That's a Wrap - AWS re:Invent 2019 Takeaways - Part 2

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In this episode, we cover the following topics:

• Recap and analysis of Andy Jassy's keynote, including:
  • The theme of this year's keynote is transformation, presented via 6 theme songs.
  • "The hunger keeps on growing" (Dave Matthews Band, "Too Much")
    • Storage performance is growing much faster than compute/memory (6x faster since 2012). This is enabling new innovations like AQUA for Redshift, making it 10x faster than any other cloud data warehouse.
    • How the new Ultrawarm for Elasticsearch tier reduces cost by 90%.
    • AWS helps again with undifferentiated heavy lifting by offering a managed Cassandra service.
  • "I would walk 500 miles" (The Proclaimers, "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)")
    • AWS is one of the best places for AI/ML across all layers of the stack.
    • SageMaker is a vibrant ML platform that is rapidly evolving into the next generation developer desktop.
    • Can AWS really automate code reviews with its new Code Guru service?
    • Using the power of AI to search for enterprise data with Kendra.
  • "Break on through to the other side" (The Doors, "Break on Through")
    • If you can't come to AWS, AWS is coming to you! AWS infrastructure is everywhere with VMware Cloud on AWS, AWS Outposts, AWS Local Zones and AWS Wavelength.
• Recap and analysis of Werner Vogel's keynote, including:
  • The problems and limitations of classic virtualization (Xen-based).
  • How the Nitro System takes a microservices approach to computer system design.
  • The importance of Firecracker as a next generation VM.
  • A case-study of the Elastic Block Service (EBS) architecture and how AWS is using a new technology called Physalia to battle the CAP theorem.
  • You can now learn more about how AWS designs and develops software with the new Amazon Builders' Library.
• Key takeaways
  • The Nitro System is a key technology that is enabling AWS to break through barriers. It will provide us with powerful new capabilities to tackle previously unsolvable problems.
  • AWS is everywhere, extending all the way out to the edge with IoT/Greengrass, and everywhere in between with on-premise (AWS Outposts), near-premise (Local Zones) and even integrated on the 5G network with AWS Wavelength.
  • AWS is a leader in AI/ML, with Sagemaker becoming a next generation developer platform.
  • Analytics is a big priority, with focus on Redshift and data lakes.
  • Quantum computing is no longer the stuff of science fiction. It will be here sooner than you think.

Links

• AWS re:Invent
• AWS re:Invent 2019 Session Videos
• AWS Nitro System
• Elastic Fabric Adapter
• Firecracker
• firecracker-containerd
• The Amazon Builders' Library
• Amazon Braket
• Amazon Braket – Get Started with Quantum Computing

End Song

Walking Dub For Black Queens, by Place

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