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Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP

Expedite VMware migration to Amazon EC2 and Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP using the BlueXP workload factory migration advisor

Over the past two decades, virtualization, specifically VMware was the key technology trend that has helped organizations reduce costs, improve operational efficiency, and simplify infrastructure management. However, the technology landscape is rapidly evolving. Cloud service providers now offer advanced hypervisor capabilities that match or exceed traditional on-premises virtualization solutions, while providing seamless integration with a […]

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Understanding Amazon S3 client-side encryption options

Encryption serves a fundamental role in securing sensitive data both in transit and at rest. Server-side encryption offers simplicity and ease of implementation, with data encrypted where stored, and enables seamless integration with other services. In contrast, client-side encryption secures data where ingested or created, and offers additional capabilities to meet specific security requirements around […]

Amazon S3 Tables

How Pendulum achieves 6x faster processing and 40% cost reduction with Amazon S3 Tables

Pendulum is an AI-powered analytics platform that aggregates and analyzes real-time data from social media, news, and podcasts. Designed to help organizations stay ahead, it enables reputation monitoring, early crisis detection, and influencer activity tracking. Using machine learning (ML) enables Pendulum to surface key insights from multiple channels, providing a comprehensive view of the digital […]

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Bringing more to the table: How Amazon S3 Tables rapidly delivered new capabilities in the first 5 months

Amazon S3 redefined data storage when it launched as the first generally available AWS service in 2006 to deliver highly reliable, durable, secure, low-latency storage with virtually unlimited scale. While designed to deliver simple storage, S3 has proven to be built to handle the explosive growth of data we have seen in the last 19 […]

Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP

Protecting data using Autonomous Ransomware Protection on Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP

In a layered security strategy like a defense-in-depth, when prevention fails, mitigation becomes critical. Most AWS storage services use immutable storage and recovery from backup to mitigate the impact of ransomware. Autonomous Ransomware Protection (ARP) is a new security feature of Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP (FSx for ONTAP), a fully managed service that provides […]

Migrating files to Amazon FSx for Windows File Server using Robocopy

When migrating file shares to AWS, users need a direct and efficient solution for transferring their data. Amazon FSx for Windows File Server provides fully managed shared storage built on Windows Server, and delivers a wide range of data access, data management, and administrative capabilities. There are a few different choices for migration. AWS DataSync […]

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Validate recovery readiness with AWS Backup restore testing

Data resilience underpins disaster recovery (DR) and cyber resilience strategies, yet many organizations stumble with an incomplete approach: they diligently back up critical workloads but rarely confirm those backups can be restored. This gap can unravel into costly shocks—like an application owner learning their database restore overshoots a four-hour Recovery Time Objective (RTO), triggering hours […]

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Prime Video improved stream analytics performance with Amazon S3 Express One Zone

Amazon Prime Video provides a selection of original content and licensed movies and TV shows that you can stream or download as part of the Amazon Prime subscription. Prime Video’s telemetry platform serves as the backbone for monitoring playback performance, saving data snapshots for failure recovery, providing business analytics, and generating real-time insights across its […]

AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery

Real-time monitoring of AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery using Amazon Q Developer

The ability to monitor and manage workloads in real-time is a foundational requirement for ensuring that you can meet your resilience objectives. Having visibility into key user activities and the performance of critical business functions, enables you to automate responses to events that can impact business operations. Effective monitoring is crucial for not only achieving […]

Amazon EBS

Reduce costs with customized delete protection for Amazon EBS Snapshots and EBS-backed AMIs

Safeguarding business-critical cloud resources against accidental loss and external threats such as ransomware is a top priority for modern organizations. These companies utilize privacy-enhancing technologies, malware scanning, and the ability to protect from accidental deletion to form key pillars of a strong data security posture. This combination helps ensure that data remains secure, protected from […]