Tag: AWS

You’re probably here because you’re wondering what AWS IAM is. IAM stands for Identity and Access Management, and though this might not sound like the flashiest of the AWS products, it is a critical one. As the name suggests, AWS IAM is basically the clearance checkpoint standing between individual users and your organization’s suite of […]

If the naturally occurring aurora borealis, or “northern lights,” are the result of millions of particles from the Sun and the Earth’s atmosphere colliding to create something beautiful, think of AWS Aurora as the product of millions of data points clustering together to create something beautiful. Or, if not beautiful, then at least actionable.  We’re […]

There are five main instance types in AWS you need to be aware of. If you’ve done any exploration into cloud computing with AWS, you’ve probably encountered the term “instance.” Maybe you’re confused about what an instance is, or maybe you have a basic grasp of it but don’t know what instance is right for […]

Meet AWS Inspector—your built-in, automated, security co-pilot for all your Amazon apps and services. This easy-to-launch tool connects to all your integrated AWS products and analyzes them for software vulnerabilities and unforeseen network exposure.  Once you enable Inspector and launch it, the vulnerability management service scans your AWS environment for deployed workloads in AWS EC2, […]

Imagine, if you will, a frightening scenario in which an enterprise-level business continues, day after day, to upload huge piles of data to a few different buckets in Amazon S3. They’re using a standard storage class, and since they know their cloud storage capacity is basically unlimited, they have no idea the reckoning that’s about […]

AWS Kinesis is a fully-managed, cloud-based real-time data and video streaming service. However, when we say “streaming,” we’re not talking about what you do on your couch on weekends. We’re talking about the flow of data between points.  Gone are the bad old days of limited batch data processing. With Kinesis, you get an instantaneous […]

EC2 is not an acronym that immediately draws one’s attention. Ok, maybe it’ll sound more appealing once we spell it out: Elastic Compute Cloud. A little more enticing? Maybe not. Nevertheless, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud is a product you should know about. It’ll change the way you run systems and applications for the better. What is […]

What if you could get all the benefits of a cloud data infrastructure without having to share server space with other users? What if you could have a cloud that’s totally private?  Well, if you’ve got the nerve to try to make your own private cloud, no one’s stopping you. It might be easier, though, […]

Unless you’ve been out of the workforce for the last ten years, give or take, you’ve probably noticed that just about every organization out there — from humble nonprofits to sprawling multinational corporations — is using some sort of communications platform to keep their workers connected. Good internal communication has always been a business essential. […]

If you’re looking for a simple VPS without any of the bells and whistles of Amazon EC2, your solution comes in the form of AWS Lightsail. Amazon offers users their own VPS, or “Virtual Private Server,” essentially a virtual machine hosted within Amazon’s cloud containing all the necessary data and software needed to run a […]

Amazon CloudFront gives individuals or companies the opportunity to dramatically boost their website performance by tapping into the AWS global network of secure servers. As a Content Delivery Network, CloudFront boasts hundreds of terabits of data transfer capacity, best-in-class network availability, global reach, and the best network security out there.  Still confused about what CloudFront […]

Are you tired of managing servers and constantly worrying about infrastructure? Do you wish you could just focus on writing code and let someone else handle the heavy lifting? Let me introduce AWS Lambda. Lambda’s claim of serverless computing seems too good to be true at first. If you think about it, there must be […]

AWS Cognito is Amazon’s answer to sign-on and identity access management. Much like similar services, such as Auth0 and Azure Active Directory, AWS Cognito helps you create a user management system.  But that’s not all. Cognito also plays nicely with other AWS services, making it an even more valuable addition to your toolkit than competing […]

There are many different database options available to businesses today. Two of the most popular are Amazon Aurora and RDS. But which one is better for your business? Aurora and RDS are both managed Amazon Web Services (AWS), so you must pay Amazon to manage and oversee your database. They also allow you to create databases […]