AWS Podcast

Simon speaks with Carla Cole (Vice President, Sales) and Mick Bass (Senior Vice President, Big Data Practice) at 47Lining about an AWS Quick Start available to get your Data Lake up and running fast! https://aws.amazon.com/quickstart/architecture/data-lake-foundation-with-aws-services/

How can you manage preventative maintenance without having to learn low level SCADA languages? Simon speaks with Shane Baldacchino (Solutions Architect, AWS) about applying AWS Greengrass, AWS Step Functions and AWS Lambda@Edge. Watch Shane’s AWS DevDay Session: https://aws.amazon.com/devday/australia/on-demand-2017/ AWS IoT Blog: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/iot/

Gaming, media and entertainment have never been bigger business. Amazon Polly makes it easy to add voice for both static and dynamic content; developers can animate avatars and highlight text as it is currently spoken in mobile apps and video games, or vocalize dynamic content on the fly. Simon speaks with Robin Dautricourt, Product Manager for Amazon Polly and Felix Duchesneau, Software Development Manager for Amazon Lumberyard. They share a few of the ways in which text-to-speech can be used to lower cost and increase efficiency for (pre-production/ production/localization) development, increase accessibility, and enhance overall user experience with voice commands. https://aws.amazon.com/polly/ https://aws.amazon.com/lumberyard/

You have AWS questions? We have answers! Simon speaks with Garvit Singh (Solutions Builder) and John Stamper (Principal Solutions Builder) about solutions that have been built for use by AWS customers. These are fully deployable via AWS CloudFormation and available as Open Source as both a complete solution or the basis for your own extensions. Shownotes: AWS Answers Site: https://aws.amazon.com/answers/ AWS Multiple Account Security Strategy: https://aws.amazon.com/answers/account-management/aws-multi-account-security-strategy/ Serverless Image Processing: https://aws.amazon.com/answers/web-applications/serverless-image-handler/ Serverless Data Lake: https://aws.amazon.com/answers/big-data/data-lake-solution/ EFS-to-EFS Backup: https://aws.amazon.com/answers/infrastructure-management/efs-backup/

Simon speaks with Jenny Davies and Marc Napoli (both Technical Account Managers at AWS) to learn more about what the role entails and how they help customers. Shownotes: Interested in a TAM Role? visit https://www.amazon.jobs and search for "TAM" AWS Enteprise Support: https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/enterprise-support/

Simon takes you through even more news from re:Invent 2017! Shownotes: Announcing Alexa for Business: Using Amazon Alexa’s Voice Enabled Devices for Workplaces - AWS News Blog | https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/launch-announcing-alexa-for-business-using-amazon-alexas-voice-enabled-devices-for-workplaces/ AWS Lambda Doubles Maximum Memory Capacity for Lambda Functions | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2017/11/aws-lambda-doubles-maximum-memory-capacity-for-lambda-functions/ Set Concurrency Limits on Individual AWS Lambda Functions | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2017/11/set-concurrency-limits-on-individual-aws-lambda-functions/ AWS CloudTrail Adds Logging of Execution Activity for AWS Lambda Functions | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2017/11/aws-cloudtrail-adds-logging-of-execution-activity-for-aws-lambda-functions/ AWS Lambda Introduces Enhanced Console Experience | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2017/11/aws-lambda-introduces-enhanced-console-experience/ Get Ready for the AWS Serverless Application Repository - AWS News Blog | https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/aws-serverless-app-repo/ Migrate Hyper-V VMs to AWS with AWS Server Migration Service | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2017/11/migrate-hyper-v-vms-to-aws-with-aws-server-migration-service/ AWS Cloud9 – Cloud Developer Environments - AWS News Blog | https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/aws-cloud9-cloud-developer-environments/ Announcing New AWS Deep Learning AMI for Microsoft Windows | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2017/11/announcing-new-aws-deep-learning-ami-for-microsoft-windows/ Amazon API Gateway Supports Endpoint Integrations with Private VPCs | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2017/11/amazon-api-gateway-supports-endpoint-integrations-with-private-vpcs/ Announcing Support for Inter-Region VPC Peering | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2017/11/announcing-support-for-inter-region-vpc-peering/ Introducing Launch Templates for Amazon EC2 instances | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2017/11/introducing-launch-templates-for-amazon-ec2-instances/ T2 Unlimited – Going Beyond the Burst with High Performance - AWS News Blog | https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-t2-unlimited-going-beyond-the-burst-with-high-performance/ Introducing Spread Placement Groups for Amazon EC2 | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2017/11/introducing-spread-placement-groups-for-amazon-ec2/ Amazon Lightsail adds load balancers with integrated certificate management | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2017/11/amazon-lightsail-adds-load-balancers-with-integrated-certificate-management/ Keeping Time With Amazon Time Sync Service - AWS News Blog | https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/keeping-time-with-amazon-time-sync-service/ Sign Up for the Preview of Amazon Aurora Multi-Master | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2017/11/sign-up-for-the-preview-of-amazon-aurora-multi-master/ In The Works – Amazon Aurora Serverless - AWS News Blog | https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/in-the-works-amazon-aurora-serverless/ Over-the-air updates, access to local resources, and OPC-UA industrial protocol adapter now available on AWS Greengrass | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2017/11/over-the-air-updates-access-to-local-resources-and-opc-ua-industrial-protocol-adapter-now-available-on-aws-greengrass/ Ready-to-Use Managed Rules Now Available on AWS WAF | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2017/11/ready-to-use-managed-rules-now-available-on-aws-waf/

Simon covers a raft of the announcements made at the re:Invent Keynote and other announcements of note! Shownotes: New- AWS IoT Device Management - AWS News Blog | https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/aws-iot-device-management/ Presenting AWS IoT Analytics: Delivering IoT Analytics at Scale and Faster than Ever Before - AWS News Blog | https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/launch-presenting-aws-iot-analytics/ In the Works – AWS IoT Device Defender – Secure Your IoT Fleet - AWS News Blog | https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/in-the-works-aws-sepio-secure-your-iot-fleet/ AWS IoT 1-Click Overview - One click creation of an AWS Lambda trigger for any device | https://aws.amazon.com/iot-1-click/ Announcing Amazon FreeRTOS – Enabling Billions of Devices to Securely Benefit from the Cloud - AWS News Blog | https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/announcing-amazon-freertos/ Amazon SageMaker – Accelerating Machine Learning - AWS News Blog | https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/sagemaker/ Amazon Comprehend – Continuously Trained Natural Language Processing - AWS News Blog | https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/amazon-comprehend-continuously-trained-natural-language-processing/ Amazon Transcribe – Accurate Speech To Text At Scale - AWS News Blog | https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/amazon-transcribe-scalable-and-accurate-automatic-speech-recognition/ Welcoming Amazon Rekognition Video: Deep-Learning Based Video Recognition - AWS News Blog | https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/launch-welcoming-amazon-rekognition-video-service/ Amazon Kinesis Video Streams – Serverless Video Ingestion and Storage for Vision-Enabled Apps - AWS News Blog | https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/amazon-kinesis-video-streams-serverless-video-ingestion-and-storage-for-vision-enabled-apps/ AWS DeepLens – Get Hands-On Experience with Deep Learning With Our New Video Camera - AWS News Blog | https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/deeplens/ S3 Select and Glacier Select – Retrieving Subsets of Objects - AWS News Blog | https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/s3-glacier-select/ Amazon Neptune – A Fully Managed Graph Database Service - AWS News Blog | https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/amazon-neptune-a-fully-managed-graph-database-service/ Amazon DynamoDB Update – Global Tables and On-Demand Backup - AWS News Blog | https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-for-amazon-dynamodb-global-tables-and-on-demand-backup/ Amazon EC2 Bare Metal Instances with Direct Access to Hardware - AWS News Blog | https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-amazon-ec2-bare-metal-instances-with-direct-access-to-hardware/ M5 – The Next Generation of General-Purpose EC2 Instances - AWS News Blog | https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/m5-the-next-generation-of-general-purpose-ec2-instances/ H1 Instances – Fast, Dense Storage for Big Data Applications - AWS News Blog | https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-h1-instances-fast-dense-storage-for-big-data-applications/ Amazon EC2 Update – Streamlined Access to Spot Capacity, Smooth Price Changes, Instance Hibernation - AWS News Blog | https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/amazon-ec2-update-streamlined-access-to-spot-capacity-smooth-price-changes-instance-hibernation/ Amazon Elastic Container Service for Kubernetes - AWS News Blog | https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/amazon-elastic-container-service-for-kubernetes/ Introducing AWS Fargate – Run Containers without Managing Infrastructure - AWS News Blog | https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/aws-fargate/ Amazon GuardDuty – Continuous Security Monitoring & Threat Detection - AWS News Blog | https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/amazon-guardduty-continuous-security-monitoring-threat-detection/ Introducing AWS AppSync – Build data-driven apps with real-time and off-line capabilities - AWS News Blog | https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/introducing-amazon-appsync/ AWS PrivateLink Update – VPC Endpoints for Your Own Applications & Services - AWS News Blog | https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/aws-privatelink-update-vpc-endpoints-for-your-own-applications-services/ AWS Lambda Supports Traffic Shifting and AWS CodeDeploy Deployments | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2017/11/aws-lambda-supports-traffic-shifting-and-phased-deployments-with-aws-codedeploy/ Amazon API Gateway Supports Canary Release Deployments | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2017/11/amazon-api-gateway-supports-canary-release-deployments/ Presenting Amazon Sumerian: An easy way to create VR, AR, and 3D experiences - AWS News Blog | https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/launch-presenting-amazon-sumerian/ AWS Media Services – Process, Store, and Monetize Cloud-Based Video - AWS News Blog | https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/aws-media-services-process-store-and-monetize-cloud-based-video/ AWS Systems Manager – A Unified Interface for Managing Your Cloud and Hybrid Resources - AWS News Blog | https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/aws-systems-manager/ Amazon MQ – Managed Message Broker Service for ActiveMQ - AWS News Blog | https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/amazon-mq-managed-message-broker-service-for-activemq/

Simon takes you through a “Mega” set of updates and new things. Grab a coffee (he makes a recommendation!) and hopefully there will be at least one update that makes you smile! Links: How to Prepare for AWS’s Move to Its Own Certificate Authority: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/security/how-to-prepare-for-aws-move-to-its-own-certificate-authority/ New Pricing for AppStream 2.0 for Qualifying Education Users: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/publicsector/new-pricing-makes-streaming-learning-resources-with-amazon-appstream-2-0-more-affordable-for-qualifying-education-users/ What’s New with AWS: https://aws.amazon.com/new/

Simon speaks with Ken Eisner, Senior Manager of Worldwide AWS Education Programs about AWS Educate. Are you an educator looking for up-to-date content for your curriculum? Are you a student wanting to get modern, relevant qualifications? Do you want to “re-skill” yourself with some of the most valued technical skills in the market? Take a listen to how the AWS Educate program can help - PLUS a special code for $150 of AWS Credit is shared in the episode (NOTE: code valid to 31st December 2017). https://aws.amazon.com/education/awseducate/

App developers spend incredible time, resources, and effort to grow their app audiences, but once you've acquired a user, it's easier and cheaper to retain and engage them via messaging and notifications. In this podcast we introduce AWS Pinpoint for engaging with your users and getting app and user analytics to drive your business. Amazon Pinpoint: https://aws.amazon.com/pinpoint/