Teach Your Niche with Nortal

For our latest episode of Teach your Niche, Taze Miller, Partner Solutions Architect at Amazon Web Services, is our guest speaker! Jeff Ramsdale, Technical Director at Nortal US, and Josh Goodrich, Solutions Architect at Nortal US host the discussion for an in-depth look at The Principles of Zero Trust best practices and tips for implementation. This podcast is in English. Podcast Overview:[0:00-22:22]Definition of Zero Trust Infrastructure requirementsChallenges of implementing Zero Trust Components needed for implementationZero Trust use case  How to get startedMore Information on Zero Trust by Nortal and AWSThe Case for Zero Trust by Jeff RamsdaleImplementing Zero Trust by Jeff RamsdaleMigrating to Zero Trust by Jeff RamsdaleZero Trust architectures: An AWS perspective by Mark Ryland and Quint Van DemanHow to think about Zero Trust architectures on AWS by Michael WasielewskiAWS Tools Mentioned:AWS Identity & Access Management  (IAM)AWS Virtual Private Network (VPN)Multi- Factor Authentication (MFA)AWS IoT Device Management YubiKeyAmazon SMSAmazon Elastic Cloud Computer (EC2)Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3)

In a special edition of Teach your Niche, VP of Technology, Jesse Krautwurst, VP of Client Services, Areos Ledesma, and Torben Giesselmann, a Senior Solutions Architect from Elastic Path. This podcast is in English. Podcast Overview: [0:00-22:30]Introduction to Elastic PathHow Elastic Path and Nortal work together Benefits of the Elastic Path and Nortal partnership How headless commerce increases adaptability How Elastic Path and Nortal enabled a highly anticipated telecommunications device launch How headless platforms open up commerce channelsThe importance of system integrators Tool Mentioned:Elastic Path 

In our third and final podcast of the scaling series, VP of Technology, Jesse Krautwurst, Senior Software Engineer, Mike Hitchcock and Lead Software Developer, Josh Buchacher round out the series by focusing on Front End development. This podcast is in English. Part 1: Front End Frameworks [0:00-15:45]Scaling development Front end team best practicesCode review process Building an automated system Scaling featuresFeature flags and A/B testingPart 2: Scaling Load [15:53-36:32]Optimizing over-the-wire size delivery to clientsServer-Side vs. Client-side renderingServer interaction through APIsScaling usability of an applicationApplication accessibility considerationsLocalization and internationalizationResponsive developmentTools Mentioned:SlackJiraBuild StatusEnvisionMootoolsjQueryMarionette BackboneAngularReactAkamaiCloudFrontChrome Browser ToolsProfilerW3CDevToolsGoogle LighthouseWaveAxeTenon.ioJAWsAria labelFirefox GeckoFlexbox

In the second podcast on a series about scaling your technology stack, Chief Architect, Gabe Hicks, Solutions Architect, Nathan Skone, and Director of Technology, Jeff Ramsdale continue the series by talking about different patterns that help with scaling services, or the middle tier. Discussing in detail different patterns, when to use them, and common cases of misuse. This podcast is in English.Part 1: Overview of Scaling Services [0:00-10:25]What is scaling?What is horizontal compared to vertical scaling?Factors to consider when thinking about scaling.The difference between stateless and stateful services.Examples of automating horizontal scaling.What are other ways to scale compute?Part 2: Application Architecture [10:35-23:44]Microservice pattern versus monolithic architecture.How caching can impact scaling: benefits and challenges.How queuing is used to scale systems.How can the service tier handle the information in the queue? The importance of autoscaling services.Tools Mentioned:EC2 InstancesGoogle Compute InstancesDockerKubernetes KnativeAWS LambdaJavaSpacesKinesis

In the first podcast of a series on scaling your technology stack, Chief Architect, Gabe Hicks, Solutions Architect, Nathan Skone, and VP of Technology, Jesse Krautwurst kick-off the series by introducing the capabilities of scaling the different types of databases and scenarios for when to apply the different scaling strategies. They also go into detail about the advantages and disadvantages of scaling. This podcast is in English.Part 1: Introduction to the Scaling Series [0:00-18:42]The difference between relational and non-relational databasesVertical and horizontal scalingWhat are the principles of databases?CAP Theorem overviewWhat is the primary/ primary and master/ master approach to databases?Scaling with ShardingScaling with DenormalizationPart 2: Different Types of Databases [18:51-34:02]What are the advantages of NoSQL?What are the different types of databases?What is a key value data store?What would a document database look like?What are the advantages of Time Series?What are graph non-relational databases?What are search non-relational databases?How would you approach scaling a system?How do analytics relate to scaling?Tools Mentioned:CassandraMongoDBAmazon Document DBInflux Time Series DBNeo4jElasticSearchLuceneSolr

In our second installment of Teach your Niche, Nortal North America’s Chief Architect, Gabe Hicks and Solutions Architect, Nathan Skone, discuss the capabilities of serverless technology and how it can help your development team. This podcast is in English.Part 1: How can you effectively leverage serverless? [0:00 - 16:06]What does serverless mean to software developers?What are the prime use cases of serverless?What are some instances where you wouldn’t want to use serverless?Project examples of what went well and what didn’t.Part 2: Where is serverless going? [16:15 - 27:27]Why do you think serverless popularity is increasing?How serverless can help enterprises. Where do you get started in bringing serverless practices into a company?How do you see serverless impacting developers in the future?Tools Mentioned:AWS LambdaGoogle Cloud FunctionsAWS S3Azure FunctionsGit RepositoryHadoopApache SparkSAM FrameworkGoogle FirebaseAWS AmplifySpring BootAWS RedshiftDjangoDocker ImagesSwift

In a two-part podcast series, Nortal’s Chief Technology Officer Gabe Hicks talks with Jeff Ramsdale, Director of Technology, about CICD automation being a critical piece of delivery now that we are in a remote work situation. This podcast is in English. Part 1: The importance of CI/CD automation right now [0:00 - 10:38]What does CI/CD automation involve? And what is it?Evolution of automationWhy is automation even more important now, during an economic slowdown, than it has been before? Documentation: How much do you need and ease of accessing software?How do you recognize poor automation? Part 2: How to get started with automation [10:47 - 25:26]Current state of CI/CD: How containers are used in modern build pipelinesWhere l the cloud fits with Continuous Delivery practicesShould you build automation on your own or start with a third partySaaS product? What will change with CI/CD?Tools Mentioned:JenkinsMavenKubernetesPub/SubKinesisGitLabGitHub