What is AWS cloud computing? AWS is the undisputed market leader in cloud computing today. Even though there are few worthy competitors, it doesn’t seem like anyone will push them off the podium for a while. Why is this, and how can we be sure they will remain a top player for years? Because this pattern has occurred in the history of the technology industry repeatedly. IN THEIR BOOK THE
I don’t know about you, but whenever I buy a computer, I go to the store, see which computer is the cheapest and has the features I want, and pull the trigger regardless of the brand. This is the perfect example of a King Market. It is difficult to differentiate yourself and stand out, and there is little to no brand loyalty among consumers.Personal computer operating systems – Whenever I
Web storefront A famous use case for cloud services is to use it to run an online storefront. Website traffic in this scenario will be highly variable depending on the day of the week, whether it’s a holiday, the time of day, and other factors—almost every retail store in the USA experiences more than a 10x user workload during Thanksgiving week. The same goes for boxing day in the UK,
The first pillar – Security Security should always be a top priority in both on-premises and cloud architectures. All security aspects should be considered, including data encryption and protection, access management, infrastructure security, network security, monitoring, and breach detection and inspection. You can find the security pillar checklist from Well-Architected Tool below, which has ten questions with one or more options relevant to your workload:The next pillar, reliability, is almost
Third pillar – performance efficiency In some respects, over-provisioning resources are just as bad as not having enough capacity to handle your workloads. Launching a constantly idle or almost idle instance is a sign of bad design. Resources should not be at full capacity and should be utilized efficiently. AWS provides various features and services to assist in creating architectures with high efficiency. However, we are still responsible for ensuring
AWS Well-Architected Lenses As of April-2022, AWS has launched 13 well-architected lenses addressing architecting needs specific to technology workload and industry domain. The followings are the important available lenses for AWS’s well-architected framework: Above, we have covered some of the important lenses, but I will encourage you to explore other industry focus well-architected lenses such as Game, Streaming Media, Finance, and workload-specific lenses, including SAP, SaaS, HPC (High-Performance Computing), and
Building credibility and getting certified It is hard to argue that the Cloud is not an important technology shift. We have established that AWS is the clear market and thought leader in the cloud space. Comparing the Cloud to an earthquake, we could say that it started slowly as a slight rumbling that started getting louder and louder, and we are now at a point where the walls are shaking,
AWS Certified SAP – Specialty SAP specialty is a brand new certification exam that anyone can attempt starting April-2022. AWS SAP specialty certification is for SAP professionals to demonstrate their knowledge in the AWS cloud. It shows your ability to implement, migrate and support SAP workload in AWS using AWS’s well-architected framework. While AWS continues adding new certifications to validate your cloud skill, they also retire old certifications that are
Getting Started in AWS AWS launched a skill builder portal (https://explore.skillbuilder.aws/) which enhances the version of AWS’s training portal. AWS Skill builder has thousands of self-paced digital training and a learning path, as shown below. You can pick any learning path you need and explore related digital courses. If you want classroom training, those are available in the AWS training portal; however, those may come with a price. AWS provides
Some frequently asked questions about the AWS certifications While preparing for certifications, you may have several questions like where to start and how to finish. The following section will list frequently asked questions that often come to mind. What is the best way to get certified? Before we get to the best way to get certified, let’s look at the worst way. Amazon offers extremely comprehensive documentation. You can find