HfS Research spotlights nClouds’ success supporting clients’ technology and cultural changes associated with adopting a DevOps approach, and credits our SaaS software platform (nOps) for offering both clear oversight of cloud infrastructure dependencies and a quick route to identifying cost savings across the cloud. “Crucially, the deployment of technologies such as automation is the easy […]

This blog kicks off a series in which we’ll address topics aligned with the AWS Well-Architected framework. If you were at AWS re:Invent, you probably heard AWS CTO Werner Vogels talk about well-architected cloud architecture. The AWS Well-Architected Framework provides a consistent approach and guidance to evaluate architectures and implement scalable designs, with a focus […]

As organizations expand cloud adoption, it becomes critical to track assets, build workflows, and secure workloads in a defined and standardized manner. With AWS Service Catalog, you can launch pre-approved resources in AWS and incorporate existing ITSM and ITOM systems into your cloud workflows to eliminate silos and encourage DevOps best practices. At nClouds, we’re […]

5 ways to do change management at the speed of DevOps. Change is inevitable. In fact, if you’re practicing Agile and DevOps, of all the “continuous” states that you aspire to, there’s one you can count on, and that’s continuous change. Your team is continuously changing the infrastructure to deliver value to your customers in […]

At nClouds, we’re thrilled to be included in the CIOReview annual listing of “20 companies that are at the forefront of providing IT Service Management solutions and impacting the marketplace.” The list is compiled by a panel of CEOs, CIOs, VCs, industry analysts, and the CIOReview editorial board. They were particularly excited about nOps and […]

AWS brings agility to your business because you no longer have to wait for days for IT to spin up new servers. AWS enables organizations to quickly respond to business needs and rapidly add value to their clients. However, the speed doesn’t need to come at the expense of compromised security. Security is even more […]

Unused resources accumulate in AWS as your workflows change and evolve. We do not tend to think about tidying up loose ends every time a workflow change occurs. For example, when you stop an EC2 instance, your automation might not delete EBS volumes. These volumes pile up and continue to incur cost. ELB has a […]

Enabling root user multi-factor authentication is great security practice. Some companies go as far as enabling physical MFA and locking it down in vault somewhere. nOps provide easy overview which one of your projects don’t have root MFA enabled. You can also receive real-time notifications when root logs in the console with our without MFA. […]

Allowing SSH access to everyone is not a secure practice. Once you configure Unrestricted SSH Monitoring, any time someone opens port 22 to all, you’ll receive real-time notification. Unrestricted SSH Rule To enable the rule, simply go to the “Available nOps Rules” tab in nOps Rules and click on the “Unrestricted SSH” rule. Unrestricted SSH […]