AWS News Blog
EC2 Price Reductions – Reserved Instances & M4 Instances
As AWS grows, we continue to find ways to make it an even better value. We work with our suppliers to drive down costs while also finding ways to build hardware and software that is increasingly more efficient and cost-effective. In addition to reducing our prices on a regular and frequent basis, we also give […]
Roundup of AWS HIPAA Eligible Service Announcements
At AWS we have had a number of HIPAA eligible service announcements. Patrick Combes, the Healthcare and Life Sciences Global Technical Leader at AWS, and Aaron Friedman, a Healthcare and Life Sciences Partner Solutions Architect at AWS, have written this post to tell you all about it. -Ana We are pleased to announce that the […]
AWS Hot Startups – April 2017
Spring is here, the flowers are blooming and Tina Barr is back with more great startups for you to check out! -Ana Welcome back to another month of hot AWS-powered startups! Today we have three exciting startups: Beekeeper – simplifying employee communication in the workplace. Betterment – making investing easier for everyone. ClearSlide – a […]
New – Server-Side Encryption for Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS)
As one of the most venerable members of the AWS family of services, Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS) is an essential part of many applications. Presentations such as Amazon SQS for Better Architecture and Massive Message Processing with Amazon SQS and Amazon DynamoDB explain how SQS can be used to build applications that are […]
Use Amazon WorkSpaces on Your Samsung Galaxy S8/S8+ With the New Samsung DeX
It is really interesting to watch as technology evolves and improves. For example, today’s mobile phones offer screens with resolution that rivals a high-end desktop, along with multiple connectivity options and portability. Earlier this week I had the opportunity to get some hands-on experience with the brand-new Samsung Galaxy S8+ phone and a unique new […]
File Interface to AWS Storage Gateway
September 8, 2021: Amazon Elasticsearch Service has been renamed to Amazon OpenSearch Service. See details. I should probably have a blog category for “catching up from AWS re:Invent!” Last November we made a really important addition to the AWS Storage Gateway that I was too busy to research and write about at the time. As […]
AWS Enables Consortium Science to Accelerate Discovery
My colleague Mia Champion is a scientist (check out her publications), an AWS Certified Solutions Architect, and an AWS Certified Developer. The time that she spent doing research on large-data datasets gave her an appreciation for the value of cloud computing in the bioinformatics space, which she summarizes and explains in the guest post below! […]
Amazon Inspector Update – Assessment Reporting, Proxy Support, and More
Amazon Inspector is our automated security assessment service. It analyzes the behavior of the applications that you run in AWS and helps you to identify potential security issues. In late 2015 I introduced you to Inspector and showed you how to use it (Amazon Inspector – Automated Security Assessment Service). You start by using tags […]