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Free Webinar : Learn about Apache Spark and Hadoop on Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Join us for a free webinar on Apache Spark and Hadoop on Amazon Web Services (AWS) and learn about jumpstarting your analytics program. The webinar will feature two senior consultants including Keith Steward, Ph.D. who is the Specialist Solutions Architect at Amazon Web Services specializing in the Amazon EMR service, and in the AWS Machine Learning / … Continue reading Free Webinar : Learn about Apache Spark and Hadoop on Amazon Web Services (AWS) →

DevOps with Terraform on AWS GovCloud

We are an AWS Advanced Partner with a Public Sector and AWS GovCloud competencies and support rapid deployments of secure and compliant environments on the AWS GovCloud Region. Our cloud solution architects must enable rapid deployments to stand-up the basic infrastructure, spin up instances and install software components in support of the DevOps project. Clearly, … Continue reading DevOps with Terraform on AWS GovCloud →

Webinar : Learn about Apache Spark and Big Data on Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Webinar on Apache Spark and Big Data on AWS stackArmor is an Advanced AWS Partner that enables security focused customers in Financial Services, Healthcare, Telecom, Non-profits and Public sector markets rapidly setup and deploy analytics environments. Webinar on learning more about Apache Spark on Amazon Web Services. Some of the topics we covered are described … Continue reading Webinar : Learn about Apache Spark and Big Data on Amazon Web Services (AWS) →

AWS New Cloud Services – Web Events Planner for 2017

AWS announced a large set of new services and features covering DevOps, Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, Systems Management and Operations Support Services. The team at stackArmor is available to support your efforts in learning more about these technologies. Please contact us at solutions at stackArmor dot com or call us to schedule an appointment at … Continue reading AWS New Cloud Services – Web Events Planner for 2017 →

Is SaaS Dead?

Excerpt from the Cloud Computing Journal, Dec 20, 2016. Is SaaS Dead? Are We Headed to a World of ASP 2.0 or Dedicated SaaS? The emergence of hyper-scale Infrastructure as-a-Service (IaaS) platforms such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) is challenging the traditional Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) value proposition. SaaS CEOs, investors and SaaS buyers must carefully evaluate … Continue reading Is SaaS Dead? →

AWS Canada Region is Live with 36 Services

The AWS Canada Region is now live. Public sector, government and enterprises that must adhere to Canada data residency rules, can now host their application and data in the new AWS Canada Region. The Region is hosted in Montreal and has two Availability Zones (AZ) for implementing highly available architectures. The initial set of services … Continue reading AWS Canada Region is Live with 36 Services →

AWS re:Invent 2016: stackArmor After-party Summary

Amazon Web Services (AWS) re:Invent 2016 just concluded last week with loads of cloud goodies rolling out everyday. The cloud innovation experts at stackArmor have been busy helping customers begin the fun work of driving continuous innovation using these new services. The variety of services is breathtaking, there is something for everyone! Now that developers … Continue reading AWS re:Invent 2016: stackArmor After-party Summary →

AWS releases QuickSight Data Visualization and BI Service

Amazon Web Services today announced that Amazon QuickSight is now generally available to all customers. AWS QuickSight allows users to build visualizations, perform ad-hoc analysis and get business insights from their data. The cloud-based analytics service lets people build visualizations, perform ad-hoc analysis, and get business insights from their data. All queries in QuickSight will … Continue reading AWS releases QuickSight Data Visualization and BI Service →

The power of data: United reduces injuries and aircraft damage with Data Viz

I read an interesting article in the Wall Street Journal about how United Airlines used data about aircraft damage and worker injuries to identify root causes and effect change. DATA DELIVERS AT UNITED Since embarking on a data visualization project in 2013, the airline has been able to better analyze its worker injuries and aircraft … Continue reading The power of data: United reduces injuries and aircraft damage with Data Viz →

First startups and now Large enterprises make leap to cloud

McKinsey recently published the results of their IT-as-a-Service (ITaaS) Cloud and Enterprise Cloud Infrastructure surveys. The results were interesting and offers insights into how organizations are driving demand for cloud services. Based on the results of surveying 800 CIO’s and IT Executives, the study shows large enterprises with revenues of $5B or more going from 10% … Continue reading First startups and now Large enterprises make leap to cloud →

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