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Bitbucket Pipelines, an integrated CI/CD tool within Bitbucket Cloud that enables developers to execute builds right from within Bitbucket, recently introduced an integration with OpenID Connect and AWS. OpenID Connect is an identity layer above the Oauth 2.0 protocol. With this integration, Bitbucket Pipelines users can authenticate with Amazon S3, Amazon CloudFront, and other AWS resources without having to store secret tokens in Bitbucket.

The move to a SaaS delivery model is accompanied by a desire to maximize cost and operational efficiency. This can be especially challenging in a multi-tenant environment where the activity of tenants can be difficult to predict. In this post, AWS experts look into a reference solution that provides an end-to-end view of a functional multi-tenant serverless SaaS environment. The goal is to explore the architecture and design considerations that went into creating this reference solution.

Oracle Database is at the heart of many mission-critical enterprise applications. Moving such applications to AWS offers multiple benefits, including agility, elasticity, and reliability. AWS ISV Partner FlashGrid, when helping Oracle Database customers move to AWS, sees the most success come from simple and inexpensive solutions. Learn how the new Amazon EBS gp3 general purpose volumes and Amazon EC2 R5b instances enable high-performance Oracle Databases.

An important design consideration for cloud-based client VPN service architectures is the choice of authentication mechanism to use for connecting remote users to VPN services. Cisco ASAv Remote Access VPN integrates with Cisco Duo to add multi-factor authentication to ASAv AnyConnect VPN connections. Cisco is an AWS ISV Partner that helps customers optimize their cloud strategy by bringing together networking, security, analytics, and management.

Current methods to increase farming yields include the application of chemical fertilizers and the widespread use of pesticides. Capgemini believes in sustainable IT solutions and developed “Smart Hub Cropping” which checks precipitation in the farming fields, combines weather data from the government, and analyzes agricultural data to provide farmers with actionable insights and automation of the irrigation process. All of this is aligned to the most needed farmer experience of higher crop yield.

Founded by the creators of Apache Kafka, Confluent offers a platform for data in motion that enables processing data as real-time streams across on-premises and AWS. Learn how to power a logistics and inventory system with microsecond read performance powered by Amazon ElastiCache for Redis and durable streaming with Kafka powered by Confluent Cloud. You can use this pattern for building streaming applications and other broad sets of use cases with asynchronous requirements for low latency reads.

Generating agreements can be tedious, manually intensive work. Automation can solve some of the challenges, but not all. AWS ISV Partner Adobe offers a variety of services to help automate and streamline the end-to-end process of document generation, approval and e-signature. The PDF Services API can also be paired with Adobe PDF Embed API, a free client-side PDF viewer, to streamline review and approval within the broader process.

Learn how TalaTek uses Amazon CloudWatch as an alternative to traditional SIEM solutions with the same functionality. CloudWatch gives TalaTek system-wide visibility, allowing them to monitor their AWS-based SaaS solution, the TalaTek Intelligent Governance and Risk Integrated Solution (TiGRIS). CloudWatch helps TalaTek keep TiGRIS running efficiently while allowing us to meet FedRAMP logging requirements.

Application modernization requires a holistic approach, and Cloudwiry enables optimization and modernization of cloud deployments by evaluating AWS services involved. Learn how the Cloudwiry Enterprise platform can help your organization make informed decisions about application modernization. This post also takes a deeper look into specific examples of how Cloudwiry has helped customers optimize their cloud usage on AWS.

The traditional supply chain has a lot of inefficiencies and bottlenecks that can lead to losses and pilferage. Explore an architectural reference from Capgemini for an AWS solution called Trusted Logistics that can help solve these problems in the pharmaceutical industry. Trusted Logistics can be applied to multiple sectors like manufacturing, retail, consumer product, logistics, life sciences, and more. A decentralized ledger is accessible to all participants and transaction records become immutable once entered.