Introduction Amazon Web Services (AWS) has become one of the leading cloud computing platforms that provide businesses with a wide range of managed services and features. Although AWS offers unmatched scalability, performance, and security, it is essential to use its capabilities effectively to maximize cost savings. In this blog we’ll explore several AWS managed services […]
Kafka is a distributed streaming platform designed for real-time data pipelines, stream processing, and data integration. AWS lambda, on the other hand, is a serverless compute service that executes your code in response to events, managing the underlying compute resources for you. In organizations where Kafka plays a central role in streaming and data integration, […]
Introduction For over a decade, we’ve relied on AWS Managed Kubernetes (EKS) clusters to deploy our microservices workloads. As businesses increasingly depend on cloud-native applications, security, and compliance have become critical components for ensuring business continuity and growth. These applications, deployed across clusters, need to interact securely with other cloud services, adhering to the principle […]
The gaming industry has seen a huge shift in the past years, which was motivated by to rise in cloud technologies. Companies have started using cloud-based solutions to handle the challenges of scalability, performance, and huge cost. AWS provides an attractive suite of gaming services like Amazon GameLift, AWS Lumberyard, and AWS EC2 instances […]
In the fast-paced era of the digital revolution, organizations are increasingly adopting cloud technology to accelerate innovation, drive operational efficiency, and gain business flexibility. However, managing a cloud environment is not a one-time activity. As businesses expand their horizon and dependency on the cloud for various critical functions increases, managing your cloud environment becomes complex […]
Introduction As the gaming industry grows rapidly, developers face increasing pressure to provide scalable, reliable, and cost-effective solutions for hosting and managing multiplayer game servers. AWS GameLift is Amazon’s answer to this challenge. In this blog, we will go through the features of AWS GameLift, explore its cost model, and share best practices for using […]
Introduction As companies grow and their data streaming needs change, it’s important to optimize resources to stay efficient and control costs. AWS has rolled out a new feature for Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK) that enables the removal of brokers from MSK clusters. This capability enables you to adjust the size of […]
In today’s digital era, data has become one of the most valuable assets, with its value skyrocketing due to the increasing reliance on data-driven insights and decision-making. Whenever there’s a need to move data from one place to another, organizations take it very seriously. Data movement, whether between regions or AWS accounts, demands careful planning […]
When I started my career as a software engineer, I was curious about the differences between databases used in different environments. In our local development, we used MongoDB, a popular NoSQL database. But when our application was deployed to production, we switched to AWS DynamoDB. I wondered why we didn’t stick with MongoDB in production […]
