Managed service providers (MSPs) and Cloud Solution Providers (CSPs) are the key players in maintaining their customers’ cloud environments. However, MSPs need to continuously evolve in order to set themselves apart. As demand for multi-cloud architecture grows, MSPs may lose their target demographic if they only offer services for a single cloud platform. What is […]

Cloud adoption has accelerated rapidly in recent years, with more businesses moving more of their IT infrastructure to the cloud. Businesses in the United States tended to be early adopters of cloud technology compared to Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA). While historically cloud adoption has lagged significantly in these countries, they are catching […]

Since the emergence of cloud services, the choice of billing options has been one of the key advantages of cloud services over on-premises deployments. Instead of investing funds in hardware infrastructure and software licenses, regardless of whether they will be used or not, cloud billing offers you a “pay-as-you-go” model. This means that cloud customers […]

IAM Best Practices Overview Amazon Web Services (AWS) Identity and Access Management (IAM) features include groups, users, IAM policies, IAM roles, and identity federation to help run your cloud architecture in a secure manner. In this article, we’ll delve into five IAM advanced best practices that can significantly boost cloud security.   1. Enable multi-factor […]

While Amazon Web Services (AWS) handles security of their own data centers, AWS users are responsible for network, host, and application-level security. From what we have seen—from servicing single accounts with a few EC2 instances spending under $1,000 per month, or large environments with hundreds of accounts and 10,000+ EC2 instances spending over $5 million […]

Cost management is typically the first issue people want to tackle when they enter the cloud. However, contrary to popular belief, cloud cost optimization is not a one-time fix. The most effective cloud cost management requires vigilance and a commitment to continual review as things change quickly and constantly with AWS. After our post on […]

Get Started on Your Annual Reserved Instance (RI) Review With only a few weeks left in the year, it’s important to take stock of what was (or wasn’t) accomplished and to plan for the year to come. For IT decision-makers, this analysis should include a critical review of cloud computing costs with the goal of […]

Gaining Control of Your Cloud Costs Amazon Web Services (AWS) EC2 instance cost management is typically the first challenge people encounter when they migrate to the cloud. Unfortunately, there is no easy one-size-fits-all solution to stop over-spending on instances. Instead the most effective cost management requires vigilance and a commitment to continual review. Here are […]

As expected, Amazon announced a slew of new products and features at AWS re:Invent, its annual trade show.CloudCheckr was there, in full force, with more than a dozen representatives and a booth that was jam-packed with attendees and guest presenters. While there were too many announcements to cover in a single article, we’ll go over […]

What are AWS Marketplace Private Offers? If you are not familiar with AWS Marketplace Private Offers, it is a system where OEM software companies can directly negotiate custom pricing with their end users, while still selling at a fixed price through the AWS Marketplace. The option officially rolled out a year ago, but it’s only […]