Category: Events

Have you ever been to a Startup Weekend event? In the space of 54 hours starting on a Friday evening, participants pitch business ideas, form teams, implement their ideas, and present their work before a panel of judges. Along the way there’s time for some coaching and a quick lesson in how to give a […]

We were pleased to be able to sponsor the University Hacker Olympics event earlier this year. Held in San Francisco, the event attracted 100 student scholars from 25 universities. The students competed for a chance to win over $150,000 in travel and other prizes. As a platium sponsor, we provided AWS credits to all contestants, […]

Several of my colleagues on the AWS team are heading to South by Southwest (SxSW) this year. If you are planning to be there, they’d be overjoyed to meet you. We have a booth, two AWS sessions, and some special events: Amazon BoothThe AWS team will be at the Austin Convention Center during SxSW Interactive […]

We’re running AWS Summits in 12 cities this year! If you are a developer or a technical leader and you want to learn more about the AWS Cloud and how to put it to use, these free one-day events are for you. After a morning keynote by a senior AWS leader, you can choose from […]

Ok, there you are, about to build an application that has to store lots and lots of data in cost-effective yet scalable fashion. Should you use a relational model or should you go NoSQL? Should you use DynamoDB, Redshift, RDS, ElastiCache, or more than one? We’ve set up webinar for later this week to help […]

The excitement is building for AWS re:Invent and I am looking forward to my trip to Las Vegas. I’ve got important information for attendees and for online viewers! AWS re:Invent for AttendeesIf you will be heading to Las Vegas for the conference, here’s what you need to know: What to Bring -Be sure to bring […]

There are a lot of storage options available to AWS users — Amazon S3, Elastic Block Storage, and the AWS Storage Gateway, along with ancillary services such as Amazon CloudFront for content distribution, AWS Direct Connect for dedicated network connections, and Amazon Elastic MapReduce for large-scale data processing. Our customers are using these services to […]

    Executive Summary Block off November 27-29 on your calendar, book a flight to Las Vegas, and plan to spend three days at AWS re: Invent learning more about AWS from AWS engineers, architects, partners, and customers in over 100 sessions. Attend AWS re: Invent is our inaugural conference for customers and partners. We’ll […]