AWS Week in Review – October 19, 2015

September 8, 2021: Amazon Elasticsearch Service has been renamed to Amazon OpenSearch Service. See details.

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

Monday October 19	Eric Hammond showed you how to Protect Critical SNS Topics from Deletion. ElasticBox shared some IT Insights from AWS re:Invent 2015. We announced that Amazon CodeDeploy is Now Available in the EU (Frankfurt) Region. We announced that Amazon is Now an ICANN-accredited Registrar for the .com and .net top level domains. We announced that Amazon WorkMail Now Supports Resource Booking and WorkDocs Integration. The Cloud Academy Blog discussed AWS Lambda and the Serverless Cloud and also talked about Scaling Massing Content with Alfresco and Amazon Aurora. The Analytics Vidhya Blog talked about How Amazon re:Invented Data Science at re:Invent 2015. The Facile.it Engineering Blog discussed the journey From Development to Production with Docker and AWS Elastic Beanstalk. Photographer Rukes published Photos from the AWS re:Invent Party.
Tuesday October 20	The AWS Partner Network Blog introduced New APN Partner Success Stories and AWS Customer Case Studies Featuring AWS Partners. The AWS Security Blog showed you How to Configure Security Settings in Amazon WorkDocs. We announced that AWS Storage Gateway Now Supports VMware ESXi 6.0 Hypervisors and RHEL 7 iSCSI Initiators. We announced a new Amazon WorkSpaces Connection Health Check Website. The Cloud Academy Blog published an Introduction to Amazon Machine Learning. Cloudability urged you to Get Scientific About Over-provisioned AWS Resources. Gathering Clouds provided advice on How to Avoid Cloud Project Roadblocks. The Powerupcloud Blog described OpenVPN for EC2 Host to Remote Client Communication. Codeship shared an Amazon EC2 2015 Benchmark: Testing Speeds Between AWS EC2 and S3 Regions. The Barricade Blog talked about Running a Modern Infrastructure Stack on AWS.
Wednesday October 21	The AWS Compute Blog showed you how to Use Amazon EFS to Persist Data from Amazon ECS Containers. We announced that AWS Data Pipeline Now Supports Amazon EMR 4.x Software Releases. We announced Enhanced Closed Captioning Support for Amazon Elastic Transcoder. The Cloud Academy Blog discussed Ansible and AWS for Cloud IT Automation Management. Xavier Decuyper talked about Verifying Amazon S3 Multi-part Uploads with the ETag Hash.
Thursday October 22	We announced that you can now Create Auto Scaling Launch Configurations that Include Encrypted EBS Volumes. We announced that AWS CodePipeline is Now Available in the US West (Oregon) Region. We updated the AWS SDK for Java, AWS CLI, AWS SDK for Go, AWS SDK for Ruby, and the AWS SDK for JavaScript. The AWS Big Data Blog showed you how to Build a Graph Database on AWS Using Amazon DynamoDB and Titan. The AWS Enterprise Blog discussed What Makes Good Leaders Great. The AWS Security Blog showed you how to Verify Resource-Based Permissions Using the AWS Policy Simulator. CloudNative announced that they are Pitching at the AWS Loft Pitch Event and Halloween Party. Evident.io shared some thoughts on Visibility, Actionability, and Security Automation in the Cloud. The Cloud Academy Blog discussed Amazon Cognito fof Managing Mobile Account Data. Cloud Technology Partners shared the Four Stages of Cloud Competence. Boaz Ziniman talked about How to Scale WordPress on AWS in 15 Minutes.
Friday October 23	The Amazon Mobile App Distribution Blog announced New Alexa Skills Kit Features: Built-in Intents and Slot Type for US Cities. Cloudonaut urged you to Improve AWS Security: Protect Your Keys with Ease.
Saturday October 24	Brian Beech discussed Cross-Account IAM Roles in Windows PowerShell.

New & Notable Open Source

splunkDeepFreeze moves frozen buckets to S3 and then to Glacier for long term storage.
Matsya helps you to choose the lowest-priced AZ for an instance type when running behind Auto Scaling Groups.
AWSIOT is a sample Node.js app for calling AWS IoT.
markovian-tools is an AWS Lambda framework for tweeting random text the Markovian Markov chain library.
SimpleDynamo is a simple way to interact with DynamoDB using PHP.
lambda-uploader is a command line utility for packaging and publishing Lambda functions.
aws-missing-tools is a set of tools for managing EC2, RBS, RDS, IAM, CloudFormation, and Route 53.
utils helps to manage GitHub and AWS accounts for teams.
zoufzouf is a multithreaded CloudFront log analyzer.
License2Deploy implements rolling deployments for Auto Scaling groups.
PAWS is a serverless backend stack powered by API Gateway and Lambda.

New SlideShare Presentations

re:Invent 2015: Benefit from DevOps When Moving to AWS for Windows.
re:Invent 2015: Learn How to Use Containers, Red Hat, and AWS to Achieve Extreme IT Agility.
re:Invent 2015: Inspiring Innovation in the Cloud @NASA/JPL and Beyond.
re:Invent 2015: Introducing Amazon RDS for MariaDB.
re:Invent 2015: AWS IoT Deep Dive – Programming the Physical World with Shadows and Rules.
re:Invent 2015: AWS IoT Deep Dive – Understanding Hardware Platforms, Device SDKs, and Protocols.
An Introduction to Using AWS and ASK to Build Voice Driven Experiences.
AWS Seminary Series 2015 Perth.

New Customer Success Stories

Citymaps -mapping as a social activity.
jobandtalent – job matching platform.
MedStar Health – not-for-profit healthcare system.
MyDress -online fashion sales.
Next Media – news, entertainment, and mobile websites.
Razer – mobile applications, analytics, and websites.

New YouTube Videos

Free Alexa Video Training from AWS re:Invent 2015.
re:Invent 2015: AWS OpsWorks Under the Hood.
re:Invent 2015: AWS Innovation at Scale.
re:Invent 2015: Introducing MariaDB on Amazon RDS.
re:Invent 2015: Mobile Identity Management & Data Sync Using Amazon Cognito.
re:Invent 2015: McDonald’s Uses AWS to Launch Global Applications Quickly.
re:Invent 2015: AWS Config Rules: Improve Governance Over Configuration Changes.
re:Invent 2015: Fourth Annual Startup Launches, Hosted by Werner Vogels.
re:Invent 2015: Sue Gordon – Open Collaboration and Public-Private Partnership.

Upcoming Events

AWS IoT Mega Contest.
AWS Security Road Shows.
October 27 – Webinars:
- Introducing Amazon QuickSight.
- Getting Started with AWS IoT.
- Introducing Amazon Kinesis Firehose.
October 28 – Live Event (Dallas, Texas) – re:Invent Recap.
October 28 – Webinars:
- Introducing Spot Blocks.
- Introducing AWS WAF.
- Introducing Amazon Elasticsearch Service.
October 29 – Webinars:
- AWS Lambda Best Practices: Python, Scheduled Jobs, and More.
- Introducing AWS Mobile Hub.
- Introducing AWS Import / Export Snowball.

Upcoming Events at the AWS Loft (San Francisco)

October 26 – A New Way to Use EC2 – At Up to 90% Less Than On Demand Prices (3 – 4 PM).
October 29 – Building Serverless Microservices with AWS Lambda (Noon – 4 PM).
October 29 – Startup Pitch Event and Halloween Party (6:30 PM – 9:30 PM).
November 2 – AWS Bootcamp: Architecting Highly Available Applications on AWS (10 AM – 6 PM).
November 3 – AWS Bootcamp: Architecting Highly Available Applications on AWS (10 AM – 6 PM).
November 3 – Behind the Scenes with Netflix: Regional Recovery and Chill (6 – 7:30 PM).
November 5 – Container Day (11:30 AM – 2:30 PM).
November 6 – IoT Hack Day: AWS Pop-up Loft Hack Series-Sponsored by Intel (10 AM – 6 PM).
November 9 – AWS Bootcamp: Taking AWS Operations to the Next Level (10 AM – 6 PM).
November 10 – Loft Startup Showcase (11:30 AM – 1:30 PM).
November 10 – San Francisco Flynn Meetup (6;30 – 8:30 PM).
November 11 – Scaling Blockchain Infrastructure: BlockCypher’s Transition from Google Compute to AWS (3 – 4 PM).
November 11 – Alert Logic Cloud Security Workshop for AWS Environments (5:30 – 7:30 PM).
November 12 – Analyze & Visualize your data with Tableau 9.1 Desktop and Server (10 AM – 6 PM).
November 12 – Big Data Partner Solutions from AWS Marketplace: Tableau, Attunity and Mapr (6:30 – 8 PM).
November 17 – Best of re:Invent 2015 (2 – 3 PM).
November 19 – Loft Rocks Concert Series with Kid Cadaver (6:30 – 9 PM).
November 25 – Loft closes at 3 PM.
November 26 – Loft closed.
November 27 – Loft closed.

Upcoming Events at the AWS Loft (New York)

October 27 – AWS Bootcamp: Getting Started on AWS (10 AM – 6 PM).
October 27 – Startup Pitch Event and Halloween Party (6:30 – 9:30 PM).
October 28 – Responsive Game Design (Noon – 1 PM).
October 28 – A Prescription for Startup Financial Health – 8 Financial Best Practices for Startup Executives (6:30 PM – 8 PM).
October 30 – IoT Hack Day: AWS Pop-up Loft Hack Series-Sponsored by Intel (10 AM – 6 PM).
November 2 – Chef Bootcamp: A Taste of Chef on AWS (10 AM – 6 PM).
November 3 – Chef Bootcamp: A Taste of Chef on AWS (10 AM – 6 PM).
November 4 – Chef Bootcamp: A Taste of Chef on AWS (10 AM – 6 PM).
November 5 – Chef Bootcamp: A Taste of Chef on AWS (10 AM – 6 PM).
November 6 – Chef Ask an Architect (10 AM – 6 PM).
November 6 – This One Weird API Request Will Save You Thousands: Using Spot Instances to Lower Costs and Get More Capacity (11 AM – Noon).
November 10 – Alert Logic Cloud Security Workshop for AWS Environments (3 – 5 PM).
November 10 – AWS Real Time Big Data Processing with Lambda, Kinesis & DynamoDB (6:30 – 9 PM).
November 13 – AWS Bootcamp: Architecting Highly Available Apps (10 AM – 6 PM).
November 17 – AWS Bootcamp: Taking AWS Operations to the Next Level (10 AM – 6 PM).
November 18 – AWS Bootcamp: Taking AWS Operations to the Next Level (10 AM – 6 PM).
November 19 – Best of re:Invent 2015 (2 – 3 PM).
November 19 – Loft Rocks Concert Series with Birch (7 – 10 PM).
November 23 – AWS Mobile Hub Walkthrough (2 – 5 PM).
November 25 – Loft closes at 3 PM.
November 26 – Loft closed.
November 27 – Loft closed.
December 3 – Behind the Scenes with Socure: Realtime ID Verification on AWS (6:30 – 8 PM).

Upcoming Events at the AWS Loft (Berlin) – Register Now

October 26 – re:Invent Recap (9 PM).
October 26 – Funding Cycles and Term Sheets (5 PM).
October 26 – Scaling synergy – How AWS works with VC’s (6 PM).
October 27 – DevOps at Amazon: A Look at Our Tools and Processes (9 AM).
October 27 – Taking Ops to the Next Level (10 AM).
October 27 – Automating Software Deployments with AWS CodeDeploy (10 AM).
October 27 – Releasing Software Quickly and Reliably with AWS CodePipeline (5 PM).
October 28 – Cache is King (9 AM).
October 28 – How to Save Costs and Mitigate Risks with Spot Instances (10 AM).
October 28 – Running Lean & Mean on AWS: How to Optimize for Cost Efficiency (5 PM).
October 29 – Simple Security for Startups (9 AM).
October 29 – Encryption Options on AWS (10 AM).
October 29 – Software to Services workshop – An intro to SaaS Business with AWS (2 PM).
October 29 – Best Practice Tech Recruiting (4 PM).
October 29 – Mapping Traditional Security Controls to AWS (5 PM).
October 29 – Transparency and Audit on AWS (6 PM).
October 30 – Mobile Identity Management and Data Synchronization Using Amazon Cognito (9 AM).
October 30 – Analyze Mobile App Data and Build Predictive Applications (10 AM).
October 30 – Software to Services workshop – An intro to SaaS Technology with AWS (2 PM).
October 30 – The Data Pipeline Powering EyeEm (6 PM).

Upcoming Events at the AWS Loft (London) – Register Now

October 27 – IoT Hack Day: AWS Pop-up Loft Hack Series – Sponsored by Intel (10 AM).
October 28 – Introducing AWS IoT (11 AM).
October 28 – Introducing AWS WAF (Noon).
October 28 – AWS Lambda Update (1 PM).
October 28 – Amazon Kinesis Update (2 PM).
October 28 – Amazon Relational Database Service Update (3 PM).
October 28 – Introducing Amazon QuickSight (4 PM).

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