Cognito & Amplify – Login & Authentication Framework

Over the course of many client engagements, we at TrackIt noticed that AWS Cognito login and authentication flows were being used on a recurring basis. To streamline future solutions development, we decided to build a boilerplate/integration framework that would allow clients to kickstart their deployments by quickly interfacing their applications with Cognito.

Monitor AWS Infrastructure Health with Elasticsearch & Kibana

Elasticsearch is an open-source, distributed search and analytics engine that is commonly used for log analytics, full-text search, and operational intelligence. Kibana is a free open-source data visualization tool that provides a tight integration with Elasticsearch and is its default choice for visualization.

The Media & Entertainment Workflow Transformation Continues: From Videotape To Non-Linear Digital to The Cloud

• – A brief history of the Media and Entertainment workflow transformation
• – On-Prem vs. Cloud for the M&E industry
• – The Cloud for studios and post-production houses
• – Less obvious benefits the Cloud brings to M&E
• – How AI and Machine Learning are disrupting M&E
• – AWS and M&E
• – The 3 segments in the M&E  industry from a Cloud standpoint
• – Finding Cloud experts who can speak M&E

Implementing Adobe Magento on AWS

TrackIt deployed the Magenta on-line selling platform in Amazon Web Services using a variety of AWS infrastructure while encountering challenges along the way.  This application note details the process.

Build a VOD Pipeline in AWS

A Simple Video On Demand Solution Designed For Rapid Deployment

At TrackIt, we have experienced a growing number of content creators  looking for an easy to use and simple VOD solution they can implement to start sharing their content with users.  As of September 2019, there was no offering currently available in the AWS  marketplace that serves as a full-package plug-and-play VOD solution.  Recognizing the need, TrackIt has developed and shared a clean and simple VOD workflow that can be quickly deployed on AWS with minimal technical expertise.

White Paper: FSx For Lustre

Deploying an Ephemeral Parallel File System for High Performance Computing

Building public cloud High Performance Computing (HPC) environments that require fast parallel file system access hasn’t always been easy. While it’s a relatively simple task to spin up hundreds or even thousands of instances in AWS, if they all have to share the same data – as is generally the case in HPC – standard file serving solutions such as AWS Elastic File System (EFS) don’t typically scale to meet the requirement of keeping the compute running at peak utilization.

Anomaly Detection – Is There A Leak In Your Ship?

“Small Leaks Sink Big Ships” – Benjamin Franklin

Unexpected expenses on AWS, if gone unnoticed, could quite possibly lead to catastrophic scenarios.

Our Anomaly Detection feature allows you to be aware and in control of your expenses without having to check your account on a regular basis. To learn more about how this feature works, read our whitepaper on Anomaly Detection.

CloudScore – Gamifying the AWS Cost Optimization Experience

Question: Is There a Way for Users to Accurately Measure the Effectiveness of Their Cloud Optimization Efforts?

The challenge of cloud cost optimization on AWS is definitely not one that is uncomplicated or easily addressed. The complex diversity of optimization strategies, especially on a platform like AWS often leads to users wondering if there’s a way for them to accurately measure and track the effectiveness of their optimization efforts.

CloudScore serves as a simple solution to the often complex issue of cost and resource optimization on AWS