Multi-Region Replication Now Enabled for AWS Managed Microsoft Active Directory

By Dustin Ward

Amazon Web Services FeedMulti-Region Replication Now Enabled for AWS Managed Microsoft Active Directory Our customers build applications that need to serve users that live in all corners of the world. When listening to our customers, they told us that whilst they were comfortable building Active Directory (AD) aware applications on AWS, making them work globally…

Field Notes: Automating Migration Requests for Reserved Instances and Savings Plans in Closed Accounts

By Dustin Ward

Amazon Web Services FeedField Notes: Automating Migration Requests for Reserved Instances and Savings Plans in Closed Accounts Enterprise AWS customers are often managing many accounts under a payer account, and sometimes accounts are closed before Reserved Instances (RI) or Savings Plans (SP) are fully used. Manually tracking account closures and requesting RI and SP migration from…

The versatility of gRPC, an open source high-performance RPC framework

By Dustin Ward

Amazon Web Services FeedThe versatility of gRPC, an open source high-performance RPC framework During the birth of the computer age, the first computers were the size of a room and all computations had to be run on the same computer. Once the first network was switched on, creating protocols for those computers to communicate became…

AWS and the New Zealand notifiable privacy breach scheme

By Dustin Ward

Amazon Web Services FeedAWS and the New Zealand notifiable privacy breach scheme The updated New Zealand Privacy Act 2020 (Privacy Act) will come into force on December 1, 2020. Importantly, it establishes a new notifiable privacy breach scheme (NZ scheme). The NZ scheme gives affected individuals the opportunity to take steps to protect their personal…

WANdisco Accelerates GoDaddy’s Hadoop Cloud Migration to AWS Without Business Interruption

By Dustin Ward

Amazon Web Services FeedWANdisco Accelerates GoDaddy’s Hadoop Cloud Migration to AWS Without Business Interruption By Paul Scott-Murphy, VP Product Management at WANdiscoBy Jeremy Zogg, Sr. Director Engineering at GoDaddyBy Roy Hasson, WW Analytics Specialist Leader at AWS Organizations collect and store vast amounts of data that is processed and analyzed throughout each day in order…