Services Related to Managed AWS

Cloud303 will utilize Datadog or our Cloudwatch based monitoring dashboard to watch for and alert you of performance incidents and provide the insights needed to scale and operate efficiently.

The experts at cloud303 will work with AWS to secure funding for every project and any proof of concept that you would like to attempt. This generally amounts to a savings of 10% or more.

Use Case:

Often customers would like to try out a service, see if it's a fit and what the cost might be. In these cases, we will contact your AWS account manager and discuss some proof of concept funding. It's not guaranteed, but often there are AWS programs that we can take advantage to at least off-set the cost.

Join our org and let us mange your billing and we'll cut your cost by a percentage across all AWS service by as much as 3%.

Cloud303 has a wide set of CloudFormation templates that allow users to handle deployments and configurations of AWS services themselves. If you're interested in doing some of this stuff yourself then this feature is for you. Our templates are constantly worked on and improved to keep up with new releases as well, so just drag and drop into the CloudFormation console as you please. We also take requests, so if our library does not already have the service template, drop us a note and we'll have it added in a jiffy.

You don't have to be a customer of ours to get support from our community. But you do have to be a customer in order to get access to our premium solutions. Every week we answer the questions in our forums with detailed tutorials and solutions. If a simple answer isn't enough, our premium solutions certainly will be.

We encourage the use of our support forums. But some things need to be done privately and/or with a faster SLA. This is your more traditional support ticketing system.

Root credentials are incredibly important and sensitive and because they should never be used they are also easy to lose. At Cloud303 we take account security very seriously. Only three of us have access to root account logins and we should we every lose our MFA mechanisms or Yubikeys we keep spares in a safe deposit box so that we can never lose control of your accounts.

One of our certified AWS architects will become part of your team. They will learn about your company, understand your goals, consult on solutions, and generally advocate for you both internally at Cloud303 and with AWS.

Your Cloud303 account manager is specially trained to help you plan your next AWS related project. He/she will define a scope, establish a cost, fight AWS for funding, and help to keep all stakeholders informed about the project.

Your Cloud303 account manager will review and present the "Trusted Advisor Reports" to your management. These reports detail possible savins, security issues, service limits, and performance issues.

AWS services are updated on a regular basis to keep up with security and bux fixes. These emails are sent out to all customers using the services which require actions on your end at times. These actions can be unclear at times which is why Cloud303 and your account manager handle planning and scoping of upgrades and fixes.

Have you ever had to open a ticket with AWS? Do you run into issues with communicating effectively with the support staff or just not have the time to deal with it? We'll do it for you. We've got a lot of practice.

Do you test your backups.... No one does. But you definitely should We'll do it for you.

Trusted advisor can do this for you. But we take it to the next level w/ a mix of RIs and savings plans and discounts we can obtain through our partnership with AWS.

We assign our accounts a primary engineer. Except in cases of emergency, in which your engineer isn't available, your assigned engineer will be your first responder and the primary engineer assigned to all your projects. No more educating new people on your account every time you need help.

Charged X1.5 the regular support rate to offset the cost of our engineers' lost sleep. 24*7 on-call rotation staff available to support your infrastructure so you can relax and put that phone away for a bit.

We're monitoring your AWS infrastructure, providing alerts. It just makes sense that we collectively decide what remediation steps we're allowed to take without first seeking permission. Let's build a pro-active support plan together.

AWS account wide security monitoring using a combination of AWS Config and Lambda. The rules and lambda functions are deployed using CloudFormation which you will own and can reuse as you please! A detailed description and report on what the security monitoring does is also presented so you can turn off rules that your organization might not need.

With managed services, you get a dedicated account manager who is involved in your company's strategic account planning. Our account managers integrate with your team and help scope out projects and make effective pertinant reccommendations.