AWS News Blog
New – Programmatic Access to AWS Billing Data
You can now access your AWS billing data programmatically. This has been a much-requested feature and I’m confident that it will be put to good use right away. To get started, all you need to do is to provide an Amazon S3 bucket for your billing data, give the AWS Billing system permission to write […]
Read MoreBehind the Scenes of the Amazon Appstore Test Drive
The Amazon Appstore for Android has a really cool Test Drive feature. It allows you to instantly try select applications through your computer browser or Android phone before you elect to install them. There’s some interesting technology behind the Test Drive, and I’d like to tell you a little bit more about it. Let’s start […]
Read MoreThe AWS Report – Rob Vandenberg of Lingotek (2 Part Video Interview)
Last week I interviewed Rob Vandenberg, CEO of Utah-based Lingotek. We have split the interview into two parts to make it easier to watch: Part 1 Part 2 Would you like to be a guest on a future episode of The AWS Report? Email us at awsreport@amazon.com . — Jeff;
Read MoreLots of SAP News to Start the Week
Last week one of my colleagues stopped me in the hall and said “Jeff, you have to tell our customers about all of the great work that we are doing with SAP.” I asked him for some details and he was happy to oblige. SAP Business All-in-One is an important piece of enterprise software, a […]
Read MoreAWS Week in Review – May 28, 2012
Let’s take a quick look at what happened in AWS-land last week: Monday, May 28 We celebrated Memorial Day in the US! Tuesday, May 29 We enabled the use of Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM) for Oracle DB Instances. Wednesday, May 30 We announced that version 0.8.1 of Hive is now available for Amazon Elastic MapReduce. Frank Munoz released […]
Read MoreOracle Enterprise Manager (OEM) for Oracle DB Instances
Users of Amazon RDS for Oracle Database now have access to Oracle Enterprise Manager 11g Database Control, also known as OEM. Starting today, you can enable OEM and use it to manage your RDS for Oracle DB instances with just a few clicks in the AWS Management Console. OEM Database Control is pre-installed and available […]
Read MoreThe AWS CISO on AWS Security
As you can tell by looking at the AWS Security and Compliance Center, we take security seriously. You can find information about our certifications and accreditations in the center, along with links to four security white papers. I would also like to recommend a new AWS video to you. In the video, AWS VP and […]
Read MoreAWS Week in Review – May 21, 2012
Let’s take a quick look at what happened in AWS-land last week: Monday, May 21 AWS customer Pinterest released an architecture update, reviewing their use of EC2 and S3 to scale up and scale down daily to cope with variable traffic, with hourly costs that range from $15 to $52 per hour. We released new Cloud Reference […]
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