Using the AWS Launch Wizard to Simplify Application Deployment, Part 2: Secret Names and More
After explaining how to use the AWS Launch Wizard to deploy a new Active Directory environment, Brien Posey shows you the rest of the process, beginning with the requirement to create a domain administrator secret name.
03/08/2021 In the previous article, I began showing you the process for using the AWS Launch Wizard to deploy a new Active Directory environment. Now, I want to show you the rest of the process, beginning with the requirement to create a domain administrator secret name. In AWS, a secret is essentially just a set of stored credentials. To create a secret, go to the list of services and select the Secrets Manager option. It s found in the Security, Identity and Compliance section. When the Secrets Manager opens, click on the Store a New Secret button. Select the Other Type of Secrets option, and then select the Plaintext tab, shown in
Plan to survive and thrive in the face of natural and man-made data disasters with this comprehensive Disaster Recovery Plan Template. Inventory your organization’s IT infrastructure and critical information, and develop a detailed plan to recover and restore service.
By Micro Focus on Feb 12, 2021 1:34PM
Key considerations for IT leaders.
Many organisations face the choice of either replacing or modernising legacy IT. For some, modernisation makes more sense, but what are the key factors to consider?
To explore this, Micro Focus ANZ Sales Director Brent Butchard spoke to
iTnews about mainframe-to-cloud IT modernisation.
iTnews: Why are customers considering modernising old systems when they could just replace them?.
Brent Butchard: No-one has money to waste and the stats on the risk of failure of starting from scratch tell their own story. Modernisation means incremental change and ongoing improvement, and many CIOs are sensibly adopting this model and looking at smarter ways of doing so.
| 20 January 2021
A research post from data and analytics company GlobalData is advising that 5G, multi-access edge computing and network slicing, can play a key role in improving customer experiences for broadcast and media companies across their entire value chains.
The analyst says that despite the massive hit to film and TV production and to cinema chains from Covid-19, there are several opportunities for network carriers and telcos to help broadcast and media companies particularly. Indeed it says that the pandemic has brought about an urgent need to transform their operations through digital solutions. It added that those companies which are adept at leveraging mobile, cloud, analytics and automation will gain significant competitive advantages in terms of cost of business, ability to reach a wider audience and providing new ways of consuming content.