Fintechs are enabling seamless payments and are increasingly providing more options, like extending credit through data analytics. Emerging technology is driving these new capabilities that are giving consumers flexibility, ease, and proven security. Principal Fintech Business Development Manager Sekai Ndemanga shares how customers like Venmo & Aella are developing emerging payment options and leveraging AI/ML to authenticate loans. Learn more - https://aws.amazon.com/startups/FinTech/
Apr 13, 2022•16 min
Live interactive video use cases are more prevalent than ever, spanning across socials apps, ecommerce, fitness, education, and more. Amazon Interactive Video Service (IVS) is a fully managed low latency live video streaming AWS service that handles ingestion, transcoding, packaging, and delivery of your live content, using the same battle-tested technology that powers Twitch. In this episode, Simon is joined by Anoop Kumar, (Director of Partnerships for Amazon IVS) to discuss how developers, cu...
Apr 10, 2022•24 min
Get a behind the scenes look at how AWS Partners innovate to help customers succeed. In this episode, Simon is joined by and Brad Coughlan (Founder and Managing Director) and Paul Macey (Chief Data and Analytics Officer) from The Data Foundry, an AWS Advanced Consulting Partner that provides a range of data, analytics and ML services and scalable solutions that turn customer data into decision-enabling insights. Learn more about TDF - https://www.thedatafoundry.com.au/
Apr 03, 2022•23 min
Here come the updates! Hopefully something in there for you! Chapters 00:22 Analytics 01:18 Application Integration 01:52 Business Applications 03:06 Compute 06:12 Cost Management 07:10 Customer Engagement 08:04 Database 09:53 Front-end Web & Mobile 10:35 Machine Learning 12:12 Management & Governance 14:53 Networking & Content Delivery 15:51 Quantum Technology 16:23 Robotics 16:33 Security, Identity and Compliance 17:32 Storage Extended Shownotes: https://d29iemol7wxagg.cloudfront.n...
Mar 27, 2022•19 min
Enterprises today face significant challenges with exponential data growth. Regulatory compliance requires long retention periods for a lot of that data. In this episode, Simon is joined by Joe Fitzgerald, (GM of S3 Glacier) to discuss how to store data more cost effectively, while unlocking the value of your data. Simon and Joe dig into how petabytes of data, such as medical records, news media content, and manufacturing datasets, often need to be stored indefinitely. They also talk through how...
Mar 20, 2022•21 min
How can AWS help you meet your sustainability goals? Tune in to listen to Simon Elisha chat with Jon Randelman and Liam Greenamyre (Senior Product Managers, AWS) about the new customer carbon footprint tool, which allows you to measure, track, and even forecast the carbon emissions associated with your AWS usage. They dive into how the tool helps you understand and reduce your carbon footprint, how the tool came about, and how AWS helps customers lower their overall carbon footprint. Customer ca...
Mar 16, 2022•12 min
A great bunch of updates to keep you informed! Remember you can record feedback at https://d1ox81nm0qxip8.cloudfront.net/index.html Chapters: 00:23 Analytics 02:45 Application Integration 03:31 Compute 06:39 Customer Engagement 07:03 Database 11:07 Developer Tools 12:03 Front-end Web & Mobile 12:50 Game Tech 13:27 Internet of Things (IoT) 14:07 Machine Learning 16:47 Management & Governance 21:18 Migration & Transfer 22:32 Networking & Content Delivery 23:48 Security, Identity an...
Mar 12, 2022•28 min
Amazon FSx provides fully managed file storage in the cloud and offers capabilities and performance of popular commercial and open-source file systems. Customers can choose between four file systems: NetApp ONTAP, OpenZFS, Windows File Server, and Lustre. In this episode, Simon is joined by Andrew Crudge, (Principal Product Manager, AWS) and Delwin Olivan, (Senior Product Manager, AWS) to dive into the Amazon FSx family, discussing the latest Amazon FSx innovations and use cases, as well as AWS ...
Mar 06, 2022•17 min
Some interesting updates across all kinds of topics this week! Remember you can record feedback at https://d1ox81nm0qxip8.cloudfront.net/index.html Chapters: 00:21 Analytics 02:58 Application Integration 03:10 Compute 04:30 Customer Engagement 05:27 Database 07:44 Developer Tools 09:50 Machine Learning 11:54 Management & Governance 16:07 Media Services 16:22 Migration and Transfer 17:27 Networking & Content Delivery 17:57 Quantum Technologies 18:53 Security, Identity and Compliance 20:55...
Feb 27, 2022•23 min
In this episode, Simon speaks with Jay McConnell (Principal Developer Advocate, AWS) and Rahul Sharma (Sr. Product Manager, AWS) about AWS Cloud Control API. Launched in September 2021, AWS Cloud Control API is a set of common application programming interfaces designed to make it easy for developers to consistently manage their cloud infrastructure and leverage the latest AWS capabilities faster. AWS news blog post - https://go.aws/3LGVOkP Lean more - https://go.aws/3rVRgiA User guide and API r...
Feb 20, 2022•24 min
Nicki says farewell and lots of new updates! Chapters 00:26 Nicki's new deliverable 02:52 Analytics 04:42 Application Integration 06:14 Business Applications 06:38 Compute 10:06 Customer Engagement 11:05 Database 12:16 Machine Learning 16:28 Management & Governance 17:03 Networking & Content Delivery 18:16 Security, Identity and Compliance 19:17 Storage Extended Shownotes: https://d29iemol7wxagg.cloudfront.net/505ExtendedShownotes.html
Feb 13, 2022•23 min
Consumer expectations for immersive online buying experiences and headless commerce that meets them wherever they are in their digital world, pose significant technical challenges. Yet, these expanding expectations also offer opportunities to innovate on your core business. What’s more, the work being done now is critical to get ready for what’s next. Hear from AWS Head of Worldwide Digital Commerce Solutions Vince Koh who shares best practices to prepare for the metaverse. Immersive tech changi...
Feb 09, 2022•18 min
In this episode, Simon is joined by Girish Bhat (VP of marketing and strategy for Sumo Logic) to discuss changes in the IT landscape and how Sumo Logic Cloud SIEM is responding. Working in silos with legacy, on-premise security no longer works as the world embraces muti-cloud solutions. Hear Girish explain how Sumo Logic Cloud SIEM can detect, investigate, respond and remediate immediately. Learn more about Sumo Logic - https://go.aws/3seRKPL
Feb 06, 2022•19 min
A big raft of updates to start the new year! Chapters: 00:23 Analytics 06:10 Application Integration 08:00 Block Chain 08:42 Business Applications 09:18 Compute 18:42 Cost Management 19:12 Customer Engagement 21:10 Database 23:55 Developer Tools 24:58 End User Computing 25:24 Front-end Web & Mobile 27:58 Internet of Things (IoT) 29:16 Machine Learning 35:57 Management & Governance 39:32 Media Services 40:09 Migration & Transfer 40:48 Network & Content Delivery 41:47 Satellite 42:...
Jan 30, 2022•44 min
Does your team use feature flags or other dynamic configuration to update your software's behavior during application runtime? In this episode, Simon Elisha speaks with Steve Rice (Principal Product Manager, AWS), Brian Handy (Sr. Software Engineer, AWS), and Vinni Sagar (Technical Product Manager, AWS) about feature flags, Continuous Configuration, and AWS AppConfig. Learn why feature flags are so powerful, and hear how customers (as well as thousands of teams inside Amazon) leverage dynamic co...
Jan 23, 2022•24 min
We're celebrating the 500th episode of The Official AWS Podcast! Join Simon Elisha, Nicki Stone, Jeff Barr (VP and Chief Evangelist at AWS) Max Peterson (VP of WW Public Sector, AWS) and more as they discuss how the podcast has grown over the years, their favorite episodes, and what's next at AWS. Special thanks from the entire team for your ongoing support. Links: AWS news blog - https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/ (Nicki’s favorite episode) #311: Live Audience Update Show from Sydney Summit - ht...
Jan 16, 2022•1 hr 2 min
Learn how AWS certified experts and consulting firms are using AWS IQ to connect with customers for architecture consulting and hands-on project work. In this episode, Simon speaks with Emily Garrett (Sr. Product Manager at AWS), and Vik Korrapati (Software Developer at AWS) about the types of projects on AWS IQ, best practices for working with customers, and tips and tricks to close more leads. Learn more - https://aws.amazon.com/iq/experts/ Read the user guide: https://go.aws/3HJ2EDI
Jan 09, 2022•17 min
The EXPLORE Data Science Academy (EDSA) is a premier data science academy in South Africa that offers students an intensive one-year training course and provides a fundamental understanding of software development and cloud computing technologies. In this episode, Simon speaks with Clive Charlton (Head of Solution Architecture at AWS) and Shaun Dippnall (CEO & Co-founder of EDSA) about how the academy gives students a competitive edge, and teaches them how to solve real-world problems using ...
Jan 02, 2022•15 min
How does building in the cloud make it easier to achieve positive security outcomes? What role does security culture play and how can the department of no become the department of yes? In this episode, Simon speaks with Paul Hawkins from the Office of the CISO at AWS, to answer these questions and share how customers can apply these principles to their own organizations. Read the blog - https://go.aws/3Epu6UL Watch the video - https://bit.ly/3HbZE27 AWS Security Blog - https://go.aws/3Eql8XB Wat...
Dec 26, 2021•30 min
Why do you need AWS certification? How can you practice the Amazon Leadership Principles through AWS certification? In this episode, Simon is joined by Shailaja Suresh, Senior Solutions Architect at AWS to learn more about how AWS certification can help you grow your career and business. Learn more - https://aws.amazon.com/certification/
Dec 19, 2021•21 min
Accelerating the pace of intelligent automation adoption and new product development without adding new devs is possible with Low Code / No Code solutions. With Low Code / No Code, you can gain development time in multiple ways. One example is reducing your business’s tactical dependence on IT and enabling business users to drive their own digital transformation with drag-and-drop interfaces that abstract the codebase. Meanwhile, a large-scale implementation includes using a software platform to...
Dec 15, 2021•13 min
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine learning (ML) is poised to transform virtually every industry; however there are currently not enough trained ML developers to meet this demand and far fewer from backgrounds underrepresented in tech. In this episode, Nicki talks with Adriana Gascoigne (CEO and Founder of GirlsInTech) and Maryam Rezapoor (Sr. Product Manager at AWS) about opportunities to close this gap with the AWS AI & ML Scholarship Program in collaboration with Intel and Udacity, ...
Dec 10, 2021•31 min
Are you interested in experimenting with machine learning (ML), but don't know where or how to begin? Now in preview, the new Amazon SageMaker Studio Lab is a free, no-configuration service built to reduce friction when getting started with ML. In this episode, Nicki speaks with Brian Granger, one of the founders of Jupiter Notebooks, about Amazon SageMaker Studio Lab, why we built it, and more. Read the blog: https://go.aws/32ZhJSi Learn more: https://go.aws/3dsJgh9 Sign up for to preview: http...
Dec 09, 2021•39 min
In this episode, Nicki talks with Bala Thekkedath (Principal Product Marketing Manager) about AWS Private 5G, the exciting new service now in preview, that helps enterprises set up and scale private 5G mobile networks in their facilities in days instead of months. With just a few clicks in the AWS console, customers specify where they want to build a mobile network and the network capacity needed for their devices. Listen to this episode to learn more about the service, when and why you should c...
Dec 08, 2021•27 min
We know it is an important and challenging security best practice to proactively identify software vulnerabilities and unintended network accessibility in our environments so that critical findings can be remediated quickly. In this episode Nicki finds out from three experts, Rick Anthony (General Manager), Kashish Wadhwa (Inspector Product Manager), and Sravan Rengarajan (ECR Product Manager) how the new Amazon Inspector has been rearchitected to make it only a few clicks to deploy and manage a...
Dec 07, 2021•25 min
Amazon Ads operates its ad serving infrastructure at massive scale, handling hundreds of millions of ad requests per second (trillions of ads per day) within a latency budget of 120 milliseconds. They use machine learning to predict relevant ads to show shoppers, predict whether shoppers will click or purchase, and allocate and price an ad. In this episode, Simon talks with Kun Liu, Director of Machine Learning at Amazon Ads, about how his team uses machine learning running on AWS to score thous...
Dec 06, 2021•16 min
This is the final day of our coverage of re:Invent 2021! Check out all the announcements here: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/top-announcements-of-aws-reinvent-2021/ Extended Shownotes: https://d29iemol7wxagg.cloudfront.net/489ExtendedShownotes.html
Dec 02, 2021•26 min
Day 3 of our coverage continues! Check out all the announcements here: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/top-announcements-of-aws-reinvent-2021/ Extended Shownotes: https://d29iemol7wxagg.cloudfront.net/488ExtendedShownotes.html
Dec 01, 2021•31 min
Day 2 of our coverage continues with updates from Adam Selipsky's keynote and the Partner Summit. Check out all the announcements here: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/top-announcements-of-aws-reinvent-2021/ Extended Shownotes: https://d29iemol7wxagg.cloudfront.net/487ExtendedShownotes.html
Nov 30, 2021•27 min
It is here! re:Invent 2021 begins and this is the first of the daily coverage episodes to keep you up-to-date! Check out all the announcements here: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/top-announcements-of-aws-reinvent-2021/ Extended Shownotes: https://d29iemol7wxagg.cloudfront.net/486ExtendedShownotes.html
Nov 29, 2021•17 min
