#364: Working From Home with Jeff Barr and Simon Elisha
Many listeners are working from home at the moment, often for the first time. Jeff and Simon discuss some techniques, approaches and tips that might come in handy!
Apr 12, 2020•27 min
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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 Hawn Nguyen-Loughren for regular updates, deep dives, launches, and interviews. Whether you’re training machine learning models, developing open source projects, or building cloud solutions, the Official AWS Podcast has something for you.
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#363: April 2020 Update Show 1
Time for lots of new and interesting things for customers! Simon is joined by special guest hosts Lexi & Marley Elisha! Chapters: 00:44 Analytics 02:36 Application Integration 03:29 Compute 08:52 Customer Engagement 09:57 Databases 13:05 Machine Learning 15:26 Management and Governance 18:07 Media Services 18:58 Mobile 19:49 Security, Identity and Compliance 20:37 Storage 21:10 Training and Certification Extended Shownotes: https://d29iemol7wxagg.cloudfront.net/363ExtendedShownotes.html
Apr 05, 2020•23 min
#362: Riffing on Customer Outcomes with Cory Quinn
How are customers thinking about their journey to the cloud? What are the piftalls? What are the opportunities? Simon speaks with Cory Quinn, host of the Screaming in the Cloud podcast, in a fun and wide-ranging conversation. Cory's Podcast: https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/screaming-in-the-cloud/
Mar 29, 2020•45 min
#361: March 2020 Update Show 1
Simon and Nicki take you through all the latest updates! Chapters: 00:40 Analytics 03:52 Compute 07:15 Customer Engagement 08:43 Databases 11:10 Developer Tools 11:55 End User Computing 12:42 Machine Learning 16:52 Management and Governance 20:22 Mobile 21:11 Networking and Content Delivery 23:05 Quick Starts 23:36 Security, Identity and Compliance 24:26 Storage 26:50 Training and Certification Extended Shownotes: https://d29iemol7wxagg.cloudfront.net/361ExtendedShownotes.html
Mar 22, 2020•29 min
#360: AWS Managed Service Provider Partners
How do you find the right Managed Service Provider for your business? Simon speaks with Adrian SanMiguel about how customers and Partners can make the most of the next-gen MSP ecosystem. https://aws.amazon.com/partners/msp/
Mar 15, 2020•20 min
#359: A Tech CEO's Journey from Cloud Skeptic to Evangelist
How does a CEO change his or her mind about how to run their business? What are the challenges and thought processes? Rick Seaney, CEO of of 3Victors and FareCompare LP, speaks with Simon about his own personal journey and lessons learned. Blog Post: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/industries/a-tech-ceos-journey-from-cloud-skeptic-to-evangelist/
Mar 08, 2020•28 min
#358: Update Show #2 February 2020
Simon and Nicki cover all the latest updates, improvements and price cuts! Chapters: 00:51 Announcement to Australian Customers - ANZ Public Sector Fast Start Guide (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/publicsector/beginning-journey-cloud-australia-new-zealand/) 01:50 Analytics 04:19 Application Integration 06:41 Compute 11:36 Customer Engagement 12:54 Database 20:22 Developer Tools 21:49 End User Computing 22:48 Machine Learning 26:41 Management and Governance 33:49 Internet of Things (IoT) 34:15 Medi...
Mar 01, 2020•49 min
#357: Deep Dive into Observability
How do you introduce observabiity in your systems? Simon speaks with Bob Wilkinson (General Manager Amazon CloudWatch and X-Ray) and Sudeeptha Jotjiprakash (Principal Product Manager) about how AWS customers can approach this domain. https://aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch
Feb 23, 2020•27 min
#356: VPC Traffic Mirroring Deep Dive
VPC Traffic mirroring offers a wide range of new capabilities when using AWS. Simon takes a deep dive with Alpana Srivastava and Tom Adamski about how it works and what it can be used for. http://aws.amazon.com/vpc
Feb 16, 2020•17 min
#355: How Training Helps Create Cultural Change at Macmillan Learning
Macmillan Learning is one of the largest Learning Companies in the world. Over the last few years, Macmillan has been attempting to create systematic change throughout its organization by equipping employees with the skills to innovate faster and achieve its mission to "change students lives through learning." As a Learning Company, Macmillan has incorporated its own IP and Learning Science methodologies to empower employees. David Merryweather (VP of Cloud Ops and Site Reliability, Macmillan Le...
Feb 09, 2020•25 min
#354: Update Show #1 February 2020
Simon and Nicki share some handy new updates! 00:48 Infrastructure News 01:54 AWS Marketplace 02:29 Analytics or 02:38 04:21 Compute or 04:23 10:07 Customer Engagement 10:58 Databases 11:47 Developer Tools 13:29 End-user Computing 14:45 Machine Learning 16:02 Amazon Comprehend 17:09 Management and Governance 19:08 AWS Systems Manager 21:47 Networking and Content Delivery 22:38 Internet of Things 23:05 Migration and Transfer 25:24 Mobile 26:03 Networking and Content Delivery 27:48 Quick Starts 29...
Feb 02, 2020•38 min
#353: Getting the Most Out of AWS Data Exchange
AWS Data Exchange makes it easy to find, subscribe to, and use third-party data in the cloud. Simon speaks with Ravi Tulapati to explore how data providers can now reach new AWS audiences, how analysts, researchers, and other data buyers can easily find and subscribe to data sets, and how the billing and delivery of data is simplified for both groups. Learn how you can use AWS Data Exchange to fuel in-place analytics with AWS services like Amazon Athena, Amazon EMR, and Amazon Redshift. https://...
Jan 26, 2020•23 min
#352: Advanced Encryption Strategies for Beginners
Customers often have advanced use cases for encryption, like encrypting to multiple recipients, or caching data keys. These can be challenging to get right if you're trying to implement it yourself. The good news is, AWS has released open source tools that make all of that relatively easy. In this episode we'll talk about encryption use cases and the best tools to solve them. https://aws.amazon.com/security/ https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/security/introducing-s2n-a-new-open-source-tls-implementati...
Jan 20, 2020•22 min
#351: Update Show January 2020
Simon and Nicki bring in 2020 with a raft of great new updates and capabilities! Chapters: 03:22 Analytics 08:22 Application Integration 08:52 Business Applications 09:42 Compute 16:27 Customer Engagement 17:47 Database 20:22 Developer Tools 23:07 End User Computing 23:52 Game Tech 26:17 Internet of Things 26:52 Machine Learning 33:57 Management and Governance 38:22 Media Services 39:07 Networking and Content Delivery 41:17 Quick Starts 41:47 Satellite 42:27 Security 47:17 Storage 51:01 Training...
Jan 12, 2020•53 min
#350: Deep Dive into DevSecOps
How can you implement DevSecOps effectively in your organisation? What are some of the key steps and potential pitfalls? Simon is joined by Raisa Hashem (DevOps Security Specialist) and Paul Hawkins (Security Specialist SA) to discuss practical steps you can take and lessons learned. Shownotes: Security at the speed of cloud (GRC304): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLJT0p1UaLw Enforcing Security Invariants with AWS Organizations (SDD314): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W30sx0hpY0Y Scale Permis...
Dec 15, 2019•40 min
#349: AWS re:Invent 2019 Episode 4
Simon wraps up AWS re:Invent 2019! Amazon Builders Library | https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/check-out-the-amazon-builders-library-this-is-how-we-do-it/ Amplify DataStore | https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/amplify-datastore-simplify-development-of-offline-apps-with-graphql/ Amplify for iOS and Android | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/12/introducing-amplify-for-ios-and-android/ Amazon API Gateway | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/12/amazon-api-gateway-offers-fast...
Dec 05, 2019•9 min
#348: AWS re:Invent 2019 Episode 3
It is the third update show! Simon takes you through some quick updates in the domains of Compute, Data, ML and Business Productivity. AWS Lambda Provisioned Concurrency | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/12/aws-lambda-announces-provisioned-concurrency/ Amazon ECS Capacity Providers | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/12/amazon-ecs-capacity-providers-now-available/ Amazon ECS Cluster Auto Scaling | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/12/amazon-ecs-cluster...
Dec 04, 2019•14 min
#347: AWS re:Invent 2019 Episode 2
Simon gives you a summary of all the new announcements from Andy Jassy's keynote! Topic || Analytics Announcing Amazon Redshift data lake export: share data in Apache Parquet format | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/12/announcing-amazon-redshift-data-lake-export/ Amazon Redshift introduces support for federated querying (preview) | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/12/amazon-redshift-federated-query-preview/ Amazon Redshift introduces RA3 nodes with managed storage ...
Dec 03, 2019•33 min
#346: AWS re:Invent 2019 Episode 1
Simon kicks off the coverage of re:Invent 2019 with some really interesting announcements in Quantum computing and more - as well as a catch-up on all the previous week's updates! Chapters: 00:12 AWS re:Invent 11:42 Analytics 17:08 Application Integration 17:46 Business Applications 18:08 Compute 21:48 Cost Management 22:09 Customer Engagement 23:00 Database 27:10 Developer Tools 28:26 End User Computing 29:24 Internet of Things 32:02 Machine Learning 34:56 Management and Governance 38:24 Media ...
Dec 03, 2019•43 min
#345: November 2019 Update Show 2
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
Nov 28, 2019•53 min
#344: AWS Storage Day 2019
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 • A...
Nov 21, 2019•22 min
#343: Pinpoint Journeys: Building the Engagement Experience Your Customers Want
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 r...
Nov 17, 2019•18 min
#342: Get Ready for AWS re:Invent 2019!
Simon speaks with Annie Hancock and Jill Fagan about how to get the most from your 2019 re:Invent experience! https://reinvent.awsevents.com/
Nov 14, 2019•22 min
#341: November 2019 Update Show
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 upda...
Nov 10, 2019•39 min
#340: Getting the Most From the AWS Partner Network
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/
Nov 03, 2019•31 min
#339: Batch Workloads on Amazon EC2 Spot Instances
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/
Oct 27, 2019•15 min
#338: AWS Hybrid Cloud Storage
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/st...
Oct 20, 2019•21 min
#337: [Provable Security Podcast Series Episode #2]: Automated Reasoning in the Cloud with John Harrison
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, Ha...
Oct 16, 2019•37 min
#336: .NET and AWS - Better Together!
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 Dev...
Oct 13, 2019•24 min
#335: October 2019 Update Show 1
Simon and Nicki take you through the latest and greatest updates! And remember that AWS Podcast listeners get access to a $25 discount tickets to the Intersect festival https://intersect.aws/ using the discount code 'awspodcast'. Note that tickets are limited. Topics: 01:14 Storage 03:21 Compute 10:04 Networking 11:37 Databases 15:27 Developer Tools 15:46 Analytics 19:46 IoT 23:45 Machine Learning 25:54 Application Integration 28:44 Management and Governance 31:43 Media 33:39 Gaming 34:13 Quick ...
Oct 06, 2019•38 min
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