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New Online Training – AWS in Motion

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AWS are happy to announce the filming of our book Amazon Web Services in Action. Our video course AWS in Motion is introducing Amazon’s cloud offerings in more than 3 hours of video lessons and 25 exercises.

Manning has published our online course consisting of:

• Quality video lessons available on-demand.
• Rich, interactive transcripts for navigation.
• Exercise driven learning.

Packed with exercises and tutorials to try out, you can learn how to work with AWS in a way that makes sense: by working with AWS directly. We’ve designed the lessons to work within a free trial subscription to AWS, so you can get started without spending anything on a live AWS account. With the expert training of the Wittig brothers, the authors of our bestselling Amazon Web Services in Action, you can rest easy knowing you’ve learned the foundation that every AWS developer needs to succeed, and fast! Read more..

AWS Summits 2017 – Chicago

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Date : July 26-27, 2017
Location : Chicago, IL
Venue : McCormick Place Lakeside Center

Why Should You Attend?

AWS bringing together the cloud computing community to connect, collaborate and learn about AWS.
Whether you are new to the cloud or an experienced user, you will learn something new at the AWS Summit. This free event is designed to educate you about the AWS platform. Develop the skills to design, deploy, and operate infrastructure and applications.

Key Features:

Sessions & Workshops – More than 40 technical sessions ranging from introduction to deep dive. Plus small scale hands-on workshops.
Bootcamps and Labs – Get hands-on training opportunities in paid bootcamps and free self-paced labs.
AWS Certification – Demonstrate your technical proficiency by getting AWS Certified onsite and receive special recognition.
The HUB – Experience The HUB, a high-energy expo with top AWS technology and consulting partners, and access to AWS engineers and architects.
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About Idexcel: Idexcel is a Professional Services and Technology Solutions provider specializing in Cloud Services, Application Modernization, and Data Analytics. Idexcel is proud that for more than 20 years it has provided services that implement complex technologies that are innovative, agile and successful and have provided our customers with lasting value.

Jed Tonelson Director Cloud & DevOps Sales will be attending this event. For further queries, please write to jed.tonelson@idexcel.com

Hosting Your WordPress Site on Multiple AWS Server

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amazon-multiple-serverIf you are an avid part of today’s technology, then you might already be aware of WordPress and all the good features it brings to the table. Add a series of wonderful Amazon Web Services to the list and you already have a winner on your hands. With the combination of AWS and WordPress, you get access to some of the best web hosting opportunities in the market.

Without further suspense, let’s get down to the nitty-gritty of hosting your WordPress site on AWS, in order to reap maximum benefits from the association.

1) Registering your AWS account: If you are still new to the world of AWS, then as a first step, you need to create a new AWS account. Head over to https://aws.amazon.com; click on “create an AWS account”. Ideally, avoid using the normal Amazon page to create an account. If you do, you will be required to follow a myriad set of approaches, before you reach the AWS registration page. By clicking on the link directly, you can register in a flash. Once you have filled in the primary details, you will arrive at the dashboard, which will offer you a series of options.

Some of these options include, but are not limited to:

a. EC2: EC2 which is the Amazon Workhorse, allows you to compute the capacity in the cloud and make it resizable as per your needs. It helps make web-scaling easier for developers.

b. S3: Storage on Demand or S3 is the disk space which offers a rather simple interface to help store and retrieve data as per convenience. With S3, one can scale trillions of data from anywhere around the web, without having to bother about data security and ease of access.

c. RDS: RDS, also known as Relational Database Service, is easy to setup and operate. It provides developers with 6 of the most familiar database engines, which include the likes of Microsoft SQL Server, Amazon Aurora, MySQL, Oracle, MariaDB and PostgreSQL.

d. SES: SES or Simple Email Service is a cost effective solution which is built on the scalable infrastructure of AWS. With SES, you can easily send and receive emails with no prior commitments. Pay as you go, so that you are never overcharged for usage.

2) Getting to the designing phase within the AWS Infrastructure: Each of the servers above help in getting your WordPress site up and running on the AWS servers. Primarily, EC2 is used to create a web server to power the WordPress installation. RDS, S3, and SES are configured alongside to ensure proper utilities are available to the users through the AWS domains.

3) Choosing between scaling up and scaling out: In AWS, you have the opportunity to setup all WordPress instances on a single EC2 instance. However, this is not a very good approach in the long run. In order to enhance your server’s efficiency, you need to choose between scaling up and scaling out.
a. Scaling up: You can increase the actual hardware and memory resources which are ideally used to power your website. Peruse through options like increasing the RAM size, CPUs, VPS, and investing in a dedicated server.
b. Scaling out: The only limitation with scaling up is the physical hardware limitations imposed during usage. By scaling out, instead of maximizing the usage of the hardware, you throw in a lot of servers into the website. This way, one can host different parts of the website on different servers, in order to maximize efficiency.

4) Creating your web server infrastructure: Once your database is up and running, you need to setup the server instance on the EC2 instance. There are a lot of preconfigured instances pertaining to WordPress which can prove to be handy in a jiffy. With AWS installed, one can even install specific configurations of WordPress. The new instance can be created through the AWS Management Console on the EC2 tab.

5) Installing Apache Web Server + WordPress: After the web server infrastructure is ready to host, you need to install the Apache Web Server + WordPress setup to ensure all software components are in place.

6) Link EC2 Instance with your Domain: Link the public domain of the AWS WordPress installation to your public IP address. This way, you can map your domain name to the concerned IP address.

By following these steps, you can successfully launch your WordPress website on different AWS servers, thereby taking your site’s efficiency up by a notch.

The Benefits of Serverless Applications in a Data-Rich World

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Serverless applications are the source of much confusion of late. For one thing, they’re not “serverless” at all. In fact, it’s more accurate to refer to them as “multiserver apps” — their components are distributed among cloud servers far and wide and assembled on demand.

This begs the question, “Do you know where your app is?” In today’s microservices-based computing environments, the question becomes meaningless. Exactly where particular pieces of a full-blown application live matters much less than the network’s ability to retrieve and assemble the required components accurately, and in a timely manner, when and where they’re needed.

Such widely distributed applications demand a new approach to development, deployment, maintenance, and updates. Forbes’ Janakiram wrote in a March 22, 2016, article that the growing interest in serverless apps is driven by two trends: mobility and the Internet of Things. In both cases, applications need to follow the IFTTT model: respond in an instant as current circumstances dictate in terms of location, time, input, and context. Read more..

How the Financial Industry Is Doing DevOps

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The second DevOps Enterprise Summit (DOES) Europe, once again held in London, brought together the DevOps enterprise community. The financial industry was well represented, giving the attendees a unique perspective on the challenges facing this heavily regulated industry and how DevOps is helping to overcome them.

One of DOES’ main goals is to gather high-fidelity experience reports and to gather evidence that negate the objections to the adoption of DevOps in an enterprise environment. The set of presentations by large financial institutions highlighted their common challenges: legal, compliance, security requirements and the prevailing bureaucratic and siloed culture of such organizations. The approaches taken to takle those challenges also have commonalities: automated continuous delivery pipelines; lean approaches and organization alignment based on value streams; automated testing; automated compliance and security checks; close collaboration with legal and compliance departments. Some organizations are also moving away from outsourcing and into insourcing. Read more..

The Best Technology Conferences of 2017

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If you are looking for the best technology conferences to learn what’s new in tech world. We’ve put together few technology conferences to help you choose the ones you want to attend in 2017.

Digital Transformation Forum 2017

Web: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/digital-transformation-forum-2017-tickets-32189411396

Date: June 22, 2017

Location: Fort Lauderdale, FL

Join at the Intersection of Business, Technology, Marketing, and Strategy at this Can’t Miss Executive-Level Forum

Adapt and Thrive in Changing Times

Are you frustrated with the ever-quickening pace of technology change? Digital Transformation is one of the most challenging topics for CIO’s, CMO’s, and CDO’s (and their CEOs) across the globe. It’s about establishing new relationships with your customers, employees, and other stakeholders in your business, and giving them the platforms, tools, and opportunities to achieve the best outcomes.

Looking AHEAD 2017

Web: https://www.thinkahead.com/looking-ahead-2017/

Date: June 22, 2017

Location: Chicago, IL

When you attend Looking AHEAD, you’ll be immersed in a day full of sessions from industry-leading experts and thought leaders on topics spanning across the data center and in the cloud. You’ll have unlimited opportunities to meet with like-minded IT professionals, partners, and AHEAD staff, and bring back key takeaways to use in your own organization!

NEXT 2017

Web: https://www.nutanix.com/next/experience.html

Date: June 28 – 30, 2017

Location: Washington, DC

NETWORKING AT .NEXT

Don’t miss these unique opportunities to meet like-minded professionals and have fun in the process.The .NEXT 2017 Conference is helping to build the future of the Enterprise Cloud and will introduce you to the product experts who will provide new solution demo’s that demonstrate the latest features and provide answers to your questions right there live.

O’Reilly Artificial Intelligence Conference

Web: https://conferences.oreilly.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-ny?cmp=ot-data-confreg-home-ainy17_cio

Date: June 26 – 29, 2017

Location: New York, NY

Discover the untapped opportunities of applied AI

The brightest minds in artificial intelligence will gather in New York to share how to implement AI in real world projects. Join us as we explore the future of AI—and how to get there from here.

Gartner Catalyst Conference

Web: http://www.gartner.com/events-na/catalyst/?

Date: August 21 – 24, 2017

Location: San Diego, CA

An IT strategy is only as effective as the ability to execute it.

Gartner Catalyst Conference gives a comprehensive view into the technologies that will power the future of your digital business. Through sessions tailored to your role and key initiatives, you’ll gain the insights into topics such as big data, cloud, IoT, DevOps, AI and machine learning needed to guide you through an entire technology project lifecycle — from strategy to architecture to execution.

INDUSTRY: The Product Conference

Web: http://indsum.com/

Date: September 14 – 15, 2017

Location: Cleveland, OH

TAKE TWO DAYS IN SEPTEMBER TO STEP OUT OF EXECUTION-MODE, GET INSPIRED BY OTHER MAKERS AND REALLY THINK ABOUT YOUR PRODUCT.

Product teams from across the world convene once again in the center of America’s industrial heartland on September 14th and 15th for INDUSTRY 2017. Join 600 others in learning, sharing and celebrating the latest disruptive trends in product management.

Eventful Forum 2017 – The New Paradigm of Virtualized Consumerism

Web: http://eventfulforum.com/

Date: September 14 – 15, 2017

Location: New York, NY

Eventful Enterprises presents the second annual gathering of the Eventful Forum, an executive conference dedicated to addressing the future of business through the world’s converging industries. Last year, EF2016 hosted participants from 12 cities around the country and 4 countries around the world. For this year’s followup, EF2017 will be the first conference anywhere to bring the martech and fintech worlds together under one roof, to address the most urgent and actionable collaborations needed for facing the imminent new paradigm of virtualized consumerism.

Strata Data Conference

Web: https://conferences.oreilly.com/strata/strata-ny/

Date: September 25 – 28, 2017

Location: New York, NY

Where business is going—and how to get there first

For those who know how to turn algorithms into advantage, data delivers insight, efficiency, and untapped opportunities. Strata is a unique opportunity to tap into the leading minds in technology and business and network with thousands of data scientists, engineers, analysts, and business managers.

Gartner Symposium/ITxpo

Web: https://conferences.oreilly.com/strata/strata-ny/

Date: October 1 – 5, 2017

Location: San Francisco, CA

The World’s Most Important Gathering of CIOs and Senior IT Executives
Turn your vision into action at Gartner Symposium/ITxpo, where the world’s top CIOs gain a strategic view of the emerging trends shaping IT and business. Through an unparalleled intersection of Gartner analysts, industry experts, peers and solution providers, you’ll explore new ways to approach critical challenges, make decisions with confidence and achieve greater impact as a leader.

Gartner Data Center, Infrastructure & Operations Management Conference

Web: http://www.gartner.com/events/na/data-center

Date: December 4 – 7, 2017

Location: Las Vegas, NV

The Premier Destination for Infrastructure, Operations Management and Data Center Leaders

Gartner IT Infrastructure, Operations Management & Data Center Conference 2017 is the premier gathering for senior IT and business leaders, offering a depth and breadth of I&O topic coverage unavailable at any other event. This year, 60+ members of the Gartner I&O analyst team will present fresh, research-based content and actionable, unbiased advice—all designed to accelerate decision-making, prioritize your initiatives and link I&O strategies to the goals of the business.

WBENC 2017 National Conference & Business Fair | Las Vegas, Nevada 2017

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Date : June 20-22, 2017
Location : Las Vegas, Nevada
Venue : Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino

WBENC 2017 National Conference & Business Fair

The National Conference & Business Fair is the largest conference of its kind for women business owners in the U.S. The WBENC National Conference & Business Fair is attended by Women’s Business Enterprises (WBEs); senior executives and procurement representatives from the Fortune 500 and the U.S. Government; and select partner organizations whose missions’ align with WBENC’s vision of expanding women’s business opportunities in the marketplace. With three days of robust programming, the conference features lectures and presentations from today’s thought leaders, engaging panel discussions, 1:1 MatchMaker sessions, networking receptions, and a notable Business Fair. [Know more about the Conference]

About Idexcel: For more than 19 years, Idexcel has been achieving excellence by delivering high quality custom application development services, devops services, aws cloud services, innovative testing solutions, and providing competitively priced IT staffing services to our esteemed clients. Our name, “Idexcel”, is a representation of our core principle “Ideas to Excellence”. We are relentlessly driven by results and take pride in our customer centric engagement models. We blend our clients’ needs with proven delivery models and highly talented execution teams to deliver outstanding results.

Headquartered in Herndon, Virginia, Idexcel has offices and delivery locations in the US, Europe and Asia Pacific supporting global clients.

Allolankandy Anand Sr. Director Technical Sales & Delivery will be attending this event. For further queries, please write to anand@idexcel.com

AWS makes Greengrass Generally Available

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Today, Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com company (NASDAQ: AMZN), announced that AWS Greengrass, software which allows customers to run AWS compute, messaging, data caching, and sync capabilities on connected devices, is now available to all customers. With AWS Greengrass, devices can run AWS Lambda functions to perform tasks locally, keep device data in sync, and communicate with other devices while leveraging the full processing, analytics, and storage power of the AWS Cloud. More than a dozen AWS partners, including Annapurna, BSquare, Canonical, Digi International, Intel, Lenovo, Mongoose, Qualcomm Technologies, Raspberry Pi, Samsung, Technicolor and Wistron are integrating AWS Greengrass into their platforms so devices will come with AWS Greengrass built-in. To get started with AWS Greengrass, visit https://aws.amazon.com/greengrass/. Read more..