Category: Centralized operations management

Has the AWS Systems Manager Agent (SSM Agent) running on your critical servers on-premises or on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) lost healthy connection to AWS Systems Manager (SSM) for some reason and you wanted to be proactively notified when this happens? Do you wish to improve observability of your SSM Agent status and […]

Customers have been using various forms of automation for years to define a sequence of actions on Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS). While before, customers were facing operational overhead related to EBS tasks, AWS Systems Manager (SSM) Automations can now be leveraged to meet a wide variety of customer use cases. In this blog post, a […]

Earlier this year, AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store launched a feature that now allows you to share advanced parameters with other AWS accounts, enabling you to centrally manage your configuration data in a multi-account environment. Today, many customers have workloads in multiple AWS accounts that require shared, synchronized configuration data. Now, you can maintain a […]

Some of my customers need assistance while operating their Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) infrastructure. They need to: Review the disk usage of various volumes/ disks within an EC2 instance. To do it in a scalable way, one does not need to access the instance either through a Remote Desktop Session (RDP) or use […]

Striking a Balance Between Reliability and Agility in Cloud Operations The IT operation team of an enterprise serves as the first line of defense against potential business disruptions. They operate 24/7, acts as a hub, continuously monitor and manage the IT environment. The operation team handles and prioritizes critical IT incidents to minimize downtime and […]

Introduction A security or data loss incident can lead to both financial and reputational losses. Maintaining security and compliance is a shared responsibility between AWS and you (our customer), where AWS is responsible for “Security of the Cloud” and you are responsible for “Security in the Cloud”. However, security in the cloud has a much […]

Cloud migrations and modernization are a lengthy, intricate, and continually evolving processes. Despite this, McKinsey studies indicate that customers are increasing cloud budgets and the number of applications that they plan to migrate. One of the primary complexities of migration and modernization projects are that collaboration with stakeholders can be cumbersome, relying on random ad-hoc […]

Introduction In today’s fast-paced business environment, organizations are actively pursuing operational excellence to maintain a competitive edge. Automation is a critical foundation for achieving better efficiency, reliability, and scalability in operations. However, integrating automation into cloud practice entails more than simply implementing software or tools. Building a cloud automation practice requires a transformative journey that […]

AWS provides customers regular updates of service notifications and planned activities via e-mail to the root account owners or the operational, security and billing contacts. AWS also provides granular notifications to customers via AWS Health allowing them to fine-tune their alerts on issues relating directly to them. Alongside Health Dashboard’s monitoring capabilities, customers can also […]

As a Software as a Service (SaaS) provider, you can benefit from a SaaS operating model in a number of ways. One of the most impactful benefits you can realize is improvements to your operational efficiency, and one of the fundamental techniques you can leverage is to maintain a single software version for all your […]