Running Kubernetes on AWS T2 Instances
Amazon’s T2 family of instances are a general type of instance that are widely used throughout the industry providing a cheap baseline level of CPU performance with the ability to burst when needed, these bursts however don’t last forever… So, is it a good idea to run your Kubernetes cluster on T2? The obvious upsides […]
Easily Save 80% On your AWS bill – wait, what!?
At Mobilise we’re always looking at ways to innovate and pass on savings to our customers, our most recent foray into spot instances aims to do just that. This blog will describe how, through the use of AWS Spot Instances and a piece of software called SpotInst, you can save up to 80% on your […]
Containers are Coming: The Rise of Container-powered Streaming.
Game of Thrones Season 8 is well underway, with ferocious dragons, an abundance of questionable sexual-tension, and more exciting plot-twists than ever. On April 14th, viewers across the globe tuned-in to see the latest action of Westeros, with HBO estimating that 17.4 million people watched this season’s premiere on their streaming and linear platforms. But […]
Glacier Deep Archive: You have to be Out of your Mind to Manage your Own Tape Moving Forward!
Amazon Web Services have recently announced their new storage class ‘Glacier Deep Archive’ on their Simple Storage Service – S3. This storage class promises to be the lowest cost storage in the cloud, offering prices at around $0.00099 per gigabyte per month ($1 per terabyte per month)! 1st Week of GDA growing exponentially Glacier Deep […]
Cloud Forensics: Navigating the Cloud in 2019 and Beyond
By Andrew Neale Last year I gave a talk at the First Forensic Forum about the cloud and how it can be used for nefarious means. What came as a surprise to me was how little the forensic practitioners there knew about the Cloud, Cloud service providers and all the new technology out there in […]
Google Associate Cloud Engineer (ACE) Certification Exam: Our Tips for Success
Mobilise has been primarily focused on the AWS and Microsoft Azure platforms to deliver services to customers, looking at the figures below you can see why: AWS and Azure have a clear lead on the rest of the market, showing strong results for 2018 Q3 – however that same data is showing that a lot […]
What is DevSecOps and how does it differ from DevOps?
Written by Andrew Neale In recent years DevOps has become one of the forefront methodologies for Cloud Computing, but now people have begun to introduce security measures into their DevOps strategies to become DevSecOps or rugged DevOps. So, how do they differ? DevOps was created to help bridge the gap between developers and operations and […]
Everything you Need to Know about Kubernetes (INFOGRAPHIC)
Info Source: Kubernetes Documentation
What is the Service Mesh?
Recently you may have heard the term ‘service mesh’ crop up more frequently around containers and Kubernetes – this isn’t because it’s a brand-new technology, but rather because Google & IBM backed the release of Istio version 1.0 in July 2018. I’m Garreth Davies, a cloud consultant at Mobilise Cloud, and I have a keen […]
The Essential Guide to Cloud Security Measures in 2019
Written by Andrew Neale 2019 will be in no doubt another big year for the cloud, with the vail of the cloud being something big and scary finally lifting, more enterprises and customers will start to embrace the cloud. From putting new systems in the cloud, lifting and shifting their systems fully to the cloud […]
