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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#688: AWS News Updates, October 7, 2024
Jillian flies solo for this update show with things news and improved. Chapters: 00:27 Analytics 01:03 Artificial Intelligence 03:09 Compute 04:37 Cost Management 05:10 Customer Engagement 05:28 Databases 06:58 Developer Tools 07:30 End User Computing 07:55 Front-End Web and Mobile 08:16 Internet of Things 10:08 Management and Governance 11:07 Media Services 11:53 Migration and Modernization 13:10 Security, Identity and Compliance 13:22 Storage Shownotes: https://d29iemol7wxagg.cloudfront.net/688ExtendedShownotes.html
#687: Graph Analytics Breakdown
In this conversation, Jillian Forde interviews Dave Bechberger, Principal Graph Architect at AWS, where they talk through the fundamentals of graphs and their applications. This is a wide ranging conversation on graphs from their use cases in generative AI, choosing between Amazon OpenSearch and Amazon Neptune and how to get started building your first graph in AWS.
#686: AWS News Updates, September 23, 2024
Jillian and Shruti tell you all about the new things you can use on AWS! Chapters: 00:39 Analytics 03:50 Application Integration 04:22 Artificial Intelligence 08:24 Compute 10:47 Customer Engagement 12:57 Databases 15:20 Developer Tools 15:49 End User Computing 16:40 Internet of Things 17:46 Management & Governance 17:57 Media Services 19:29 Migration & Modernization 19:53 Networking & Content Delivery 21:44 Security 24:13 Storage Shownotes: https://d29iemol7wxagg.cloudfront.net/686ExtendedShownotes.html
#685: [Beyond the API] Colm MacCárthaigh
In this conversation, Simon Elisha interviews Colm MacCárthaigh, Vice President and Distinguished Engineer at AWS, about his background in technology and his work at Amazon. They discuss topics such as Colm's first computer, his role in building the European sovereign cloud, and his involvement in the creation of the S2N open-source library for TLS and SSL protocols. They also explore the importance of writing code and staying relevant in the industry, as well as the operational metrics meetings at AWS. They also talk about the role of call leaders in handling large operational events and the importance of staying calm and focused in stressful situations. Colm shares his experience with patents and his preference for the Vim editor. They also touch on the Nitro Enclave technology and Colm's passion for music.
#684: AWS News Updates, September 9, 2024
Simon and Jillian discuss new features and capabilities! Chapters: 00:39 Analytics 01:42 Application Integration 03:10 Artificial Intelligence 05:55 Compute 08:12 Customer Engagement 08:26 Databases 09:33 Developer Tools 10:11 End User Computing 10:22 Front End Web & Mobile 11:20 Internet of Things 11:28 Management & Governance 12:37 Media Services 13:01 Networking & Content Delivery 13:25 Quantum Technologies 14:01 Security, Identity, & Compliance 15:07 Storage Shownotes: https://d29iemol7wxagg.cloudfront.net/684ExtendedShownotes.html
#683: Scaling at Speed: Totogi’s AWS-Powered Emergency Response
Jillian speaks with Danielle Rios, Acting CEO of Totogi . Hear how Totogi, a vertical SaaS company in the telecom industry, onboarded 23 million new customers in 18 days using AWS. Totogi https://totogi.com/charging-as-a-service/charging-as-a-service-on-aws/ Totogi on the AWS Marketplace: https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-hnaq62hzpxane?sr=0-2&ref_=beagle&applicationId=AWSMPContessa AWS for Telco: https://aws.amazon.com/telecom/
#682: AWS News Updates, August 26, 2024
All three hosts take you through the updates from the last 2 weeks! Chapters: 00:36 AWS Marketplace 01:09 Analytics 03:42 Artificial Intelligence 06:14 Compute 11:22 Cost Management 11:57 Customer Engagement 12:07 Databases 15:02 Developer Tools 16:00 End User Computing 17:00 Management & Governance 22:23 Migration & Modernization 22:40 Networking & Content Delivery 24:11 Satellite 24:54 Security, Identity, & Compliance 26:10 Storage Shownotes: https://d29iemol7wxagg.cloudfront.net/682ExtendedShownotes.html
#681: Amazon DynamoDB Deep Dive
Simon is joined by Jason Hunter, AWS Principal Specialist Solutions Architect, do dive super-deep into how to make the most of DynamoDB. Whether you are new to DynamoDB, or have been using it for years - there is something in this episode for everyone! Shownotes: Jason's Blog Posts: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/database/author/jzhunter/ The Apache Iceberg blog: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/database/use-amazon-dynamodb-incremental-export-to-update-apache-iceberg-tables/ Traffic spikes (on-demand vs provisioned): https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/database/handle-traffic-spikes-with-amazon-dynamodb-provisioned-capacity/ Cost-effective bulk actions like delete: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/database/cost-effective-bulk-processing-with-amazon-dynamodb/ A deep dive on partitions: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/database/part-1-scaling-dynamodb-how-partitions-hot-keys-and-split-for-heat-impact-performance/ Global tables prescriptive guidance (the 25 page deep dive): https://docs.aws.amazon.com/prescriptive-guidance/latest/dynamodb-global-tables/introduction.html
#680: AWS News Updates, August 12, 2024
A fun set of updates to hear about this week! Chapters: 00:48 Analytics 02:35 Application Integration 03:26 Artificial Intelligence 07:35 Business Applications 09:22 Compute 13:18 Cost Management 14:16 Customer Engagement 15:16 Databases 17:01 Developer Tools 17:35 End User Computing 18:41 Internet of Things 19:29 Management & Governance 20:45 Media Services 20:58 Migration & Modernization 21:55 Storage Shownotes: https://d29iemol7wxagg.cloudfront.net/680ExtendedShownotes.html
#679: [Beyond the API] Becky Weiss
Join Simon for an occasional special series in deep conversation with Amazon Distinguished Engineers. Learn about the HOW and the WHY in addition to the WHAT they do! In this episode Simon speaks with Becky Weiss VP & Distinguished Engineer about her work, her influences, and the eternal question of "Tabs vs Spaces".
#678: AWS News Updates, July 29, 2024
Simon and Shruti share over 70 new updates and features! Chapters: 00:31 AWS Marketplace 01:09 Analytics 04:35 Application Integration 05:18 Artificial Intelligence 16:25 Compute 19:30 Customer Engagement 19:47 Databases 22:58 Developer Tools 24:52 Media Services 25:13 Security, Identity, & Compliance 26:49 Storage Shownotes: https://d29iemol7wxagg.cloudfront.net/678ExtendedShownotes.html
#677: High performance computing in HSI
Join Simon as he discusses the use of high-performance computing (HPC) in the financial services industry, particularly for risk modeling and regulatory reporting. Alex Kimber, a principal technologist at AWS, explains how financial firms leverage HPC to run millions of scenarios to measure and manage risks like credit, market, and actuarial risks. The workloads are "embarrassingly parallel," allowing for massive scalability in the cloud. Kimber also discusses AWS services and architectures that enable these HPC workloads, including the HTC Grid, a blueprint for a simple, high-throughput scheduler on AWS.
#676: AWS News Updates, July 15, 2024
Simon and Jillian share some super-new things! Chapters: 00:37 Analytics 04:41 Application Integration 05:26 Artificial Intelligence 09:54 Compute 13:26 Customer Engagement 14:39 Databases 16:57 Developer Tools 18:39 End User Computing 19:44 Management & Governance 21:28 Media Services 21:56 Migration & Modernization 23:20 Networking & Content Delivery 24:29 Security, Identity, & Compliance 25:00 Storage Shownotes: https://d29iemol7wxagg.cloudfront.net/676ExtendedShownotes.html
#675: Unravel Internet Ingress and Egress - A Deep Dive into Application Access
AWS customers want their applications to access the internet or to be accessed from the internet. Join Simon and guest Brett Looney as they discuss various ways of doing this and the pros and cons in different scenarios.
#674: AWS News Updates, July 1, 2024
Cool updates, and useful new things! Check it out! Chapters: 00:32 Analytics 04:01 Application Integration 05:23 Artificial Intelligence 08:55 Compute 09:55 Cost Management 11:07 Databases 13:02 Developer Tools 16:20 Internet of Things 16:50 Management & Governance 17:17 Media Services 19:46 Security Shownotes: https://d29iemol7wxagg.cloudfront.net/674ExtendedShownotes.html