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SQL Server on Linux for License Cost Savings
Author: Jeremy Winters, Principal Architect Running SQL Server on Linux in AWS can deliver significant cost savings while offering modern deployment flexibility. This blog dives into why you should consider switching, with detailed cost comparisons, setup tips for Linux AMIs, and insights into backup and restore processes using S3. Discover how to optimize your SQL Server environment for performance and efficiency on Linux.
Scaling Amount’s Lending Platform with a Secure, Multi-tenant SaaS Strategy on AWS
Amount, a leading-edge provider of software based financial solutions located in Chicago Illinois has developed and launched an application platform that seamlessly enables banks and financial institutions to traverse the digital divide, unify data, and gain insight to improve the consumer experience.
Modernizing Texture’s Energy Trading Platform on AWS with a secure, scalable SaaS strategy
Uturn Data Solutions partnered with Texture Energy to enhance their SaaS platform, focusing on scalability, performance, and security. By migrating Texture Energy's infrastructure to Amazon Web Services (AWS), Uturn implemented a robust, scalable solution that improved system performance and ensured high availability. The collaboration resulted in a more efficient platform, enabling Texture Energy to better serve its clients and adapt to evolving market demands.
Uturn Data Solutions Achieves SOC 2 Type 1 Compliance, Reinforcing Commitment to Security and Trust
Uturn Data Solutions has been selected as one of only 18 global partners for AWS's Data Foundation for GenAI initiative. This exclusive partnership empowers businesses to accelerate AI innovation by building robust data infrastructures tailored to optimizing large language models (LLMs). Leveraging AWS's cutting-edge technologies and Uturn's deep expertise, clients can enhance data quality and drive transformative outcomes across their operations.
AWS Cloud Costs Out of Control?
Author: David Matthews, Sr. Architect AWS cloud costs can quickly spiral out of control if not managed effectively. This blog post explores key areas to focus on for optimizing your cloud spend, including rightsizing resources, leveraging reserved instances and savings plans, and implementing cost management strategies.
Making Work Visible, Again
Author: Scott Prugh, Chief Technology Officer. In today's digital world, work often piles up silently, leading to missed deadlines and decreased effectiveness. Making work visible through proper work management is crucial for improving workflow, prioritization, and overall business success. This blog post explores the importance of work visibility and provides actionable steps to achieve it.
Leveraging AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery
Author: Paul Kurzawinski, Cloud Engineer Introduction AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery (AWS DRS) is a service provided and delivered by Amazon Web Services that helps companies ensure business continuity in an unexpected disaster or downtime. The primary goal of AWS DRS is to replicate critical data and applications using affordable storage, minimal compute, and point-in-time recovery in a secondary location to [...]
Modernizing Legacy Applications: A Simple Checklist
Author: Stephen Sadowski, Vice President of Service Delivery Introduction One of the most interesting and challenging things Uturn does is to assist clients with modernizing their applications for utilization on AWS. While Uturn does not traditionally provide code support, it is absolutely necessary for us to be evaluate the readiness of an application and recommend a modernization and migration path. [...]
Kubernetes Fundamentals: Understanding Pods & Nodes
Author: Wend Tarpaga, Cloud Engineer Introduction Kubernetes, often abbreviated as k8s, has emerged as the de facto system for orchestrating containerized applications. Within this ecosystem, the concepts of "pods" and "nodes" are fundamental to understanding how Kubernetes manages and schedules applications. A pod is the smallest deployable unit created and managed by Kubernetes, while a node is the physical or [...]
Scaling and Managing Applications with Kubernetes HorizontalPodAutoscaler
Author: Cyprian Moye, Cloud Engineer Introduction Unmatched agility and efficiency in managing workloads can be achieved by integrating HorizontalPodAutoscaler (HPA) with Kubernetes deployments to ensure seamless performance. HPA can automatically adjust workload resources such as Deployments or StatefulSets, aligning application scaling with demand fluctuations without manual intervention. HPA offers the flexibility to scale resources up or down as needed by [...]