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Category: Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3)

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How Aura improves database performance using Amazon S3 Express One Zone for caching

Aura created a whole new kind of connected photo frame by making it social. Powered by an invite-only group of friends and family using the Aura app, Aura frames create a space at home to share, collect, and appreciate photos. Users can easily add photos and videos using the app, and enjoy their Wi-Fi connected […]

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Transition data to cheaper storage based on custom filtering criteria with Amazon S3 Lifecycle

As your organization’s data grows, effective management of storage costs is crucial for operating an efficient and cost-effective data infrastructure. One of the most efficient strategies to reduce storage costs is transitioning files to less expensive cold storage classes. To optimize storage costs according to their specific needs and requirements, organizations need the flexibility to […]

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Lyrebird improves performance and reduces costs for generative AI workloads using Amazon S3 Express One Zone

Through accessible mobile apps, Lyrebird Studio aims to transform photography into a creative tool for everyone. Founded in 2011, the company is a leading global developer and software publisher for users who enjoy expressing themselves and creating social content. To give millions of users a responsive experience with minimal downtime, Lyrebird Studio needs its data […]

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Best practices for connecting your Veeam on-premises environment to Amazon S3

Many users safeguard their on-premises infrastructure with Veeam Backup & Replication (VBR). This is done to minimize the physical backup infrastructure they need to acquire and maintain. Additionally, they seek to make sure that their backups reside in highly durable, secure, and cost-effective storage solutions. By using Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3), VBR users can […]

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Migrate data from Google Drive to Amazon S3 using Rclone

Whether you choose to operate entirely on AWS or in multicloud and hybrid environments, one of the primary reasons to adopt AWS is the broad choice of services we offer, enabling you to innovate, build, deploy, and monitor your workloads. Amazon S3 is a great option for Google Drive users seeking a comprehensive storage solution. […]

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Automatically scan for public Amazon S3 buckets and block public access

Data is a valuable asset for an organization and users are always looking for simple tools to protect their data from unauthorized access. While some use cases do require data to be publicly accessible at times, most enterprise use cases and data privacy depend on strictly managed permissions and no public access. Enterprises use Amazon […]

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Secure data in a multi-tenant environment by automatically enforcing prefix-level encryption keys in Amazon S3

Many organizations need to store and process data that belong to multiple entities, commonly referred to as multi-tenancy. In these situations, it is important to secure every tenant’s data and ensure that a consumer can only access the data that they require for their responsibilities and nothing more. In particular, if a user or application […]

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Simplify Active Directory authentication with a custom identity provider for AWS Transfer Family

The secure exchange of files business-to-business is a common and important business practice in highly regulated industries. As organizations grow, maintaining separate user credentials for various platforms, such as file transfer services, can become increasingly complex and time-consuming. As customers build out Managed File Transfer (MFT) environments, often they end up having to create separate, […]

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How Vivian Health is using Amazon S3 Express One Zone to accelerate healthcare hiring

Vivian Health connects travel nurses with job opportunities across the country. To do that, the platform has innovated not just the job search itself, but also the tooling used by recruiters and hiring managers to get qualified candidates matched to the right job and placed as quickly and as seamlessly as possible. However, the process […]

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Establish private connectivity for AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery using AWS Direct Connect

As the size of an organization’s disaster recovery (DR) implementation grows, we often see the role of the network grow in importance. The relationship between DR and the network should not come as a surprise, as we expect network performance and the ability to replicate data between the source environment and the DR site to […]