Tag: compliance

Feed: DivvyCloud. Author: David Mundy; by David Mundy | Aug 15, 2019 | Product Information Feature Release 19.3: Secure S3 Buckets, Microsoft Teams, & Compliance Heat Map  We are excited to announce our newest release of 2019 which continues our mission to help you effectively leverage CSP security and management tools like AWS’ “GET BucketPolicyStatus”... by David Mundy | Aug 14, 2019 | Blog Post, Public Sector, Security Government Institutions Risk Data Breaches by Avoiding Cloud Security Automation DivvyCloud co-founder and CTO, Chris DeRamus, recently published an article with HomelandSecurityToday.us on why cloud automation is the antidote for government agencies ... Read More

Feed: Actian. Author: Actian Corporation. We have just announced the findings of the Actian Datacast Hybrid Data Trends Survey which offers new insights into the current challenges and opportunities for data-driven organizations when it comes to managing hybrid data environments.The survey polled 303 IT professionals who have some influence or decision-making ability and work in a company with at least 250 employees. The infographic below outlines four key trends that emerged from this research around access to data, maximizing the value of data gathered and compliance. In the coming weeks, we will be publishing a four-part blog series that explores ... Read More

Feed: Puppet Blog Feed. Author: Arwa Jumkawala; What excites our speakers most about Puppetize PDX 2019? We asked a few of our Puppetize PDX speakers to share what excites them most about this year’s conference (9-10 October). Here’s what they said: Nick Maludy (Encore Technologies) "I'm pumped to learn about other people’s problems and how they're using the Puppet tools to solve them. Also looking forward to participating in the Hackathon* on Tuesday hopefully we can spark some ideas or jump start a project!" *The pre-conference Hackathon is on Tuesday 8 October from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Whether you're ... Read More

Feed: Big Data Made Simple. Author: William Ellis. There are all sorts of data flowing through your network. From customer data that includes contact information as well as purchase activity to the daily hits on your website to posts on your blog that generate a lot of attention.If it hasn’t sunk in yet, that data can be used to create a powerful digital marketing campaign. All you have to do is take a fresh look and relate it back to the sales and marketing process. Here are some examples of how to use data to generate more revenue and improve ... Read More

Feed: Actian. Author: Oliver Fasterling. For software companies developing new solutions in the cloud, the overall mission can be a daunting proposition. Cloud is an ever-evolving landscape, where one piece of technology may be popular one day, only to be replaced for something better a little while later. Then, there is a slew of tech jargon along with an endless list of acronyms which one must learn and constantly keep up in order to remain technologically adept and to have a chance, at a minimum, at contributing to a discussion with like-minded people.When software architects and leaders meet to discuss ... Read More

Feed: Actian. Author: Dahye Huh. With certain models of Netezza reaching end-of-life, you may be considering your options for a new, modern data warehouse. But don’t make migration an afterthought. Migrations of terabytes of data, thousands of tables and views, specialized code and data types, and other proprietary elements do not happen overnight.Given the dependencies and complexities involved with data warehouse migrations, it’s no wonder that, according to Gartner’s Adam Ronthal, over 60% of these projects fail to achieve their intended goals. Here are some common pitfalls to watch out for when you are ready to start on your migration ... Read More

Feed: The Internet of Things on AWS – Official Blog. Author: Nima Sharifi Mehr. The Internet of Things (IoT) solutions help transform your operations and customer experiences across a variety of industries and uses. That unlimited opportunity brings excitement, but it also brings security, risk, and privacy concerns.To protect customers, devices, and companies, every IoT solution should start and end with security.  The best IoT security solution offers multi-layered protection from the edge to the cloud, letting you secure your IoT devices, connectivity, and data. Ideally, you could rely on a publicly known and reusable list of security practices for ... Read More

Feed: Yellowbrick Data. Author: Joshua Miner; Data is having a huge impact on the insurance industry. Insurers are using insights from analytics to develop  products and services that meet specific customer needs based on data from social media and wearables, predict patient risk using Big Data analytics, and dramatically improve the accuracy and speed of fraud detection. In fact, about 50% of Insurers see data analytics as a technology that will have the most impact on the industry. 50% of insurers see data analytics as a technology that will have the most impact on the industry Fully realizing the value ... Read More

Feed: AWS Partner Network (APN) Blog. Author: AWS Admin. By Itai Njanji, Senior Consultant, OI at AWSData scientists across various institutions are utilizing Amazon EMR clusters to run analytics workloads. These data scientists require prescriptive guidance to automatically schedule the provisioning and termination of Amazon EMR clusters to keep up with the rate of innovation, and to save cost. Scheduling when to provision clusters allows data scientists to run analytics workloads at their own schedule. Scheduling when to terminate clusters allows them to run analytics workloads only when they need them. In this post, I will demonstrates how to automatically ... Read More

Feed: Recent Announcements. Quick Setup automates your instance permission setup within Systems Manager and keeps your SSM Agents up to date. Quick Setup also enables best practice capabilities. These capabilities include scanning for patches and collecting software inventory, providing continuous visibility into the security and compliance of your instances from the time they are launched. From Quick Setup, you can also install, configure, and schedule updates for the Amazon CloudWatch agent to provide enhanced monitoring for your instances.   To get started, choose Quick Setup from the Systems Manager left navigation menu. Quick Setup is a feature in Systems Manager ... Read More