Securing Access to your Cloud Resources
Securing Access to your Cloud Resources We all know about the amazing things we can build in cloud environments – I bang on about it often enough! But what’s the best way to administrate your environment once it exists? What is safe to leave open to the Internet and what should be shrouded in a […]
Cloud Monitoring with AWS CloudWatch
Cloud Monitoring with AWS CloudWatch This week, we’re looking at one of my favourite products within Amazon Web Services, and that is CloudWatch! As usual we’re just going to cover the basics here, but if you need more help and advice on defining and deploying a cloud monitoring solution, just get in touch! What is […]
Microservices – The Production Line of Cloud
Microservices – The Production Line of Cloud Today, we’re talking about Microservices – The Production Line of the Cloud! We talked about Containers a little while ago, and the feedback was awesome. People love how we take topics on the cutting edge of technology, and break them up into pieces. But one piece we could […]
Why Your Servers Need Updates
Why Your Servers Need Updates We have spoken about software updates before. However with the imminant end of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 updates, we thought it’s worth talking about again. So why does your server need updates? Support Investment To be fair to Microsoft, they have supported these opperating systems for 10 years […]
Solving Problems Using The Cloud
Solving Problems Using The Cloud When people talk about cloud technologies, they talk about the problems they’re sovling using Cloud. But what kinds of problems can we solve using cloud technologies? Why try to solve those problems in the Cloud as opposed to on premesis? What’s in it for you? In this post, we’re going […]
Build it (in the cloud) and they will come
Build it (in the cloud) and they will come A popular mis-quote from Field of Dreams, but in the world of cloud-computing, it often is the case that if you build it, they will come. Build What? That’s the beauty of cloud – it doesn’t matter! As a cloud architect, I don’t mind whether you’re […]
Why use one cloud database when 7 will do?
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 us, do it! Well, not yet, otherwise you’ll miss all the cloud database fun we’re about to have! Today, we’re talking about using the right database […]
Encryption in AWS; the Key, the Secret
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 at rest, job done, right? Who owns your encryption keys? Who owns your data secrets? What is Encryption? This isn’t a daft question. I mean, we all know […]
Cut through the buzzwords to understand cloud
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 invented the cloud, we made up a whole load of new language to go with it! The key goal of Beaty Consultancy is to bring cloud technology to […]
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?
