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Cloud Strategies E-Briefing
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New AWS Database Migration Service Helps Migrate Databases to Amazon Web Services
AWS Database Migration Service (DMS) is a new, fully managed service that enables migration of production Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, MariaDB, and PostgreSQL databases from on-premises data centers to AWS with virtually no downtime. DMS is a heterogeneous migration solution, meaning that migrations can be between like databases, e.g., Oracle to Oracle, or alternatively between two different databases, e.g., Oracle to PostgreSQL. If there are advanced schema objects that need to be moved, the AWS Schema Conversion Tool can be leveraged to automate this.
In the past, a migration to the cloud involved a difficult choice: either take a database out of service while copying the data (losing revenue and traffic in the process), or purchase migration tools that typically cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. The AWS Database Migration Service solves this problem by reducing the complexity, cost, and downtime of database migration, making it possible to migrate terabyte-sized on-premises Oracle, SQL Server, and open source databases to the Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) or to a database running on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) for as little as $3/TB and with virtually no downtime. Basic migrations can be set up in less than 10 minutes, and DMS handles all of the tasks involved in moving data and completing the migration. DMS can also be used to move data between databases in the cloud or alternatively from the AWS cloud back to an on-premise system.
The AWS Database Migration Service can perform migrations between databases without having to install or configure any complex software. DMS monitors the progress of a replication and migration, notifies end users of any network or host failures, and automatically provisions a host replacement in the event of a failure. DMS has a complete API which supports the AWS CLI and SDK including Java, .NET, Python, and other languages. This support provides endless integration options to automate the movement of data between systems. Like most other AWS services, DMS is charged using a simple hourly fee for the compute resources used during migration.
The AWS Database Migration Service can be accessed using the AWS Management Console. It is currently available in the US East (N. Virginia), US West (Oregon), US West (N. California), EU (Ireland), EU (Frankfurt), Asia-Pacific (Singapore), Asia-Pacific (Sydney), and Asia-Pacific (Tokyo) regions and will expand to additional regions in the coming months.
Zoomdata Introduces Visual Analytics on Amazon Web Services
Zoomdata, developer of a data visualization and analytics system optimized for big data, has introduced Zoomdata for Amazon Web Services (AWS) to help users connect, stream, and visually interact with big data from sources in AWS and across the enterprise.
Zoomdata's Smart Connectors include support for big data sources such as Amazon's Redshift, Amazon Simple Serve (S3), Hive, and Amazon Elastic MapReduce (EMR), Amazon Aurora, and Amazon Kinesis, and also Hadoop distributions from Cloudera and Hortonworks, as well as Spark, Solr, MongoDB, MemSQL and others. There are also Smart Connectors for more traditional data sources such as Oracle, MySQL, SQL Server, flat files and APIs.
The introduction is aimed at customers that want the simplicity of deploying on AWS combined with the performance of Zoomdata, and managed and invoiced through a single AWS account, says Russ Cosentino, vice president of Channels at Zoomdata. According to Cosentino, businesses can spin up a Zoomdata Server and then rapidly connect, stream, and visualize their data whether it is from sources on AWS or on premises using an interface that is designed for a business user.
Talend Automates Big Data Integration in AWS Environments
Talend, a provider of big data integration software, has unveiled a new version of its Talend Integration Cloud, an integration platform-as-a-service (iPaaS) solution, with enhancements to help companies manage on-premises, cloud, and hybrid integration workloads in their Amazon Web Services (AWS) environments.
Available now, Talend says its Integration Cloud Spring ’16 release allows IT organizations to execute big data and data integration projects running on AWS Redshift or AWS Elastic MapReduce (EMR) with greater ease. The updated Talend Integration Cloud solution also enables developers and architects to bring native Spark processing capabilities into an iPaaS solution in order to support departments across the enterprise with real-time analytics.
According to Talend, the combination of the continued growth of big data, the Internet of Things (IoT), and expanding corporate data lakes is driving companies to move an increasing amount of data processing to the cloud. However, notes Ashley Stirrup, chief marketing officer, Talend, building a data flow and pulling information from sensors requires a significant amount of hand-coding and expertise. Talend, he says, reduces the effort required by enabling data flows to be built visually inside the Talend Studio, which in turn opens up the cloud to a broader set of developers.
For more information about Talend Integration Cloud, go here.
Infosys Information Platform Now Available on AWS Marketplace
Infosys, a provider of consulting, technology, and services, announced recently that its Infosys Information Platform (IIP) is now available on Amazon Web Services Marketplace (AWS Marketplace).
According to Abdul Razack, senior vice president and head of platforms at Infosys, IIP on AWS is helping its clients take advantage of the opportunity of faster big data analytics and more than 200 clients have already used IIP on AWS increased speed-to-insight.
The company cites Hershey's use of IIP on AWS to analyze retail store data. The chocolate manufacturer wanted to gain revenue-generating insight faster than a traditional analytics implementation could deliver, and was able to have its Hadoop landscape up and its data lake seeded for analysts in less than a week. Other examples of the IIP and AWS, Infosys says, include a mining operator that uses real-time data analytics of IIP on AWS, ingesting and processing 27,000 messages per second, to predict which of its vehicles is about to fail so it can avoid unscheduled downtime, and an office automation vendor that used machine learning and in-memory computing capabilities of IIP on AWS to analyze more than two million records of previous purchases and identify customers with a propensity to purchase particular products and services.
Technology Insights Featured Article
High-Availability Oracle Databases with Amazon RDS for Oracle
Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) for Oracle makes it easy to set up, operate, and scale Oracle Database in the cloud. With Amazon RDS, you can deploy an Oracle database in minutes with cost-efficient and re-sizable hardware capacity. The Amazon RDS Multi-AZ feature provides an enterprise class High-Availability option for all Oracle database versions and editions running in the AWS cloud.
Multi-AZ in Amazon RDS for Oracle utilizes synchronous physical replication to keep data on a standby database up-to-date with the primary. Amazon RDS automates monitoring the primary database and protects against DB instance failures and Availability Zone (AZ) disruptions. The standby is created in a separate AZ in the AWS region specified, giving additional protection against Data Center-wide interruptions. In the event of a planned or unplanned DB instance outage, Amazon RDS switches to the standby replica running in another AZ. Applications reconnect after Amazon RDS automatically changes the DNS record of the DB instance and the database finishes crash recovery, typically in less than 60-120 seconds.
Multi-AZ does not use Data Guard Redo Apply, so it is available for all Oracle editions, including Standard Edition, Standard Edition One, and Standard Edition Two. You can still run Multi-AZ RDS Oracle databases with Enterprise Edition (EE), but if your application does not need other EE features, you can enjoy enterprise class High-Availability at standard edition prices with Amazon RDS Multi-AZ. AWS provides low cost and up-front pricing in a pay-as-you-go-model. If you’re new to AWS, try out Amazon RDS for Oracle!
Amazon RDS Single-AZ and Multi-AZ databases can be created in 12 different AWS regions, with 5 more regions coming online in the next 12 months. Every AWS region has at least two physically separate Availability Zones for in-region Disaster Recovery (DR). By staying in-region after failures with Multi-AZ, applications avoid a complicated and lengthy cross-region DR failover of the entire application stack. While traditional cross-region DR is available in RDS, In-region failovers allow customers to maintain their low-latency access to their applications, prevent the double-failover downtime to get back to the original region, and avoid potential data loss from Asynchronous data replication.
COLLABORATE 16 Offers More Clarity on Cloud to IOUG Members
MTaking place in Las Vegas April 10-14, 2016, COLLABORATE 16 will once again help Oracle technology and application professionals gain insight into the trends impacting IT, answer questions about new tools and technologies, and grow their networks within the Oracle user community. For 2016, there will be a special focus on Cloud Computing throughout the week, including key sessions like:
- Monday’s General Session: Trends & Technologies Shaping Your Future: Joe McKendrick, an independent research affiliated with Database Trends and Applications, a Division of Information Today, Inc., delivers a thought-provoking presentation on how Cloud, Mobility, Security and Big Data/Internet of Things are shaping decisions for today’s on-premise environments.
- Lunch and Learn: Database in the Cloud: Introduction to Amazon RDS for Oracle: Learn about Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) for Oracle, a managed database service platform that makes it easy to set up, operate, and scale Oracle databases in the cloud. Learn how customers leverage Amazon RDS for Oracle for operating production and development workloads in Amazon Web Services.
- IOUG Cloud Computing and Virtualization SIG Meeting: Come and join key leaders and enthusiasts around Cloud strategies. We will discuss the current & future strategy, direction & events of the IOUG Cloud Computing and Virtualization Special Interest Group (SIG). User groups are all about participation and collaboration, so please stop by and add to our conversation!
- And more than 130 Cloud-focused sessions throughout the week, including Database in the Cloud: Technical Deep Dive into Amazon RDS for Oracle. Check out the session schedule for the most up-to-date information.
- Don’t forget to visit the Exhibitor Showcase to learn more about key partners in this space, including IOUG’s Marquee Cloud Partner, Amazon Web Services in booth 1032, where the development team will be answering customer questions and talking about the innovations in Amazon RDS introduced over the past year.
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