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Ever since Amazon announced AWS EC2 C5D instances, we -- as AWS practitioners -- have been digging deep into the technicalities of it. We found some interesting stuff, and we’d like to share our findings for the greater good.

"Geez! We are depending on cloud provider environments more and more, day after day, isn’t it? Well, if it serves the purpose then why not!

"Cloud world is currently swamped with siloed 2D interfaces! Use of such multiple tools for #CloudManagement brings down the visibility across entire deployments & impacts uptime, performance, security, & cost. A unified 3D visual interface is the future! http://bit.ly/2OjUZnU

This Gen Z Dev is addicted to emojis so much that he uses them for AWS instance names as well! His Gen X manager is totally annoyed. Do you use emojis in AWS instance names??!!

Have you also always wondered why Amazon has capped AWS Lambda Function execution time? Managing more functions = more coffee breaks?

AWS NACLs act as a firewall for associated subnets, controlling both inbound and outbound traffic. But before configuring them, one must keep few recommendations and best practices in mind. Here are the top five best practices you can never ignore.

Cloud Automation or Machine Learning for CloudOps -- No technology of today is devoid of imperfections, even as man tries to make everything perfect… and the root cause is because of a homo sapien brain! Have you come across funny situations involving these technologies?

Cloud computing has been here for more than two decades, yet several businesses find Cloud Security a challenge to tackle. One of the major contributions to data breach are miconfigurations and unattended myths.

AWS Security groups help protect applications and data along with NACLs, VPCs. They restrict access to certain IP addresses or resources and ensures your AWS security perimeter is always guarded. Here are five best practices you must never ignore while configuring AWS Security Groups (SGs).

Geez! Are we depending on cloud provider environments day after day? Well, if it serves the purpose then why not? Cloud is the new normal.

Do you also dread confronting a huge AWS cloud bill and obsessively monitor the entire infrastructure, day in, day out, even in your dreams?

AWS Lambda might look low-priced while getting started. But, there are chances of costs spiraling out of control due to several reasons -- a DDoS attack, excess memory allocation to each function, or a bug in the code! This post shows how a visual console can help you get clarity in seconds.

Keep a check on those logs getting piled up in Amazon S3. Set a cost ceiling using AWS CloudWatch alarms and avoid AWS cloud bill shock!!

Deleting an Amazon S3 bucket can be a difficult task. It is even a bigger task if it has a large number of objects in it because you cannot delete non-empty buckets. Automated solutions such as ‘S3cmd’ or ‘S3nukem’ would either break or take weeks to delete an S3 bucket depending on its size and … Continue reading "How to Easily Delete Large S3 Buckets?"

A Quick Rundown of TotalCloud at Innovation Pavilion, AWS Summit Mumbai 2018