AWS News Blog
Elastic MapReduce Updates – Hadoop 2.0 and More
The Amazon Elastic MapReduce (EMR) team has been hard at work on a series of updates and new features. You now have access to Hadoop 2.2 and new versions of Hive,Pig, HBase, and Mahout. Cluster startup time has been reduced, S3DistCp (for data movement), has been augmented, and MapR M7 is now supported. If you […]
Read MoreThe Startup Experience at AWS re:Invent
If you are part of a startup or if you have the entrepreneurial itch and aren’t sure how to scratch it, we have some AWS re:Invent sessions and events that will be of particular interest to you! Werner VogelsAmazon.com CTO Dr. Werner Vogels will be leading three separate startup events at re:Invent. All three events […]
Read MoreThe AWS Report – Chris Langway of Optaros
In the latest episode of The AWS Report, I spoke with Chris Langway of Optaros to learn how they use AWS to meet the demanding and time-critical needs of B2B, B2C, and mobile e-commerce while dealing with multiple brands and channels. Co-host Lee Zen chatted with Product Manager Pavan Pothukuchi to learn more about how […]
Read MoreAWS Week in Review – October 21, 2013
Let’s take a quick look at what happened in AWS-land last week: Monday, October 21 The AWS .Net Development Blog talked aobut Using Elastic IP Addresses. The new AWS Application Management Blog talked about Elastic Beanstalk and the DynamoDB Session Manager for Tomcat. We announced that the AWS Console for iOS / Android Now Supports […]
Read MoreAWS Direct Connect – More Connection Speeds, New Console, Multiple Accounts
AWS Direct Connect makes it easy for you to establish a dedicated network connection from your premises to AWS. You can do this to reduce your network costs, improve throughput, or to provide a more consistent network experience than is possible with an Internet-based connection. Today we are making AWS Direct Connect even more powerful […]
Read MoreAWS Training and Certification Update – Exams at re:Invent, More Options
The AWS Training and Certification program has been expanding in breadth and in depth. We are adding more training and more certifications, all with the goal of helping you to learn more about how to design, build, and run applications on AWS. New AWS Certification Beta ExamsIf you will be attending AWS re:Invent next month, […]
Read MoreThe AWS Report – Michael Fuller on the AWS Marketplace
In the latest episode of The AWS Report, I spoke with my colleague Michael Fuller to get an update on the AWS Marketplace. We talked about the value proposition for ISVs, the on-boarding process, and the business model. Co-host Lee Zen chatted with EC2 Product Manager Luis Wang to get his take on the Marketplace […]
Read MoreThe AWS Report – Chris Barclay on OpsWorks
In the latest episode of The AWS Report, I spoke with my colleague Chris Barclay to get an update on AWS OpsWorks.. We talked about what it is, what it does, how it simplifies the application deployment process, and its relationship to the DevOps model. Co-host Lee Zen and I debated the pros and cons […]
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