AWS Week in Review – February 2, 2015

April 30, 2018: We’ve discontinued Amazon Mobile Analytics. Amazon Pinpoint now provides the analytics features that Amazon Mobile Analytics previously offered. If you’re new to Mobile Analytics, you can [integrate the mobile analytics features of Amazon Pinpoint into your app]. If you currently use Amazon Mobile Analytics, you can [migrate to Amazon Pinpoint].

Let’s take a quick look at what happened in AWS-land last week:

Monday, February 2	We launched Auto Export for Amazon Mobile Analytics. A post on the AWS Enterprise Blog presented a CIO Perspective on Security in the Cloud. A post on the Inside Unbounce Blog claimed that You’d be Insane not to Grow your Startup on AWS (you’ll get no argument from me). A post from Devesh Gupta talked about Using Amazon AWS for DR From Just $1/Month. A post on the AWS Big Data Blog covered Getting Started with ElasticSearch and Kibana on Amazon EMR. A post on the AWS Mobile Development Blog showed you how to Score Big with Amazon Mobile Analytics and Amazon Redshift. The 2nd Watch Blog talked about Planning for Cost Management with Amazon Web Services.
Tuesday, February 3	A post on the Mika Mayhem Blog talked about Zero Downtime Deployments With Docker on OpsWorks. A post on the Cloudability Blog revealed Four KPIs that Every Cloud Cost Dashboard Needs. A post on the Amazon Mobile App Distribution Blog showed you how to Get Started with the Amazon Mobile Ads API in Your Android App or Game. The AWS PHP Developer Blog discussed DynamoDB JSON and Array Marshaling for PHP. A trio of posts (Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3) on the AWS Java Blog described AWS Toolkit for AWS Integration With CodeDeploy. A post on the AWS Partner Network Blog addressed Getting Started with Ansible and Dynamic Amazon EC2 Inventory Management. A post on the AWS Security Blog revealed An Easier Way to Determine the Presence of AWS Account Access Keys. A post on the AWS Startup Collection shared What’s How at the AWS Pop-up Loft in February. A post on the Cloud Academy Blog described How to Become an AWS Cloud Architect. I recorded and published Episode 98 of the AWS Podcast. This episode features an interview with Aaron Newman, CEO of CloudCheckr.com.
Wednesday, February 4	A new video from Daniel Berman of Zend showed you how to Deploy a Scalable PHP Environment on AWS with Zend Server. A post on the CloudNative Blog reviewed The DOs and DON’Ts of Blue/Green Deployment. A post on the Evident.io Blog talked about Managing 3rd Party Access to your AWS Accounts. A post on the Cloudreach Blog offered suggestion as to Why You Should Care About the Cloud and Amazon Web Services (AWS).
Thursday, February 5	The Cloud Academy Blog reviewed Skills Needed to Study for AWS Solutions Architect Exam – Associate Level. We announced that Version 2 of the AWS SDK for Ruby is now Available. A post on the AWS Mobile Development Blog talked about Using the Delivery Status Feature of Amazon SNS. A post on the AWS Security Blog showed you How to Receive Alerts When Your IAM Configuration Changes. A post on the AWS Windows and .NET Developer Blog revealed our Upcoming Modularization of the AWS SDK for .NET. As post on the Cloud Academy Blog addressed Installing the Python Version of the AWS CLI on Windows.
Friday, February 6	My colleague Brian Beach wrote a post to show you how to Discover the Windows Version on EC2 Instances. A lengthy thread on the AWS sub-Reddit talked about Keeping Your AWS Accounts Squeaky Clean. A post on the AWS Compute Blog discussed Cluster Management With Amazon ECS. A post on the AWS Enterprise Blog advised you to Just Say No to Licensing Audits. A post on the AWS Startup Collection talked about Managing Resources Across Multiple Environments in AWS. A post on the Evident.io Blog gave an AWS Security How-To: Protecting CloudTrail Data. Products added to the AWS Marketplace this week include OpenCart (E-Commerce Shopping Cart) from iSenseLabs and Scnapper (EBS/EC2 Backup and Runtime Scheduler). We announced locations (and some dates) for the AWS 2015 Summits.

Coming events:

Thursday, February 19th – Webinar – Accelerate your AWS business with CloudCheckr’s Cost Management and Security solution.
Thursday, February 26th – Webinar – Learn how to leverage AWS services, data, and CloudCheckr to fulfill Public Sector compliance and security mandates.

Stay tuned for next week! In the meantime, follow me on Twitter and subscribe to the RSS feed.

— Jeff;

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AWS Week in Review – February 2, 2015

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