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#645: Amazon Neptune Analytics
We continue to dive deep into the recent announcements from AWS re:Invent, with the release of Amazon Neptune Analytics. Discover how Neptune Analytics helps customers find insights 80x faster by analyzing their existing Neptune graph database or graph data from a data lake such as Amazon S3. Jillian Forde is joined by Dr. Denise Gosnell (Principal Product Manager for Amazon Neptune) to learn more about Amazon Neptune Analytics. We discuss how speed is of the essence for gaining insights from large graph databases with data, such as the friendships within a social network, targeted content recommendation, fraud detection, and network threat detection then you will want to check out the new Amazon Neptune Analytics database engine.
#644: Amazon ElastiCache Serverless
In this episode, we’re diving deep into one of the recent announcements from AWS re:Invent, the release of Amazon ElasticCache Serverless. This new option allows customers to create a cache in under a minute and instantly scale capacity based on application traffic patterns. Jillian Forde is joined by Abhay Saxena (Principal Technical Product Manager for In-Memory databases) to learn more about ElastiCache Serverless. We talk about the benefits of caching and dive into ElastiCache Serverless features, common customer challenges, and why the team built the feature.
#643: re:Invent 2023 - Dr. Werner Vogels Keynote
In our final re:Invent recap episode, Simon shares news and announcements from Dr. Werner Vogels' keynote. We’ll cover why artificial intelligence (AI) is something every builder must consider when developing systems and its tremendous impact on our world. Also, stay tuned for episodes in the next few weeks where we'll dive deep into some of our favorite re:Invent launches. Be sure to tune in!
#642: re:Invent 2023 - Swami Sivasubramanian Keynote
Our re:Invent 2023 coverage continues! In this episode, Jillian Forde shares highlights from re:Invent Day 3, focusing on the profound and impactful relationship between humans, data, and AI that is unfolding right before us.
#641: 641-re:Invent 2023 - Adam Selipsky Keynote
Our re:Invent 2023 coverage continues! In this episode, Jillian Forde shares highlights from Day 2 of re:Invent, including some big announcements from AWS CEO Adam Selipsky’s keynote.
#640: re:Invent 2023 - Monday Night Live with Peter DeSantis
It’s the most re:Invent time of the year! Simon guides you through the most exciting announcements from Peter DeSantis’ keynote, where he dives deep into the engineering that powers AWS services. PLUS Simon catches you up on 100 other announcements in just 30 minutes!!
#639: How to re:Invent
Explore everything AWS re:Invent had to offer this November 27th through December 1st 2023! Join Simon Elisha and Jillian Forde as they share their tips to use your time efficiently and discover content that is most relevant to your interests wether you are in Las Vegas or joining remotely. Schedule your event using the session catalog found here: https://reinvent.awsevents.com/session-catalog/
#638: November 2023 Update Show 2
Lots of interesting updates to hear about this week! Chapters: Analytics (00:45); Application Integration (04:07); Cost Management (09:05); Developer Tools (12:20); End User Computing (13:22); Font End Web & Mobile (14:03); Internet of Things (14:13); Machine Learning (14:42); Management & Governance (17:05); Migration & Transfer (19:49); Networking & Content Delivery (20:42); Security, Identity, & Compliance (21:26); Storage (22:03) https://d29iemol7wxagg.cloudfront.net/638ExtendedShownotes.html
#637: Plan AI development cycles with Amazon EC2 Capacity Blocks for ML
Tune in to listen to Jillian Forde and Jake Siddall (AWS Senior Product Manager) dive deep into a new service called Amazon EC2 Capacity Blocks for ML. EC2 Capacity Blocks enable you to reserve GPU instances in Amazon EC2 UltraClusters to run ML workloads. Amazon EC2 Capacity Blocks for ML product details: https://bit.ly/3StmbR8
#636: Amazon Aurora MySQL zero-ETL Integration with Amazon Redshift
For time-strapped data teams looking to simplify analytics on large transactional data, Amazon Aurora's seamless integration with Amazon Redshift is a game-changer. Tune in to listen to chat with, Jyoti Aggarwal (Product Management lead for Amazon Redshift zero-ETL), Adam Levin (Principal Product Manager on the Amazon Aurora) for a new service called Amazon Aurora with Amazon Redshift Integration. Amazon Aurora with Amazon Redshift Integration is a capability that enables organizations to run analytics directly against their Amazon Aurora transactional data, without needing to manage complex ETL pipelines.
#635: November 2023 Update Show 1
75 Updates this episode! It is an exciting ride! 00:59 AWS Marketplace 01:26 Analytics 04:48 Application Integration 06:30 Blockchain 06:56 Compute 09:22 Databases 13:07 Developer Tools 14:31 End User Computing 15:47 Internet of Things 16:37 Machine Learning 20:12 Management & Governance 21:55 Media Services 22:10 Migration & Transfer 24:50 Security, Identity, & Compliance Shownotes: https://d29iemol7wxagg.cloudfront.net/635ExtendedShownotes.html
#634: Innovating with generative AI starts with your data strategy
Explore the transformative power of generative AI in businesses. In this episode, our host, Jillian Forde, is joined by Gopinath Sankaran (Vice President Strategic Cloud Ecosystems at Informatica) to discuss all things generative AI. We talk about generative AI's varied applications across functional areas like business operations and customer experience and explore the importance of a strong data foundation for generative AI. Fuel innovation with data and AI: https://go.aws/3MpV3yE
#633: October 2023 Update Show 3
A great mix of updates this episode. Developers, data folks, video folks, lots for everyone! 00:22 Analytics 03:48 Application Integration 07:07 Compute 12:14 Customer Engagement 12:43 Database 14:42 Developer Tools 16:03 End User Computing 16:50 Front End Web & Mobile 17:40 Internet of Things 19:07 Machine Learning 22:53 Management & Governance 25:55 Media Services 26:28 Networking & Content Delivery 28:47 Security, Identity, & Compliance 30:09 Supply Chain Shownotes: https://d29iemol7wxagg.cloudfront.net/634ExtendedShownotes.html
#632: Accelerate AWS Cloud Journeys with Experience-Based Acceleration
Experience-Based Acceleration (EBA) is an AWS program to accelerate cloud journeys. Today Jillian Ford speaks with Bilal Shirazi (Principal EBA Lead North America) and Rughved Gadgil (Senior Solutions Architect) and explores the benefits of EBA to overcome barriers in your cloud projects. Whether you’re just getting started or in the middle of a migration, learn how EBA’s can achieve outcomes in days not months. Deliver your first ML use case in 8–12 weeks (blog post): https://go.aws/3Qmfzm1 Level up your Cloud Transformation with Experience-Based Acceleration (EBA) (blog post): https://bit.ly/3Qrk2nG
#631: Amazon EC2 P5 instances, powered by the latest NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPUs
Simon Elisha is joined by Leif Reinert, Principal Product Manager Tech at AWS, to discuss how Amazon EC2 P5 instances with NVIDIA H100 GPUs can accelerate your ML training and HPC workloads, helping you get results faster and reduce costs. About Amazon EC2 P5 Instances: https://bit.ly/3Q0Dkie Amazon EC2 P5 Instances Powered by NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPUs for Accelerating Generative AI and HPC Applications (blog post): https://bit.ly/3Fp3nLc