Everyone wants to know how to make their cloud migration a success. Unfortunately, there’s no single way to go about it. Specifics vary from case to case depending on your organisation’s goals and existing set-up. Nevertheless, certain steps can be taken to ensure your cloud migration and longer-term transformation get off to a promising start. […]
Using Datadog and Terraform for Advanced Monitoring as Code
Introduction Monitoring as code is emerging as a vital and sophisticated part of the cloud operations management mix. This goes beyond the automated installation of monitoring agents and plugins. At its best, monitoring as code significantly improves observability as well as automating diagnosis, alerts and incident management. It can also bring automation to the remediation […]
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Getting Started in Cloud Engineering
Less than 12 months ago Scott Ankin joined us as a cloud engineering graduate. Today he’s a valued member of the team who confidently handles complex tasks. He also takes part in grad fairs, spreading the word about cloud career opportunities, so we asked his advice for people considering this path. When Scott joined us […]
How Containers Help with Cloud Migration
Containers are a powerful enabling technology for cloud adoption. But they can be difficult to understand if you’ve not worked with them before. This post offers a top-line overview of what they are and what they do. The Role of Container Technology Largescale cloud migration often needs to walk a fine line between ambition and […]
The Singapore Budget 2022 – Implications and Opportunities in the Digital Sector
Introduction In Singapore, the national budget is shared with the public every year. It includes a revenue and expenditure report for the past financial year, covering revenue from taxes, fees and other charges. The expenditure makes transparent the operating and development cost of the Singapore Government. This report is also forward-looking, providing expectations and the […]
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Boosting Cloud Best Practice for Financial Services Organisations
Data security is a key issue for financial services leaders as they consider strategies to accelerate or escalate cloud adoption. We find they share a hesitancy to store and manage data using a relatively new, evolving technology. Risk-aversion is perfectly natural in heavily regulated industries, but this blog considers how cloud best practice can alleviate […]
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Converting to a Career in Tech
As part of the 2021 intake of graduate engineers, I’ve been immersed in cloud and DevOps for six months now. It’s hard to believe that just three years ago I was completing an English degree. Back then, I never would have thought that a STEM career was on the horizon. But thanks to a brilliant […]
Crafting a Data Breach Plan for Small to Medium Organisations in Regulated Industries
Introduction 2020 was a busy year for cyber-security with 3,950 confirmed data breaches. Varonis and the Ponemon Institute calculated the global average cost of a data breach to be $3.86 million – rising to $4.24 million in 2021. It is apparent that many companies are struggling to develop sufficiently robust systems that protect from cyber-security […]
The Evolution of Testing in the Age of Serverless
Introduction As organisations adopt microservices for rebuilds and new applications, many will realise that the established ‘Test Pyramid’ approach to testing is considerably less effective than it was with traditional applications. The Test Pyramid emphasises unit tests that focus on the application’s individual functions and code. These comprise the bulk of this testing strategy, reflected […]
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3 Situations Where a Lift and Shift Is Right, and 3 Where it Isn’t
Introduction Lift and shift migrations were sometimes frowned upon in the past. Mainly because they fail to unlock the benefits of cloud and can result in higher costs. But increasingly people understand that there is a place for this approach in the migratory mix. As Amazon Web Services (AWS) explains: Most migrations happen in phases […]
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