Over the next few weeks, iTmethods will be leading a series of toolchain-focused workshops during CloudBees’ upcoming Jenkins Days. Jenkins Days will make stops in eight cities across the United States, starting in Boston on April 10 before wrapping up in Seattle on June 7. We wanted to give you a behind-the-scenes look at our workshop. Interactive […]
Some Cloud Best Practices from iTmethods
The following blog post was originally featured by Stephen Orban, Head of Enterprise Strategy at AWS, in his Medium Blog Series. “Life is a journey. When we stop, things don’t go right.” -Pope Francis As public cloud adoption starts to accelerate among enterprise customers who are seeking to take advantage of the scale and innovation […]
Making the Most of Mass Migration to the AWS Cloud
There are a number of factors that drive organizations towards a mass migration to the AWS cloud. They often include the ending of a data centre lease, major capital depreciation, strategic planning decisions, and more. But mass migration – moving an abundant number of applications and resources – can be a data- and labour-intensive project. […]
6 Dos and Don’ts of Disaster Recovery in AWS
Data disasters come in a variety of forms – from natural events like fires or floods that damage your data centre to system failures that disrupt operations. Disaster Recovery (DR) is all about preparing for and effectively recovering from disasters. Relying on traditional IT infrastructures means procuring, duplicating, and managing that hardware and software to […]
Fulfill Canadian Data Residency Requirements and Unlock the Power of the AWS Cloud
Earlier this year, Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced plans to build a new AWS Region in Montreal, Quebec later in 2016 – big news for Canadian companies handling sensitive customer information they’re legally required to keep in Canada. AWS’ Montreal Region will complement five existing North American Regions – GovCloud (US), US East (Northern Virginia), […]
Are You Part of the Trend towards Leaner, Faster Software Development Teams?
A recent Atlassian survey of 1,300 customers revealed an intriguing paradox: the smaller the team, the more productive it is. Of those surveyed, 37% of smaller dev orgs (1-100 people) reported that it takes fewer than 4 hours to push line of code to production versus 23% of medium dev orgs and only 17% of […]
Introducing AWS Database Migration Service
With the Database Migration Service (DMS), AWS is changing the game. The DMS lets you migrate to the cloud with virtually no downtime and with minimal cost. Customers looking to migrate databases traditionally find themselves faced with two options: 1) They could either keep traffic running to the source while migrating data (a potentially […]
AWS Automates and Simplifies HIPAA Compliance in the Cloud
AWS has undergone exhaustive processes to certify some of their most popular services, making them guaranteed HIPAA-eligible and authorized to transmit and store protected Patient Health Information (PHI). The healthcare system in the United States is complex. Underlying it is sensitive patient data, governed by the U.S. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act […]
7 Types of Cloud Migration to Achieve Your Different Business Objectives
Migrating to the cloud can be a complex process. It’s important to make sure your migration strategy is customized to meet your business objectives. Through our experiences moving diverse workloads to the cloud, we’ve learned that every migration is different, but as a whole they fall into 7 common cloud migration scenarios. Below is […]
AWS First Cloud Provider to Achieve ISO 27017 Certification
In November 2015, AWS announced it was the first cloud provider to achieve ISO 27017 certification, an internationally-recognized protocol that outlines security standards for the dynamic, fast-growing cloud computing industry. But what does this new credential mean for AWS customers? Good News for Customers Seeking ISO certification reinforces AWS’ commitment to forward-thinking cloud-computing security. […]