Building a location-based, scalable, serverless web app – part 2

By Dustin Ward

Amazon Web Services FeedBuilding a location-based, scalable, serverless web app – part 2 Part 1 introduces the Ask Around Me web application that allows users to send questions to other local users in real time. I explain the app’s functionality and how using a single-page application (SPA) framework complements a serverless backend. I configure Auth0…

Trend Micro Guardian: Protecting Your Kids On-the-Go

By Dustin Ward

Amazon Web Services FeedTrend Micro Guardian: Protecting Your Kids On-the-Go Some smart devices are not limited to use on the home network; for instance, your child’s mobile phone or tablet. Keeping your kids safe on these on-the-go devices means extending your security policies beyond the home. Trend Micro Home Network Security (HNS) makes it easy…

Improve productivity with interactive SQL tools in Amazon Elasticsearch Service

By Dustin Ward

Amazon Web Services FeedImprove productivity with interactive SQL tools in Amazon Elasticsearch Service Amazon Elasticsearch Service now supports SQL Workbench and SQL CLI to run queries on Elasticsearch indexes with the conventional and familiar database language. SQL Workbench, a popular open source visual tool used to manage database environments, is now integrated in Kibana to…

AWS achieves its first PCI 3DS attestation

By Dustin Ward

Amazon Web Services FeedAWS achieves its first PCI 3DS attestation We are pleased to announce that Amazon Web Services (AWS) has achieved its first PCI 3-D Secure (3DS) certification. Although AWS doesn’t perform 3DS functions directly, the AWS PCI 3DS attestation of compliance enables customers to attain their own PCI 3DS compliance for their services…

Azure Firewall forced tunneling and SQL FQDN filtering now generally available

By Dustin Ward

Two new key features in Azure Firewall—forced tunneling and SQL FQDN  filtering—are now generally available. Additionally, we increased the limit for multiple public IP addresses from 100 to 250 for both Destination Network Address Translation (DNAT) and Source Network Address Translation (SNAT). Azure Firewall is a cloud native Firewall as a Service (FWaaS) offering that…

Azure Files enhances data protection capabilities

By Dustin Ward

Protecting your production data is critical for any business. That’s why Azure Files has a multi-layered approach to ensuring your data is highly available, backed up, and recoverable. Whether it’s a ransomware attack, a datacenter outage, or a file share that was accidentally deleted, we want to make sure you can get everything backed up…