AWS Podcast

It is a massive episode of updates this month! Simon takes you through over 200 updates. Chapters: 00:55 Storage 04:04 Compute 13:08 Network 14:39 Databases 19:43 Developer Tools 24:41 Analytics 29:08 IoT 29:47 Customer Engagement 31:16 End User Computing 33:08 Machine Learning 36:08 Application Integration 37:03 Management and Governance 46:38 Media 47:05 Security 49:34 Gaming 49:58 Training 50:11 Public Data Sets 50:31 Robotics 50:49 AWS Marketplace 51:23 Quick Starts 51:49 Satellite

November 20th, 2019 is our first ever AWS Storage Day. Just over a week ahead of re:Invent, we are making the first round of important announcements, and all of them are related to storage. Regardless of the AWS storage services that you use, we think you’ll find something interesting and useful with the news we are about to share. We are launching significant new storage and data transfer features for: • Amazon S3 • Amazon EFS • Amazon EBS • Amazon FSx for Windows File Server • AWS DataSync • AWS Storage Gateway These launches will help improve security, increase, scalability, reduce costs, and deliver an enhanced feature set for you to utilize. Check out our blog summary chronicling all the recent AWS storage launches and make sure to check the blog throughout the day, as well as leading up to re:Invent. We will continue to add updates as new launch material becomes available. https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/storage/aws-storage-day

Building lasting relationships with your customers is tough, though it doesn't have to be. On today's episode, Simon speaks with Product Lead Zach Barbitta and Lead Front End Engineer Austin Nevins about their new launch, Pinpoint Journeys. Pinpoint Journeys is an outbound engagement orchestration tool, designed to help product, growth, and marketing teams build lasting relationships with their customers. With Pinpoint Journeys you give independence to your non-technical teams, via the no-code required functionality of Pinpoint Journeys. To learn more and watch a short video, follow the link: https://aws.amazon.com/pinpoint/

Simon speaks with Annie Hancock and Jill Fagan about how to get the most from your 2019 re:Invent experience! https://reinvent.awsevents.com/

Simon and Nicki share a broad range of interesting updates! 00:48 Storage 01:43 Compute 05:27 Networking 16:07 Databases 12:03 Developer Tools 13:18 Analytics 19:06 IoT 20:42 Customer Engagement 21:03 End User Computing 22:31 Machine Learning 25:27 Application Integration 27:35 Management and Governance 29:17 Media 30:53 Security 32:56 Blockchain 33:14 Quick Starts 33:51 Training 36:11 Public Datasets 37:12 Robotics Shownotes: Topic || Storage AWS Snowball Edge now supports offline software updates for Snowball Edge devices in air-gapped environments | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/aws-snowball-edge-now-supports-offline-software-updates-for-snowball-edge-devices-in-air-gapped-environments/ Topic || Compute Now Available: Amazon EC2 High Memory Instances with up to 24 TB of memory, Purpose-built to Run Large In-memory Databases, like SAP HANA | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/now-available-amazon-ec2-high-memory-instances-purpose-built-run-large-in-memory-databases/ Introducing Availability of Amazon EC2 A1 Bare Metal Instances | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/introducing-availability-of-amazon-ec2-a1-bare-metal-instances/ Windows Nodes Supported by Amazon EKS | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/windows-nodes-supported-by-amazon-eks/ Amazon ECS now Supports ECS Image SHA Tracking | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/amazon-ecs-now-supports-ecs-image-sha-tracking/ AWS Serverless Application Model feature support updates for Amazon API Gateway and more | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/aws-serverless-application-model-feature-support-updates-for-amazon-api-gateway-and-more/ Queuing Purchases of EC2 RIs | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/queuing-purchases-of-ec2-ris/ Topic || Network AWS Direct Connect Announces the Support for Granular Cost Allocation and Removal of Payer ID Restriction for Direct Connect Gateway Association. | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/aws-direct-connect-aws-direct-connect-announces-the-support-for-granular-cost-allocation-and-removal-of-payer-id-restriction-for-direct-connect-gateway-association/ AWS Direct Connect Announces Resiliency Toolkit to Help Customers Order Resilient Connectivity to AWS | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/aws-direct-connect-announces-resiliency-toolkit-to-help-customers-order-resilient-connectivity-to-aws/ Amazon VPC Traffic Mirroring Now Supports AWS CloudFormation | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/amazon-vpc-traffic-mirroring-now-supports-aws-cloudformation/ Application Load Balancer and Network Load Balancer Add New Security Policies for Forward Secrecy with More Stringent Protocols and Ciphers | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/application-load-balancer-and-network-load-balancer-add-new-security-policies-for-forward-secrecy-with-more-strigent-protocols-and-ciphers/ Topic || Databases Amazon RDS on VMware is now generally available | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/amazon-rds-on-vmware-is-now-generally-available/ Amazon RDS Enables Detailed Backup Storage Billing | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/amazon-rds-enables-detailed-backup-storage-billing/ Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL Supports Minor Version 11.5, 10.10, 9.6.15, 9.5.19, 9.4.24, adds Transportable Database Feature | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/amazon-rds-for-postgresql-supports-minor-version-115-1010-9615-9515-9424-adds-transportable-database-feature/ Amazon ElastiCache launches self-service updates for Memcached and Redis Cache Clusters | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/elasticache-memcached-self-service-updates/ Amazon DocumentDB (with MongoDB compatibility) adds additional Aggregation Pipeline Capabilities including $lookup | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/amazon-documentdb-add-additional-aggregation-pipeline-capabilities/ Amazon Neptune now supports Streams to capture graph data changes | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/amazon-neptune-now-supports-streams-to-capture-graph-data-changes/ Amazon Neptune now supports SPARQL 1.1 federated query | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/amazon-neptune-now-supports-SPARQL-11-federated-query/ Topic || Developer Tools AWS CodePipeline Enables Setting Environment Variables on AWS CodeBuild Build Jobs | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/aws-codepipeline-enables-setting-environment-variables-on-aws-codebuild-build-jobs/ AWS CodePipeline Adds Execution Visualization to Pipeline Execution History | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/aws-codepipeline-adds-execution-visualization-to-pipeline-execution-history/ Topic || Analytics Amazon Redshift introduces AZ64, a new compression encoding for optimized storage and high query performance | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/amazon-redshift-introduces-az64-a-new-compression-encoding-for-optimized-storage-and-high-query-performance/ Amazon Redshift Improves Performance of Inter-Region Snapshot Transfers | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/amazon-redshift-improves-performance-of-inter-region-snapshot-transfers/ Amazon Elasticsearch Service provides option to mandate HTTPS | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/amazon-elasticsearch-service-provides-option-to-mandate-https/ Amazon Athena now provides an interface VPC endpoint | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/amazon-athena-now-provides-an-interface-VPC-endpoint/ Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose adds cross-account delivery to Amazon Elasticsearch Service | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/amazon-kinesis-data-firehose-adds-cross-account-delivery-to-amazon-elasticsearch-service/ Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose adds support for data stream delivery to Amazon Elasticsearch Service 7.x clusters | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/amazon-kinesis-data-firehose-adds-support-data-stream-delivery-amazon-elasticsearch-service/ Amazon QuickSight announces Data Source Sharing, Table Transpose, New Filtering and Analytical Capabilities | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/amazon-quicksight-announces-data-source-sharing-table-transpose-new-filtering-analytics-capabilities/ AWS Glue now provides ability to use custom certificates for JDBC Connections | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/aws-glue-now-provides-ability-to-use-custom-certificates-for-jdbc-connections/ You can now expand your Amazon MSK clusters and deploy new clusters across 2-AZs | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/now-expand-your-amazon-msk-clusters-and-deploy-new-clusters-across-2-azs/ Amazon EMR Adds Support for Spark 2.4.4, Flink 1.8.1, and the Ability to Reconfigure Multiple Master Nodes | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/amazon-emr-adds-support-for-spark-2-4-4-flink-1-8-1-and-ability-to-reconfigure-multiple-master-nodes/ Topic || IoT Two New Solution Accelerators for AWS IoT Greengrass Machine Learning Inference and Extract, Transform, Load Functions | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/two-new-solution-accelerators-for-aws-iot-greengrass-machine-lea/ AWS IoT Core Adds the Ability to Retrieve Data from DynamoDB using Rule SQL | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/aws-iot-core-adds-ability-to-retrieve-data-from-dynamodb-using-rule-sql/ PSoC 62 Prototyping Kit is now qualified for Amazon FreeRTOS | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/psoc-62-prototyping-kit-qualified-for-amazon-freertos/ Topic || Customer Engagement Amazon Pinpoint Adds Support for Message Templates | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/amazon-pinpoint-adds-support-for-message-templates/ Topic || End User Computing Amazon AppStream 2.0 adds support for 4K Ultra HD resolution on 2 monitors and 2K resolution on 4 monitors | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/amazon-appstream-2-adds-support-for-4k-ultra-hd-resolution-on-2-monitors-and-2k-resolution-on-4-monitors/ Amazon AppStream 2.0 Now Supports FIPS 140-2 Compliant Endpoints | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/amazon-appstream-2-now-supports-fips-140-2-compliant-endpoints/ Amazon Chime now supports screen sharing from Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome without a plug-in or extension | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/amazon-chime-now-supports-screen-sharing-from-mozilla-firefox-and-google-chrome-without-a-plug-in-or-extension/ Topic || Machine Learning Amazon Translate now adds support for seven new languages - Greek, Romanian, Hungarian, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Thai, and Urdu | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/amazon-translate-adds-support-seven-new-languages/ Introducing Amazon SageMaker ml.p3dn.24xlarge instances, optimized for distributed machine learning with up to 4x the network bandwidth of ml.p3.16xlarge instances | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/introducing-amazon-sagemaker-mlp3dn24xlarge-instances/ SageMaker Notebooks now support diffing | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/sagemaker-notebooks-now-support-diffing/ Amazon Lex Adds Support for Checkpoints in Session APIs | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/amazon-lex-adds-support-for-checkpoints-in-session-apis/ Amazon SageMaker Ground Truth Adds Built-in Workflows for the Verification and Adjustment of Data Labels | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/amazon-sagemaker-ground-truth-adds-built-in-workflows-for-verification-and-adjustment-of-data-labels/ AWS Chatbot Now Supports Notifications from AWS Config | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/aws-chatbot-now-supports-notifications-from-aws-config/ AWS Deep Learning Containers now support PyTorch | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/aws-deep-learning-containers-now-support-pytorch/ Topic || Application Integration AWS Step Functions expands Amazon SageMaker service integration | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/aws-step-functions-expands-amazon-sagemaker-service-integration/ Amazon EventBridge now supports AWS CloudFormation | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/amazon-eventbridge-supports-aws-cloudformation/ Amazon API Gateway now supports access logging to Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/amazon-api-gateway-now-supports-access-logging-to-amazon-kinesis-data-firehose/ Topic || Management and Governance AWS Backup Enhances SNS Notifications to filter on job status | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/aws-backup-enhances-sns-notifications-to-filter-on-job-status/ AWS Managed Services Console now supports search and usage-based filtering to improve change type discovery | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/aws-managed-services-console-now-supports-search-and-usage-based-filtering-to-improve-change-type-discovery/ AWS Console Mobile Application Launches Federated Login for iOS | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/aws-console-mobile-application-launches-federated-login-for-ios/ Topic || Media Announcing New AWS Elemental MediaConvert Features for Accelerated Transcoding, DASH, and AVC Video Quality | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/announcing-new-aws-elemental-mediaconvert-features-for-accelerated-transcoding-dash-and-avc-video-quality/ Topic || Security Amazon Cognito Increases CloudFormation Support | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/amazon-cognito-increases-cloudformation-support/ Amazon Inspector adds CIS Benchmark support for Windows 2016 | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/amazon-inspector-adds-cis-benchmark-support-for-windows-2016/ AWS Firewall Manager now supports management of Amazon VPC security groups | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/aws-firewall-manager-now-supports-management-of-amazon-vpc-security-groups/ Amazon GuardDuty Adds Three New Threat Detections | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/amazon-guardduty-adds-three-new-threat-detections/ Topic || Block Chain New Quick Start deploys Amazon Managed Blockchain | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/new-quick-start-deploys-amazon-managed-blockchain/ Topic || AWS Quick Starts New Quick Start deploys TIBCO JasperReports Server on AWS | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/new-quick-start-deploys-tibco-jasperreports-server-on-aws/ Topic || Training New Training Courses Teach New APN Partners to Better Help Their Customers | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/new-training-courses-teach-new-apn-partners-to-better-help-their-customers/ New Courses Available to Help You Grow and Accelerate Your AWS Cloud Skills | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/new-courses-available-to-help-you-grow-and-accelerate-your-aws-cloud-skills/ New Digital Course on Coursera - AWS Fundamentals: Migrating to the Cloud | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/new-digital-course-on-coursera-aws-fundamentals-migrating-to-the-cloud/ Topic || Public Data Sets New AWS Public Datasets Available from Audi, MIT, Allen Institute for Cell Science, Finnish Meteorological Institute, and others | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/new-aws-public-datasets-available/ Topic || Robotics AWS RoboMaker introduces support for Robot Operating System 2 (ROS2) in beta release | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/aws-robomaker-introduces-support-robot-operating-system-2-beta-release/

Simon sits down with Adrian De Luca (Head of Partner Solution Architecture, Asia Pacific, AWS) and Mark Promnitz (CTO, ITOC) to discuss how to get the most out of the AWS Partner Network. Solutions Finder: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/apn/best-practices-for-managing-your-apn-partner-solutions-finder-listing-to-connect-with-customers/ AWS Partner Network: https://aws.amazon.com/partners/ ITOC: https://itoc.com.au/

Did you know that you can combine Batch and Spot for up to 90% cost savings? Simon speaks with Chad Schmutzer about how you can make the most of it! https://aws.amazon.com/batch/

What are your choices when it comes to storage in a Hybrid world? Simon speaks with Chris Rogers about the considerations that customers should make and how to get the best out of their storage options. AWS Hybrid Cloud Storage: https://aws.amazon.com/products/storage/hybrid-cloud-storage/ AWS Storage Gateway: https://aws.amazon.com/storagegateway/ AWS DataSync: https://aws.amazon.com/datasync/ Blog: Migrating hundreds of TB of data to Amazon S3 with AWS DataSync: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/storage/migrating-hundreds-of-tb-of-data-to-amazon-s3-with-aws-datasync/ AWS SFTP: https://aws.amazon.com/sftp/ AWS Snow Family: https://aws.amazon.com/snow/

In this latest episode, we interview John Harrison, Senior Principal Applied Scientist with the AWS Automated Reasoning Group. John describes his experience helping to shape innovative applications of automated reasoning to pressing technology challenges. He talks about his time at Intel, how he transitioned from a research scientist to technology product teams, automated reasoning techniques that he has used in his career and at AWS, his theorem prover called HOL Light and his 702 page book, Handbook of Practical Logic and Automated Reasoning. Byron Cook, Director of the AWS Automated Reasoning Group, interviews John and will be featured throughout the miniseries. Byron is leading the provable security initiative at AWS, which is a collection of technologies that provide higher security assurance to customers by giving them a deeper understanding of their cloud architecture.

Did you know .NET users have great support and tooling on AWS? Simon speaks with Steve Roberts about how you can make the best of .NET and AWS together. .NET on AWS homepage https://aws.amazon.com/net/ Open Source .NET tools https://github.com/aws/dotnet Setting up the AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio https://docs.aws.amazon.com/toolkit-for-visual-studio/latest/user-guide/setup.html AWS SDK for .NET Developer Guide https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdk-for-net/v3/developer-guide/welcome.html AWS .NET Developer Blog https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/developer/category/programing-language/dot-net/