What is Build Automation Machine (BAM)?
BAM is an off the shelf solution offering you the easiest way to set up and supervise your cloud environment(s).
Whether you want to build a simple or multi account infrastructure with one or several Cloud providers, (AWS, Azure, GCP, Alibaba), BAM offers you the possibility to do so in 10 clicks maximum and 10 minutes tops. We have created templates to safeguard your infrastructures.
You can choose from an already designed list of features. For a complete freedom, you can choose what is the most relevant to your context regardless of the size of your company.
- Build, concrete way to create or migrate your infrastructure
- Automation, full process run by our SaaS solution exclusively for you
- Machine, autonomous process for enabling your verification compliance and to be sure that all is secure
Why should you use BAM?
We believe that BAM is the easiest, cost effective, smartest way to build platforms ensuring the respect of good practices, compliance, security and operations.
You can check our page Compare With or Without BAM to understand better why you should be using us.
We, at BAM absolutely love technologies and the overwhelming number of services and complexity that the cloud offers.
So, by using BAM, you can get started in a few clicks and continue with safe and state of the art well architected platforms
How does BAM work?
With over 15 years of experience building architectures (Check our page About us) and 6 years onto cloud providers, BAM solution architects have built the state of the art templated architectures.
The strengths : we have built and built a lot of platforms and it works !
You can with a few clicks, build platforms that you would take months to master.
Another great pro, even if you take advantage of this huge experience, you can still tailor the template to your own context.
Who should use BAM?
BAM can be relevant to everyone going onto a cloud provider whether they are new to the Public Cloud or avanced.
BAM was built with 3 requirements in minds (CEO of BAM asked the team for the Beta version) :
- People from 8 years old must be able to use BAM
- 10 clicks to build an advanced infrastructure/ 10 minutes tops
- 400 lines max of BAM configuration and readable
If we need to be more specific, we would particularly advise the following people to check BAM out :
What features does BAM provide?
You can check the list of features explained as follows :
How much does BAM cost?
BAM is free to use. If you want to use BAM to the full extent of its capabilities, you need to register for a pro or enterprise account. You can find pricing plans on our Pricing Page.
How are we ensuring security when using BAM?
Our first priority is security and it is the utmost importance for us to make sure it is robust.
BAM follows all the well architected framework best practices.
We use a very simple concept : every customer is isolated in a sub account.
When you build a new project, all the configuration will be automatically pushed in this sub account in a dedicated vault.
Everything is segmented and unable to communicate directly from one environment to another. In other words everything is scoped in sillo.
It means that you have full control on what you give us access through, through the Launcher we have specially created for your account.
You give the launcher access through secured identification process (Identity and Access Management – IAM)
What do we mean when we talk about “secured architecture”?
We, at BAM, want the most secure environment for you : depending on your pricing plan, you will find the right level of security between simple, pro, expert or enterprise.
Note that, only Expert and enterprise levels are labelled “well architected frameworks”.
Refer to the list of features and pricing plan for more information.
What do we mean about when we talk about the shared responsibility models ?
A shared responsibility model is a cloud security framework that dictates the security obligations of a cloud computing. It shows the shared responsibility there is between the customer and the cloud provider.
Customer’s responsibility : You, as a cloud customer are responsible for what you put in the cloud.
Can I use BAM to meet industry compliance standards (such as HIPAA, PCI, SOC-1, SOC-2, HDS)?
Yes, you can deploy infrastructures created in BAM, which will be following best practices at the time of creation and guaranteed regulatory compliance standards. Note that for now we are not a registered auditor but the platforms we offer will be auditable following those standards.
Does BAM creates a new Cloud provider Organizations account structure?
Yes, if it’s needed by your organisation BAM will be creating a new list of accounts specifically for your environment (Landing Zone feature capability).
Can I deploy BAM on my existing AWS Organizations accounts?
Yes, you can implement BAM whatever you want in you current account or we can build a new one for you.
Is there an API available for BAM?
Yes, available on request at the Enterprise level (see pricing plans here) or for white label agreement
How do I get started with BAM?
You can play a demo on your own, or just click here to create your account and start using it for free.
How can I get in touch with BAM Team?
Yes, sales team always ready to help you !
And please subscribe to our newsletter or come to join us at the next meetup near you !
Can we talk about reversibility of BAM?
BAM is fully reversible. It is important for us that you know you can get away when you want. We want you to stay for the good reasons and not because you are forced to ! If you decide to go, you can download your xx in the format of your choice. If you decide to go, of course it will make us sad, and we would highly appreciate if you could let us know why by answering this survey or sending an email at contact@bam.run
Cost : what do I pay on cloud ?
Our work at BAM is to make sure you make the most of the cloud providers’ services with the greatest optimization possible while complying with well architected standards. You will be launching instances through your own account on the cloud provider with BAM : we need to make sure you understand that you will be accountable for what you deploy on the cloud to the cloud provider.
Is BAM a trusted partner of AWS, Azure, Alibaba, GCP?
BAM is already advanced consulting partner AWS and will gain an equivalent status on other cloud providers when the SAAS public beta is available.
