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Using Amazon Cognito as an identity provider with AWS Transfer Family and Amazon S3

In highly regulated industries, securely exchanging files business-to-business is a crucial business practice. When building out a Managed File Transfer (MFT) environment, it is common to consider using a third-party identity solution for authenticating users. This approach offers simplicity for businesses that already use an identity service, allowing them to maintain identities for a variety […]

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Achieve zero RPO for your SAP ASE (Sybase) databases with Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP

Today, users working with SAP ASE databases are navigating the path of rehosting and refactoring to AWS. The catalyst for considering this transition is heightened due to several factors, such as the end of mainstream support announcements by SAP. Although the advantages and benefits of refactoring to open-source databases are compelling, it may require a […]

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Meeting record compliance requirements using SnapLock with Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP

Financial services customers that are regulated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) are required by regulations (17 CFR § 240.17a-4 and 17 CFR § 240.18a-6, or, briefly, “17a-4” and “18a-6”) to store their electronic books and records under certain protective measures. Both 17a-4 and 18a-6 require the ability to retrieve the original, unmodified […]

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Deploying Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP using HashiCorp Terraform

Deploying and managing infrastructure with all the dependencies is a challenging task. Complexity easily multiplies when you add multiple environments to the equation. Manual infrastructure management leads to valuable time spent deploying the infrastructure rather than adding business value. This is assuming that the deployment is successful without any errors in the first attempt. Infrastructure-as-Code […]

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Maintaining object immutability by automatically extending Amazon S3 Object Lock retention periods

Protecting against accidental or malicious deletion is a key element of data protection. Immutability protects data in-place, preventing unintended changes or deletions. However, sometimes it isn’t clear for how long data should be made immutable. Users in this situation are looking for a solution that maintains short-term immutability, indefinitely. They want to make sure their […]

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Implementing least privilege access in an AWS Transfer Family workflow

Architecting secure data transfer workloads is critical for today’s businesses. Customers need to be sure that each end user can only access the minimally appropriate set of files and folders once authenticated to AWS Transfer Family. There are multiple Identity and Access Management (IAM) roles necessary when designing these authentication and access controls, and customers […]

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Replicate objects Using AWS DataSync with Amazon S3 compatible storage on Snowball Edge

Users have successfully leveraged Amazon Web Services (AWS) Snow Family to transfer petabytes of data between on premises and AWS Regions since its launch in 2015 with the AWS Snowball device. Increasingly, users are not just migrating data with the AWS Snow Family but now are using AWS Snowball Edge Compute Optimized devices to host […]

Automating application-consistent Amazon EBS Snapshots for InterSystems IRIS databases

InterSystems, an AWS Partner Network (APN) partner, provides a cloud-based data platform optimized for high-throughput applications that must simultaneously process transactions and a range of analytics, including analytic SQL, business rules, and machine learning. Users use the InterSystems IRIS Data Platform to rapidly develop and deploy critical applications. InterSystems recommends that users consider several backup […]

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Capture and transfer petabytes from disconnected environments with AWS Snowball

Do you need to capture terabytes or petabytes of data from the field, but struggle to offload the data efficiently, keep up with storage capacity, and maintain equipment in extreme environmental conditions? We commonly hear these challenges from customers who are capturing data in remote locations for future analysis. It is time consuming to offload […]

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Managing storage on Windows servers with Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP

Users who choose to migrate workloads to the cloud prefer to do so without modifying application code and without being required to learn new methods for managing data. Ideally they are seeking a cloud service with like-for-like functionality, and management similar to their on-premises infrastructure. The goal is to accelerate migration and deployment in the […]