If you've spent much time working within an Amazon Web Services (AWS) environment, you've probably found that some tasks, such as creating new Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud 2 (EC2) instances, can be ...

One of the nice things about the Amazon Web Services (AWS) environment is that it includes a GUI that's sufficient for performing most administrative tasks. Even so, most administrators eventually ...

Nick Hardiman describes several methods of backups of your Amazon EC2 machines. He also details the steps for restoring snapshot backups. As part of my operational readiness preparation, I want to ...

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has made it easier to deploy .NET applications to its cloud platform via its Visual Studio toolkit or the .NET CLI (command-line interface). From within the Visual Studio IDE ...

Free and cheap personal and small business cloud storage services are everywhere. But, which one is best for you? Let's look at the top cloud storage options. Read now These "purpose-built" EC2 ...