Author: Jeff Barr

September 8, 2021: Amazon Elasticsearch Service has been renamed to Amazon OpenSearch Service. See details. My colleague Janna Pellegrino shared the guest post below to introduce you to a new set of AWS training bootcamps! — Jeff; We’ve made four of our most popular Technical Bootcamps from AWS re:Invent and Summits part of our broader […]

My colleague Eric Fitzgerald wrote the guest post below in order to show you how to use an AWS Lambda function to forward Amazon Inspector findings to your ticketing and workflow systems. — Jeff; At AWS Re:Invent 2015 we announced Amazon Inspector, our security vulnerability assessment service that helps customers test for security vulnerabilities early […]

AWS Marketplace allows AWS customers to find, buy, and immediately start using cloud-based applications developed by Independent Software Vendors (ISVs).  AWS customers collectively rack up 205 million hours per month of AWS Marketplace usage as they make use of over 2,700 offerings from over 925 ISVs. Support for EU-Based ISVs ISVs based in the European […]

Continuing with our focus on hot AWS-powered startups (March and April), I would like to tell you about three more this month: Shaadi.com – Helping South Asians to find a companion for life. Capillary – Boosting customer engagement for e-commerce. Mondo – A mobile-first bank. Shaadi.com Anupam Mittal, founder of Shaadi.com,  was exasperated by the […]

My colleague Sanjay Padhi wrote the guest post below in order to tell the story of how AWS powered an important scientific discovery. — Jeff; Ghostlike particles called neutrinos are everywhere, cosmic rays bombard us with them, the sun bathes us in them. Though incredibly difficult to detect, they may hold the key to why […]

We launched EC2 Run Command late last year (read my post, New EC2 Run Command – Remote Instance Management at Scale to learn more). This feature was designed to allow developers, system administrators, and other IT professionals to easily and efficiently manage multiple EC2 instances running Windows or Linux. As I explained in my original […]

My colleague Janna Pellegrino shared the guest post below to introduce you to the newest version of our AWS Security Fundamentals Course. — Jeff; Information security is deeply important to our customers. AWS Security Fundamentals is a free, online course that introduces you to fundamental cloud computing and AWS security concepts, including AWS access control […]

In the last couple of months I have spoken with several Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) about their AWS Marketplace offerings. I’ve heard some impressive success stories and am working to share as many of them as possible. Last week I spoke with the founders of Ionic Security to learn more about their product and new […]