some amazing answers at the Cloud Leaders Portland event. In this tech-rich city, we learned a lot […]

Let’s imagine we are planning to build a new booking management application for our space flight business. The technology required to operate flights to space would surely be pretty cutting-edge, and we would want the application to be written in the newest app development technologies. After gathering requirements, and understanding which features we want, the […]