by VAST | Mar 30, 2020 | Amazon Web Services, Cloud, Security
As part of AWS’s standard security best practices for their Relational Database Service (RDS), a new certificate authority (CA) for RDS, Aurora and DocumentDB database instances is now available. The current CA expires on March 5, 2020, however, to avoid interruption...
by VAST | Mar 27, 2020 | Amazon Web Services, Business Continuity, Cloud, Cohesity, Data Protection, Google Cloud Platform, Infrastructure, Microsoft Azure, Multi-Cloud, Veeam
Many businesses are conducting an unplanned stress test of their disaster recovery and business continuity plans as the COVID-19 crisis forces non-essential employees to work from home. Remote access and virtual desktop infrastructure are key elements of that...
by VAST | Mar 20, 2020 | Amazon Web Services
AWS has launched the Activate Founders package, a new set of benefits specifically designed for bootstrapped startups. The package is being offered as part of the AWS Activate program and is open to founders and startups who have not yet raised any venture...
by VAST | Mar 3, 2020 | Amazon Web Services, Cloud, Cost Optimization
In most of our routine lives as consumers, it’s more cost-effective to own than rent. The decision to rent is often more about the availability of funds than what’s ultimately the lowest cost. The business world turns that perception on its head, at least when it...
by VAST | Feb 4, 2020 | Amazon Web Services, Hybrid Cloud, Microsoft Azure, NetApp, Nutanix
Hybrid cloud is a challenge because it means implementing two technical solutions, a public cloud and a private cloud, and integrating them so they function as a single strategic, unified solution. Melding these two infrastructure solutions requires overcoming a...
by VAST | Jan 7, 2020 | Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Multi-Cloud, VAST View
When you choose to deliberately implement a complex IT architecture such as multicloud, you want to be sure to get it right. Multicloud can bring a number of challenging issues to be addressed. Multicloud and Vendor Lock-in For many businesses, multicloud is the...
