A CTO needs a clear line of sight to the networks and network resources they are responsible for, especially if they that infrastructure is cloud based. Whether you have a single virtual network or thousands of client networks under management, clear concise network infrastructure diagrams that are generated automatically will…

It is important for businesses and their engineering staff to have a good understanding of how their cloud infrastructure works and how it hangs together. One way to help with this understanding is to create diagrams that illustrate the various components and how they fit together. …

Cloud security is a critical concern for organizations that rely on cloud-based infrastructure and services to store, process, and transmit sensitive data. One key aspect of maintaining effective cloud security is regularly conducting security audits to identify and address potential vulnerabilities and risks. One effective tool that can help cloud…

There are many skills that can be useful for a DevOps engineer, and the specific skills that are most valuable can vary depending on the specific needs of an organization and the technologies it uses. …

So I write a lot about cloud computing and especially the tools to diagram cloud environments, don’t judge me. As a content writer the dark spectre of AI has been looming on the Horizon for a few years, like a hurricane slowly gathering momentum getting ready to blow us content…

AWS are always quick to point out what they refer to as the shared responsibility security model. This defines what AWS are responsible for and what you need to take care of. AWS look after the physical security of their data centres, their global infrastructure and availability zones and the…

Modern GitOps practices are based around the use of automations to deploy and manage cloud environments. One of the major players in this space is HashiCorp who’s Terraform application is used by developers, DevOps and engineers around the world to deploy cloud infrastructure using code. With typical CI/CD pipelines deploying…

The AWS cloud practitioner essentials module on storage and databases covers the key concepts of storage and the many options available on AWS including Amazon elastic block store (EBS), Amazon S3, Amazon elastic file system (EFS) and the RDS and DynamoDB database options. Instance Stores and Amazon EBS When you are running applications on EC2…

Why automate cloud computing System Architecture Diagrams? With the increased adoption of multi cloud architectures, the ability to quickly produce accurate network topology diagrams has never been more valuable. Adoption of multiple vendor cloud offerings brings complications but also many benefits. While this can be viewed as a good thing, it also provides challenges for those tasked…