Cheryl Adams

Cheryl Adams is a database administrator, data expert, and cloud architect who specializes in AWS,Azure,MS SQL Server, and MongoDB. She has written technical documentation for Microsoft on a contract basis, and she is currently working on d…evelopment projects in AWS and Azure. Over the last 12+ years, Cheryl held positions as Director and Manager in IT departments with over 50 employees. She is also a certified IT Trainer. She is co-author of Professional HADOOP (Wiley Publishing, May 2016)

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Security considerations for the AI era

Analytics often involves corporate data and proprietary training algorithms. Keep them out of the wrong hands with these key strategies.

June 23, 2017 by Cheryl Adams in Cloud Strategies for Smarter IT / Brought to you by Microsoft Cloud - MSFT

Leveraging cloud for AI success

Hosted infrastructure may be spun up and leveraged on a pay-as-you-go basis, a smart option for IT departments that don't have machine learning experts on-staff.

June 23, 2017 by Cheryl Adams in Cloud Strategies for Smarter IT / Brought to you by Microsoft Cloud - MSFT

Exploring the infrastructure needs of AI

Does it make sense to maintain a high-speed analytics framework on-premises? We look at the resource stacks and database architectures most often used in advanced analytics.

June 23, 2017 by Cheryl Adams in Cloud Strategies for Smarter IT / Brought to you by Microsoft Cloud - MSFT

Sensory perception in the enterprise

Initial forays into the IoT involve sensors on everything from appliances to HVAC systems. Here's how IT departments are embracing IoT hardware and consuming IoT data streams.

June 22, 2017 by Cheryl Adams in Cloud Strategies for Smarter IT / Brought to you by Microsoft Cloud - MSFT

Security considerations for IoT systems and devices

How do you leverage IoT endpoints and environments without increasing security risks? Here are some practical tips for locking down your IoT setup.

June 21, 2017 by Cheryl Adams in Cloud Strategies for Smarter IT / Brought to you by Microsoft Cloud - MSFT

Storage and networking for the IoT

IoT data streams can be incredibly valuable, but they can also tax on-premises datacenter resources. Here's how cloud can help your operation scale for IoT processing.

June 21, 2017 by Cheryl Adams in Cloud Strategies for Smarter IT / Brought to you by Microsoft Cloud - MSFT

Why are we doing IoT?

Find out how IoT contributes to IT modernization efforts, increases efficiency, reduces theft, and drives new business opportuntiies.

June 20, 2017 by Cheryl Adams in Cloud Strategies for Smarter IT / Brought to you by Microsoft Cloud - MSFT

Crunching IoT data for practical insights

Cloud services provide versatile and efficient choices for rapid deployment and time-to-value for IoT setups. Here are some popular tools and database architectures that can be spun up quickly.

June 15, 2017 by Cheryl Adams in Cloud Strategies for Smarter IT / Brought to you by Microsoft Cloud - MSFT

Top tools for learning more about AI

Stay on top of the latest in AI research and training with these tips and resources.

June 14, 2017 by Cheryl Adams in Cloud Strategies for Smarter IT / Brought to you by Microsoft Cloud - MSFT

Best practices for collaborative backup and recovery

CBSi surveys show that storage and backup are the primary use cases for cloud services. Here's how to ensure that shared files are backed up reliably and accessible easily.

June 7, 2017 by Cheryl Adams in Cloud Strategies for Smarter IT / Brought to you by Microsoft Cloud - MSFT

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