by Michael Boehl | May 4, 2020 | Amazon Web Services, Cloud
One of the most hoped-for benefits of cloud technology is increased agility and the ability to deliver IT more quickly. The on-demand capability of the cloud provides one element of that agility. Without lengthy provisioning processes, you can access technology when...
by Michael Boehl | Apr 13, 2020 | Amazon Web Services, Cloud, Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft Azure, Multi-Cloud
Multiple clouds mean multiple ways of doing things. This is true for monitoring and for the day to operations of deploying and supporting your workloads in the cloud. The cloud’s reputation for agility means getting things done fast is even more of a goal than usual,...
by Michael Boehl | 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 Michael Boehl | 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 Michael Boehl | 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 Michael Boehl | 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...
