We successfully completed a heterogeneous database replication project, migrating data from Aurora MySQL 8 to Amazon RDS for SQL Server 2019 Standard, using AWS Database Migration Service (DMS) in Serverless mode.

Throughout the process, we implemented data transformation on the fly, adapting both structure and content to ensure full compatibility between the two engines. This approach enabled us to maintain data integrity while minimizing downtime and simplifying cross-platform migrations.

🧩 AWS DMS Serverless made it possible to:

• Automatically adjust capacity based on replication needs.

• Apply transformation rules in transit.

• Monitor replication metrics through CloudWatch.

• Simplify architecture without managing replication servers.

📊 This type of implementation is ideal for organizations seeking cost-effective, scalable, and secure data migration across heterogeneous database platforms.

💡 Want to know how we did it? Check out the full runbook and metrics in the article.

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As the digital economy continues to evolve, businesses across the United States—particularly in regions like Massachusetts and Miami-Dade County—are seeing substantial growth through e-commerce. Whether you’re a small business in Boston or a startup in Miami, embracing digital commerce has become a non-negotiable path to increasing sales, expanding market reach, and improving customer engagement.

The Impact of E-Commerce on Business Sales

E-commerce is no longer just a convenient shopping option—it is a revenue engine. Companies leveraging online platforms are experiencing:

• Increased Customer Reach: An online store removes geographical limitations, allowing businesses to serve clients across the country and even globally.

• 24/7 Sales Capabilities: Unlike physical stores, e-commerce platforms enable round-the-clock sales, improving revenue potential.

• Lower Operational Costs: With automation tools and digital marketing, businesses can operate more efficiently with less overhead.

• Data-Driven Insights: Online platforms offer analytics that help businesses better understand consumer behavior and tailor offerings accordingly.

E-Commerce Trends in 2025 to Watch in Boston and Miami

Both Massachusetts and Florida are hotbeds for tech innovation and digital transformation. Here are the key e-commerce trends shaping 2025:

1. Personalized Shopping Experiences Powered by AI
   AI-driven product recommendations, virtual assistants, and custom marketing messages are enhancing user experiences and driving conversions.

2. Mobile-First Commerce
   With over 70% of users shopping from mobile devices, optimizing mobile UX and integrating mobile payment options is crucial for staying competitive.

3. Same-Day and Local Delivery Logistics
   Businesses in urban areas like Boston and Miami are partnering with local fulfillment centers and gig delivery networks to meet same-day delivery expectations.

4. Voice Search and Smart Shopping
   Smart speakers and voice assistants are influencing purchase behavior. Businesses that optimize for voice SEO will capture more of this emerging market.

5. Green and Ethical E-Commerce
   Consumers in New England and South Florida are becoming more eco-conscious. Brands that promote sustainability, ethical sourcing, and transparent practices are gaining loyalty.

6. Omnichannel Integration
   E-commerce is blending with brick-and-mortar experiences through click-and-collect, showrooming, and social media shopping features.

Why Choose Cybershop46 for Your E-Commerce Strategy?

At Cybershop46 Digital, we help businesses in Massachusetts and Florida harness the full potential of e-commerce. Whether you need:

• Custom Shopify or WooCommerce setups

• Integration with Odoo ERP

• Cloud architecture on AWS or Azure

• Secure infrastructure with Fortinet firewalls

• Marketing automation and payment gateways

Our team is here to build and scale your online presence with cutting-edge solutions.

Ready to grow your online sales?
Contact us today to schedule a free consultation with our e-commerce experts in Boston and Miami.

In today’s digital landscape, e-commerce security is paramount. As online retailers, ensuring the safety and confidentiality of customer data should be a top priority. Fortunately, Amazon Web Services (AWS) offers robust solutions that can bolster your cyber defenses and protect your customers’ sensitive information.

Why AWS for E-commerce Security?

1. Scalable Infrastructure: AWS provides a scalable cloud infrastructure that can grow with your business, ensuring you can handle peak traffic without compromising security.
2. Data Encryption: Utilize AWS Key Management Service (KMS) to encrypt sensitive data both at rest and in transit, safeguarding it from unauthorized access.
3. DDoS Protection: AWS Shield offers managed DDoS protection, shielding your website from malicious attacks that could disrupt operations.
4. Identity and Access Management (IAM): Implement IAM policies to manage user access and permissions, reducing the risk of unauthorized access to your systems.

Enhancing Customer Trust

By leveraging AWS security features, you not only protect your business but also enhance customer trust. In an era where data breaches can severely damage reputation, investing in robust security measures demonstrates your commitment to safeguarding customer information.

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How Cybershop46 Benefits

At Cybershop46, we understand the importance of secure online shopping experiences. By integrating AWS security solutions, we ensure that your shopping experience is not only seamless but also safe. Here’s how:

• Secure Payment Gateways: Utilize AWS Lambda for serverless payment processing, ensuring transactions are secure and efficient.
• Customer Data Protection: AWS CloudTrail provides visibility into user activity, helping us monitor and protect customer data at all times.

Take Action Today

Ready to elevate your e-commerce security with AWS? Visit [Cybershop46](link to Cybershop46 page) to explore our secure and user-friendly shopping environment. Trust us to deliver a seamless online shopping experience, backed by industry-leading security practices.

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Wirte it by

Carlos Alejandro Méndez Mendoza.

I am a technology expert with over 20 years of IT experience, specializing in delivering out-of-the-box solutions to complex problems. For the past 10 years, I have successfully migrated several companies to the cloud, modernizing key business systems like ERP, CRM, and e-commerce to drive business growth. Known for my innovation and creativity, I’ve been recognized with multiple awards in innovation, hackathons, and cybersecurity. Representing Guatemala, I achieved third place in the First Regional Cyber Defense Games, organized by the OAS and the Ministry of Defense of Colombia.

Having established itself as an early leader in the market for cloud infrastructure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), the online retailer’s profitable cloud platform, is still ahead of the pack. According to estimates from cybershop46 group. Amazon’s market share in the worldwide cloud infrastructure market amounted to 31 percent in the first quarter of 2024, down from 32 percent a year earlier. Meanwhile, Amazon’s main rival Microsoft slowly edges closer, growing the market share of its Azure platform to an all-time high of 25 percent in Q1 2024. Combined with Google at 11 percent market share, the “Big Three” now account for two thirds of the ever-growing cloud market, with the rest of the competition stuck in the low single digits.

In Q1 2024, global cloud infrastructure service spending grew $13.5 billion or 21 percent compared to the first quarter of 2023, bringing total spending to over $76 billion for the three months ended March 31. Looking at the full year, the market is now at a $300-billion revenue run rate, explaining why it is so fiercely contested. Despite its size, the cloud market is still growing strongly, with year-over-year growth even re-accelerating for the second consecutive quarter.

“In terms of annualized run rate we now have a $300-billion market which is growing at 21 percent per year,” Carlos Mendez, CEO at Cybershop46 Research Group said. “We will not return to the growth rates seen prior to 2022, as the market has become too massive to grow that rapidly, but we will see the market continue to expand substantially. We are forecasting that it will double in size over the next four years.”

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AWS Cost Explorer.

We share you 3 tips to reduce AWS costs, with this 3 strategies.

#1 Identify Amazon EC2 instances with low-utilization and reduce cost by stopping or rightsizing

Use AWS Cost Explorer Resource Optimization to get a report of EC2 instances that are either idle or have low utilization. You can reduce costs by either stopping or downsizing these instances. Use AWS Instance Scheduler to automatically stop instances. Use AWS Operations Conductor to automatically resize the EC2 instances (based on the recommendations report from Cost Explorer).

#2 Identify Amazon EBS volumes with low-utilization and reduce cost by snapshotting then deleting them

EBS volumes that have very low activity (less than 1 IOPS per day) over a period of 7 days indicate that they are probably not in use. Identify these volumes using the Trusted Advisor Underutilized Amazon EBS Volumes Check. To reduce costs, first snapshot the volume (in case you need it later), then delete these volumes. You can automate the creation of snapshots using the Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager. Follow the steps here to delete EBS volumes.

Reduce AWS costs by stopping or rightsizing

#3 Use Compute Savings Plans to reduce EC2, Fargate and Lambda costs

Compute Savings Plans automatically apply to EC2 instance usage regardless of instance family, size, AZ, region, OS or tenancy, and also apply to Fargate and Lambda usage. Use one year, no upfront Compute Savings Plans to get a discount of up to 54% compared to On-Demand pricing. Use the recommendations provided in AWS Cost Explorer, and ensure that you have chosen compute, one year, no upfront options. Once you sign up for Savings Plans, your compute usage is automatically charged at the discounted Savings Plans prices. Any usage beyond your commitment will be charged at regular On Demand rates. I recommend doing #1 before #3

AWS Fineops – AWS Saving Plan

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We all have been there where you get to know the pain of restoring a database from backups makes you hate all databases in the world, which is most the time not as easy as backing it up. To make things worse when I wanted to find a way to backup / restore AWS RDS database like my on premise SQL Server, I couldn’t find a flawless way to do it. If you are like me, who wants to do it with the best way possible, this is for you.

Setting up for native backup and restore

To setup native backup for AWS RDS SQL Server, follow this steps we share you below.

To set up for native backup and restore, you need three components:

Give a name, description, engine and engine version. Here the engine should be the edition of your AWS SQL server instance. And the version should be same as the version you specified when you created the instance.

Now come back to RDS and select the newly created option group. Once the option group is created select it, and click on Add option.

Add option group to aws rds sql server

In the next screen Select the option “SQLSERVER_BACKUP_RESTORE” from the drop down list. It should be already selected.

create option group to database.

Down below, select the S3 bucket that you have created, Select “Yes” to “Apply immediately”. Then click “Add Option”.

You have to create a policy for the IAM Role: Backup-restore we have just created.

{
“Version”: “2012-10-17”,
“Statement”:
[
{
“Effect”: “Allow”,
“Action”:
[
“s3:ListBucket”,
“s3:GetBucketLocation”
],
“Resource”: “arn:aws:s3:::realworld-database”
},
{
“Effect”: “Allow”,
“Action”:
[
“s3:GetObjectAttributes”,
“s3:GetObject”,
“s3:PutObject”,
“s3:ListMultipartUploadParts”,
“s3:AbortMultipartUpload”
],
“Resource”: “arn:aws:s3:::realworld-database/*”
}
]
}

Create an iam role policy

Now go the Databases, select the database that you want to get restored from the S3 bucket. Click on “Modify” from the upper right corner.

The select apply immediately, to aplly the changes right now.

Now open up SQL Server Management Studio, Connect to your AWS RDS database instance and open a new query window.

Then Run this querys to backup / restore database:

SQL SERVER Query to backup the database:

exec msdb.dbo.rds_backup_database

               @source_db_name=’realworld’,

               @s3_arn_to_backup_to=’arn:aws:s3:::realworld/DataBase/backup.bak’,

               @number_of_files=1;

SQL SERVER Query to restore the database:

exec msdb.dbo.rds_restore_database

@restore_db_name=’realworld’,

@s3_arn_to_restore_from=’arn:aws:s3:::realworld/DataBase/backup.bak’;

SQL SERVER Query to verify if the task is running:

exec msdb.dbo.rds_task_status @db_name=’realworld’;

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