The Official AWS Podcast is a podcast for developers and IT professionals looking for the latest news and trends in storage, security, infrastructure, serverless, and more. Join Simon Elisha and Nicki Stone for regular updates, deep dives, and interviews. Whether you’re training machine learning models, developing open source projects, or building cloud solutions, the AWS Official Podcast has something for you.
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#473: [African Stories #1] Beyond Technologies
Today Simon is joined by Clive Charlton, Head of Solution Architecture at AWS, and Ian Lester, CEO of Beyond Technologies - A South African based company with a presence in close to 80 countries around the globe. Today we will learn how Beyond is using the Internet of Things (IoT) and cloud technologies to remotely monitor temperatures in the vaccine supply chain, to ensure the efficacy of vaccines administered to patients. You can watch their customer video as well as more South African customer stories here: https://amzn.to/3lAdrGJ
#472: September 2021 Update Show 1
Check out this week's latest updates! Remember you can record feedback at https://d1ox81nm0qxip8.cloudfront.net/index.html Chapters: 00:34 Analytics 01:37 Application Integration 02:23 Compute 06:19 Databases 09:09 End User Computing 09:55 Internet of Things (IoT) 11:45 Machine Learning 15:35 Management & Governance 17:31 Media Services 17:59 Migration & Transfer 19:44 Networking & Content Delivery 21:37 Security, Identity and Compliance 24:30 Storage Extended Shownotes: https://d29iemol7wxagg.cloudfront.net/472ExtendedShownotes.html
#471: [Right Now at AWS] Episode 10 - Business Transformation with AWS Solutions
Business transformation can be a loaded phrase. But the term is fitting to describe the bold vision customers are sharing with us about advancing capabilities and re-inventing business models. B2B companies are exploring direct-to-consumer; every organization is seeking to create new and better products; and businesses across industries are implementing video to re-image customer experiences. AWS and Partner Solutions are created to meet these kinds of customer goals. Solutions are designed to accelerate your time to value when undergoing a business transformation. Listen to the podcast to learn why customers like Formula 1 and Volkswagen are deploying solutions. Plus, get best practice guidance from Joe Chung, Worldwide Director of Solutions Go-To-Market, on how to approach your own transformation. AWS Solutions Library: https://aws.amazon.com/solutions/ AWS Partner Network Solutions: https://partners.amazonaws.com/ AWS Marketplace: https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace Media2Cloud Solution: https://aws.amazon.com/solutions/implementations/media2cloud/
#470: [INTRODUCING] Amazon S3 Multi-Region Access Points
What’s the shortest path between a storage request and your application? Find out with our new Amazon S3 Multi-Region Access Points. By factoring network congestion and location, it dynamically routes requests to the lowest latency copy of your data, improving performance by up to 60%. Tune in to listen to Nicki Stone, Sr. Software Engineer chat with Peter Imming, Sr. Product Manager, and Ian Mc Garry, Sr. Software Development Manager talk about this new launch that allows you to take advantage of the global infrastructure of AWS while maintaining a simple application architecture for your storage. Read the blog: https://amzn.to/3t92r6A Watch the video: https://bit.ly/3kGKOag Learn more: https://amzn.to/2WJ11DF Leave audio feedback: https://bit.ly/2MvZPOL
#469: August 2021 Update Show 2
A bumper set if updates this week! Remember you can leave audio feedback or questions at: https://d1ox81nm0qxip8.cloudfront.net/index.html Chapters 00:44 AWS Marketplace 01:22 Analytics 06:43Application Integration 07:55 Business Applications 08:26 Compute 14:09 Cost Management 14:54 Customer Engagement 16:28 Databases 20:25 Developer Tools 23:26 End User Computing 24:29 Game Tech 24:41 Internet of Things (IoT) 26:32 Machine Learning 33:02 Management & Governance 38:07 Media Services 38:38 Migration & Transfer 40:20 Mobile 41:12 Networking & Content Delivery 42:02 Security, Identity and Compliance 42:50 Storage 44:11 Solutions Extended Shownotes: https://d29iemol7wxagg.cloudfront.net/469ExtendedShownotes.html
#468: [Amazon Connect #4] Anticipatory Customer Service with Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
Explore the power of AI and ML to deliver real-time customer insights that help you deliver better experiences. The ability to anticipate and respond to customer needs in real-time can be a game-changer in helping businesses deliver exceptional customer experiences. Shalesa Charron, Principle Partner Development Specialist at Amazon Connect, shares how the latest Amazon Connect innovations in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning deliver personalized and dynamic customer interactions. Register for the VoiceFoundry webinar: https://bit.ly/3y2l0tX Register for the ServiceNow webinar: https://bit.ly/3D6YGDp Download the Amazon Connect infographic: https://bit.ly/3D5Zkkf
#467: [INTRODUCING] Amazon MemoryDB for Redis
Amazon MemoryDB for Redis is the newest fully managed database service from AWS. Today, Nikki is joined by Zach Gardner, Specialist Solutions Architect at AWS, to introduce this new Redis-compatible, durable, in-memory database service. Learn why we built MemoryDB and dive into benefits, use cases, and how you can achieve microsecond read latency, single-digit millisecond write latency, and Multi-AZ durability for modern applications with microservices architectures. Read the blog: https://amzn.to/3sx9Egu Watch the video: https://bit.ly/3y4dejj Learn more: https://amzn.to/3gec92s
#466: Managing the cloud environment with AWS Organizations
In the 2020 re:Invent security keynote, the #1 recommendation for customers to secure their environment was to use AWS Organizations. In this episode, Simon will discuss why with Andrew Blackham, Product Manager at AWS. They'll review why you should consider using multiple accounts and what features AWS Organizations provides customers to centrally manage their environment. They'll also touch on security best practices, multi-account features from AWS services, and how you can get started building your multi-account environment. See the getting started guide: https://aws.amazon.com/organizations/getting-started/best-practices/ Read the whitepaper: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/whitepapers/latest/organizing-your-aws-environment/organizing-your-aws-environment.html
#465: [Right Now at AWS] Episode 9 - Managing clinical trials data
The life sciences industry met the world’s need for Covid-19 vaccines in less than a year. Technology aided the outcome, but dedicated people were at the center and the tremendous level of effort needed is not sustainable. Still, now that the industry knows what’s possible, the question is how to reach the same high watermark. One area of focus is managing clinical trials data in the cloud, which can reduce R&D costs and accelerate scientific discovery. Listen to the podcast to hear emerging best practices regarding clinical trials data management from Drew Garty, CTO of Veeva Vault Clinical Data Management Suite. Veeva is a leader in cloud-based software for the global life sciences industry and is an AWS Advanced Technology Partner. Talk to Veeva: https://www.veeva.com/contact-us/ Contact the AWS Life Sciences Biopharma team: https://pages.awscloud.com/BiotechandPharmaContactSales.html
#464: Diving deep into Amazon MWAA
Amazon Managed Workflows for Apache Airflow (MWAA) is a managed orchestration service for Apache Airflow that makes it easier to set up and operate data pipelines in the cloud. Today Simon is joined by John Jackson, Senior Product Manager at AWS, to learn all about this recently launched service. They dig into the benefits of Amazon MWAA, why the team built the service, how it fits in with other AWS services, and the commitment to open source. Learn more: https://aws.amazon.com/managed-workflows-for-apache-airflow/ Leave audio feedback: https://bit.ly/2MvZPOL
#463: August 2021 Update Show 1
Simon is on lockdown! But the show goes on! Chapters: 00:42 AWS Marketplace 01:21 Analytics 06:13 Application Integration 06:52 Block Chain 07:53 Compute 13:05 Customer Engagement 14:04 Database 16:04 Developer Tools 17:37 Internet of Things (IoT) 19:57 Machine Learning 24:06 Management & Governance 26:42 Networking & Content Delivery 26:58 Robotics 27:53 Security, Identity and Compliance 28:39 Solutions 29:21 Storage 32:03 Training & Certification Shownotes: https://d29iemol7wxagg.cloudfront.net/462ExtendedShownotes.html
#462: [Amazon Connect #3] Adapting quickly to deliver exceptional customer experiences
Organizations of every size have had to pivot quickly to keep up and adapt to the changes carried over from 2020, and that need is particularly important to small and medium-sized organizations. Join Shalesa Charron, Principal Partner Development Specialist at Amazon Connect, as she shares how an omnichannel cloud contact center can improve experiences for customers, agents, and managers alike. Learn more about Amazon Connect: https://aws.amazon.com/connect/
#461: July 2021 Update Show 2
Some interesting riffing on Development in this week's update show! Chapters 00:46 Analytics 01:24 Application Integration 04:05 Business Applications 05:08 Compute 05:24 Databases 05:45 Developer Tools 06:18 End User Computing 07:01 Machine Learning 07:47 Management & Governance 10:04 Front-end & Mobile 11:56 Networking & Content Delivery 13:24 Security, Identity and Compliance 14:52 Storage 16:10 - The after show show Topics: 16:24 - Nicki's development environment 19:54 - Nicki's approach to development 23:06 - Nicki's comments in commits 30:45 - Addressing writer's block and rubber duck debugging! Extended Shownotes: https://d29iemol7wxagg.cloudfront.net/460ExtendedShownotes.html
#460: [INTRODUCING] Amazon HealthLake
Now available, Amazon HealthLake is a HIPAA-eligible service offering healthcare and life sciences companies a complete view of individual or patient population health data for query and analytics at scale to personalize medical care. Tune in to listen to Satadal Bhattacharjee, Sr Manager of Product Management for Health AI, share how Amazon HealthLake is helping health organization unlock insights from their health data to improve care and reduce costs. Learn more: https://aws.amazon.com/healthlake/ Read the Blog: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/paging-doctor-cloud-amazon-healthlake-is-now-generally-available/ See the features: https://aws.amazon.com/healthlake/features/ Watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HM-7YkMt9Y4
#459: [Right Now at AWS] Episode 8 - Shifting toward modernization
Last year, customers were driven to the cloud to save costs. While cost reduction is always a priority, the intensity to decrease spend reflected worldwide uncertainty. Today, a shift is emerging. There’s a renewed focus toward future growth and modernizing applications to scale and gain new capabilities across the business – from modern databases to leveraging cloud for security posture improvement. Principal Migration Advisor Steve Peacock explains what he’s seeing and offers best practices to thoughtfully modernize your business. Learn about our prescriptive approach to migration & modernization: https://aws.amazon.com/migration-acceleration-program/ Get sales support: https://aws.amazon.com/contact-us/sales-support/ Listen to our previous episode on cost saving strategies: https://aws.amazon.com/podcasts/371-right-now-aws-episode-1-strategies-for-when-cost-savings-is-top-of-mind/