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Expert perspectives on cloud migration, generative AI, data engineering and DevOps — from the CloudZA team.
Is Your Data Actually Ready for Amazon Bedrock?
An AI model is only as good as the data feeding it. Inside the technical readiness assessment that decides whether your Bedrock project ships — or quietly stalls.
Ditching the Batch: Real-Time CDC Ingestion into Iceberg
Replace nightly batch ETL with log-based change data capture into Apache Iceberg. Cut Glue spend and drop data staleness from 24 hours to minutes.
Amazon QuickSight – The Friend We Need?
Data-driven companies outperform traditional ones in almost every metric. Discover how QuickSight makes enterprise BI accessible — interactive dashboards, ML insights, no SQL required.
AWS Toolkit: Your Ultimate Companion for Visual Studio 2022!
Bring the AWS Console directly into your IDE. Deploy CloudFormation, debug Lambda, and manage EC2 — all without leaving Visual Studio.
Benefits of a Hybrid Cloud Solution
You don't have to choose between cloud and on-premise. Hybrid Cloud lets you modernise incrementally, preserving existing investments while building toward Cloud-Native.
Moodle on AWS
Moodle powers 300 million users across 242 countries. CloudZA deploys scalable, highly available Moodle environments on AWS with load balancing, autoscaling, and IAM.
CloudZA Partnership with 3CX
One platform for calls, live chat, and remote teams. CloudZA deployed 3CX on AWS, cutting upfront hardware costs while enabling a fully flexible workforce.
Storing Data with Amazon S3
S3 Standard, Intelligent-Tiering, Glacier Instant, Glacier Deep Archive — matching the right storage class to your data access patterns is the key to controlling your bill.
Terraform Explained
Infrastructure-as-Code transforms how you build and manage cloud environments. With Terraform, you define, version, and reproduce your infrastructure through code.
Amazon Lightsail: A Better Way to Host Your Dockerised Applications
Lightsail vs EC2 for containers: cost predictability, operational simplicity, and production security — we break down which AWS compute fits your workload.
Terraform Structure: Infrastructure As Code Scalability
From monolithic files to reusable modules — a practical guide to organising your Terraform configuration for scalability and team collaboration.
CloudZA, Transforming Businesses Through Cloud Technology
CEO Jonathan Oaker on cloud as the great equaliser — big data, AI, startup growth, and his vision for CloudZA in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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