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Discover How to Compare Cloud Workloads for Risk Management on AWS
Workload best practices Workloads comprise code, configuration, and resources working together to deliver business value. Depending on the application, workloads may be separated into AWS accounts, Amazon Virtual Private Clouds (Amazon VPCs), or Regions. The AWS Well-Architected Framework provides best practices guidance to optimize workloads based on the Framework’s five pillars — operational excellence, security,…
Take the Pain Out of AWS Cost Allocation With the nOps Chargeback Feature
One of the cost management questions we hear most often from nOps customers is, “Can I use AWS cost and chargebacks to bring better accountability across business units?” The answer is yes. Chargebacks are very useful for managing financial processes and for allocating AWS costs across teams. The nOps chargeback feature allows companies to deconstruct…
How to use nOps to quickly identify HIPAA compliance risks of AWS workloads.
We have heard probably a zillion times that “data is the new oil.” Unlike traditional oil, this new oil is present everywhere. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) is a law designed to protect people’s data and applies to entities and business associates who deal with PII (personally identifiable information), which…
How to Use nOps to Rightsize Memory-Intensive AWS Resources
To achieve cost optimization, rightsizing becomes an ongoing process. Even if you rightsize workloads initially, changing performance and capacity requirements can result in underused or idle resources that drive unnecessary AWS costs. Most organizations continuously rightsize their AWS resources to align with business needs and anticipated demand. Since there is no historical data for a…
How to Use nOps to Improve the Speed and Accuracy of AWS Well-Architected Framework Reviews
Executing an AWS Well-Architected Framework Review (WAFR) can be tedious and time-consuming for AWS Consulting Partners. As a Partner, you can rethink the time, staffing, and insights by using nOps to perform a WAFR in the consultation phase. nOps saves clients and Partners painstaking hours of sifting through data to accomplish this task. In this…
How to Use Tagging to Prevent AWS Costs from Spiraling Out of Control
Tags are essential to ensure that you can view meaningful information on AWS billing. Without tags, you see only the cost for AWS services, resources, operation type, or usage type on your AWS bill. Depending on your role, these dimensions may or may not mean anything to you. However, by using tags, you get visibility…
Is Your Cloud Management Platform Secure and Compliant?
While cloud computing provides flexibility and scalability, leveraging it does not automatically lead to achieving desired business goals. The fact is, cloud computing consists of many parts, and everything in the cloud needs to work together seamlessly to drive business success. That’s why AWS solutions architects developed the AWS Well-Architected Framework — to identify cloud…
AWS Well-Architected Framework Reviews made easy!
nOps has launched a new workload lens feature that can streamline and accelerate AWS Well-Architected Framework Reviews (WAFRs). The AWS Well-Architected Framework describes the key concepts, design principles, and architectural best practices for designing and running workloads in the cloud. A Well-Architected infrastructure can drive business results like reducing costs or security and compliance risk,…
For ISVs: Accelerate AWS Foundational Technical Reviews with nOps Automation
Business challenges of ISVs As an ISV, your key business challenges include reliability, cost optimization, security and compliance, and automation. You need to: Ensure software can automatically recover from failure and scale to meet traffic demands. Find cost savings now. Address security and compliance risks before they’re an issue. Use automation and design future-proof systems…
AWS Well-Architected Framework Elevates Agility
In the past year, agility has become one of the most prized IT attributes as organizations race to deploy more workloads in the cloud. There is a paradox, however—the faster organizations deploy applications, the more likely mistakes will be made. Cloud computing deployments are rife with misconfigurations that are the direct result of developers provisioning…