AWS Week in Review – September 7, 2015

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

New & Notable Open Source

• redshift-udfs contains SQL for many helpful Redshift UDFs.
• cfn-flow is a command-line tool for developing CloudFormation templates and deploying stacks.
• s3-backup-script tars up local files and folder, dumps a MySQL database, and uploads the resulting files to S3.
• md5s3stash implements content-addressable storage in S3.
• PhotoEncryptionInCloud is an Android app that stores encrypted photos in AWS.
• auto-simple-calculator is an auto-pilot for the AWS Simple Monthly Calculator.
• aws-cloudwatch-chart is a Node module that draws charts for CloudWatch metrics.
• awsqr generates QR codes for AWS MFA logins.
• grails-aws is an AWS plugin for Grails.
• NFLX-Security-Monkey monitors policy changes and alerts on insecure configurations in an AWS account.

New Customer Success Stories

• Essent -Handling high volumes of data from smart meters.
• JustGiving -Test & production environments and big data analytics.
• Major League Baseball Advanced Media (MLBAM) – big data processing (17 petabytes per season):
  • MLBAM Builds New Player Tracking System on AWS.
  • MLBAM and the Business Value of Using AWS.
  • MLBAM and the Power of Innovation Possible on AWS.
• Nextdoor -Private social network for neighborhoods.
• Ohpen -Mutual fund platform for banks.
• RedMart -Site and fulfillment center software hosting.
• RoZetta Technology – Big data storage, management, and analytics.

New SlideShare Content

• Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center: Cloud On-Ramp Project Briefing.
• Security Best Practices.
• AWS for Startups.
• Amazon EC2 Container Service.
• Scaling the Platform for Your Startup.

New YouTube Videos

• AWS Loft Talks – Benefits of the PaaS Approach to IoT.
• AWS Loft Talks – An Engineer’s Tour of the Internet of Things.
• Getting Started with AWS Directory Service.

New Marketplace Applications

• Slemma – BI.
• Haivision Media Gateway – Media.
• DeepSQL 5.6, Release 3.2  (MySQL 5.6 + DeepSQL plugin 3.2) – Databases.
• Alfresco One Enterprise 5.0.1 – Content Management.
• Conductor – Databases.
• Lumis Portal 8.1.1 – Free version (Portuguese) – Content Management.
• ProcessMaker Open Source Edition powered by Bitnami – BPM.
• Nuxeo Content Management Platform – Content Management.
• Barracude Message Archiver – Storage.

Upcoming Events

• September 14-18 – Live Event (New York) AWS Professional Services Delivery Best Practices Bootcamp.
• September 15 – Webinar – Building Your First Big Data Application on AWS.
• September 15 – Webinar – Infrastructure Deployment and Monitoring with AWS Lambda and Amazon SNS.
• September 15 – Webinar – Getting Started with DynamoDB Streams.
• September 16 – Webinar – Meet Regulatory Storage Requirements with Amazon Glacier Vault Lock.
• September 17 – Webinar – Running Microservices with Amazon EC2 Container Service.
• September 17 – Webinar – Visual Effects Rendering in the AWS Cloud with ThinkBox.
• September 17 – Webinar – Build Cross-Platform Mobile Apps with AWS and the New Xamarin SDK.
• September 22 – Webinar – Scientific Computing in the Cloud: Speeding Access for Drug Discovery – with APN Partner Avere Systems and customer H3 Biomedicine.
• September 24 – Meetup (Warszawa, Poland) – AWS User Group Poland.
• October 1 – Meetup (South Bend, Indiana) – Michiana AWS Meetup.
• AWS re:Invent – Sold out, register for the live stream!

Upcoming Events at the AWS Loft (San Francisco)

• September 14 – AWS Bootcamp: Architecting Highly Available Applications (10 AM – 6 PM).
• September 16 – ClearScale Customer Showcase + Premier Partner Party (6 PM – 9:30 PM).
• September 17 – The Right Tool for the Right Job on AWS (4 PM – 8 PM).
• September 22 – Accelerating to the Hybrid Cloud and Reaping the Rewards (6 PM – 9 PM).
• September 23 – Amazon Launchpad: Paving the Way for Startups to Launch on Amazon (11:30 AM – 2:30 PM).
• September 25 – TechNode San Francisco Demo Day (10 AM – 5 PM).
• September 28 – AWS Bootcamp: Taking Operations to the Next Level (10 AM – 6 PM).
• September 29 – Funding Options for Growing Technology Companies (6 PM – 7:30 PM).
• September 30 – Onshape Users (6 PM – 8:30 PM).
• October 1 – Market Differentiators and Elements of API Management plus The Developer Experience – Accelerating Growth (6 PM – 9 PM).
• October 21 – Intro to Using AWS and the Alexa Skills Kit to Build Voice Driven Experiences + Open Hackathon (10 AM – 3 PM).

Upcoming Events at the AWS Loft (New York)

• September 14 – Chef Bootcamp: A Taste of Chef on AWS (10 AM – 6 PM).
• September 15 – Chef Bootcamp: A Taste of Chef on AWS (10 AM – 6 PM).
• September 16 – Chef Bootcamp: A Taste of Chef on AWS (10 AM – 6 PM).
• September 17 – Chef Bootcamp: A Taste of Chef on AWS (10 AM – 6 PM).
• September 18 – Network with Amazon Business Leaders from NYC Area (6 PM – 9 PM).
• September 24 – Intro to Using AWS and the Alexa Skills Kit to Build Voice Driven Experiences + Open Hackathon (10 AM – 3 PM).
• September 24 – The Life of a Click: How Hearst Publishing Manages Clickstream Analytics with AWS (3 – 4 PM).
• September 24 – How to Implement Top 10 AWS Security Best Practices – Day Workshop with Evident.io (10 AM – 2 PM).
• September 24 – How to Implement Top 10 AWS Security Best Practices – Evening Session with Evident.io (6:30 PM – 8:30 PM).
• September 28 – Onshape Users (6 PM – 8:30 PM).
• October 1 – Behind the Scenes with LearnBop – Bulletproof Blue/Green Deployments – Myths, Pitfalls and Solutions (6:30 PM – 8 PM).

Help Wanted

• This Week’s Cloud Computing Jobs (Cloud Academy).
• 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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