We tend to have the wrong image of technological advances, we believe that at some point our chair will be stolen in our workplace, we see artificial intelligence as a threat, not only for our jobs but for humanity as such, the movies have been in charge of dramatizing it, instilling a certain distrust and suspicion regarding this issue. But in the day to day, in the routine of our jobs, Automation powered by artificial intelligence offers many more advantages than threats. We can imagine a future where automation better works for IT teams, rather than being replaced. These advances can be seen as a support to hold hands and move forward. With the changes we are experiencing worldwide due to the health crisis brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic, there are many companies in the technology sector that have been affected in their productivity, as demand has increased. IT employees typically spend a lot of time on maintenance tasks that need to be automated to meet today's demands. So it doesn't mean that automation is going to steal jobs, but that it is going to help carry the load and free up time, which can be used for greater benefits for the organization, that is, IT professionals focus on projects and develop with a vision of the future in an era that is increasingly digital. Automating worldly tasks helps with knowledge-based work. Likewise, it is possible to offer more options for customers, reduce response times, have significant scope and consistency in processes. Automation said in another way can save you up to three hours of work a day and if we coincide the time is worth, that is to say, you are also saving money. This means that if your company decides to move to the cloud, one of the greatest benefits is the opportunity to reduce operating and labor costs and one of the most important elements is automation. Watch the video and learn about the advantages of Automation in the Cloud Automation can be as simple as turning on a light when I enter a room or boiling a kettle in the morning when I get up. Automation is fantastic. Focusing on automation helps deliver financial, security, and innovation aids to a company and its teams. Pipelines let you control how changes are implemented and in what environments, keeping things safe and costs low when it comes to rollback changes if something goes wrong. There is a lot of revenue that could be lost if a manual production disturbance caused the application to crash. If we look at it from the innovation side, automation allows the team to work in a more exciting and challenging way. Automation is essential to work successfully and keep up with the pace of change in the cloud, you should never think that automation will steal our work or affect the development of our work or the growth of our company, on the contrary, it is what drives better availability, is to create a much greater benefit for less effort. It's something that should be at the top of companies' list of IT priorities. Contact us and we will solve your doubts and we will help you to solve the problems that appear to you. Liliana Medina Community Manager Teracloud If you want to know more about our services, email to our team member ben@teracloud.io #Teracloud #automationinthecloud #AWSLATAM #AWSCloudFormation #scalability #higharchitecture #Cloudcomputing #wemakethecloudeasyforyou

Do you remember how many minutes or even hours you had to wait to see a video, a movie, or listen to your favorite song? Well, that is no longer necessary thanks to the incredible advancement of technology and the appearance of Streaming in our lives, it is no longer necessary to wait for the download of data from the desired file, since we can see it instantly, without delays. Currently, we enjoy Netflix, Spotify, or any other entertainment platform without saturating our storage media. However, it can be used in different ways, for example in education, business, and general events. This technology will allow you to spread your message without the barriers of distance as long as your viewers have an internet connection. More than 20 platforms worldwide use streaming and have managed to transmit information and content at a low cost, since it is consumed by demand allowing it not to be difficult to acquire, and thanks to this it is gaining more strength in the marketing strategies of the Business. This is why Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides its customers with several methods to deliver video content directly and has created Live Streaming on AWS which is part of the combination of AWS Elemental MediaLive and AWS Elemental MediaPackage with Amazon CloudFront, to create an architecture with a high level of resilience and scalability that distributes its content to everyone. It has several output formats, having greater compatibility of reproduction in different products and clients. You can add support for content protection using DRM (Digital Rights Management) as well as DVR (Digital Video Recorder) features like live rewind and reboot, and live workflows to VOD (video on demand). AWS Elemental delivers components in a ready-to-use, virtualized, or cloud-based execution, resulting in unmatched flexibility, lower cost, and faster time to market. AWS Elemental Video Solutions are ideal for the following cases: This AWS service generates dynamic changes incorporate streaming video, according to the Solution Guide: AWS Corporate Streaming Video “Video traffic is forecasted to dominate more than 80% of all global IP traffic by 20221. Recent surveys incorporate streaming - the broadcast of live or on-demand streams from one-to-many across geographies and language boundaries - has proven that consumer and corporate preferences to use video have increased in the past few years to a point at which video is driving business priorities”. This tool will allow businesses to be much more effective, since business priorities can be promoted, such as company events and keynotes, investments and relationships, product demonstration, customer service, a corporate channel can be created, the employees and members of the company can carry out training and certifications and in the same way, it can generate very good content. One of the many advantages of having your own streaming platform is that you have control over all aspects of the video, which other platforms like YouTube do not. Similarly, by having your own streaming you have the ability to decide on the advertising you want to show, that is, what product or service is advertised with your content. Likewise, the player can be customized with the entire branding package, corporate color, logo, typography, decide what size your videos will be, they can be shared directly on any social media channel and thus generate more traffic on your website and not to YouTube. Similarly, the storage of data must be taken into account. If they are stored on YouTube, we have no control over the location of the servers, nor of the treatment given to the data, while with the Live Streaming solution on AWS, the location of the servers is known at all times and this guarantees compliance with security measures, both at the level of data protection and the national security scheme. This is why at Teracloud we have decided to take on this challenge and offer Live Streaming on AWS within our range of services since we consider that this cloud tool should be part of our business plan. One of the reasons is because the video is deeply embedded in today's connected experience. In other words, we live it day by day, in the office, at home, with our friends. We want to offer solutions that allow our current and future clients to transmit live and on-demand quickly, reliably, securely, and at scale. Do you have a company that hosts or contributes to e-learning, such as through sales marketing training, webinars, or compliance training? If you want to know how we create a highly resistant and scalable architecture that manages to deliver your company's live video content, contact us. Take advantage of the high-quality streaming features of the Live Streaming solution on AWS.

COVID-19 pandemic has forced thousands of companies and industries to shut their doors, break with daily routines, and act fast to be able to provide a response at the working and professional fields. Technology and innovation became essential in providing the connectivity necessary to support the new normality: a virtual work model of continuous exchange, learning, and communication. Talent Management in organizations reached its peak when the context forced us to think of a hybrid work model that, in the future, will combine digital and face-to-face alternatives. Today more than ever, the need to merge digital literacy with human capacities considered as irreplaceable is essential. We are facing situations in which our minds must permanently adapt, learn, and generate new connections in order to motivate our teams. Companies need to turn towards a learning culture, where the knowledge acquired will be the basis of productivity and the development of professional teams. The extreme situation that we are facing today is giving rise to a "new industrial revolution", which is expected to be devastating, and this will transform who we are, what we do and each of the procedures that we previously believed were unquestionable. This is about the fusion between the physical and the digital, it is about the daily life of people that uses technology, which seconds after second is transforming our world completely. These are some of the changes that we are witnessing: advances in biotechnology, artificial intelligence, renewable energy, robots that perform tasks by themselves, and 3D printing, that are part of the new normal that we are going through. New doors open for knowledge-based organizations, as a sign of development and growth, new work challenges, and different ways to organize a daily routine. Changes needed for Talent Acquisition processes will have to be propelled fast, as experience and knowledge will no longer be the most important qualities, but the ability to adapt to changes and to learn in an agile and constant way. From this perspective, skills begin to take a greater role compared to knowledge, since the jobs of the future and for which we begin to prepare from today, will value our ability to "learn how to learn" and to adapt to the constant technological advances together using the skills that make us more human (and those that technology can hardly imitate or replace) and that allow us to link each of these scenarios. At Teracloud, we continue to grow with new opportunities. We focus on simple processes that allow us to get closer to people. In this way, we continue betting on the new normality and different actions to communicate and support our Teams in times of remote work. Do you want to know more about us? We invite you to follow us and stay tuned for our next post! We will be telling you about the experience of joining Teracloud, our People Care processes, and much more! Florencia Sánchez Talent Acquisition Manager Teracloud If you want to know more about our services, email to our team member ben@teracloud.io #Teracloud #AWSLamba #AWSLatam #DevOps #jobskills #workcallenges #newnormal

Serverless technology is a concept that we have been hearing for 3 or 4 years, which has been expanding strongly because there are many advantages that it offers to companies that decide to use it and, in the same way, for the main Cloud providers. It is a technology that helps us "forget about server management" and allows us to access a new dimension in the way we work. "Perhaps we no longer have to think about servers". Werner Vogels, CTO de AWS. Truth be told, it's not that you don't need servers. The term "Serverless" is more than just a marketing term; what really happens is that you stop using a physical server and stop being managed by a person, it is managed automatically by a cloud provider. So we can say that this model is the evolution of a technology already consolidated in the market, cloud computing, thanks to which Serverless has been possible, helping to improve practices and methods to facilitate the lives of IT professionals. Likewise, it has allowed cost savings for companies that adopt the cloud, since you pay for what you use, using resources more efficiently since the purchase of hardware is not necessary. It is important to know that these platforms do not store information, but only execute code, the information is usually found on the servers of the client company or the cloud provider, although in recent years Serverless databases have been developed that streamline application execution. An example of a Serverless service would be an online bank, where thousands of customers place their trust in the system that protects their money and transactions. This technology is associated with FaaS which stands for Function as a Service, which was created in 2014 by hook.io and which has since been developed through projects as important as AWS Lambda among others. “AWS Lambda is a computer service that allows you to execute code without provisioning or managing servers. AWS Lambda executes the code only when necessary, and scales automatically, going from a few requests a day to thousands per second. Only the time of computing that is consumed is paid; there is no charge while the code is not running. With AWS Lambda, you can run code for virtually any type of backend application or service, and no administration is required. AWS Lambda runs the code on highly available computing infrastructure and runs comprehensive management of computing resources, including server and operating system maintenance, capacity provisioning, and automatic scaling, as well as monitoring and logging. All you have to do is supply the code in one of the languages ​​that AWS Lambda supports”. Recovered from AWS Lambda: Developer's Guide. 2020 Amazon Web Services, Inc. and/or its affiliates. In short, Serverless technology has provided a series of interesting advantages and a great help for the development and advancement of companies: 1. Time-saving: Reduces the amount of time necessary to operate the infrastructure, it is no longer necessary to maintain the servers where the programs and applications are installed. 2. Cost reduction: As we said before, you pay for what you use, you only pay for the actual consumption of the infrastructure, not for having the servers turned on all the time. 3. Optimal scaling: It is possible to increase the horizontal scaling capacity dynamically and automatically, that is, the performance of the system is enhanced from an aspect of global improvement. 4. Eliminates server administration: The provider is in charge of managing the infrastructure automatically and scaled. As we see like other services available in the cloud, Serverless technology can help organizations of all sizes, in all sectors, in all geographic regions. At Teracloud we believe that the greatest advancement in technology will take place in the cloud in the next 5 to 10 years and that this successful development that promises to conquer the entire world is just beginning. Companies are betting on new technologies and generating large investments since computing finally becomes like light or water, a "utility", which is consumed depending on the needs of companies. Serverless architectures eliminate the heavy lifting, let us manage the heavy business of scale, so you can concentrate on your core business; we focus on big projects built by great people, are you going to miss the Serverless train? surely not.

The role of technology in business caused tremendous growth in trade and commerce. Business concepts and models were revolutionized as a result of the introduction of technology. In a different way, the evolution of technology has allowed small companies to work more efficiently since it allows them to achieve their objectives more effectively. Those also known as SMEs are an integral part in the economy of the countries, they face equal challenges to large companies. However, many times they do not have the resources to cope with the problems that the environment brings (changes in the economy, competition and changing customer preferences), so they have to be more skilled to overcome the challenges. With the arrival of Covid-19, companies in all sectors have found it necessary to adopt new ways to market their products and services, in addition to having to be vigilant about cybersecurity, since cybercriminals have been launching attacks to steal information, taking advantage of the vulnerability of some systems. The challenge will be the use of technology effectively, for this, companies must make an effort to identify processes to automate tasks and in this way, they can provide a competitive advantage in relation to other companies, through data management and analysis. (You can see our article The power of Big Data in the Cloud and its effects on the future of companies). “Organizations are adopting hybrid models, which combine private and public clouds; and they are opting for XaaS service models, in which applications and software are consumed as a service. In 2020 this trend will be increasingly visible. The challenge will be to achieve integrated environments, easy to manage”. Report infopymes.com. These are some of the challenges and how technology can face each one since this changing landscape requires appropriate and digital solutions. 1. Scalability Without a doubt, for any large, medium, or small company, its growth is a priority. This means the expansion of markets, products and services, and new sources of income. This is where the challenge for small companies comes in, as they must implement automation tools, cloud data storage, and keep their employees connected without any problem as a fundamental part of their business. Businesses no longer need to save multiple versions of documents and spreadsheets and email each other to receive feedback from colleagues. Teams can collaborate using messaging solutions like Slack, which allows companies to separate conversations into channels for easy organization and referral. Small businesses can allow multiple team members to work and review documents simultaneously, saving time, so growth can be achieved without affecting corporate culture. 2. Regulation The most frequent question asked by small companies so far in 2020 and due to the devastating effect of Covid-19 is, How to increase sales without having to invest so much money in personnel, training, and resources? This second challenge is adopting the cloud, investing in IT projects, using artificial intelligence and automation capabilities for the business advantage, paying for what you use, taking into account that all cloud services are scalable and resizable at any time and With very tight costs, you can always offer your services in the most efficient and optimal way, and paying only the resources you need. 3. Data Optimization Businesses of all sizes are changing the way they view data. It is no longer enough to collect and store data, it is not a plus to have lists and lists of information without any sense or without using them. Different use of data is necessary for small businesses, as this can mean new business models, new business processes, and new products and services. They are key to new sources of income because they help us to be one step ahead of our customers and the competition, the data will be more valuable than ever since they help companies of any level to be in constant communication and contact with their customers prioritizing times of need regardless of time zones or device type. 4. Cybersecurity Today and even more due to the crucial moment that the world is going through in terms of health issues. Businesses of all kinds are subject to increasing regulatory pressure from states, provinces, countries, and regions, and especially when it comes to protecting customer and consumer data. This is why this fourth challenge for small businesses is very important and must be a priority when adopting new technologies. Data security must be comprehensive. Adopting security in the cloud can be the solution for SMEs who want to be leaders and evolve, always thinking of consolidation in the market. At Teracloud we offer a free assessment on your current infrastructure so you can take the first step. 5. Innovation: Build the future in the cloud At Teracloud we consider that cloud adoption is the foundation of innovation for any small business, it is what will distinguish the winners in their field; This is because the cloud will determine who comes first and best to the market with innovation in digitally developed products and creativity in the way of providing services. In addition to this when moving to cloud platforms such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), the costs will be much cheaper than any internal solution. The cloud offers fantastic flexibility. For many small businesses, technology has opened up a new online marketplace, which is how e-commerce enables small businesses to reach broader audiences outside of their geographic area, which can be particularly useful for small niche offerings. Put another way, the most effective way to tackle this problem is for companies to adopt a predetermined cloud strategy, taking advantage of the benefits offered by large-scale providers, managing to transform their small business, and adjusting it to the demands of today's market. The cloud frees companies from their legacy systems by offering flexibility. As we see 2020 is and will continue to be a very exciting and busy year for technology, there will be new advances that will help and can be used so that small businesses continue to be that fundamental piece in the world economy. If you think that your business has a problem and it’s time to go one step further to stay in the market, at Teracloud we take care of empowering small and medium companies to generate value in a constantly evolving market. Do not doubt to contact us to analyze your options as a company and use technology as a growth advantage.

There are many changes that companies are implementing in these last years in order to grow their business and to be more efficient, some are reluctant to the new ways of development and others are willing to step forward and look to a future full of success, data, and, a lot of information. It is logical to think that the most successful companies will be those that best know how to adapt to new technologies since they will have the possibility of carrying out actions such as increasing customer retention, improving the profitability of their products, using personalized recommendations, or even detect frauds in payment systems. But, what can companies do to achieve these benefits? Based on the knowledge of their users, and their customers, through the information and its collection. How can they do it? With different technological advances such as Cloud Computing and Big Data. Although many companies do not have the necessary processing and storage capacity to handle large volumes of data, there are public cloud services such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) that have been in charge of creating the union of Big Data and Cloud Computing, to make data analysis more flexible and economical. What makes Big Data different from other types of mechanisms used for management and analysis are the 5Vs: volume, speed, variety, veracity, and value. Thus, Big Data allows us to know in detail the behavior of the users. As an example, companies like Spotify or Netflix have already shown how useful it can be. The objective of most of the Big Data projects is to gain knowledge about the client, this is the starting point for the development of a business. Without going any further and highlighting the current importance, e-commerce is undoubtedly one of the most beneficial sectors. According to a study on Big Data by the Harvard Business Review, "E-commerce firms that have adopted the Big Data analysis have seen their productivity increase by 5-6% more than their competitors". This is simply because by analyzing the data you can make more personalized offers and communications. And in this way, evaluate consumer behavior and create loyal customers. This is how, undoubtedly, unlike traditional server schemes, Cloud Computing allows the treatment of large volumes of Big Data information thanks to one of its key characteristics: scalability. Every time we need more resources for a complex process, we can expand the capabilities of our cloud platform, avoiding any type of saturation. So, don't you think that migration to the cloud is an urgent decision? It shouldn't be a choice, it should be a must for companies. Smart, data-driven companies rather than intuitions are needed to become more efficient. The growth of Big Data will not stop for a long time, the use of data is the new standard to manage businesses and guide them towards growth. We are building a world of data, the power is in the data, in the analysis of big data and the development of business intelligence. According to a study carried out by MIT Sloan Management Review, “85% of companies consider that the Artificial Intelligence application supported by Big Data will allow them to offer added value to their consumers compared to their competitors”. In this sense, the report calculates that 60% of the firms will use this technology in 2020. At Teracloud we work with Artificial Intelligence helping your business understand and perceive its environment, maximizing the chances of success in accomplishing your goals. Through an efficient Data Strategy, you will obtain a 360 vision of your current and potential clients with an accuracy rate of 80-95%; incorporating to measure efficiency, productivity, and performance and thus find a form of business optimization backed by data. In addition to this, we generate a cybersecurity plan for your business, keeping your data and clients' information safe and secure. In the same way, we use Machine Learning to generate algorithms that improve efficiency over time and through the allocation of resources to achieve future goals. Implementing this technology becomes a necessary step to take, and what better option than Teracloud experts to advise you and give you the guidelines to start growing. Contact us and you will receive an assessment. We make the Cloud easy for you! Liliana Medina Community Manager Teracloud If you want to know more about our services, email to our team member ben@teracloud.io #Teracloud#BigData#TeraBlog#thepowerofdata#futurecompanies#machinelearning#datascience#artificialintelligence#scalability

In any setting, sector, area, groups with greater diversity have been shown to be more innovative and creative. In this article, we will talk about the good role that women have developed from their authenticity and creativity in Cloud Computing. At Teracloud as AWS Select Consulting Partner and as a company committed to innovation, we believe that all men or women, we have incredible capabilities to develop any type of project that has to do with the cloud. We share the AWS idea that people of "all colors, genders, beliefs, origins, and communities" work in the Cloud world. Since the future of technology must also be accessible, flexible, and inclusive, diverse as the world. “It’s not only that diversity and inclusion are good for our business. It’s more fundamental than that – it’s simply right”. Jeff Bezos (Amazon Founder and CEO). We create and believe in a culture of inclusion and advancement of women towards leadership positions. However, we know that there are still various challenges in this area, since there are fields such as science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, where the sample of the female population is minimal, either due to social stigma or due to the lack of initiatives that promote interest or openness of the female gender. For this reason, it is important to start including success stories about women who have excelled in these areas with the aim that new generations of girls visualize them as role models. Educate so that they learn to solve problems, but not seek to be perfect. The societies of the future cannot afford to exclude half of the population in the enormous task of creating prosperous economies based on scientific-technological knowledge, so the immediate application of these and other measures will help boost the development of the sector; in addition to reducing the gender gap that exists. To achieve this, it is necessary that various actors take on this challenge and together participate in creating opportunities that can provide girls with a successful career in this field. Take concrete actions and provide them with resources so that they learn about the cloud and technologies and can use them in their day by day. Demystify and show that technology is transversal. As a team, we think that there are no specific characteristics that a woman must have to work in Cloud computing, beyond this, it is important to be curious and want to constantly learn; In the Teracloud world, everyone has the same opportunities to learn and enrich their knowledge by training day by day. In this way, AWS also organizes regular Women in Tech events around the world; Conferences aimed at motivating women IT professionals, sharing the latest trends, and showing them what an AWS career really is like. Although only a small percentage are women, cloud computing and other digital platforms are growing rapidly, giving many women a unique opportunity to enter the space and make their mark. It's important that we look to the future when we think about supporting women in the tech industry, but that doesn't mean there aren't a ton of great tech professionals doing a great job in the AWS ecosystem right now. At Teracloud for example, we have our amazing DevOps Lu, who is a genius in the field of computer security. So, although Teracloud is part of a sector that has been developed by the masculine gender, we have open doors for all women who want to develop as DevOps and grow within a company with a visión, in addition to becoming a source of inspiration. So have no doubt. We need fewer panels of women to talk about women in technology and more women to talk about technology, and by the way, We are hiring! Liliana Medina Community Manager Teracloud If you want to know more about our services, email to our team member ben@teracloud.io #Teracloud #AWSpowergirls #TeraBlog #SmartIsAWSome #MoreWomenInTech #AWSCloud #empoweringwomen #Teracloudwomen

The COVID-19 crisis is unlike anything the world has ever seen. Countries, Institutions, and business leaders are facing tough choices with unprecedented levels of uncertainty. While short-term orientation is key, it is becoming increasingly clear that the crisis will permanently reshape the societal and economic order of the future and create opportunities, as has been the case with past global crises. The numbers are astonishing: Skyrocketing digital sales levels, with an increase of 210% in order volumes between February 2020 and April 2020 A leap of 63% in eCommerce web traffic between February 2020 and April 2020 Consumer engagement with reviews was up 105% between February 2020 and April 2020 Review submission levels and length rise in April 2020, while overall consumer sentiment (in the form of average product rating) remains steady Now is the time to act. The bold and ambitious companies that embrace the new reality and take timely action can capture market share and emerge as the new market leaders. Action requires the courage to reinvent or alter your business model and to invest in new processes and tech in these times of high uncertainty. Find the companies we've helped navigate the cloud with during normal times to get a broader understanding of the importance of embracing the cloud. Putting your business online also brings new risks to your company normal operations Along with this monumental opportunity lies a comparable risk: the more value you have, the more appealing you are to hackers and digital thieves of all sorts. You need to protect your company and your customers' data, because a data leak, even a small one, can have you file for bankruptcy in no time. Two-thirds of Small and Medium Business has suffered a cyber attack in the past 12 months, and the chances are even higher if your business has a strong online presence (Gardner). Putting your business online brings new, unknown risks to your company operations, and with a very tight, COVID-19-propelled schedule, the time to hire and train a SecOps and DevOps team largely exceeds what any company can afford. Your best options are automated security systems and managed services from trustable companies. These are 5 tips from an IT point of view that can automate the security of your operation: 1. Smart Scanning for Vulnerabilities Online threats that haunt most businesses include vandalizing of websites that may lead to blacklisting, loopholes, and vulnerabilities that give the attackers access to sensitive information, malware that can install themselves into systems, and steal confidential data. Organizations need to opt for solutions that can provide automated application scanning combined with manual penetration testing to look for logic flaws in coding and app vulnerability. 2. Look beyond SSL Even though secure socket layers ensure the safe and encrypted flow of information between a browser and a server, it is not the be-all and end-all of securing web applications. A website may claim to be secure as they use 128 or 256-bit encryption and may even boast of a seal from an external certificate authority. But what online retailers fail to understand is the fact that SSL cannot protect against application-layer attacks. Businesses need to deploy solutions that can provide multi-layer protection. 3. Data Encryption Data encryption is important in the sense that it enhances the defense mechanism and protects sensitive information. Encryption also reduces the risk of hackers being able to crack passwords. Note: Encrypt on transit. and at rest. 4. Limit Access to Sensitive Information It is important for organizations today to limit access to sensitive information to personnel in the organization who really need to have access to the same. Sharing information throughout the organization with employees who really don't need to use it increases the risk of the data being breached. 5. Firewall The nature of web applications is intricate and needs to be frequently changed and updated. Constant updating leaves vulnerabilities and loopholes that hackers can very conveniently exploit to gain unauthorized access to sensitive information. In such cases, the Web Application Firewall is the only way to virtually patch vulnerabilities like XSS and others. Smarter business solutions AWS WAF and continuous monitoring with adaptation for any changes to the application make the WAF an apt security mechanism. 6. Compliance Compliance can become a nightmare, especially if you store information about your users. Fortunately, a large part of it can be automated (see PCI Compliance). Some items to reduce the grunt work of keeping compliance on track: Establish a Continuous Compliance monitoring and auditory strategy Automate threat detection Automate configuration change control and lifecycle. Centralize user authentication. Set alarms and notifications for any suspicious activity. These tips will make your operation more secure as you grow your market share. If you combine this with a knowledgeable and trustable team to help you implement them, you will have the best chances of success. And if you add up security best practices, 24x7 monitoring, automated updates, large experience with e-commerce, and the many more perks you get when choosing Teracloud, you will be able to sleep much easier at night. We are experts in protecting information and ensuring that your business has the necessary tools so that you can offer products and services in complete safety. Contact us for a quick analysis and evaluation of your infrastructure's security, to answer your security questions or just to grab a (now virtual) coffee Authors Alejandro Pozzi - alejandro.pozzi@teracloud.io Co-Founder / CEO Teracloud.io. Damian Gitto Olguin Co-Founder / CTO Teracloud.io.

Scaling and being elastic in order to grow or contract according to demand is the challenge for tech-based organizations in a world marked by information technology. In addition with the situation that the whole world is going through due to the COVID 19 pandemic that orders us to confinement which increased internet usage and entertainment applications consumption. This time we will talk about one of the most important streaming content companies in recent years and its step-by-step process from having its data center (on-premise) to adapting to the public cloud, since it seems to us an interesting topic to understand and explain how the increasing demand for Netflix has affected its effective and flexible measures to satisfy its audience. To give us a little context, the company is around 20 years old and started as a DVD rental website with 30 employees. “Today it is a global streaming service with more than 5,000 titles, 167 million subscribers, and $ 11 billion in annual revenue that have dramatically transformed the entertainment industry”, according to Tom Macaulay Senior editor in Computerworld. In 2008 after having a difficult time - a data center failure shut down all services and stopped DVD shipments for three days - they decided to move their service to the public cloud and became secondary customers of Amazon Web Services (AWS), choosing the company for its scale and its extensive set of services and features. By migrating its infrastructure to the AWS cloud, Netflix started using different data stores, both SQL and NoSQL, for different purposes. MySQL databases are used for movie title management and for transactional / billing purposes. Hadoop is used for big data processing based on user records. ElasticSearch has powered the search for titles for Netflix applications. This made the infrastructure much more agile, replacing monolithic programs with small software components manageable by the microservices architecture, managed by their own small teams that understood how their service worked and interacted with other systems. This was quite innovative at the time. Microservices also help increase scalability and partitioning your workload. By adopting microservices, Netflix engineers easily change any service that leads to faster deployments. More importantly, they can track the performance of each service and quickly isolate their problems from other running services. To control its cascade failure and allow resilience, each microservice is isolated from the calling processes by Hystrix (a type of library created to improve the behavior of a service system). So then, with the help of Amazon, Netflix developed a concept of resilience with which they began to elaborate elastic and elastic architectures, referring to the ability to adapt and grow before the traffic demands, since they have developers responsible for their part and in turn together they make the application go. They have been doing this through Observability and so before technical problems hit the customer, they began testing the capacity of their infrastructure for when traffic increases, experimenting with Chaos Engineering (a software system in production) with tools such as Chaos Monkey (based on throwing bugs to test development tools) and the self-service chaos engineering tool Chaos Automation Platform, to generate reliability and anticipate turbulent or unexpected conditions. In other words, they anticipated chaos. Every month, they shutted down one region and proved that they could move all of their customers to another region in six minutes. This is truly amazing! Using elastic and scalable website architectures, they must ensure that users can navigate or make transactions and queries safely and smoothly on normal days and on high-demand days. Thus, the migration improved the scalability and availability of the Netflix service and the speed through which the company could launch new content, features, interfaces and interactions. It also freed up engineer capacity, cut transmission costs, dramatically improved availability, and added AWS expertise and knowledge. Dave Hahn, a senior engineer in Netflix cloud operations and reliability team, said: "The other thing is that the cost model is really good for us. You pay for what you use. That allows us to do many experiments". This is possible thanks to the elasticity of the cloud, which allows you to constantly optimize the mix of instance types, and to increase and decrease the space they occupy almost instantly without having to maintain large capacity buffers. He also highlighted: “We want our engineers to focus, as much of their time as possible, on product innovation for the Netflix customer So then, "stay at home"; Netflix has become an almost indispensable service. Taking into account the last 3 months, the species has increased by 13% and reached a market capitalization of US $ 163.00 million. Moving to the cloud has brought them many benefits. Cloud services are not exclusive to companies that host customer information. Netflix started relying on public cloud services a few years ago, which allowed Cloud Computing to evolve worldwide; not only because this technological reference has done so, but at present, it is a necessity both for the protection of information and the immediacy of the content housed there. There is no doubt that data is the true treasure of any company. Organizations that manage data effectively will take advantage of a significant opportunity as well as a competitive advantage. Is your company one of them? At Teracloud we offer solutions that are simple, flexible and reliable through tools that automate, reduce obsolescence and free up resources for other tasks that add value, take the step and go further.

Today's accelerated times puts many companies under stress from a financial point of view, that's why we want to help you with a quick and simple approach to reduce your AWS monthly bill. To run a cost-effective workload on the cloud it's one of the five pillars defined by AWS well-architected framework. We will describe best practices to stay effective on the cost management but also few tricks we've learned from the experience. ​Expenditure Awareness Many businesses are composed of multiple systems run by various teams. The capability to attribute resource costs to the individual organization or product owners drives efficient usage behavior and helps reduce waste. Accurate cost attribution allows you to know which products are truly profitable and allows you to make more informed decisions about where to allocate budget. In AWS you can use Cost Explorer to track your spend and gain insights into exactly where you spend. Using AWS Budgets, you can send notifications if your usage or costs are not in line with your forecasts. You can use tagging on resources to apply business and organization information to your usage and cost; this provides additional insights to optimization from an organization's perspective. Tools: AWS Cost Explorer allows you to view and track your usage in detail. AWS Budgets notify you if your usage or spend exceeds actual or forecast budgeted amounts. Cost-Effective Resources A well-architected workload uses the most cost-effective resources, which can have a significant and positive economic impact. You also have the opportunity to use managed services to reduce costs. For example, rather than maintaining servers to deliver email, you can use a service that charges on a per-message basis. By factoring in cost during service selection, and using tools such as Cost Explorer and AWS Trusted Advisor to regularly review your AWS usage, you can actively monitor your utilization and adjust your deployments accordingly. Tools: You can use Cost Explorer for Reserved Instance recommendations, and see patterns in how much you spend on AWS resources over time. Use Amazon CloudWatch and Trusted Advisor to help right-size your resources. You can use Amazon Aurora on RDS to remove database licensing costs. AWS Direct Connect and Amazon CloudFront can be used to optimize data transfer. Matching supply and demand In AWS, you can automatically provision resources to match demand. Auto Scaling and demand, buffer, and time-based approaches allow you to add and remove resources as needed. If you can anticipate changes in demand, you can save more money and ensure your resources match you workload needs Tools: Auto Scaling allows you to add or remove resources to match demand without overspending. Optimizing Over Time Managed services from AWS can significantly optimize the workload, so it is essential to be aware of new managed services and features as they become available. For example, running an Amazon RDS database can be cheaper than running your own database on Amazon EC2. Tools: AWS Trusted Advisor inspects your AWS environment and finds opportunities to save you money by eliminating unused or idle resources or committing to Reserved Instance capacity. Our Take The best practices described above gives you the aspects to be cost-effective, each aspect requires iteration and constant optimization. From Teracloud we strongly suggest our clients make cost-management a part of their development process with month/quarterly reviews. Cost-effectiveness its a moving target and It requires constant adjustment and optimization. If you want to lower your AWS bill now just schedule a quick call with one of our experts. ​ ​ Damian Gitto Olguin Co-Founder / CTO Teracloud.io

Many of us know the application that we will talk about today. During this time that quarantine began to be implemented as a result of the Covid-19, the Zoom video call application had a sudden success with a peak of 200 million video calls per day, thus it gained popularity as it allowed many people to feel close and companies and businesses will connect with their employees to develop their activities. However, its popularity only resulted in the application being exposed to attackers willing to take advantage of the security “errors” that constitute this platform. Errors such as: credential errors, malware installation, camera and microphone hacking, Zoom bombing or unauthorized access to private meetings, sending information to third parties and other forms of monitoring, does not have end-to-end encryption in video conferences, among others. Although Zoom has been in charge of solving some of its problems, this has already generated distrust in its users and many people have stopped using this platform to communicate, as more errors in cybersecurity continue to appear, which casts doubt on the effectiveness of your service. In a blog post on April 1, Zoom CEO and founder Eric S. Yuan acknowledged Zoom's growing pains and promised that regular development of the platform would be suspended while the company worked to fix security and privacy issues. "We acknowledge that we have not met the privacy and security expectations of the community, and ours," Yuan wrote, explaining that Zoom had been developed for large companies with internal IT staff who could configure and run the software. Consequently, for April 22, Zoom announced the arrival of its updated Desktop Software for Windows, Mac and Linux, version 5.0, which according to the members of this platform includes many of the security corrections necessary for it’s proper functioning and privacy. These include the skills to eject Zoom bombers from meetings, use routing controls to make sure meetings don't pass through China, and make sure everyone waiting for a meeting is kept in a "waiting room". It also adds a security icon to the host screen and adds better encryption to Zoom meeting video streams. However, the update will not be available until Sunday, April 26. Accordingly, Zoom “strongly recommends users to implement passwords for all their meetings to ensure that uninvited users cannot join,” the company said in a written statement shared with Brian Krebs, author of the KrebsOnSecurity.com blog, which covers computer security and cybercrime. In this context of a pandemic, companies are more exposed to making quick decisions and must be very well informed, to protect their employees, consumers and partners. Faced with these and other challenges, they need a proactive partner who can anticipate and neutralize threats before they materialize. Final Thoughts This is why at Teracloud as specialists in Cloud services, we take care of helping organizations protect their information throughout the security life cycle. We apply encryption for the stored data and in the same way we take advantage of our resources and knowledge to apply them to the different needs of each business, generating trust and development in our clients.

Companies evaluate all the characteristics of their candidates, giving priority to those who interest them most when they have a vacancy, but also candidates want to find the job that best meets their expectations in a place that attracts them, so they evaluate the qualities of those organizations where they could get to work. The best places to work are built on the daily relationships that employees experience, and not just through a list of policies and benefits. Building trust, communication, flexibility and teamwork every day are fundamental pillars to feel comfortable and build success. While it is true that there are people who have always known in which branch they would like to work, there is also another important group of people who wonder why they should do it. Each one works for different reasons and these vary according to our priorities. There are people who prioritize financial stability, while for others the important thing is to gain experience in their professional field, because they have more family expenses or because they want to acquire something special, among other reasons. So why work at Teracloud? The reasons are endless, but here we will show what we consider to be relevant to us and our employees. We are an AWS Select Consulting Partner company created by certified experts in the cloud to migrate and implement Startups, companies and everything else in the cloud. We also have a strong commitment to the cloud community, we host the local branch of the AWS user group and meetings in support of education, evangelism and evolution of the IT community. Likewise, as a partner of Amazon Web Services, we have participated in different events such as the Buenos Aires Community Day 2019 as speakers and we are active collaborators and assistance for official AWS meetings and conferences. But all our virtues at the professional level are not enough, that is why Teracloud is very clear about his values and tries to reflect them in the choice of his human capital. For this reason, with Attitude we face the world and circumstances in a positive way, managing to maintain a favorable relationship and doing an excellent job, trusting in our extensive knowledge and capabilities; thus, we act before a future situation, doing things with the highest quality and at the same time satisfying the customer. Proactivity and Commitment define us, we fulfill what we promise since we have great ideas to achieve our goals, we are partners and we Work as a Team, always ready to learn new things, we are characterized by being Open-minded people, being flexible before our duties and needs. However, while it is true that a company has its values and objectives well established as we have in Teracloud; It is also true that if it does not adapt to new ways of working, you will not be able to make your employees feel comfortable or committed. When a person comes to work in a new place, he comes with certain expectations. Perhaps it is a place where you can continue preparing professionally, where you have leaders who know how to guide you, that your work is recognized, or perhaps that they have good benefits. Talking to our collaborators and knowing what they think about it, we concluded that many of them are satisfied, since they like to work in technology, share knowledge and seek solutions, they feel that the company takes care of them, they feel listened to, valued and above all they have been able to develop as professionals. Here are some of the questions and their answers. What do you like most about working with us? “I am more than happy to be able to work in a company like Teracloud, but if I have to choose one thing, I think it would be how we take care of our employees, we are always listened to and our effort is valued // The work team. I believe that the relationship between colleagues and the work environment is a fundamental pillar for the success of any company ”. In what way or in what ways do you feel that you have grown since you entered Teracloud? “On the technical side, I have learned many new tools and have acquired new knowledge. I learned another work methodology, different from where I came from // I grew up quite professionally, especially technically. Although I have only been working with the cloud for 9 months, I learned a lot during this time at Teracloud and I feel very confident in my knowledge. I have also improved my management / communication with clients, something I have never had to do before, but it is something that I have to keep improving”. In this sense, we like to grow as a family and learn more every day, add experience and form a team that is committed to the company with its short, medium and long-term objectives, in other words, get involved, this is fundamental for us that way we'll always have a clear mission, in this way we try not to put a ceiling on our projects and always go further, that is why we say “feet on the ground and mind on the cloud”; come and live the Teracloud experience, would you like to work with us? Liliana Medina Community Manager Teracloud.io If you want to know more, email to our team member ben@teracloud.io. #AWSSelectConsultingPartner #AmazonWebServices #Teamwork #IT #cloudcomputing #AWSLatam #AWS #Cloud #ITservices #Teracloud