Top 6 AWS Lambda Monitoring Tools

By Dustin Ward

This article will cover the top 6 AWS Lambda monitoring tools and explain how they work and are used. Monitoring AWS Lambda performance plays a crucial part in your everyday AWS Lambda usage. Monitoring helps you identify any performance issues, and it can also send you alerts and notify you of anything you might need…

Use the AWS Cloud for observational life sciences studies

By Dustin Ward

AWS FeedUse the AWS Cloud for observational life sciences studies In this post, we discuss how to use the AWS Cloud and its services to accelerate observational studies for life sciences customers. We provide a reference architecture for architects, business owners, and technology decision-makers in the life sciences industry to automate the processes in clinical…

How Zscaler and AWS Wavelength Enable Secure Edge Computing with Zero Trust

By Dustin Ward

AWS FeedHow Zscaler and AWS Wavelength Enable Secure Edge Computing with Zero Trust By Nathan Howe, Vice President Emerging Technologies – 5G, ZscalerBy Henning Els, Sr. Solutions Architect, AWS Zscaler Super low-latency connections for the mobile carrier network are becoming increasingly important as we move to an ever-connected mobile world. 5G connectivity is built from the…

8 common mistakes when using AWS ECS to manage containers

By Dustin Ward

In this article, we’ll discuss the potential pitfalls that we came across when configuring ECS task definitions. While considering this AWS-specific container management platform, we’ll also examine some general best practices for working with containers in production. 1. Wrong logging configuration Containers are ephemeral in nature. Once a container finishes execution, the only way to…

Group-based auth with AppSync Lambda authoriser

By Dustin Ward

AWS FeedGroup-based auth with AppSync Lambda authoriser AWS AppSync added support for Lambda authorizers on 30th July 2021 and it made it much easier to implement group-based authorization with 3rd party identity services. Group-based auth with AppSync and Cognito I previously wrote about how you can secure multi-tenant applications with AppSync and Cognito. Where you can…

Field Notes: Tracking Overall Equipment Effectiveness with AWS IoT Analytics and Amazon QuickSight

By Dustin Ward

AWS FeedField Notes: Tracking Overall Equipment Effectiveness with AWS IoT Analytics and Amazon QuickSight This post was co-written with Michael Brown, Senior Solutions Architect, Manufacturing at AWS. Overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) is a measure of how well a manufacturing operation is utilized (facilities, time and material) compared to its full potential, during the periods when…