Improving AWS Cloud Applications with New AWS Well-Architected Best Practices

By Dustin Ward

Amazon Web Services FeedImproving AWS Cloud Applications with New AWS Well-Architected Best Practices By Patrick Weightman, AWS Well-Architected Partner Marketing Amazon Web Services (AWS) recently launched a new version of the AWS Well-Architected Framework, and updates to the AWS Well-Architected Tool. The new changes were made in response to industry trends, as well as feedback…

Scheduling AWS Lambda Provisioned Concurrency for recurring peak usage

By Dustin Ward

Amazon Web Services FeedScheduling AWS Lambda Provisioned Concurrency for recurring peak usage This post is contributed by Jerome Van Der Linden, AWS Solutions Architect Concurrency of an AWS Lambda function is the number of requests it can handle at any given time. This metric is the average number of requests per second multiplied by the…

Quickly build STIG-compliant Amazon Machine Images using Amazon EC2 Image Builder

By Dustin Ward

Amazon Web Services FeedQuickly build STIG-compliant Amazon Machine Images using Amazon EC2 Image Builder In this post, we discuss how to implement the operating system security requirements defined by the Defence Information Systems Agency (DISA) Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs). As an Amazon Web Services (AWS) customer, you can use Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) published…

Field Notes: Working with Route Tables in AWS Transit Gateway

By Dustin Ward

Amazon Web Services FeedField Notes: Working with Route Tables in AWS Transit Gateway An AWS Transit Gateway enables you to attach Amazon VPCs, AWS S2S VPN and AWS Direct Connect connections in the same Region, and route traffic between them. Transit Gateways are designed to be highly scalable and resilient. You can attach up to…

Now manage a popular third party agent from AWS Systems Manager Distributor

By Dustin Ward

Amazon Web Services FeedNow manage a popular third party agent from AWS Systems Manager Distributor Distributor, a capability of AWS Systems Manager, now allows you to install and manage a popular third party agent. With this launch, you can select a pre-built agent directly from Distributor without having to create or maintain any software packages.…