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In the Works – AWS Region in Melbourne, Australia
We launched new AWS Regions in Italy and South Africa in 2020, and are working on regions in Indonesia, Japan, Spain, India, and Switzerland. Melbourne, Australia in 2020 Today I am happy to announce that the Asia Pacific (Melbourne) region is in the works, and will open in the second half of 2022 with three […]
re:Invent 2020 Liveblog: Machine Learning Keynote
AWS Chief Evangelist Jeff Barr and Developer Advocates Martin Beeby and Steve Roberts liveblogged the first-ever Machine Learning Keynote. Swami Sivasubramanian, VP of Amazon Machine Learning shared the latest developments and launches in Amazon ML/AI, as well as demos of new technology, and insights from customers. Read the Machine Learning Keynote recap below. You can […]
Using Amazon CloudWatch Lambda Insights to Improve Operational Visibility
To balance costs, while at the same time ensuring the service levels needed to meet business requirements are met, some customers elect to continuously monitor and optimize their AWS Lambda functions. They collect and analyze metrics and logs to monitor performance, and to isolate errors for troubleshooting purposes. Additionally, they also seek to right-size function […]
New – SaaS Lens in AWS Well-Architected Tool
To help you build secure, high-performing, resilient, and efficient solutions on AWS, in 2015 we publicly launched the AWS Well-Architected Framework. It started as a single whitepaper but has expanded to include domain-specific lenses, hands-on labs, and the AWS Well-Architected Tool (available at no cost in the AWS Management Console) that provides a mechanism for […]
re:Invent 2020 Liveblog: Partner Keynote
Thanks for joining us for the AWS Partner Keynote with Doug Yeum, head of Worldwide Channels and Alliances; Sandy Carter, vice president, Global Public Sector Partners and Programs; and Dave McCann, vice president, AWS Migration, Marketplace, and Control Services. Below is the liveblog from Developer Advocates Steve Roberts and Martin Beeby. Now, go check out […]
Amazon S3 Update – Strong Read-After-Write Consistency
When we launched S3 back in 2006, I discussed its virtually unlimited capacity (“…easily store any number of blocks…”), the fact that it was designed to provide 99.99% availability, and that it offered durable storage, with data transparently stored in multiple locations. Since that launch, our customers have used S3 in an amazing diverse set […]
AWS re:Invent 2020 – Top Announcements
Below are the major 2020 re:Invent launch and preview announcements covered by our dedicated team of AWS News bloggers / developer advocates from around the globe. For a complete overview of all re:Invent 2020 launches, see the full list here. Plus, don’t miss our liveblog recaps of all the re:Invent 2020 keynotes: Andy Jassy’s Keynote […]
In the Works – 3 More AWS Local Zones in 2020, and 12 More in 2021
We launched the first AWS Local Zone in Los Angeles last December, and added a second one (also in Los Angeles) in August of 2020. In my original post, I quoted Andy Jassy’s statement that we would be giving consideration to adding Local Zones in more geographic areas. Our customers are using the EC2 instances […]