AWS Week in Review – November 9, 2015

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

New & Notable Open Source

• AWSTOOLS is a set of tools for AWS.
• image_upload_AmazonS3_Rails uploads images to S3 using Rails, Paperclip, and Imagemagick.
• aws-monocyte destroys your AWS resources in non-European regions (use with care).
• Prescience sets up New Relic monitoring for Elastic Beanstalk.
• aws-lambda-local runs Lambda functions locally.
• kinesis-connector is a Kinesis Connector Plugin for the Reekoh IoT platform.
• aws_role_credentials generates AWS credentials for roles using STS.
• node-aws-lambda helps to automate deployment of AWS Lambda functions.
• ci_lambda_checks is the Cloud Insight Lambda Framework.
• Cloudwatch-Loggly retrieves CloudWatch logs and sends them to Loggly.
• simplerobotservice uses the AWS IoT service to connect a Leap Motion controller to a robot arm.
• aws-bootcamp provides materials for AWS Bootcamps.
• alpha is a continuous deployment tool for Lambda.
• aws-iot-toolkit contains a set of tools and files to configure AWS IoT.
• sheepherding is AWS reporting driven by Lambda scripts.
• reservedinstances is a Reserved Instance analysis and recommendations tool.
• awspec is a set of RSpec tests for your AWS resources.
• lambda-gateway-twilio-demo uses Twilio to save an image from your mobile phone to AWS.
• Minio Go is a library for S3-compatible cloud storage.
• cloudogram is a Meteor app for monitoring AWS infrastructure.
• aws-tools is a set of tools for quick & easy AWS administration.
• aws-ps-scripts contains a set of AWS PowerShell scripts.
• datapackage-validator-awslambda is a Lambda function for validating bulk-loaded data packages (works with bawlk).
• domchk53 is a domain availability checker that uses the Route 53 API.
• igor manages the provisioning of AWS resources and also helps with deployment.

New SlideShare Presentations

• Earth Observation in the Cloud.
• Digital Globe Presentation for Earth Observation in the Cloud Demo Day.
• developmentSEED Presentation for Earth Observation in the Cloud Demo Day.
• Real-Time Event Processing.
• Big Data Collection & Storage.
• Cloud HPC at AWS.
• Data Processing and Analytics.
• AWS Big Data Platform.
• Increase Speed and Agility with Amazon Web Services.
• Amazon Redshift Masterclass.
• Protecting Your Data in AWS.
• Network Security & Access Control in AWS.
• Account Separation and Mandatory Access Control on AWS.
• Shared Responsibility Deep Dive.
• Cloud Security Guidance from CESG and AWS.
• Event-Driven Programming with DynamoDB Streams and AWS Lambda.
• IoT Hack Day: AWS Pop-up Loft Hack Series.
• Licensing considerations for Enterprise Applications in the AWS Cloud.
• Best practices: Backup and Recovery for Windows Workloads.
• Running Active Directory in the AWS Cloud.
• AWS LA Media & Entertainment Event:
  • Shoot the Bird: Linear Broadcast on AWS.
  • Cloud Analytics for Audience Engagement.
  • Security of Digital Media Content & Applications on AWS.
• AWS Enterprise Summit Manila:
  • Welcome.
  • Enterprise Innovations.
  • Understanding Security and Compliance on AWS.
• AWS Seminar Series 2015:
  • Auckland.
  • Brisbane.
  • Sydney.
• AWS October Webinar Series:
  • Introducing Amazon QuickSight.
  • Introducing AWS Import / Export Snowball.
  • Introduction to AWS WAF.
  • Getting Started with AWS IoT.
  • Introducing Amazon Kinesis Firehose.
  • Introducing AWS Mobile Hub.
  • Using Spot Instances to Save up to 90% off Your EC2 Bill.
  • AWS Lambda Best Practices: Python, Scheduled Jobs, and More.

New Customer Success Stories

• 3DVIA.
• Kuoni France.
• OpenClassrooms.
• Veolia Water France.
• Aire.
• Beatpacking.
• The BMW Group.
• BuildFax.
• Burt.
• Canary.
• Capital One.
• The Center for American Progress.
• Decisyon.
• Eataly.
• General Electric.
• Go Energy.
• Holiday Extras.
• Interflora.
• itsNOON.
• John Deere.
• Krux.
• LiteracyPlanet.
• MLB Advanced Media.
• Manipal Global.
• Matchmove.
• Omise.
• OutSystems.
• Pinterest.
• PocketMath.
• Remind.
• SEAT Pagine.
• Securitas Direct.
• Segment.
• Stripe.
• The Seattle Times.
• Tictail.
• Trax.
• Unali.
• The University of Pennsylvania.
• Talen Energy.

New YouTube Videos

• AWS Elastic Beanstalk Deployment Walkthrough.
• What is Amazon DynamoDB?

Upcoming Events

• AWS Webinars for November 2015 – New Services and Best Practices.
• November 20 (Partner Webinar)  –The Reserved Instance lifecycle: Maximizing Savings Post-Purchase.
• December 1 (Meetup in Chicago, IL)  – APIs and IPAs.
• AWS Lofts:
  • San Francisco.
  • New York.

Help Wanted

• Stelligent – DevOps Automation Engineer (Advanced, Senior, Principal).
• Senior Leader: AWS VPC (Virtual Private Cloud).
• EC2 Systems Engineering Leader.
• Senior Software Development Manager, EC2 Networking.
• AWS Careers.

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

— Jeff;

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