Ask the Experts

Ask the Experts

• Professional-level AWS certifications pay off for cloud vets

  To gain a Professional-level AWS certification, AWS requires at least two years of experience with its platform. But will it help your career, or is it just a notch in your belt?  Continue Reading

• Avoid AWS access control mistakes to keep your cloud safe

  If you get clumsy with AWS security, you can put your whole business at risk. Be wary of these common errors, and implement best practices to secure your workloads.  Continue Reading

• Oracle vs. AWS battle heats up around cloud costs, databases

  After imposing a price hike for its customers that use AWS, Oracle now needs to contend with new AWS services that compete with its databases, as some users mull a migration.  Continue Reading

• AWS Cost and Usage Reports drive cloud spend analysis

  Do you trust a cloud vendor's native cost analysis tools? In reality, both provider-native and third-party cost management systems are only as reliable as their underlying data.  Continue Reading

• Enterprises maintain a wish list for hybrid cloud with AWS

  Recent partnerships show Amazon's intentions to tap into the hybrid cloud market. While there's a lot of promise, there are still many features customers want.  Continue Reading

• Prevent hacked AWS accounts from wreaking havoc

  Security should be a top priority in public cloud deployment, but breaches are still possible. If your AWS account has been hacked, follow these steps to minimize the impact.  Continue Reading

• US-East-1 region's checkered past deters some users, but many remain

  AWS users in the US-East-1 region have seen a string of outages in the last few years. But does that mean they shouldn't deploy workloads there?  Continue Reading

• The benefits and drawbacks of AWS Convertible Reserved Instances

  Reserved Instances save IT teams money on compute resources but lock them into a particular type of instance. How do Convertible RIs differ, and what are the drawbacks?  Continue Reading

• Gain control over multiple AWS accounts with IAM

  Our environment has multiple AWS accounts for different dev stages. How can we use the IAM cross-account feature to share resources across accounts?  Continue Reading

• AWS Glue simplifies messy data transfers

  We need to perform extract, transform and load processes on data, but the work is labor-intensive and error-prone. Is there an AWS tool to simplify this task?  Continue Reading

• AWS logs connect the configuration management dots

  Configuration changes help developers build at a faster pace -- as long as those changes are wanted. How can we quickly diagnose and fix undesirable AWS configurations?  Continue Reading

• Maintain compliance with AWS Config Rules

  We use AWS Config to track resources, but we also need to meet compliance regulations. What configuration management tools should we use?  Continue Reading

• Understand the pros, cons of an AWS cloud VPN service

  Our team will move workloads into AWS, but we need control and security over them. What VPN features does Amazon Lightsail provide, and is it better suited for certain workloads?  Continue Reading

• Use AWS Config service to track app changes

  When our IT teams change a cloud configuration, a lot of application data and dependencies change too. How does AWS compile this data for customers?  Continue Reading

• Audit resources with AWS configuration management tool

  SysOps teams must maintain consistent workload performance, meet compliance and security standards, as well as other IT tasks. AWS Config helps admins keep a watchful eye on apps.  Continue Reading