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Terraform - infrastructure automation
November 15, 2023

Terraform - infrastructure automation

When we start building a new IT project, one of the key aspects is to prepare the right infrastructure. In the world of cloud solutions, where we have access to many services and resources, manual configuration and management becomes complicated. This is where Terraform comes to the rescue - a tool for automatically creating, modifying and managing infrastructure in a declarative way.
Amazon Bedrock. A new era of AI applications with generative models
November 14, 2023

Amazon Bedrock. A new era of AI applications with generative models

The Amazon Bedrock service, offered by Amazon Web Services (AWS), opens up new possibilities for a wide range of users - from large corporations to startups to individual developers.
Cost optimisation in Amazon Web Services (AWS)
November 2, 2023

Cost optimisation in Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a leader among cloud service providers, offering a wide range of solutions to help organisations deploy complex IT systems. However, with the growing popularity and complexity of cloud applications, cost optimisation has become a key challenge for many companies. Here are some ways to optimise costs on AWS.
What does the server administrator do?
October 16, 2023

What does the server administrator do?

IT systems are important to a business's functioning when storing, transferring, and protecting data. Server administrators help maintain and secure various servers for businesses, ensuring the functionality of systems running in the cloud, on-premise environment, or hybrid solution.
Improve your security with the integration of AWS Control Tower and AWS Security Hub
October 11, 2023

Improve your security with the integration of AWS Control Tower and AWS Security Hub

The authors are pleased to announce the general availability (GA) of the integration between AWS Control Tower and AWS Security Hub. In this GA release, AWS Control Tower can detect control operations performed on Security Hub discovery controls from the Security Hub service.
Reduce archiving costs with serverless data archiving
October 11, 2023

Reduce archiving costs with serverless data archiving

For regulatory reasons, the decommissioning of core business systems in the financial services and insurance (FSI) markets requires data to remain available for many years after the application is decommissioned.
Infrastructure as Code (IaC) - there are not only advantages but also new challenges - part one.
October 11, 2023

Infrastructure as Code (IaC) - there are not only advantages but also new challenges - part one.

Infrastructure as Code (IaC for short) is currently the leading way of implementing solutions on cloud environments. At Hosters, we treat it as a deployment standard, leaving manual, so-called 'clickable' cloud service configurations for the creation of very small, usually short and non-developmental projects or, more often, for experimental projects so-called PoCs (Proof of Concept).
Maximise the benefits of cloud deployment with Well-Architected Organisational Culture
September 13, 2023

Maximise the benefits of cloud deployment with Well-Architected Organisational Culture

Often referred to as the 'personality' of an organisation, organisational culture defines how people work, interact and respond to change and challenges. There is a strong belief, supported by evidence, that the culture of an organisation is a powerful determinant of transformation success.
Instances 'from under the counter', or how to run hard-to-reach AWS EC2 P-type instances?
September 9, 2023

Instances 'from under the counter', or how to run hard-to-reach AWS EC2 P-type instances?

Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) is one of the flagship services of Amazon Web Services, which enables users to create and run virtual machines in a flexible and scalable way. As part of this service, AWS also provides instances with massive P-type computing power, but which we will not run in the standard way from the console. So how do you go about doing this?
Use the Amazon CloudWatch Contributor Insights service for general NGINX log analysis
August 18, 2023

Use the Amazon CloudWatch Contributor Insights service for general NGINX log analysis

Customers build, deploy and maintain millions of web applications on AWS, and many customers deploy these applications using NGINX. The NGINX application server offers configurability, scalability and the ability to handle millions of concurrent requests.
Managing ML-based Operational Insights from Amazon DevOps Guru to Datadog event stream
August 9, 2023

Managing ML-based Operational Insights from Amazon DevOps Guru to Datadog event stream

Amazon DevOps Guru is a fully managed AIOps service that uses machine learning (ML) to quickly identify when applications are behaving outside of their normal operating patterns while generating insights into their findings.
Simplify the way you manage authorization in your apps with Amazon's verified permissions - now publicly available
August 7, 2023

Simplify the way you manage authorization in your apps with Amazon's verified permissions - now publicly available

When creating a new application or integrating an existing one into a new environment, properly implementing user authentication and authorisation requires a significant amount of work.