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Cloud Events

Should you attend a cloud event in 2023?

Cloud computing events, such as AWS and Azure summits, are great opportunities for professionals in the tech industry to learn about the latest developments and trends in cloud computing. These events typically feature keynote speeches from industry leaders, educational sessions and workshops, and networking opportunities with other professionals in the field. Attending a cloud computing …

Canada Cloud Vendors

Google Cloud adds second region in Canada

Google Cloud has announced earlier this month the availability of its second cloud region for Canada. The new cloud region of Toronto adds to the existing Montreal region to expand Google Cloud’s service in the country. You can check the global region map on Google Cloud website to learn more about Google Cloud global infrastructure. …

Cloud Certifications

How to pass the Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals

The Microsoft AI-900 Fundamentals is a foundational certification available at Microsoft that helps demonstrate basic knowledge of common ML and AI workloads as well as their implementation on Azure. It is a relatively easy certification even for those with non-technical backgrounds or prior knowledge or experience in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. I passed the …

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Oracle Cloud Foundations Associate Certification: How I aced the test (94%)

When it comes to cloud computing and IaaS the three names that come to mind at least here in North America are AWS, Azure and Google Cloud. Many may not know that Oracle Cloud also has a solid cloud offering, with services that match those available with the top 3, and some advantages of it …

Cloud Vendors International

Microsoft announces opening of New Zealand datacenter

Microsoft will be the first major cloud provider to offer cloud services in New Zealand. The launch of this new region will provide an alternative to Australia for companies in the region, and better latency for New Zealand major companies and startups. More details about this investment is available on this announcement. Some of the …

Cloud Education

New cloud computing program at the University of Toronto

I am an alumni of the University of Toronto, having completed a certificate of international project management through its school of continuing studies when I first moved to Canada. I was pleasantly surprised to learn from one of the emails I continue to receive from the SCS, that UofT is now offering a cloud computing …

Cloud Jobs

Cloud Engineers – What do they do?

Cloud engineers are responsible with technological duties associated with cloud computing. This could include design, planning, implementation, management, maintenance as well as support. In their various roles, cloud engineers play a critical role in moving their companies’ IT infrastructure to the cloud, and manage it proactively. While smaller companies might have a “cloud engineer” position …

Canada

Cloud Availability in Canada: AWS vs Azure vs Google Cloud

One of the key marketing points for all major public cloud vendors is the geographical dispersion of their data centers, or regions, across the globe. Technically, regions are a group of data centers (or Availability Zones, in AWS lingo) within a specific geographical location. For the purpose of this article we will consider a region …