RDX this week launched a set of tools designed to make it easier to convert applications running on an Oracle database to Amazon Aurora, an instance of an open source PostgreSQL database running on the Amazon Web Service (AWS) cloud that is compatible with Oracle databases. Announced at the AWS Summit event in Washington D.C., […]
AWS re:Invent 2018 Product Launches: An Overview
AWS re:Invent is always rich in product launches. Some products are entirely new, while others are updates or enhancements to existing tools. The 2018 event was no exception. In case you missed it, here’s a drive-thru on some of the best products—and one important statement—from this year’s show. AWS Marketplace for Containers Announced at the […]
AWS Finally Embraces On-Premises IT
Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced this week it will make available instances of its IT infrastructure available in on-premises IT environments, which it will then manage on behalf of customers. The announcement was made at its AWS re:Invent 2018 conference. AWS CEO Andy Jassy said AWS Outposts platforms, scheduled to be available in 2019, will […]
Mphasis Acquires Stelligent, the DevOps Automation Services Specialist in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Ecosystem
Mphasis Stelligent boosts Mphasis’ end-to-end capabilities in public cloud with a focus on DevOps and Containerization; further augmenting its managed services capabilities Mphasis Stelligent combines best-in-class DevOps and DevSecOps solutions on Amazon Web Services (AWS) and delivery at scale with customer-centric digital transformation and hyper-personalization to enterprise clients New York / Bangalore, November 8, 2018 […]
Is AWS Cloud Per-Second Billing Boon or Bane for DevOps Engineers?
Amazon’s introduction of its AWS services in 2006 with a per-hour billing model for compute resources was a game-changer for the IT world. Since then, AWS has taken over the cloud computing market as a leader, while broadening the range of cloud services offered every year. However, the per-hour billing business model was one of […]
Salesforce Moves Compliance to the DevOps Left
Compliance is one of those tasks that trips up developers multiple times over. More times than anyone cares to admit developers finish an application only to discover there are any number of compliance controls that were overlooked. Sometimes, bringing that application into compliance is trivial. Other times, it can delay the rollout of the application […]
AWS Extends DevOps Ambitions via Managed Services
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is signaling its increased interest in providing managed services spanning multiple aspects of DevOps with the launch of service that promises to make it easier to set up development projects. At a recent AWS Summit conference in San Francisco, CTO Werner Vogels described AWS CodeStar as a means for building pipelines […]
Azure vs. AWS for the Enterprise
In a previous post we discussed Azure & OpenStack, the less-explored hybrid cloud, and we thought we’d segue on the hybrid cloud theme, and follow up with an additional post focusing on a question we’re often asked … Azure or AWS? It’s one of the most common questions enterprise customers today face as they look […]
6 Key Considerations When Migrating to AWS
Every day, more and more organizations take the plunge and migrate to the Amazon Web Services public cloud. What they leave behind is the cumbersomeness of the traditional data center, but despite the cloud’s benefits in scalability, agility and efficiency, they discover a new set of challenges that need to be overcome. Gartner estimates that […]
Microservices: Easier Than You Think
“Microservices are easier than you think and more valuable than you’ve heard.” Those are the words of Ben Gracewood, chief delivery officer at cloud POS and omnichannel retail provider Vend. His company has used microservices to trim a monolithic PHP application, improving performance and changing the way the company approaches updates. Approaching Microservices Vend is […]