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Webapper, an Amazon Partner, shares tips, tricks, and news to get the most out of Amazon S3 buckets. Topics include cloud security, cost management, best practices, and helpful tools.

How Disorganized S3 Storage Impacts Your Bottom Line (Part 3)

We examined the financial and operational costs of disorganized Amazon S3 storage. The implications are clear: unstructured cloud storage creates substantial burdens for growing businesses. We provide a practical framework for transforming your S3 environment from a liability into a strategic asset.

2025-02-24T14:57:13-08:00February 25, 2025|
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How Disorganized S3 Storage Impacts Your Bottom Line (Part 1)

Amazon S3 has become the cornerstone of data storage for businesses of all sizes. Its scalability and seeming simplicity make it an attractive solution for growing companies. Beneath this simplicity, however, lies a potential financial pitfall that many SMBs overlook: the hidden costs of disorganized S3 storage. Amazon S3 makes it easy to upload and forget, but this convenience can silently drain your resources when left unchecked.

2025-02-17T14:40:29-08:00February 17, 2025|
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Variable Workloads in Amazon S3: Cost Optimization

Managing storage costs for variable workloads in Amazon S3 presents a unique challenge for organizations dealing with fluctuating data access patterns. Whether you're handling seasonal data spikes, development environments, or media libraries with unpredictable popularity, traditional storage tier management often results in either overspending on high-performance storage or compromising accessibility with lower-cost tiers.

2025-02-10T13:51:39-08:00February 10, 2025|
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How to Detect and Clean Up Unused Amazon S3 Buckets

As an AWS Cloud Administrator, managing Amazon S3 storage can become increasingly complex over time. Amazon S3 buckets tend to accumulate, and identifying which ones are genuinely needed versus those that are unused or forgotten presents a challenge. To help you avoid these many pitfalls, we will walk you through proven methods to detect and clean up unused S3 buckets while maintaining security and compliance.

2025-02-06T14:18:52-08:00February 7, 2025|
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Amazon S3 vs. EFS vs. FSx for SaaS

SaaS companies often struggle with choosing the right storage solution. It can make or break your application's performance, scalability, and cost-effectiveness. AWS offers three powerful storage options: S3, EFS, and FSx. Understanding the nuanced differences between these services is crucial for SaaS architects and technical leaders looking to optimize their storage strategy.

2025-02-03T14:34:47-08:00February 3, 2025|
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S3 Storage Browser vs. CloudSee Drive

As an S3 administrator, you're probably all too familiar with the headaches: Users constantly asking for help accessing files, developers building (and maintaining) custom interfaces, and the endless challenge of keeping everything secure and efficient. Recently, two distinct solutions have emerged to tackle these problems: AWS's new open-source Storage Browser for S3 and Webapper's CloudSee Drive.

2025-01-29T07:24:36-08:00January 28, 2025|
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Common Amazon S3 Errors & How to Troubleshoot Them

Amazon S3's error messages can be cryptic and challenging to troubleshoot, even for experienced AWS administrators. S3 offers robust object storage capabilities, but its distributed architecture and complex permission model can lead to error conditions that require systematic debugging. We examine 10 common Amazon S3 errors encountered in production environments, provide solutions, and share best practices for AWS administrators managing large-scale deployments.

2025-01-20T13:39:04-08:00January 20, 2025|
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Amazon S3 for Marketing Agencies: A Guide to Asset Management

At marketing agencies worldwide, a common scene unfolds: junior designers sit idle, waiting for senior team members to point them to the right assets in Amazon S3. These workflow bottlenecks plague creative teams daily, creating a productivity drain that's both frustrating and entirely preventable.

2025-01-13T13:18:55-08:00January 13, 2025|
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Building an Amazon S3-Powered Digital Asset Library for Your Marketing Team

It's 3 AM, and your Asia-Pacific team desperately needs a hero image used in last year's holiday campaign. Meanwhile, they report that your US team is using version 2 of the logo when version 3 went live months ago. Your assets all reside on a server in your network, so someone gets to drive in and email the remote teams. Sound familiar? Let's fix such digital asset chaos with an Amazon S3-powered self-service portal that won't drive you nuts or blow up your budget.

2025-01-06T15:06:05-08:00January 6, 2025|
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