AWS Week in Review – March 23, 2015

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

Monday, March 23	A post on the AWS Java Blog provided a helpful pointer to some new documentation on Amazon S3 Client-side Crypto Meta Information. The AWS Security Blog disclosed the availability of a New Security and Compliance Workbook: IT-Grundschultz.
Tuesday, March 24	We announced Cross-Region Replication for Amazon S3. We announced that Version 2015.03 of the Amazon Linux AMI is Now Available. We announced that AWS Marketplace is now Available in the Frankfurt Region. We announced New Timing Data and Performance Improvements for Amazon Elastic Transcoder. We announced that AWS Elastic Beanstalk Now Supports Multi-Container Docker Environments, along with support for Docker 1.5, Ruby 2.2, and Node.js 0.12.0. A guest post on the AWS Big Data Blog showed you how to run Streaming Analytics with DataTorrent RTS and Amazon EMR. A post on the Flux7 Blog talked about how High Performance Cloud Infrastructure Supports Healthcare Analytics. A post on the 2nd Watch Blog talked about Introducing Amazon Aurora.
Wednesday, March 25	We announced that EC2’s C4 Instances are now Available in the EU (Germany) Region. My colleague Ian Massingham published an AWS CloudFormation Masterclass Video. We announced that Amazon EMR Now Supports Amazon S3 Client-Side Encryption. We announced a CloudFront Reporting Update – New Device Report, CSV, Integration, and More. We announced Upgraded Identity and Access Management Policy Validation. A guest post on the AWS Startup Collection discussed Sandboxing Code in the Era of Containers. The AWS Partner Network Blog revealed the AWS Global Channel Reseller Program Monthly Webinar Series. The AWS Windows and .NET Developer Blog published an Update on Modularization of the SDK. The Cloud Academy Blog discussed AWS Security: Using the Tools of Your Trade.
Thursday, March 26	We announced that you can now Preview the Latest Updates in the Master Branch – AWS SDK for Go. We launched the Kinesis Client Library for Node.js Developers. We announced an AWS Management Console Update – Tag Substring Search. We updated the AWS SDK for Unity, AWS SDK for Java, AWS CLI, AWS SDK for Ruby, AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell, AWS SDK for .NET, and the AWS SDK for JavaScript. A guest post on the AWS Partner Network Blog showed you how to Deploy High Availability Architectures with the Help of APN Consulting Partners. A Reddit thread in /r/aws provided some helpful EC2 to EC2-VPC Migration Tips. The Cloudlytics Blog reviewed 6 AWS Services That Add Layers of Security to Your Cloud. The N2W Software Blog announced that Cloud Protection Manager 1.8.0 is Available on AWS Marketplace. A post on the Cloud Academy Blog talked about Vagrant and Chef Solo: Boostrapping an EC2 WordPress Instance.
Friday, March 27	We announced an Amazon SNS Console Update – Updated Look and Feel, Better Navigation, and Increases in Viewable Limits. We announced that AWS Config now Sends Email-Friendly Notifications About Changes to your AWS Resources. An in-depth article in the Communications of the ACM explained How Amazon Web Services Uses Formal Methods. A post on the Amplitude Blog explained Why we Chose Redshift. A post on the Cloudability Blog noted that Amazon Updates Make Cleaning up Your Tags a Whole Log Easier. The Cloudlytics Blog discussed Simplified Monitoring for AWS S3 Buckets with Geographic, Timeline & IP Reports. We added a lot of content to SlideShare including Your First 10 Million Users with Amazon Web Services, Building Mobile and Web Apps using the AWS Mobile and Javascript SDKs, Getting Started with AWS OpsWorks, Best Practices for Content Delivery Using Amazon CloudFront, AWS CloudFormation Masterclass, Understanding the AWS Shared Security Model, Getting Started with Amazon WorkSpaces, and Introduction to Cloud Computing with Amazon Web Services. We published two videos: CHEF Uses AWS to Automate Provisioning of IT Resources and Big Data on Amazon Web Services. We added NGINX Plus (Ubuntu and Amazon Linux AMI), and Neusoft Application Delivery Security Gateway to AWS Marketplace.

Upcoming Events

Monday, March 30 – Live Event (San Francisco) – IoT Hack Day: AWS Pop-up Loft Hack Series – Sponsored by Spark.
Monday, March 30 – Webinar – Getting to 1.5M Ads/Sec: How DataXu Manages Big Data – with APN Partner Qubole and customer DataXu.
Tuesday, March 31 – Webinar – AWS Certifications and You (Cloud Academy).
Tuesday, March 31 – Webinar – Cloud E-Discovery: Solving the Right Problems with a Modern Approach – with APN Partner Zapproved and customer Raytheon Technologies.
Thursday, April 2 – Webinar – Strategies for Securing Hybrid Workloads with Level 3 and Cisco.
Wednesday, April 8 – Webinar – Refining Raw Data for Complete Customer Insight with Amazon Redshift and Pentaho – with APN Partner Pentaho and customer Lucky Group
AWS Summits.
Tuesday, April 15 – Webinar – Making Data Analysts Self-Sufficient: A Case Study – with APN Partners Alteryx and Tableau and customer Amaysim.
April 12-16 – Live Event (Chicago, Illinois) – AWS at HIMSS15.
April 13-16 – Live Event (Las Vegas, Nevada) – AWS at NAB 2015.
Friday, April 17 – Webinar – AWS Summits .
Wednesday, April 29 – Webinar – The AdRoll Monitoring Evolution: From Flying Blind to Flying by Instrument – with APN Partner Datadog and customer AdRoll.

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AWS Week in Review – March 23, 2015

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