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The latest Effectual news, updates, and articles.
Carahsoft and Effectual Team to Provide Government Specialized Services for Amazon Web Services and VMware Cloud on AWS through Carahsoft’s Cloud Purchasing Program (CPP)
Carahsoft will serve as Effectual’s master government aggregator under Carahsoft’s innovative Cloud Purchasing Program (CPP), making the company’s Amazon Web Services (AWS) and VMware Cloud…
The Cloud-First Mindset
Across every industry, cloud-native businesses are disrupting legacy institutions that have yet to transform traditional IT platforms.
A Cloud Security Strategy for the Modern World
In the borderless and elastic world of the cloud, achieving your security and compliance objectives requires a modern, agile, and autonomous security strategy that fosters…
Dan Tudahl joins Effectual as General Manager Public Sector Services
Bringing 25 years of management and technical leadership experience in secured information technology services, Tudahl has a strong history of building strategic partner relationships with…
Darren Cook, CISSP, Joins Effectual as Chief Security Officer
Cook brings over 18 years of experience as a security risk management professional. Most recently, he held the role of Director of Information Security at…
Next Up: Machine Learning on AWS
If you have been to AWS re:Invent, then you know the tremendous amount of excitement that cloud evangelists experience during that time of the year. The events that AWS hosts
11 AWS Snowball Planning Considerations
Data transfer/migration is a key consideration in any organization’s decision to move into the cloud.
Amazon Web Service as a Data Lake
“Cloud,” “Machine Learning,” “Serverless,” “DevOps,” – technical terms utilized as buzzwords by marketing to get people excited, interested, and invested in the world of cloud…
Effectual Named a Global Leader in Cloud Computing for Three Consecutive Years
The Business Intelligence Group announced that it has awarded Effectual Inc. a 2023 Stratus Award for Cloud Computing in their annual business award program.
The Right Partner is Better than a Crystal Ball
I’ve found that the greatest benefits are realized when an enterprise and their provider partner together on the solution.
The Reality of the Cloud and Company Culture for Financial Services – Part 2
Preparing your teams for potentially radical culture changes are especially critical for financial services organizations, which have historically been hesitant to adopt new and innovative…
The Reality of the Cloud for Financial Services – Part 1
The growth of cloud adoption in this sector is driven by a simple truth: Financial services are being transformed by the cloud.
When Best Efforts Aren’t Good Enough
“Have you tried rebooting it?”
Adopting DevOps Methodology
The successful adoption of DevOps is about much more than accepting a new methodology – it means embracing a new culture.
DevOps: Defusing Interdepartmental Tension
Knowing the source of interdepartmental tension isn’t enough.
Bridging the IT Skills Gap
One of the most difficult challenges facing businesses today is bridging the “Skills Gap” in IT.
Embracing DevOps to Solve IT Tension
Tension. It can be uncomfortable, disconcerting, even a bit scary.
Cloud, All In or All Out?
I recently spoke with a good friend of mine who is a Finance SVP with a publicly traded North American manufacturer.
Unlock the transformative potential of the cloud
Effectual Recognized with Amazon Web Services Global Public Sector Partner Award
The 2021 AWS Global APN Public Sector Awards recognize the partners who leaned into innovation and customer obsession to deliver amazing results
The Many Use Cases of App Modernization
While each use case requires a different approach application modernization services can provide the expertise to overcome complex business challenges and build a path for
Leveraging Amazon EC2 F1 Instances for Development and Red Teaming in DARPA’s First-Ever Bug Bounty Program
Effectual partnered with Galois to build a stable reliable AWS environment for DARPA 8217 s bug bounty program 8211 with the ability to scale infrastructure increase efficiencies
Effectual Awarded 10-Year Cloud Services Contract with Ginnie Mae
The $140M single award cloud services contract includes Effectual as co prime in collaboration with Amazon Web Services AWS
Effectual Achieves 200 AWS Certifications
AWS certification achievement reflects the company s deepening AWS app development skills and experience implementing solutions and solving tough technology challenges for its enterprise and public
Effectual Strengthens Public Sector Modernization Services with Completion of AWS Partner Transformation Program (PTP)
100 Day program aligns Effectual s procurement professional and managed services offerings with AWS public sector initiatives
Effectual Achieves AWS Migration Competency Status
Designation recognizes the company s technical proficiency and proven success helping commercial and public sector customers migrate to AWS
Empowering Marketers and Driving Customer Engagement with Amazon Pinpoint
In an increasingly virtual world of remote work, online learning, and digital interfacing, successful customer engagement can differentiate you from competitors and provide deeply valuable
Effectual Achieves Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) certification as a Level One Service Provider
PCI DSS certification as a Level One Service Provider validates Effectual 8217 s ability to secure and manage elastic cloud environments
App Modernization: Strategic Leverage for Managing Rapid Change
The last few months of the COVID crisis have made this even more evident, dramatically exposing security faults and the limitations of outdated monolithic applications
Using Proofs of Concept to Increase Your ROI
Not so long ago, R&D departments had to fight for internal resources and justify capital expenditures in order to explore new technologies. Developing on premise
AWS IoT Solutions Accelerate the Potential of Edge Computing
IoT is revolutionizing consumer markets, large-scale manufacturing and industrial applications at an incredible pace. In virtually every industry, these technologies are becoming synonymous with a