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New AWS Offerings: Security Security was the main focus of several new Amazon Web Services Inc. (AWS), offerings that were announced last week at the AWS Summit in San Francisco. Security is a constant concern for AWS and its corporate customers. However, security has been given more attention due to recent data breaches and a spate of well-publicized revelations of wide-open, unencrypted data storages housed in AWS Cloud. Here are some security announcements that were made last week.

After last year’s string security company announcements, Amazon EFS AWS has increased its encryption guidance. Encryption is still a focal point, as demonstrated by new encryption-in-transit functionality announced for the Amazon Elastic File System, designed for cloud-native applications requiring shared access to file-based storage. This new functionality, combined with the existing support for encrypting data…

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AWS New Migration Tool Announced There are many options available to assist with data and system migrations to Amazon Web Services Inc. (AWS), but a new tool is now available for any type of workload. Hystax Acura Live migration to AWS was announced recently by Hystax, a Dutch specialist in cloud migrations and disaster recovery. The tool allows for automated migrations of all types of workloads to AWS cloud. This is in addition to the Acura line, which also targets Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, and many other platforms. The workloads include machine data and business applications. Machine metadata is also included for automated migration and preservation of network settings. Hystax outlined four steps to complete cloud migration.

Subscribe to Hystax AcuraLive Migration to AWS via the AWS Marketplace, or by submitting an AMI request. Then deploy it. Start replication by downloading and installing replication agent for selected machines. Make an auto-generated migration plan. Set orchestration rules. You can run unlimited test migrations before you perform a final migration. This tool joins a…

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AWS Lambda Monitoring Tool Leverages Artificial Intelligence Instana has announced that it has expanded the reach of its performance monitoring tool, which leverages artificial intelligence (AI), to include AWS Lambda as well as many other AWS services. The company is an Application Performance Monitoring (APM), specialist in monitoring dynamic microservice applications. Instana announced last week that its tool supports AWS products, including AWS Lambda which is the Amazon cloud’s serverless computing platform. “More business applications operate in hybrid environments, incorporating traditional monolithic apps, wrapped with a new microservices stack, and using native AWS Services.” Instana CEO Mirko Novakovic stated that customers are now using AWS Lambda Functions to access specific microservices. AWS services support continuous automatic discovery and collection of configuration, performance, and health information for Lambda and other AWS components. It also provides application performance metrics across the entire environment. According to the company, its solution uses AI to automatically monitor and visualize application performance for dynamic microservice applications. According to the company, accurate performance analysis can be achieved by aligning the application service map with each change immediately. AI is also used to alert and identify the likely root causes of each incident. Instana sensors are monitoring the following AWS native platforms in addition to Lambda:

S3 — Amazon’s Simple Cloud Storage Service is a Web-scale storage solution that supports Web applications. SQS — The AWS messaging middleware platform RDS — The AWS native relational data database Dynamo — The AWS NoSQL Database Kinesis — A streaming optimization platform for AWS-based apps

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AWS IoT Events – Detects Changes In Sensor Data, Automates Responds. AWS IoT Events is now generally available on Amazon Web Services Inc.’s (AWS) cloud. It is a fully managed service that joins a portfolio of services and products that are based on Internet of Things implementations. The service detects changes to data patterns and automatically responds using code in AWS Lambda, or with notifications. This allows organizations to quickly address any problems or situations. There are many uses for AWS IoT Events, including:

Malfunctioning machinery Stuck conveyor belt Slowdown in production Robot arm misaligned Detected motion after hours Temperature changes due to freezer door not sealing properly Motor operations that exceed tolerance levels The company stated that the service will simplify the process of responding to such events. AWS announced that it will be detecting events using data…

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Cisco’s SDN Solution Strengthens AWS Ties

Cisco recently released an update to its Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI), software-defined networking (SDN), offering. This integration includes more integration with Amazon Web Services (AWS). Cisco boasts the breadth and versatility of ACI, describing the industry’s only SDN solution that automates network security and workloads across heterogeneous domains like physical (bare-metal), virtual machines, containers,…

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Cisco’s ACI Intent Based Networking Solution Coming To AWS Cloud Networking giant Cisco Systems will bring its Application Centric Infrastructure solution (ACI), to public cloud platforms, including Amazon Web Services (AWS), in a major extension program called ACI Anywhere. After the software-defined networking movement (SDN), which threatened Cisco’s hardware-based and proprietary dominance of the networking industry, ACI was introduced by the company. It renamed it “intent-based network” after that. ACI Anywhere allows ACI to be used on AWS and Microsoft Azure cloud platforms. The company stated that it delivers operational simplicity, application agility, and protection in the data centre — all delivered in an open approach that integrates seamlessly with all hypervisors or container frameworks on which applications can be deployed. ACI Anywhere extends ACI to any workload in any location and any cloud with ACI Anywhere. Virtual ACI supports remote edge locations and bare metal clouds. Cisco now has Cloud ACI capabilities that allow for automation, management and security to AWS, Microsoft Azure, and their Infrastructure as a Service environments. Cisco posted additional information about ACI Anywhere yesterday (Jan. 29) in a blog post. This included details about the service’s technical magic, customer benefits, and more. [Click on the image to see a larger version.] Cisco Live! Barcelona conference. These announcements included:

HyperFlex can now be extended to branch offices and remote locations in order to power applications at edge. Cisco HyperFlex solutions allow enterprises to deploy applications from the core to the edge and multicloud. CloudCenter enhancements to assist customers in managing the lifecycle of their applications across multiple cloud environments. Cisco CloudCenter Suite simplifies multicloud…

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Cisco’s “ACI Anywhere” Software-Defined Networking Reaches AWS Cloud Networking kingpin Cisco Systems has announced a new solution that extends Cisco’s software-defined networking technology (SDN) from on-premises datacenters into the Amazon Web Services (AWS). The solution, called Cisco Cloud ACI For AWS, is part of the ACI Anywhere initiative Cisco Systems announced in January. It aims to expand the reach of its SDN based Application Centric Infrastructure to public clouds such as AWS or Microsoft Azure. Cisco stated that its ACI Anywhere network initiative offered flexible deployment options and the ability to deploy apps based upon business requirements rather than technology limitations. In announcing this week, Cisco said that the new offering expands on that functionality. It “automates end-to-end connectivity management and enforces consistent network security policies for applications running on-prem data centres and AWS public clouds regions.” According to the AWS Marketplace entry, Cisco Cloud ACI is built on the Cisco Cloud Application Policy Infrastructure Controller. This controller runs natively in AWS public clouds to provide automated connectivity and policy translation. It also provides better visibility into workloads in the cloud. [Click on the image to see a larger view.] Cisco Cloud ACI on AWS (source Cisco Systems) The Cisco Cloud Services Router(CSR 1000V) is the cloud router that connects on-premises and AWS Cloud environments. Cisco Cloud Application Policy Controller provides automation functionality throughout the lifecycle of the Cisco 1000V router, overlay, and underlay connectivity. This, Cisco claims, facilitates management and operations. Cisco cites the following benefits:

Hybrid connectivity that is automated and secure through unified management A common policy abstraction allows for consistent security, governance, compliance, and management. Allow elastic resource sharing between public cloud and on-premises data centers. Facilitate workload migration in hybrid environments Ensure business continuity and disaster recovery. “ESG Research validates companies are increasingly adopting hybrid cloud approaches…

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Cisco claims new storage server beats AWS in cost

Cisco Systems Inc. claims that its UCS S-Series Storage Servers cost 56 percent less over a 3-year period than Amazon S3 storage service from Amazon Web Services Inc. (AWS). Bill Shields, Cisco’s chief technology officer, made this claim in a blog post that examined AWS costs in comparison to on-premises implementations. Shields explained last week…

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