Delivery strategies when migrating your ASP.NET application
If you, like many others, are stuck with the old ASP.NET technology stack and don’t know how to start migrating your application to ASP.NET Core, This article will be an excellent opportunity to learn how you can leverage the benefits of modernisation before migrating your entire application. We will focus on three delivery strategies that […]
Quicksight vs Tableau for Data Analytics. A Comprehensive Comparison
With so many tools available to improve business experiences, it can be difficult to know which will work best for your specific needs. Comparisons between the top competitors can save you significant resources before investing in tool purchases and training your team. Two well-known data analytics tools are Tableau and QuickSight, both of which offer […]
Harnessing the Power of Data in the Financial Sector
Digitisation has enabled technology to transform the financial industry. Advanced analytics, machine learning (ML), artificial intelligence (AI), big data, and the cloud have been embraced by financial companies globally, and the use of this technology brings an abundance of data. When it comes to FinTech, pace is paramount. The more accurate trends and predictions are, […]
Automating .NET Framework deployments with AWS CodePipeline to Elastic Beanstalk
When it comes to Windows CI/CD pipeline people immediately start thinking about tools like Jenkins, Octopus, or Azure DevOps, and don’t get me wrong because those are still great tools to deal with CI/CD complexities. However, today I will be explaining how to implement a simpler .NET Framework (Windows) CI/CD pipeline that will deploy two […]
Data Archiving utilising Managed Workflows for Apache Airflow
We assisted a Fintech client to minimize its storage cost by archiving its data from RDS (MySQL) to S3 using an automated batch process, where all data from a specific time range should be exported to S3. Once the data is stored on S3 the historical data can be analyzed using AWS Athena and Databricks. […]
How to Attract and Retain IT Personnel
Attract and Retain IT Personnel Finding and retaining IT personnel can be challenging. Tech companies are the new black, and everyone is always on the lookout for the next big thing. The tech industry is constantly changing, meaning you not only need an employee who is competent and has the right skills for the job, […]
What is the Real Cost of a Data Breach in 2022?
Did Data Breaches increase in 2021? One of the biggest changes that occurred as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic is the way in which we work. Whilst remote work began as a temporary fix to deal with lockdowns, it is a shift that has been embraced by numerous businesses over the past two years. […]
Data Dependency
The Importance of Data Dependency Why not investing in data platforms is setting your company up for disaster. Companies with legacy systems or workloads face one of three problems more often than not. Maybe your company has already experienced issues with time to market, bugs in production or limited task coverage due to a lack […]
Using DbT and Redshift to provide efficient Quicksight reports
TL;DR: Using Redshift as a Data Warehouse to integrate data from AWS Pinpoint, AWS DynamoDB, Microsoft Dynamics 365 and other external sources. Once the data is ingested to Redshift, DbT is used to transform the data into a format that is easier to be consumed by AWS Quicksight. Each Quicksight report/chart has a fact table. […]
Launching Amazon FSx for Windows File Server and Joining a Self-managed Domain using Terraform
TL;DR: The github repo with all scripts are here. Because of specific requirements, reasons, or preferences, some customers need to self-manage a Microsoft AD directory on-premises or in the cloud. AWS offers options to have their fully managed Microsoft Windows file servers (Amazon FSx for Windows File Server) join a self-managed Microsoft Active Directory. In […]