The Right Cloud Tools For The Job
The Right Cloud Tools For The Job I’ve been back to the classroom recently. The virtual classroom, for obvious reasons, but I’ve been learning none the less. The reason is that AWS cloud certificates expire every 3 years. This means that certified cloud architects, practitioners and specialists need to refresh their skills. Going back and […]
What Is Change Management
What Is Change Management Documentation is boring. But then so is eating your vegetables, and apparently now we’re adults, we shouldn’t need our broccoli hidden from us… unless you’re the leader of the free world. Anywhoo, let’s talk about what change management is, and why you should definitely have a change management process in your […]
What Is Infrastructure as Code
What Is Infrastructure as Code We spoke about disposable infrastructure last week, and about how we shouldn’t name our servers anymore. The natural extension to that thought is Infrastructure as Code, which gives our cloud platform consistency, an audit trail, and a version history. How how does it work? How do you create it? Let’s […]
What Is Phishing And How To Protect From It
What Is Phishing And How To Protect From It We like to cover security basics here at Beaty Consultancy, and Phishing was certainly on our list to cover. But after Dominic Raab’s (UK Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs) speech around cyber security yesterday (05/05/2020), we wanted to get the information out now. There’s no […]
Operational Security From Home
Operational Security From Home There are some scary sounding buzzy buzzwords going on here aren’t there? Well this week, we’re demystifying Operational Security, and exploring how we can all have excellent Operational Security From Home. We look at why it is important, and give you simple tips and tricks to sprinkle security best practices into […]
Let’s Learn Stuff While We’re Locked In
Let’s Learn Stuff While We’re Locked In We’re all staying at home, protecting the NHS and saving lives. It’s super important, but it’s tough isn’t it. Some of us have lots of time to fill, and while there is ample entertainment to be found on various streaming services, sometimes it’s fun to learn new skills. […]
Don’t Give Your Cloud Servers Names
Don’t Give Your Cloud Servers Names My dog is brilliant. He’s a ginger and white collie cross mongrel rescue thing, and he’s such a good boy. Every morning, he hears the alarm and before I have chance to snooze it, and he comes to get me up. From the moment I wake up and have […]
Remote Working Tools
Remote Working Tools I write all our blog posts for Beaty Consultancy. Generally I write them on a Sunday afternoon. My wife is at work in one of the local pubs, and the dog is asleep behind me, in the patch where the sun shines through the window onto the carpet. For me, it doesn’t […]
Security Isn’t Sexy
Security Isn’t Sexy Here at Beaty Consultancy, we love talking about new technology, and helping you to understand it too. If you’re Into technology as much as we are, you probably think a lot of this stuff is pretty cool. We do, and we’re cool. I know that because my Mum told me.But security isn’t […]
Understanding Disaster Recovery
Understanding Disaster Recovery It is easy to think of the cloud as an amazing place, where nothing could ever go wrong. While that isn’t true, if you use some more modern Software as a Service (SaaS) products, the bad things are somebody else’s problem to fix. But what about if you, like us, still run […]
