AWS Week in Review – February 29, 2016

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

Monday February 29	We announced that AWS Import/Export Snowball Now Supports Export. We announced that Amazon CloudWatch Events are Now Available in the EU (Frankfurt) Region. We announced VPC ClassicLink and ClassicLink Support in the South America (Sao Paulo) Region. We announced that the AWS Storage Gateway Now Supports EMC Networker 8.x with Gateway-VTL. The AWS Windows and .NET Developer Blog published a 2-part series on Exploring ASP.NET Core (Part 1 – Deploying from GitHub, Part 2- Continuous Delivery). The AWS Partner Network Blog shared a new partner success story: Business Model Transformation on AWS – Wipro. The AWS Security Blog announced Industry Best Practices for Securing AWS Resources. 8KMiles shared 19 Best Practices for Creating Amazon CloudFormation Templates, 27 Best Practice Tips on Amazon Web Services Security Groups, 25 Best Practice Tips for architecting Amazon VPC, and Amazon RDS Second Tier Read Replicas. CloudCheckr listed 6 Common Availability Issues. N2W Software talked about File-Level Recovery for EBS Snapsnots. Serverless Code reviewed AWS Lambda, a Guide to Serverless Microservices. Stackshare talked about Scaling Zapier to Automate Billions of Tasks. Aerobatic listed Five Reasons to Host a Static Site with Aerobatic Instead of S3. Forbes listed Five Facts that are Fueling Serverless Computing.
Tuesday March 1	We announced Local Time Zone Support for Amazon Aurora. We announced the AWS Config Rules Repository on GitHub. We announced Support for Security Group References in a Peered VPC. We announced a Data Egress Discount for Researchers. We updated the AWS CLI, AWS SDK for Go, AWS SDK for Ruby, and the AWS SDK for JavaScript. The Amazon Mobile App Distribution Blog talked about Developing Alexa Skills Locally with Node.js. The AWS Java Blog talked about Parallelizing Large Uploads for Speed and Reliability. The AWS Startup Collection shared What Startups Should Know Before Choosing a CDN. Stelligent discussed Infrastructure as Code. RightScale announced some Product Updates including access to AWS Spot Prices. Netflix discussed Caching for a Global Netflix (across multiple AWS Regions). A Cloud Guru talked about Easy Video Transcoding in AWS. Cloudyn talked about Measuring Compute Consumption in the Cloud with Instance Core-Hours. Cloud Academy talked about Amazon EMR, Apache Spark, and Apache Zeppelin for Big Data. DZone Cloud Zone talked about Learning How to Become an AWS Cloud Guru. ParkMyCloud announced Version 2.0, with Multi-User and Multi-Account Capabilities. Trek10 discussed the Serverless Framework for Processes, Projects, and Scale.
Wednesday March 2	We announced that Amazon SNS Now Sends Notifications for AWS Directory Service. We launched the Backup and Archive Calculator. We updated the AWS Schema Conversion Tools and the AWS TCO Calculator. The AWS DevOps Blog talked about Using Locust on AWS Elastic Beanstalk for Distributed Load Generation and Testing. The AWS Ruby Development Blog announced the Aws:Record Developer Preview. Cloudlytics talked about How Tag-Based Billing Reports Help Manage Your Bills Across Multiple AWS Environments. Ahead talked about Better Billing Through Metadata: Tracking Amazon WorkSpaces. Cloud Academy announced a New Course: Advanced Use of AWS CloudFormation. Aerobatic announced Continuous Build and Deployment of Jekyll Sites and shared their Lambda-powered architecture.
Thursday March 3	We updated the AWS CLI, AWS SDK for Go, AWS SDK for JavaScript, and the AWS SDK for Ruby. The Amazon Mobile App Distribution Blog announced that Alexa is Now Available on Two New Devices – Echo Dot and Amazon Tap. The AWS Big Data Blog showed you how to Analyze Your Data on Amazon DynamoDB with Apache Spark. Serverless Code reviewed Serverless Single Page Apps. ParkMyCloud talked about How to Save Money with AWS Auto Scaling Groups. We updated the Continuous Delivery and Continuous Integration pages. CloudCheckr published a new white paper: Amazon Cloud: The Ultimate Guide to Cost Management.
Friday March 4	We announced New VPN Features in the South America (Sao Paulo) Region. We updated the AWS SDK for Java. The AWS Enterprise Blog explored The Future of Managed Services in the Cloud. The AWS Government, Education, & Nonprofits Blog announced AWS Cloud Credits for Nonprofits with TechSoup Global. Cloud Academy announced a New Course: Advanced High Availability on AWS.
Saturday March 5	Nothing happened!
Sunday March 6	Cloud Enlightened talked about Cracking AWS Solution Architect Professional Certification.

New & Notable Open Source

LENA is a Lambda Executed NAT Migration Tool.
tvarit-maven contains some AWS DevOps automation tools to run Wildfly on OpsWorks.
bamboo-ebs is an EBS provisioner for EBS and Bamboo.
lambda-packages contains some popular packages, precompiled for use with Lambda.
aws-workshop is a set of workshops for AWS, starting with S3.
proftpd-mod_aws is an AWS configuration for ProFTPD.
keymaker implements lightweight key management on EC2.
nubis-nat creates an AWS NAT instance and a Squid proxy.
alfresco-cloudformation-chef is a set of CloudFormation templates for the Alfresco One Reference Architecture.
humilis-firehose-resource is a custom CloudFormation resource to deploy Kinesis Firehose delivery streams.

New SlideShare Presentations

February 2016 Webinar Series:

New Customer Success Stories

CrowdStrike – CrowdStrike uses AWS to implement a scalable, cloud-based solution for preventing cyber breaches with on-demand resources, thereby simplifying maintenance, reducing cost, and improving performance.
Edmunds.com – After evaluating several Git hosting solutions, Edmunds.com migrated its source code repositories to the cloud on AWS CodeCommit.
IXD – By basing its secure email and fax delivery services on AWS, IXD has disrupted the secure document transmission and messaging industry by offering its services for 80 percent less than some of its competitors.
Amazon.com – Amazon.com cut costs while improving performance and reliability for its enterprise communications and collaboration software, including Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft Lync, and Microsoft SharePoint.

Upcoming Events

March 10th – Live Event (San Francisco, CA) – DevDay at AWS Loft.
March 14 – Live Event (Seattle, Washington) – Seattle AWS Architects & Engineers – Lambda + Alexa AWS Teams.
March 15th – Live Event (San Francisco, California) – Amazon Lumberyard team at GDC 2016.
March 17th – Webinar – Security Best Practices for Retailers on AWS.
March 22nd – Live Broadcast – VoiceOps: Commanding and Controlling Your AWS environments using Amazon Echo and Lambda.
March 23rd – Live Event (Atlanta, Georgia) – AWS Key Management Service & AWS Storage Services for a Hybrid Cloud (Atlanta AWS Community).
April 6th – Live Event (Boston, Massachusetts) AWS at Bio-IT World.
April 18th & 19th – Live Event (Chicago, Illinois) – AWS Summit – Chicago.
AWS Loft – San Francisco.
AWS Loft – New York.
AWS Loft – Tel Aviv.
AWS Global Summit Series.

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AWS Week in Review – February 29, 2016

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