Isolating network access to your AWS Cloud9 environments

By Dustin Ward

Amazon Web Services FeedIsolating network access to your AWS Cloud9 environments In this post, I show you how to create isolated AWS Cloud9 environments for your developers without requiring ingress (inbound) access from the internet. I also walk you through optional steps to further isolate your AWS Cloud9 environment by removing egress (outbound) access. Until…

Why Deployment Requirements are Important When Making Architectural Choices

By Dustin Ward

Amazon Web Services FeedWhy Deployment Requirements are Important When Making Architectural Choices Introduction Too often, architects fall into the trap of thinking the architecture of an application is restricted to just the runtime part of the architecture. By doing this we focus on only a single customer (such as the application’s users and how they…

Running on-demand, serverless Apache Spark data processing jobs using Amazon SageMaker managed Spark containers and the Amazon SageMaker SDK

By Dustin Ward

Amazon Web Services FeedRunning on-demand, serverless Apache Spark data processing jobs using Amazon SageMaker managed Spark containers and the Amazon SageMaker SDK Apache Spark is a unified analytics engine for large scale, distributed data processing. Typically, businesses with Spark-based workloads on AWS use their own stack built on top of Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon…

Normalize data with Amazon Elasticsearch Service ingest pipelines

By Dustin Ward

Amazon Web Services FeedNormalize data with Amazon Elasticsearch Service ingest pipelines Amazon Elasticsearch Service (Amazon ES) is a fully managed service that makes it easy for you to deploy, secure, and run Elasticsearch cost-effectively at scale. Search and log analytics are the two most popular use cases for Amazon ES. In log analytics at scale,…

Deploying open source web conferencing solution BigBlueButton on AWS

By Dustin Ward

Amazon Web Services FeedDeploying open source web conferencing solution BigBlueButton on AWS Major advancements in technology have drastically changed how and where we conduct business. Pushed by the increased number of employees working remotely, the globalization of businesses, and the rise of instant, on-demand communications, technology has had to adapt. For modern and innovative businesses…

Azure Cost Management + Billing updates – September 2020

By Dustin Ward

Whether you’re a new student, thriving startup, or the largest enterprise, you have financial constraints, and you need to know what you’re spending, where, and how to plan for the future. Nobody wants a surprise when it comes to the bill, and this is where Azure Cost Management + Billing comes in. We’re always looking…