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I saw an interesting quote this past weekend from inventor and entrepreneur Dean Kamen. In response to a claim of instant success for one of his products, Dean responded that it wasn’t in fact instant, but was actually the result of between 15 and 20 years of research and development. Amazon S3 hasn’t been around […]

The General Availability (GA) release of the AWS SDK for Node.js is now available and can be installed through npm as aws-sdk. We have added a number of features since the preview release including bound parameters, streams, IAM roles for EC2 instances, version locking, and proxies. Here are a couple of examples to help you […]

Let’s take a quick look at what happened in AWS-land last week: Monday,  April 29 We announced the new AWS Security Blog. The first post begins a series on Securing Access to AWS using MFA (Multi-Factor Authentication). Tuesday, April 30 We announced the AWS Global Certification Program. The AWS Java Blog published the first part […]

I have long believed (and spoken about) the fact programmability is one of the attributes that defines a cloud.  The availability of APIs for fundamental cloud features means that you, as a developer, can build tools, utilities, and applications to create cloud resources, track and manage status, and even gain access to usage and billing […]

We are launching the AWS Global Certification Program for our customers and our partners today. If you are a Solution Architect, System Administrator, or Developer and you want to formally certify your knowledge of AWS, I think you will find this program of great interest to you. What are Certifications?The AWS Certifications are credentials that […]

Let’s take a quick look at what happened in AWS-land last week: Monday, April 22 We announced that Amazon Redshift and the High Storage Eight instance type are now available in the EU West (Ireland) Region. The AWS Mobile Blog published a post that will show you How to Switch From Single to Multiple Frameworks […]

It is Friday afternoon inbox-clearing time for me! Before I abandon my keyboard for the weekend I want to share a few items related to our popular AWS Summit series. For The Record The 2013 summits in New York, Australia, and London opened to capacity crowds in each city. The keynote and breakout talks at […]

The AWS GovCloud (US) was built with government customers in mind. It is an isolated AWS Region designed to allow US government agencies and customers to move sensitive workloads into the cloud. AWS GovCloud (US) adheres to US International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) as well as a variety of other audited and certified compliance […]