A keynote from Peter DeSantis always promises an expert guided tour of some of the inner technical workings of the AWS platform. In the past this has included in-depth explorations of the AWS Nitro System, the AWS Graviton2 processors, and AWS’ global fiber infrastructure. This year, Peter dove into the recently announced Amazon S3 Glacier …
AWS re:Invent is back, in-person, and with the new CEO of AWS, Adam Selipsky to kick off its 10th year anniversary! While it does feel a little strange to start the conference without Andy Jassy after all these years, Adam got things off to a big start, stepping deftly into the role. Adam led us …
Who doesn’t enjoy the opportunity to socialize with like-minded experts and technology partners? AWS re:Invent is the premier event where you can be the first to hear about product announcements, get in-depth training, take certification tests, grow your network and meet AWS experts from all across the globe. Given its absence from being an in-person …
As the complexity of a growing cloud infrastructure expands, so does the complicated challenge of setting up and governing a secure multi-account environment. As a result, Amazon Web Services developed its AWS Control Tower solution to simplify the management of multiple teams and accounts in the cloud. Unlike the challenge it solves, AWS Control Tower …
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Cloud adoption is now increasing day by day. 30% of all IT budgets are allocated to adopting cloud computing services. To ensure the cost-effectiveness of such budget allocation, maximize your cloud migration processes through automation. Automating cloud migrations creates reliable, repeatable results across multiple environments to accelerate and simplify the entire migration process. Achieve cloud …
In today’s market, all companies are technology companies. Yet, Invenio IT reports that every 1 in 5 organizations does not have a disaster recovery plan. A company without a disaster recovery is prone to the type of IT disaster (from server corruptions, data center failures and cyberattacks) that can disrupt the entire functioning of day-to-day …
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According to TechJury, a ratio of 16 out of 20 businesses shifted to a cloud-based infrastructure in 2020. This ratio is only going to continue to increase exponentially as more and more companies take advantage of cloud migration rather than remaining with traditional on-premises infrastructures. AWS offers a huge upside with negligible disadvantages to all …
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Cloud Migration takes a lot of planning and assessments to shift workloads safely without interrupting your business. The cloud infrastructure is limitless with a range of benefits. Still, it also poses some complications along the process, especially for those companies who want to move their critical workload without disturbing their running operations. So how exactly …
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Using AWS services for your projects is a great option, but getting unexpected huge AWS bills can be a nightmare. You must know the cost factors of AWS services before you start using them. This article will discuss how you can optimize AWS architecture for better cost management using AWS cost management tools, following best …
Currently, 56 million developers are using GitHub to develop their applications today, and that statistic is predicted to grow to 100 million by 2025. Developers optimize GitHub for multiple tasks, from writing a piece of code for their application to deploying it in an environment. This requires a solution that can automate all the mundane tasks …
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Taking a proactive and efficient approach to Kubernetes cluster monitoring can help engineering teams identify and predict many critical problems like CPU outage, memory outage, storage issues well in advance of these issues taking a toll on a business. Companies of all sizes such as enterprises like CERN monitor petabytes of their Kubernetes cluster data …
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It’s not a leap to propose that Terraform is the DevOps cornerstone for Infrastructure as Code (IAC). Terraform’s adoption since its mid-2014 release to the software development landscape has been meteoric. More than 8000 organizations are using Terraform for infrastructure automation. To successfully use the IAC tool, it’s important to optimize HashiCorp Configuration Language (HCL). …
AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK) for Terraform: Enabling TypeScript & Python Support Read More »
The adaptability and flexibility of today’s cloud services present a lot of opportunities to cut infrastructure costs. Amazon Web Services and its plethora of services let you set up any kind of cloud environment for any type of application, without forcing you to make long-term commitments. At the very least, you don’t have to make …
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AWS is renowned for its robustness and flexibility, and one of the reasons for that is the fact that it has an extensive set of APIs and automation tools. AWS APIs are not just handy for managing cloud environments, but also for integrating the services within AWS and cloud-native applications running on top of it. …
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Automation continues to be a major growing trend in today’s cloud infrastructure landscape. Service providers like Amazon Web Services are integrating better, more advanced automation tools to make the life of administrators easier. Automation allows for workflows to be more efficient, especially with more tasks being executed without the need for human input. Until very …
AWS EC2 Image Builder: Automating OS Image Build Pipelines Read More »
Real-time monitoring is invaluable in today’s market. Everyone is trying to deliver the best user experience, so there is a higher need for capable and reliable cloud services to support the overall performance of your app. Being able to monitor the entire cloud environment in real-time is a huge plus. As a cloud service provider, …
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In a previous article, we talked about how AWS Transit Gateway is enabling on-premise infrastructure to interact with cloud infrastructure in a multi-cloud environment. We also covered how Transit Gateway can be fully automated using Terraform, with each VPC configured to work seamlessly as a part of a larger network. AWS Transit Gateway has been …
Identity and Access Management is a crucial component of Amazon Web Services. It handles the management of user identities and credentials throughout Amazon’s cloud ecosystem. IAM isn’t just useful for managing access to EC2 instances. It can actually be integrated to control access to other Amazon services, including specific tools like Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service …
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Multi-cloud environments may be the latest trend in cloud infrastructure, but that doesn’t mean on-premise servers are no longer used. Though many have adopted cloud technology, there are a lot of companies still relying on on-premise hardware for their apps and/or databases as well. This means there is a big need for cloud and on-premise …
Secure, reliable, and observable. These three objectives are what systems engineers aim for when developing a solution, both from an infrastructure standpoint and from a service design perspective.
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