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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#188: [Startup Stories Special #1] - OLIO – How a social startup took off
In this first episode of the AWS Startup Stories special, Darren Mowry, Head of Startup Business Development and Venture Capital at AWS EMEA, talks to Tessa Cook, co-founder and CEO of food sharing app and AWS startup customer OLIO, about growing a social enterprise and building a loyal fan base with an almost non-existent marketing budget. AWS Startup Stories webpage: http://amzn.to/2rrajQu OLIO webpage: https://olioex.com/ Access the cheat sheet by submitting your details here: http://bit.ly/2pWHPMP AWS Summit London: http://amzn.to/2pLpeI9
#187: Data Lakes & IoT
Simon interviews Sri Elapolu, Senior Manager IoT Public Sector Practice, about Data Lakes, IoT and what customers are doing with the technology now and into the future. Shownotes: Smart Cities: https://aws.amazon.com/smart-cities/ City on a Cloud: https://aws.amazon.com/stateandlocal/cityonacloud/ C3IoT: http://c3iot.com/ Big Data on AWS: https://aws.amazon.com/big-data/ IoT on AWS: https://aws.amazon.com/iot/
#186: A Bumper Collection of Updates
This episode covers a bumper collection of things new and updated! Price reductions, new services, AI, ML, Big Data, FPGAs, Databases and more! The bumper list of shownotes: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2017/04/amazon-kinesis-firehose-announces-price-reduction-and-tiered-pricing-plan/ https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/ec2-price-reductions-reserved-instances-m4-instances/ https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/aws-price-list-api-update-regional-price-lists/ https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-aws-codestar/ https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2017/04/the-amazon-sqs-java-messaging-library-for-jms-now-supports-fifo-queues/ https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-server-side-encryption-for-amazon-simple-queue-service-sqs/ https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2017/04/aws-lambda-supports-tagging-and-cost-allocations/ https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2017/04/aws-lambda-supports-python-3-6/ https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/aws-x-ray-update-general-availability-including-lambda-integration/ https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2017/04/amazon-cognito-now-supported-by-aws-cloudformation/ https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2017/04/announcing-vpc-endpoints-for-amazon-dynamodb-now-in-public-preview/ https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/amazon-inspector-update-assessment-reporting-proxy-support-and-more/ https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/amazon-redshift-spectrum-exabyte-scale-in-place-queries-of-s3-data/ https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/big-data/manage-query-workloads-with-query-monitoring-rules-in-amazon-redshift/ https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/amazon-dynamodb-accelerator-dax-in-memory-caching-for-read-intensive-workloads/ https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2017/04/amazon-ec2-f1-instances-customizable-fpgas-for-hardware-acceleration-are-now-generally-available/ https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/amazon-lex-now-generally-available/ https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/amazon-rekognition-update-image-moderation/ https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-amazon-polly-speech-marks/ https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/security/introducing-an-easier-way-to-delegate-permissions-to-aws-services-service-linked-roles/ https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/compute/how-to-remove-boilerplate-validation-logic-in-your-rest-apis-with-amazon-api-gateway-request-validation/ https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/sign-up-today-preview-of-amazon-aurora-with-postgresql-compatibility/ https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/database/amazon-aurora-under-the-hood-fast-ddl/ https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2017/04/updates-to-presto-apache-zeppelin-apache-flink-and-hue-now-available-on-amazon-emr-release-5-5-0/ https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/launch-amazon-athena-adds-support-for-querying-encrypted-data/ https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2017/04/aws-batch-managed-compute-environments-support-customer-provided-amis/ https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2017/04/aws-marketplace-copy-to-service-catalog-is-now-available/
#185: Updates and Services Working Better Together
Simon discusses a variety of updates and some great Services that now work even better together! City on a Cloud Innovation Challenge: https://aws.amazon.com/stateandlocal/cityonacloud/ EC2 Run Command as a target for Amazon CloudWatch Events: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/ec2-run-command-is-now-a-cloudwatch-events-target/ Amazon EMR Instance Fleets: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-amazon-emr-instance-fleets/ Instance Size Flexibility for EC2 Reserved Instances: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-instance-size-flexibility-for-ec2-reserved-instances/ Amazon SES IP Pre-Warming: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2017/03/amazon-ses-can-now-automatically-warm-up-your-dedicated-ip-addresses/ Amazon Cloud Directory API Efficiency: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2017/03/new-amazon-cloud-directory-api-makes-it-easier-to-query-data-along-multiple-dimensions/ Amazon API Gateway integrates with AWS Certificate Manager: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2017/03/amazon-api-gateway-integrates-with-aws-certificate-manager-acm/
#184: Updates to Make Your Day
In this episode Simon catches you up on some new features and capabilities that just might make your day! AWS Resource Tagging API: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-aws-resource-tagging-api/ Tag EC2 Instances & EBS Volumes on Create: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-tag-ec2-instances-ebs-volumes-on-creation/ Cost Saving Opportunities: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2017/03/discover-savings-opportunities-by-using-the-new-reserved-instance-coverage-reports-in-aws-cost-explorer/ Amazon CloudWatch Alarm Configuration Settings: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2017/03/cloudwatch-alarms-releases-two-new-alarm-configuration-settings/ IAM “plain english” Policy Summaries: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/security/move-over-json-policy-summaries-make-understanding-iam-policies-easier/ AWS Lambda Support for Node.js v6.10: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2017/03/aws-lambda-supports-node-js-6-10/ New AWS Direct Connect Locations: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2017/03/announcing-new-aws-direct-connect-location-in-munich-prague-berlin-zurich/ Amazon AppStream 2.0 Fleet Auto Scaling: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2017/03/amazon-appstream-2-now-supports-fleet-auto-scaling-to-help-you-optimize-your-streaming-costs/ AWS Database Migration Service using S3 as a Target: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2017/03/aws-database-migration-service-adds-amazon-simple-storage-service-s3-as-a-target/
#183: Lots of Updates
Simon covers a raft of changes, big and small, across a wide variety of services for customers. City on a Cloud Innovation Challenge: https://aws.amazon.com/stateandlocal/cityonacloud/ New Amazon Aurora instance type support: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2017/03/amazon-aurora-cuts-entry-level-pricing-in-half-with-support-for-t2-small-instances/ Notifications for Amazon ECS-Optimized AMIs: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2017/03/introducing-notifications-for-new-amazon-ecs-optimized-ami-releases/ AWS CodeBuild Expansion: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2017/03/aws-codebuild-available-in-asia-eu-and-australia-regions/ The AWS Region Table: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/global-infrastructure/regional-product-services/ New AWS Stockholm Region: http://www.allthingsdistributed.com/2017/04/aws-announces-eu-stockholm-region.html Amazon EFS in Sydney Region: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2017/03/amazon-elastic-file-system-amazon-efs-available-in-asia-pacific-sydney-region/ Amazon ElastiCashe Backup & Restore: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/backup-and-restore-elasticache-redis-nodes/ AWS Device Farm Updates: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2017/03/test-your-android-and-ios-apps-with-appium-1-6-3-and-aws-device-farm/
#182: Start-up Interview - Turbot
In this episode Simon interviews Nathan Wallace, Founder & CEO at Turbot, about using AWS in large Enterprises with Software Defined Operations. https://turbot.com/
#181: Amazon Connect
In this episode Simon gives you an introduction to a new Customer Contact Centre in the cloud - called Amazon Connect. https://aws.amazon.com/connect/
#180: Amazon Lightsail
In this episode Simon talks about Amazon Lightsail with Emily Kruger, Product Manager for Amazon Lightsail. They discuss what it can be used for, and where customers get the most benefit. https://amazonlightsail.com/
#179: AWS Database Migration Service
Simon speaks with Paras Bhuva, AWS Partner Solutions Architect, all about the AWS Database Migration Service and Schema Migration Tool. Where it is used and what customers need to know. https://aws.amazon.com/dms/
#178: Security in Serverless Architectures
In this special episode, Bryan Liston, Developer Advocate for AWS Serverless, speaks with Mark Nunnikhoven, Vice President, Cloud Research, TrendMicro and Adam Johnson, Cofounder at IOpipes. The discuss considerations for security in serverless architectures, with plenty of “war stories”!
#177: Even More Services Updates
Lots of updates this week as Simon does a “lightning look” as some interesting updates - with a special emphasis on getting data insights with very little work! Shownotes: Kinesis Firehose with Lambda - https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2016/12/amazon-kinesis-firehose-can-now-prepare-and-transform-streaming-data-before-loading-it-to-data-stores/ Data Insights Blog Post - https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/big-data/derive-insights-from-iot-in-minutes-using-aws-iot-amazon-kinesis-firehose-amazon-athena-and-amazon-quicksight/ Athena & AVRO: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2017/02/amazon-athena-supports-querying-avro-data-is-available-in-the-us-east-ohio-region-and-integrates-with-looker/ QuickSight scheduled updates: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2017/02/amazon-quicksight-now-supports-scheduled-refresh-of-spice-data/ CodeCommit GIT Credentials: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2016/12/aws-codecommit-introduces-git-credentials-for-user-authentication/ MySQL->MariaDB Migration: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2016/12/amazon-rds-supports-easy-migration-from-rds-mysql-to-rds-mariadb/ ECS Windows Containers: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/amazon-ecs-support-for-windows-containers-beta/ Schema Conversion Tool Updates: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2016/12/aws-schema-conversion-tool-now-converts-schema-and-runs-a-migration/ Cost allocation updates: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2016/12/new-cost-allocation-tag-features-include-on-demand-refresh-aws-generated-tags-and-more/ Amazon Chime: https://chime.aws/ Amazon GameLift supports all C++ & C# engines including Lumberyard, Unreal Engine & Unity: https://aws.amazon.com/gamelift/
#176: Lots of Service Updates & a Black Belt Tip
This week Simon takes you through a selection of more recent Service updates as well as a black belt tip! Shownotes: Attach IAM Role to Running EC2 Instance: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/security/new-attach-an-aws-iam-role-to-an-existing-amazon-ec2-instance-by-using-the-aws-cli/ Amazon EBS Elastic Volumes: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/amazon-ebs-update-new-elastic-volumes-change-everything/ Device Farm Flexible Timeouts: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2017/02/run-longer-tests-and-control-test-durations-with-aws-device-farm/ AWS CodeCommit viewing commit details and graph: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/codecommit/latest/userguide/how-to-view-commit-details.html IPv6 Regional Updates: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/aws-ipv6-update-global-support-spanning-15-regions-multiple-aws-services/ Amazon ECS Placement Policies: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/compute/introducing-amazon-ecs-task-placement-policies/ Amazon ECS Container Instance Draining: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonECS/latest/developerguide/container-instance-draining.html Automate Container Instance Draining: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/compute/how-to-automate-container-instance-draining-in-amazon-ecs/
#175: Artificial Intelligence with Dr. Matt Wood
Simon sits down with Dr Matt Wood, GM of Artificial Intelligence at AWS, to talk about the emerging world of AI. They also do a little reminiscing of days gone by! Shownotes: Amazon Lex: https://aws.amazon.com/lex/ Amazon Polly: https://aws.amazon.com/polly/ Amazon Recognition: https://aws.amazon.com/rekognition/ Apache mxnet: http://mxnet.io
#174: Amazon Elastic File System
In this episode Simon chats with Drew Meyer, Head of Product Marketing for AWS Storage Services all about the Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) aws.amazon.com/efs.