Category Archives: Data and analytics

Renova Cloud recognized AWS Public Sector Partner

Renova Cloud,  a fast-growing Cloud technology consultancy and Amazon Web Services (AWS) Advanced Consulting Partner in Vietnam, is thrilled to announce today its inclusion in the AWS Public Sector Partner Program. AWS Public Sector Partner Program The AWS Public Sector Partner Program recognizes partners with experience in delivering solutions for government, education, and non-profit customers […]

Podcast: Becoming a Cloud Guru

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On this podcast episode Ever wondered what it takes to achieve all 13 AWS certifications? Check out our latest podcast featuring Thanh Nguyen – Vietnam’s Cloud Guru: 13 times AWS certified, 2x Google Cloud, 3x Azure. Thanh has re:Invented himself from a System Admin to a Cloud Architect helping large scale organizations shift from legacy […]

AWS EC2 Pricing: Tips and Tricks to get More Bang for your Buck

Does this scenario sound familiar? You’re in your team meeting ready to hear about new features you’re adding to the development pipeline and other top priorities, when your manager comes in freaking out about cloud costs. Apparently, AWS EC2 pricing has skyrocketed and the CFO is on his case about reducing your AWS bill.  The […]

Podcast: Vietnam’s first AWS employee transforming Hospitality

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On this podcast episode Hoang (Eric) Nguyen, CEO & Founder of CiHMS, an innovative hospitality solution powered by Vingroup JSC. CiHMS is an all-in-one digital solution built on AWS cloud to help hotel management and operations. Prior to building CiHMS, Hoang was the first Amazon Web Services (AWS) Solutions Architect and employee in Vietnam. A […]

AWS Savings Plan VS Reserved Instance: which is better when you have spikes?

AWS offers a number of ways to save on the infrastructure you already have — such as Savings Plans, EC2 Savings Plans, and Reserved Instances for EC2, RDS, ElastiCache, and ElasticSearch.  The best thing is that they’re named so similarly and each with their own “special sauce” of recommendations that it’s deceptively easy to get […]

VIETNAM National Digital transformation program until 2025 and direction towards 2030

2021 is forecasted to be a booming year in digital transformation, with updates & new releases improving customer experience and productivity through technology, automation and new platforms. The Government’s program “National digital transformation program to 2025, direction towards 2030 ” has clearly stated that prioritizing digital transformation on areas that have a strong impact on […]

Podcast: Transforming retail with AI & Computer vision

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On this Podcast episode Thong is a talented Ph.D. and serial entrepreneur who developed 5 patents in Computer Vision and Al during his time as a Ph.D. researcher. He founded his first startup venture with Arimo, a Big Data company based in California. The startup was recently acquired by Panasonic US and ranked as one […]

What is an ECU? An EC2 Compute Unit

Every AWS customer finds themselves in the EC2 console, starting an instance, trying to choose an instance type. Today, there are over 300 different instance types, all with their own configurations of CPU, memory, and storage (among other things). With so many options at your disposal, how do you know which to use? Over time, Amazon […]

AWS’s free tier scaring the crap out of newcomers with large bills

In recent weeks many experts in the AWS community have been advocating for sandbox accounts on AWS adding hard billing limits that cannot be exceeded to let engineers experiment with new services without affecting their personal well-being. Forrest Brazeal, director of content & community at A Cloud Guru and AWS Serverless Hero, wrote the popular […]

Cyberattacks, a serious danger on the modern Internet (Webinar)

During our latest cybersecurity’s webinar with our partner Reblaze, specialized in cloud-based protection for site and web apps, we saw that cyberattacks are a continuous and serious danger on the modern Internet. As we shared the case of a hosting service which was attacked by a hostile organization last year. The attackers used a WordPress […]