Today I’ve going to cover off an issue that I’ve seen in a couple of customer environments recently and that’s around allowing users the correct level of access to their AWS billing, Budgets, and account settings. This is an important topic as cost optimization and operational excellence are two of the 5 pillars of the AWS Well Architected Framework and if you can’t monitor your spend, it’s hard to ensure your delivering business value.

AWS Cost Management Tools

Firstly, when we talk about billing and cost management within AWS, there are typically 4 main tools/dashboards that you might want to use:

• Billing & Cost Management Dashboard.

Well, it’s Friday again and that can only mean one thing…. It’s time again for my weekly update on all things AWS. Last week was a big week for developers and while this week has also seen a number of new features for our developer friends, Amazon Web Services has also brought us new instance types, storage options and functionality to what’s becoming a favourite of mine, Amplify. This article continues our weekly series on the happenings in the world of Amazon Web Services.… [Keep reading] “Weekly AWS update: Friday 15th February 2019”

DEVELOPERS, DEVELOPERS, DEVELOPERS… oh wait, wrong cloud. Regardless of who said those words, this week has been a busy one for our friends over at Amazon Web Services with a host of new products and features that are sure to delight the developers among us. This article continues the weekly series we are doing this year to help customers with a brief overview of the happenings within the AWS world over the last week. This is to try and help surface some of the more important announcements.… [Keep reading] “Weekly AWS update: Friday 8th February 2019”

And here we are, in February of 2019 already… 1/12 of the year has already been and gone. This week it’s been a little quiet in the world of Amazon Web Services, but there’s still been several announcements and releases this week that will help those building and developing in the World of AWS. This article continues the weekly series we are doing this year to help customers with a brief overview of the happenings within the AWS world over the last week to try and help surface some of the more important announcements.… [Keep reading] “Weekly AWS update: Friday 1st February 2019”

Well, it’s Australia Day weekend once again and our friends over at Amazon Web Services have been keeping themselves very busy this last week with several key announcements and releases that have a special place in the heart of us Australians. This article continues the weekly series we are doing this year to help customers with a brief overview of the happenings within the AWS world over the last week to try and help surface some of the more important announcements.… [Keep reading] “Weekly AWS update: Friday 25th January 2019”

Another week into 2019 and we have more activities happening in the world of Amazon Web Services. This article continues the weekly series we are doing this year to help customers with a brief overview of the happenings within the AWS world over the last week to try and help surface some of the more important announcements. This is not meant to be an exhaustive list of all the updates and changes to the AWS eco-system, but simply a summary of changes that might have an impact on the business and trends we at Kloud are seeing within the industry.… [Keep reading] “Weekly AWS update: Friday 18th January 2019”

Running a website has always been a pain for organisations. From renting servers, installing and managing software, security patches and version upgrades… not to mention the 24×7 support team needed to monitor it and fix it when it breaks. All this required effort sets the bar quite high for launching a new website, even when all you want to do is run a simple landing site or launch your own blog. Well, through the wonders of the AWS cloud and a few simple services… it doesn’t need to be that hard.… [Keep reading] “Deploying and managing a Static Website using Gatsby, S3 and GitLab: Part 1”