Beaty Consultancy

Meet Scarlett – another valuable member of our team! Scarlett is always keeping us on track here at Beaty Consultancy and helps to co-ordinate new strategies and innovative approaches to any problems that pop up… With Scarlett’s expertise along with the skills of the entire Beaty team, together we deliver outstanding cloud solutions for all of our clients! 🙌

Oh no, a big leak under the kitchen sink!

There is nothing more convenient and productive than having a fully-fledged cloud platform that facilitates your remote working environment. But quality comes with a price… AWS charges you money in accordance with your requirements and usage, and if you’re wondering what is causing hefty amounts on your AWS bill, here’s a sneak peek into some of the key factors: ☁️Legacy or Unused Resources: One of the great things about AWS is how quick and easy it can be to deploy powerful and complex solutions- But make sure you stay notified when you no longer need certain cloud services as unused resources cause an unforeseen increase in your AWS bill. ☁️Your AWS Free Tier May be Expired: Everybody loves free trials and AWS offers them to businesses with a specific limit of usage – once you exceed this, then surely you will be charged extra in the bill. To avoid this, simply keep yourself alert about the expiration to prevent such unnecessary costs ☁️Funding Options: If your business is less than 10 years old, we can help secure credits to use against your AWS bill. It’s time to free yourself from the worries of expensive cloud bills while leveraging the high-end features of AWS for your business growth. ☁️Frequent Data Requests: If your software frequently sends requests for data transfer and data retrieval, then chances are that you will be charged extra for this so make smart decisions and avoid unnecessary data requests from the server. ☁️Your AWS Storage Class May Not be Appropriate: Storage is always required for smooth operational procedures. It primarily depends on your storage access needs which AWS S3 storage class you should choose. If you don’t access the data frequently and you have opted for Simple Storage Service (S3) Standard, then this will surely increase your costs. If you’re looking for Assistance in keeping your AWS costs down, get in touch with Beaty Consultancy today! Just let us know about your requirements and our seasoned experts will assist you accordingly…

So you’ve heard of Cyber Essentials and you may have noticed the logo on our website but you might be wondering what it’s all about… To put it simply, Cyber Essentials is an initiative started by the British government and it is aimed at helping businesses to understand what data they have, and then come up with the controls to keep that data safe 🔒 And because we meet those government standards, we get to use the logo 🙌 But we can also help YOU to work towards Cyber Essentials accreditation too! So contact the team at Beaty today if you have any questions on how to get started… 👇 https://buff.ly/3WLUoh4

Does your business need 24/7 support? We can help! But here’s the thing, when we’re doing our job properly, you will find you don’t actually need that level of support… We manage changes professionally, and monitor your business-as-usual activity all the time. Our approach means we know well before anything bad happens to your cloud, and we can fix it before it turns into a 3am outage. To find out more about how we can support your business, contact us via the link below! https://buff.ly/3WLUoh4

What Jim Parkes from https://buff.ly/40f32Gy doesn’t know about cars probably isn’t worth knowing. He has built up his brand over a number of years, to the point where hundreds of clients rely on him to carry out detailed technical inspections every year. Jim contacted us to help fix issues around email deliverability, security of the websites, and various certificate issues, and after a quick initial chat, we put a plan together and got to work! We're pleased to say we managed to deliver the work on time AND under budget - result! All of the domains were now secure, measures were put in place to incrementally improve email deliverability, and a full backup and security review concluded. Now the client could be safe in the knowledge that all of his business data was being backed up every night, that all of their data was encrypted, and that network security had been tightened up. As well as all this, we delivered friendly performance dashboards, and a system to deliver early-warning alert emails for things which might go wrong in future. We were also able to cut Jim’s business’ monthly software license costs and secured $1,000 of AWS credit… This means that we left the client with net MORE money than when we met! And we can help you do the same – just click the link below to get started ⬇️

I like to un-tech as often as I can (not very often, admittedly). In August I camped out at Grassholme Reservoir in County Durham.

We’re always being told that we should change our passwords regularly, right? So this week, we’re answering the question of WHY you need good passwords… You might think that if you choose something which is impossible to guess, and use that everywhere, then you’re safe - aren’t you? Unfortunately, not! Imagine one of your passwords gets into the hands of hackers. The first thing the bad-guys will do is grab your email address and your password, then try it on EVERY online account they know. All of a sudden, your online fantasy football password is used to access your email, because you used the same one. Then once they’re in your email, they can reset any ole account’s password they like and just intercept the password-reset email. Bad times 👎 So, what’s a “good” password?! The first thing to keep in mind is that, unless you’re particularly gifted in this area, you’re not going to be able to memorise good passwords. For this reason we look to password managers like LastPass or Dashlane. These applications integrate with your desktop web browser and your smartphone to generate and remember complex passwords for all of your online identities. All you need to do is remember the master password, and hopefully use 2 factor authentication for it too. The passwords it will generate will look like jibberish strings of letters, numbers and punctuation, because they are. Now you understand how password guessing works, you can see why this is a good idea… So here’s your sign to update your password from your mothers maiden name or your date of birth, and look at using a password manager to keep your data safe!

So here’s a little intro post for anyone who hasn’t met me yet - I’m Ricky, the owner of Beaty Consultancy… After a long career working for large international corporations, I wanted to bring my skills as a cloud specialist to more businesses, and in 2018, Beaty was born… Right now, I lead a team of dedicated subject experts in delivering amazing value, and unbelievable outcomes for small and medium-sized companies, just like yours 🫵 I currently hold AWS certifications for Cloud Architecture, System Operations, and DevOps - in other words, I am a real cloud-nerd, although hopefully, you wouldn’t know it if you bumped into me in the street! You can also find out more about me over on LinkedIn and if you have any questions about our cloud services, my DM’s are always open!

Cloud resources are becoming increasingly crucial to normal business operations, so let’s get it right! We often save our clients more on their AWS bills than it costs to bring us on board and with our security and availability checkups, you can rest easy knowing your business stays online and your customers' data is safe. If you still need some convincing, you can contact us using the link below 👇 https://buff.ly/3WLUoh4