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Enabling self-service provisioning of AWS resources with AWS Control Tower

Customers provision new accounts in AWS Control Tower whenever they are on-boarding new business units or setting up application workloads. In some cases, organizations also want their cloud users, developers, and data scientists to deploy self-service standardized and secure patterns and architectures with the new account. Here are a few examples: A developer or cloud […]

How to set up CloudWatch Anomaly Detection to set dynamic alarms, automate actions, and drive online sales

In this post, I introduce you to Anomaly Detection in Amazon CloudWatch. I provide a step-by-step tutorial on how to create Anomaly Detection alarms that are dynamic, so you can automate actions such as placing items on sale if retail orders drop below an expected baseline. Why Anomaly Detection in Amazon CloudWatch? Amazon CloudWatch is […]

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Introducing AWS Config Conformance Packs

I am very excited to introduce the latest addition to the AWS Config service: conformance packs. Conformance packs help you manage configuration compliance of your AWS resources at scale – from policy definition to auditing and aggregated reporting, using a common framework and packaging model. What are conformance packs? Conformance packs enable you to create […]

Providing temporary instance permissions with AWS Systems Manager Automations

Instances might have to call certain API actions or access certain resources during an AWS Systems Manager Automation execution. What if you don’t want to apply the additional permissions to the instance’s existing instance profile? In this post, I show you how to provide temporary permissions to instances when executing an Automation within the document […]

Simplifying setup for new accounts using Service Quotas

Service Quotas enables you to view and manage your quotas for AWS services from a central location. You can currently view and manage over 100 services, such as Amazon VPC, Amazon DynamoDB, and Amazon RDS. Recently, we made it easier to manage quotas for Amazon EC2 with vCPU-based On-Demand Instance limits, which reduce the number […]

Automating routine cloud operations with AWS Systems Manager and MontyCloud

IT administrators and DevOps engineers often perform routine operations to manage their cloud infrastructure and modern cloud workloads. Such tasks are considered as Day-2 tasks as they generate routine outcomes for the organization. Customers often use Python scripts to perform such tasks. Creating and managing the required computing environment for Python scripts, along with ongoing […]

Enabling experimentation and innovation in the cloud at SulAmérica Seguros

SulAmérica Seguros is Brazil’s largest independent insurer. The company offers one-stop shopping with a diversified business offering (healthcare; auto insurance; life insurance; pension plans; savings bonds; and asset management). Founded in 1895, SulAmérica is Brazil’s: Third largest insurer in the healthcare and dental market Fifth largest in the auto insurance market Ninth largest in the […]

AWS Management and Governance at AWS re:Invent 2019

The time has never been better to operate a thriving business effectively on Amazon Web Services (AWS). With AWS Management and Governance services, you don’t have to choose between innovation and control – you can have both. Take your intrigue and come learn about what it takes to maintain and manage your environments effectively with […]

Leveraging AWS CloudFormation to create an immutable infrastructure at Nubank

Bruno Halley Schaefer, software engineer, Nubank Hugo Carvalho, senior solutions architect, AWS Marcelo Nunes, senior technical account manager, AWS Enterprise Support Team   Nubank, a Brazilian company that is one of the world’s largest independent digital banks, is innovatively transforming Latin America’s financial landscape by providing transparent, simple, and efficient services. The company fights complexity […]

Automating account administration using AWS Systems Manager

This post focuses on one way Dedalus, an AWS Premier Consulting Partner based out of Brazil, maintains agility and control over their customer environments, by using AWS Systems Manager Automation to simplify everyday administration tasks and perform configuration management at scale on Amazon EC2 instances. Dedalus, an AWS Premier Consulting Partner based in Brazil, who […]