How To Save Money On AWS

While moving to consumption based spending from a data center can be advantageous for many reasons, companies still need to pay attention to their spends and have the ability to optimize them beyond just through workload management. This article will explore options to help mitigate costs from the procurement level. Compute Savings Plans The lowest […]

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9 AWS Security Quick Wins

Security does not have to be cumbersome, expensive, and complex. When working with AWS there are some simple and cost effective actions that can be taken to improve your overall security posture. Delete Default VPCs Deleting default VPCs is both good for security and cost management. Removing unused networks removes the ability for compute resources […]

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Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) and Zero Trust Security for Small Businesses and Startups

When designing infrastructure we should minimize the blast radius. We should be designing for isolation and segmentation and limiting ingress and egress. In an ideal state there will be no entrance. Nothing would be allowed in. So is it possible to design a network where this is possible? The answer is, yes. We can design […]

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Distributed Agile Development with a Global Team

Businesses need distributed Agile Development to offer a first class service with 24×7 support. There are strategic benefits in the Agile software development life-cycle (SDLC) outside of cost benefits to this approach. Distributed Agile Teams Most teams that try to do Agile Development end up with a Frankenstein process that keeps the spirit but lacks execution.  The […]

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