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Reduce Cost and Increase Security with Amazon VPC Endpoints

This blog explains the benefits of using Amazon VPC endpoints and highlights a self-paced workshop that will help you learn more about them. Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) enables you to launch Amazon Web Services (AWS) resources into a virtual network that you’ve defined. This virtual network resembles a traditional network that you’d operate […]

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Figure 1. Architecture diagram for transferring files on-premises to Amazon FSx for Lustre using AWS DataSync

Migrating petabytes of data from on-premises file systems to Amazon FSx for Lustre

Many organizations use the Lustre filesystem for Linux-based applications that require petabytes of data and high-performance storage. Lustre file systems are used in machine learning (ML), high performance computing (HPC), big data, and financial analytics. Many such high-performance workloads are being migrated to Amazon Web Services (AWS) to take advantage of the scalability, elasticity, and […]

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Message to the next generation of women disruptors in technology

“Just because something works, doesn’t mean it can’t be improved” – Princess Shuri, Black Panther (2018 film) Princess Shuri’s character is inspirational – she is a masterful scientist, engineer, and inventor. But how many such Princess Shuris are around us today? Women in tech today As per the National Girls Collaborative project’s State of Girls […]

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Mainframe offloading and modernization: Using mainframe data to build cloud native services with AWS

Many companies in the financial services and insurance industries rely on mainframes for their most business-critical applications and data. But mainframe workloads typically lack agility. This is one reason that organizations struggle to innovate, iterate, and pivot quickly to develop new applications or release new capabilities. Unlocking this mainframe data can be the first step […]

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Building your brand as a Solutions Architect

As AWS Solutions Architects, we use our business, technical, and people skills to help our customers understand, implement, and refine cloud-based solutions. We keep up-to-date with always-evolving technology trends and use our technical training to provide scalable, flexible, secure, and resilient cloud architectures that benefit our customers. Today, each of us will examine how we’ve […]

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Log shipping DR solution for SQL Server FCI with Amazon FSx

Extend SQL Server DR using log shipping for SQL Server FCI with Amazon FSx for Windows configuration

This week for Women’s History Month, we’re continuing to feature female authors. We’re showcasing women in the tech industry who are building, creating, and, above all, inspiring, empowering, and encouraging everyone—especially women and girls—in tech. Companies choosing to rehost their on-premises SQL Server workloads to AWS can face challenges with setting up their disaster recovery […]

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Women at AWS – Diverse backgrounds make great solutions architects

This International Women’s Day, we’re featuring more than a week’s worth of posts that highlight female builders and leaders. We’re showcasing women in the industry who are building, creating, and, above all, inspiring, empowering, and encouraging everyone—especially women and girls—in tech. Thinking about becoming a Solutions Architect, but not sure where to start? Wondering if […]

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Women write blogs: a selection of posts from AWS Solutions Architects

This International Women’s Day, we’re featuring more than a week’s worth of posts that highlight female builders and leaders. We’re showcasing women in the industry who are building, creating, and, above all, inspiring, empowering, and encouraging everyone—especially women and girls—in tech. A blog can be a great starting point for you in finding and implementing […]

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Let’s Architect! Tools for Cloud Architects

This International Women’s Day, we’re featuring more than a week’s worth of posts that highlight female builders and leaders. We’re showcasing women in the industry who are building, creating, and, above all, inspiring, empowering, and encouraging everyone—especially women and girls—in tech. A great way for cloud architects to learn is to experiment with the tools […]

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Microservices architecture for an Ordering application managed by App Mesh

Deploying service-mesh-based architectures using AWS App Mesh and Amazon ECS

This International Women’s Day, we’re featuring more than a week’s worth of posts that highlight female builders and leaders. We’re showcasing women in the industry who are building, creating, and, above all, inspiring, empowering, and encouraging everyone—especially women and girls—in tech. Service-mesh-based architectures provide visibility and control for microservices (a group of loosely coupled services […]

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