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15 Infrastructure as Code tools you can use to automate your deployments
Automate your infrastructure deployments and configurations with these Infrastructure as Code tools. This is the third article in our Infrastructure as Code blog series. You can read the first two here: Infrastructure as Code: 5 Reasons Why You Should Implement IaC...
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Infrastructure as Code: 6 best practices to get the most out of IaC
Apply these best practices to get the most out of your IaC efforts. This is the second post in our series on Infrastructure as Code. Check out our first post, Infrastructure as Code: 5 Reasons Why You Should Implement IaC Now, and click here to sign up to be notified...
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Infrastructure as Code: 5 Reasons Why You Should Implement IaC Now
Infrastructure as Code can help avoid cloud deployment inconsistencies, increase developer productivity, and lower costs. This is the first of a series of articles about Infrastructure as Code. To be notified when future posts go live, click here. There’s no doubt...
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WP SureStack – WordPress optimized for AWS – Available Now!
Announcing WP SureStack, a WordPress infrastructure leveraging the power of the AWS cloud We're excited to announce our latest product, WP SureStack, which is available now on the AWS marketplace. While a VPS like Amazon Lightsail can be an easy place to start, it can...
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Microservices vs. Monoliths: What’s the Right Architecture for your Software?
Understand the pros and cons of microservices and monolithic architectures and how they impact developer productivity and quality of software. Today, where “software is eating the world” and every company is becoming a tech company, a business is only as strong...
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SFTP Gateway Version 1.003 Now Available
We're excited to announce the release of SFTP Gateway version 1.003, with plenty of new features and improvements! The newest version of SFTP Gateway is available as an AMI on the AWS Marketplace now. If you already have SFTP Gateway instances running, simply SSH as...
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We attended AWS re:Invent 2017 and this is what we learned
A few members of our team are here at AWS re:Invent in Las Vegas! AWS announced a ton of new products and services, and we sat in on a few really interesting breakout sessions. Here are some of the highlights. Key Product Launches Alexa for Business AWS is bringing...
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How edge computing and the cloud will power the future of IoT
The combination of edge and cloud computing will make the Internet of Things faster, cheaper, and more stable Cloud computing has been a boon to big data processing. The ability to capture, store, and process data without having to worry about scaling servers and...
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Create a Highly Available SFTP Gateway Using AWS Network Load Balancer
A guide on how to use AWS' Network Load Balancer to set up a highly available SFTP Gateway A few months ago we launched SFTP Gateway, a pre-configured SFTP server that lets you easily and securely transfer files to Amazon S3. Since the launch, many users have...
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Why you should embrace, not fear, cloud vendor lock-in
Embracing cloud vendor lock-in can help you gain a competitive advantage. Fearing it can leave you behind. In our previous blog post, we wrote about the reasons why many companies fear cloud vendor lock-in, where those fears stem from, and tactics you can implement to...
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