If your software firm relies on AWS, you understand how critical it is to locate a great AWS partner or tools to help manage it. AWS can be complex and tough to handle, so having someone who knows what they're doing to assist you is critical.
In this blog post, we will suggest using tools and automation and not getting a pair of hands. NoOps is here to stay and the IT cloud admin role is diminishing fast.
Adapting to the swiftly evolving technology landscape demands agility and adaptability from software companies. An effective strategy to achieve this involves harnessing the capabilities of cloud-based services, which provide the essential flexibility and scalability that businesses require.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) stands out as a prominent platform offering a diverse array of services that can be customised to match the unique needs of each software company. However, overseeing AWS can be a convoluted and time-intensive endeavour. This is precisely where AWS-managed services have a place.
By entrusting the management of AWS to a specialised team or a dedicated platform, companies can redirect their focus towards their core products, while leaving the intricate technical intricacies to capable hands. Additionally, managed services contribute to fine-tuning performance and trimming expenses, rendering them indispensable components of any software company's operations.
Worth noting is the evolving nature of the traditional managed services approach, transitioning from human-centric to automated technological solutions that perform tasks through automation.
NoOps, short for "no operations," characterises an infrastructure where human intervention isn't required for its management or monitoring. This state is achieved through automation, self-healing mechanisms, and various artificial intelligence techniques.
The underlying aim of NoOps is to reduce costs and enhance efficiency by minimising human involvement. In certain instances, the entire management of NoOps infrastructure can be handled by software, enabling organisations to function with minimal human interference.
It is closely related to DevOps which you have probably heard more about but it is different as you are aiming to remove the cost associated with an operations team.
Despite its potential advantages, NoOps carries inherent risks. The absence of human oversight can lead to delays in identifying and rectifying issues. Moreover, there's a potential for a misleading sense of security; the lack of human monitoring might lead to complacency regarding system functioning. Consequently, before implementing NoOps, it's crucial to thoughtfully weigh its pros and cons.
To find out how CloudOps can accelerate your move to NoOps read our article on the subject.
While certain aspects of cloud management can be automated, achieving complete automation is not feasible. This is due to the intricate nature of overseeing a cloud environment, which often involves multiple applications spread over multiple regions.
For instance, a tool or platform might be capable of automatically setting up and configuring new servers. However, very few platforms cover all tasks; you might find yourself needing to acquire, learn, and set up multiple tools, such as for monitoring server performance or addressing emerging issues. Moreover, automation is restricted to tasks with clear instructions that don't necessitate user decision-making.
In the realm of cloud management, there's a complex array of factors to account for, making a balanced approach of 80% automation and 20% human involvement advisable. This reflects the reality that certain tasks require human judgment.
Get back to focusing on your customers and business goals. Stop wasting time with firefighting or patchy cloud deployments.
With AWS you can provision, use and manage resources with a few clicks in the CloudOps Management Console. You don't need to worry about capacity planning, hardware provisioning, data replication, software patching, or monitoring.
You can launch your applications quickly without worrying about licensing fees or upfront costs. And you only pay for the resources you use, so you can start small and scale as needed.
While AWS offers an extensive range of services for automating cloud management, handling these services manually can be intricate and time-intensive. Our CloudOps platform simplifies numerous routine tasks linked to AWS cloud management.
These tasks encompass provisioning, monitoring, and patching. By doing so, you can save valuable time and resources that could be more productively used elsewhere. CloudOps gives you as an administrator a centralised perspective on your AWS environment, facilitating swift issue detection and resolution.
Consequently, CloudOps contributes to enhancing the efficiency and efficacy of your AWS cloud management. When you then add in our experienced AWS support team this ensures a human touch to the process.
Take a CloudOps test drive, and see what it can do for your team.
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