How The Cloud Works
Cloud BasicsHow The Cloud WorksPosted on 19/02/2020This blog post comes from my little brain-box as I was writing another post…
Open Source Software
Cloud BasicsOpen Source SoftwarePosted on 12/02/2020Today, we’re investigating another buzzy buzword you might hear bandied around by techy-types. What is…
Technical Writing Services
TransformationTechnical Writing ServicesPosted on 29/01/2020There are a few stings to our cloud-shaped bow here at Beaty Consultancy. Sometimes other cloud…
Securing Access to your Cloud Resources
AWSAzureCloud BasicsSecuritySecuring Access to your Cloud ResourcesPosted on 24/01/2020We all know about the amazing things we can build in cloud…
Cloud Monitoring with AWS CloudWatch
AWSCloud BasicsCloud Monitoring with AWS CloudWatchPosted on 22/01/2020This week, we’re looking at one of my favourite products within Amazon Web…
Microservices – The Production Line of Cloud
AWSCloud BasicsMicroservices – The Production Line of CloudPosted on 15/01/2020Today, we’re talking about Microservices – The Production Line of the…
Internet of Things – IoT – Explained
SecurityInternet of Things – IoT – ExplainedPosted on 08/01/2020We love to bust jargot wherever we can, so this week, we’re…
What is a VPN?
Cloud BasicsSecurityWhat is a VPN?Posted on 18/12/2019Virtual Private Networks, or VPNs are all the rage at the moment. Every other…
Why Your Servers Need Updates
AWSPatchingSecurityWhy Your Servers Need UpdatesPosted on 11/12/2019We have spoken about software updates before. However with the imminant end of Windows…
Why You Need Good Passwords
SecurityWhy You Need Good PasswordsPosted on 04/12/2019In last week’s blog post, we showed you how to check if your online…
Security Precautions as a Managed Service Provider
SecuritySecurity Precautions as a Managed Service ProviderPosted on 27/11/2019We talk about security an awful lot here at Beaty Consultancy. We’re…
Here’s How To Find Out If Your Data Is At Risk
SecurityHere’s How To Find Out If Your Data Is At RiskPosted on 20/11/2019Most of us are comfortable online nowadays. In…
Cloud Consultancy in Cumbria
Cloud BasicsTransformationCloud Consultancy in CumbriaPosted on 13/11/2019Beaty Consultancy is a proudly Cumbrian brand, based in the great border city of…
Containers Don’t Need to be Scary
Cloud BasicsTransformationContainers Don’t Need to be ScaryPosted on 06/11/2019We throw around all the buzzwords here at Beaty Consultancy, but we…
Here’s Why You Need a Web Application Firewall
SecurityHere’s Why You Need a Web Application FirewallPosted on 30/10/2019If you’re reading this, the chances are that you run a…
Solving Problems Using The Cloud
AWSAzureCloud BasicsTransformationSolving Problems Using The CloudPosted on 23/10/2019When people talk about cloud technologies, they talk about the problems they’re sovling…
Protect your servers from Cryptomining
PatchingSecurityProtect your servers from CryptominingPosted on 16/10/2019We have spoken about cryptocurrency a couple of times before, so by now we…
Managing your cloud account logins
Cloud BasicsSecurityManaging your cloud account loginsPosted on 09/10/2019We’ve spoken about what cloud is before, so you already know that you’re…
Protecting your business from Ransomware
SecurityProtecting your business from RansomwarePosted on 01/10/2019First thing’s first – what is Ransomware? Ransomware is when your data is maliciously…
A day in the life of a cloud consultant
Cloud BasicsA day in the life of a cloud consultantPosted on 25/09/2019Our CloudBasics posts are the most popular content on…
Build it (in the cloud) and they will come
AWSAzureCloud BasicsBuild it (in the cloud) and they will comePosted on 18/09/2019A popular mis-quote from Field of Dreams, but in…
Why use one cloud database when 7 will do?
This post was prompted by a recent AWS Podcast. If you’ve never listened to it, and you’re as geeky as…
Accellier
AccellierAccellier are a company rapidly expanding and servicing new clients with their revolutionary Customer Relationship Management platform. Beaty Consultancy helped…
The White Apple Company
The White Apple CompanyThe White Apple Company offer a range of online English language learning tools to help bring students…
Glazed Expressions
Glazed ExpressionsGlazed Expressions is a small glass art studio on the edge of the lake district, making beautiful one-of-a-kind fused…
The Best Cloud Technologies for Backup
We all know we should be backing up way more than we do, and we know there are hundreds of…
Encryption in AWS; the Key, the Secret
So you read our recent post about encrypting your EBS storage. You have encrypted all your data in transit, and…
Azure Security Lab: Bug Bounties as a Service?
Beaty Consultancy is regarded within the industry as the guys with the tin hats. We are security nuts. With this…
Cut through the buzzwords to understand cloud
The technology space is chock-full of acronyms, strange units of measurement, and general techno clap-trap. And guess what, when we…
Data data everywhere, but how much to keep?
With almost unlimited amounts of storage available to anyone who wants it, how much should you use? How do you decide what’s worth keeping and where?
Encryption in AWS; let’s do some! Elastic Block Store (EBS)
Let’s look at encrypting EBS volumes in AWS!
AWS Anomaly Detection; Machine Learning for us Ops guys!
Machine learning powering ops monitoring I’m an old fashioned Ops guy at heart. I came up from a company who…
What is cloud? …asking for a friend
all the toys in the toybox I have happily been running cloud consultancy business for the past couple of years…
Why AWS Consultancy?
A blog posting around the reasons for starting Beaty Consultancy, the friendly, affordable AWS consultancy services specialists.
Tag your assets, please
When a new client asks me to check out their AWS estate and make recommendations for improvement, one of the…
Thanks for the downtime
It’s Saturday morning, early. I’m feeling super productive today, so I’ve already walked the dog, put last night’s dishes away,…