Amazon CloudWatch Extended Metrics Retention and New UI
AWS has announced several critical enhancements to their monitoring service, Amazon CloudWatch. Namely: Extended Metrics Retention Since users have requested for more time to access and see their...
View ArticleAWS S3 and Glacier Price Reduction
Originally launched in 2006, AWS S3 has seen price reductions per GB over the years, up to 80% in the last 10 years. AWS Glacier, launched in 2012 as a low-cost storage alternative for infrequently...
View ArticleNew T2.Medium DB Instance Class for Amazon Aurora
AWS has announced a new option for Amazon Aurora users. The new steady-state db.t2.medium DB instance class comes with 2 vCPUs and 4 GB of RAM. At normal use, it can take up 40% of the performance of a...
View ArticleCloudWatch Metrics Reduced Prices
AWS had released Custom Metrics for AWS CloudWatch back in 2011. Formerly, you get 10 custom metrics for free and any additionals cost $0.5 per metric per month. Now, AWS is announcing a price...
View ArticleAWS re:Invent 2016 Keynote Summary
With AWS re:Invent in full swing the keynote for today was nicely summarised into a 90 second video (below). We’ve been through and outlined everything into a simple post for you here with the What,...
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AWS re:Invent Keynote Summary – Part 2
It was Werner Vogels turn today at AWS re:Invent to take the stage and to release another wave of announcements. Here’s a snapshot of the announcements made today. You can read the first key note...
View ArticleCloud Month in Review – November 2016
This month saw some drastic reduction in prices for a few AWS services. AWS S3 and Glacier Price Reduction AWS announced that starting Dec. 1, 2016, both S3 and Glacier storage services will see price...
View ArticleAWS Personal Health Dashboard
AWS announced that they have launched the Personal Health Dashboard last Dec. 1, 2016. The Dashboard provides an in-depth and personalized look at the performance and availability of each AWS service...
View ArticleAWS Launches IPv6 Support for VPN EC2 Instances
IPv6 is fast-becoming the norm given its 128 bits for address space. This makes it handy for the growing areas of IoT and online devices. As such, AWS is announcing that it will now support IPv6 for...
View ArticleAWS Launches Amazon QuickSight Enterprise Edition
Amazon QuickSight Standard Edition was launched in November 2016 to provide an easy means of big data analytics. Now, AWS is launching its Enterprise Edition, which adds two features: Active Directory...
View ArticleAmazon EFS Now Supports Direct Connect
Launched last year, Amazon Elastic File System or Amazon EFS allowed users to configure and manage shared file storage in AWS. Since then, AWS has updated EFS to connect on-premise through AWS Direct...
View ArticleAmazon ECS supports Windows Containers (Beta)
Launched in 2014, Amazon ECS is a highly scalable and reliable container management service. It supports Docker containers and lets you run a cluster of EC2 instances. This eliminates the need for you...
View ArticleAWS Shield and Route 53 Reduces DDoS
In the wake of a recent large-scale DDoS attack that has locked out millions of people from several websites in Europe and North America, clients have been looking into various ways to secure their...
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Cloud Month in Review — December 2016
Let’s ring in the New Year with a brief look at last month’s cloud news. AWS Personal Health Dashboard Launched on Dec. 1, 2016, the Dashboard provides an in-depth and personalized look at the...
View ArticleAWS Cost Explorer Provides Reserved Instance Utilization Report
The AWS Cost Explorer tool lets you keep track of your spending on AWS. By providing reports and analytical tools, you can keep track of your cloud expenses and analyze your spending patterns. AWS Cost...
View ArticleAmazon RDS cleared for Provisional FEDRAMP-High Authorization
As a testament to the security of Amazon RDS (Relational Database), the service has gotten an okay from the U.S. government. Specifically, it has been given a Provisional Authority to Operate (P-ATO)...
View ArticleCreate Amazon Aurora Read Replica from RDS MySQL Instance
AWS has launched a new feature for Amazon Aurora: you may create an Aurora Read Replica from an Amazon RDS for MySQL DB instance. This proves extremely useful for migrating a critical database that...
View ArticleAWS WAF Protects Load Balancers
Security comes first in this day and age, and AWS is making sure it’s ahead in terms of protecting users from threats. It has previously introduced AWS WAF (Web Application Firewall), which protects...
View ArticleAWS IPV6 Now Supports 15 Regions
AWS IPv6 support has been added to several services in the last two years, all the way up to support for EC2 instances in Virtual Private Clouds. And while it was initially only for the US East (Ohio)...
View ArticleAWS WorkSpaces Supports SSD Volumes and Cost Explorer
AWS WorkSpaces has two new features: it now uses SSD storage for root and user volumes and comes with a Cost Optimizer to track usage and spending. SSD Volumes Newly launched WorkSpaces now get to use...
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