The Business Compass LLC Podcasts

The Psychology of Cloud Failure: Turning Fear into Resilience

The Psychology of Cloud Failure: Turning Fear into Resilience
 
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In an era where cloud computing underpins digital transformation, businesses increasingly rely on largely invisible yet mission-critical infrastructure. With this reliance comes a lurking anxiety: What happens when the cloud fails? This podcast explores the psychological dimensions of cloud failure, the cognitive biases and fears it triggers, and how organizations can build resilience, both technically, culturally, and emotionally.

Terraforming Bastion Architecture: Secure AWS Access for Private Subnets

Terraforming Bastion Architecture: Secure AWS Access for Private Subnets
 
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In cloud-native environments, private subnets are essential for securely hosting backend services like databases and internal APIs. However, connecting to instances in these private subnets requires a secure and controlled access method. This is where a bastion host (a jump server) becomes essential. In this podcast, we'll explore how to deploy a bastion host architecture using Terraform on AWS to enable secure SSH access to private EC2 instances, without compromising security.

From Scalability to Fault Tolerance: Key System Design Concepts for Cloud Architects

From Scalability to Fault Tolerance: Key System Design Concepts for Cloud Architects
 
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In today’s fast-evolving cloud landscape, system design is no longer a niche skill—it's an architectural necessity. Whether building a global-scale e-commerce platform or deploying a microservices-based SaaS solution, understanding and implementing system design principles is paramount. For cloud architects, this means balancing trade-offs among scalability, reliability, performance, security, and cost.

Unlock Cloud Protection: The 14 AWS Security Microstacks That Matter Most

Unlock Cloud Protection: The 14 AWS Security Microstacks That Matter Most
 
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In today’s rapidly evolving digital ecosystem, protecting your cloud infrastructure is not just about compliance—it's about survival. Amazon Web Services (AWS) offers a powerful security microstacks suite that empowers developers, architects, and security professionals to build secure, scalable, and resilient applications. This podcast dives deep into the 14 AWS security microstacks that matter most and how they form a multi-layered defense strategy for your cloud environment.

Real-Time Server Monitoring with Grafana, Prometheus, and AWS: A Step-by-Step Guide

Real-Time Server Monitoring with Grafana, Prometheus, and AWS: A Step-by-Step Guide
 
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In modern DevOps, monitoring infrastructure health and performance is crucial. Real-time observability helps teams stay proactive, identify issues early, and ensure optimal performance. This podcast will walk you through setting up real-time server monitoring using Grafana and Prometheus on AWS — a powerful stack that provides customizable, high-performance visualization and alerting.

Building Intelligent Applications with Amazon Bedrock: A Capstone Project

Building Intelligent Applications with Amazon Bedrock: A Capstone Project
 
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As artificial intelligence reshapes the digital world, developers and enterprises rapidly adopt tools that streamline intelligent application development. Amazon Bedrock stands out as a powerful service that enables developers to build and scale generative AI applications using foundational models (FMs) from leading AI providers without managing infrastructure. This podcast presents a comprehensive capstone project demonstrating how to build a real-world intelligent application using Amazon Bedrock.

Build, Customize, and Scale AI Apps Effortlessly with Amazon Bedrock

Build, Customize, and Scale AI Apps Effortlessly with Amazon Bedrock
 
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Artificial intelligence (AI) has moved from experimentation to execution. Developers and businesses seek faster ways to build, customize, and deploy AI applications without managing infrastructure. Enter Amazon Bedrock—a fully managed service from AWS that enables you to construct generative AI apps quickly using foundation models (FMs) from top providers via a simple API, all without the complexity of setting up servers.

Unlock Cloud Automation: Terraform for Beginners Explained with Examples

Unlock Cloud Automation: Terraform for Beginners Explained with Examples
 
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In the ever-evolving world of cloud computing, automation is not a luxury—it's a necessity. Terraform, an open-source Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tool by HashiCorp, has emerged as a leader in automating cloud infrastructure setup. This podcast will walk you through the fundamentals of Terraform and provide easy-to-follow examples to kickstart your cloud automation journey.

Managing AWS EC2 Instances with Python Boto3

Managing AWS EC2 Instances with Python Boto3
 
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Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) provides scalable computing capacity in the AWS Cloud. With Python's Boto3 library, you can automate EC2 operations efficiently—launching, managing, and terminating instances with just a few lines of code. This podcast walks through essential EC2 management tasks using Boto3.

How to Configure AWS CLI and CDK CLI Credentials for Secure Cloud Access

How to Configure AWS CLI and CDK CLI Credentials for Secure Cloud Access
 
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In today’s cloud-native development landscape, secure credential management is critical. Whether you're using the AWS Command Line Interface (CLI) or the AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK), proper configuration ensures both security and efficiency in your workflows.
This podcast walks you through securely configuring credentials for both AWS CLI and CDK CLI, helping you manage cloud resources safely and effectively.