AWS News Blog
New – Burst Balance Metric for EC2’s General Purpose SSD (gp2) Volumes
Many AWS customers are getting great results with the General Purpose SSD (gp2) EBS volumes that we launched in mid-2014 (see New SSD-Backed Elastic Block Storage for more information). If you’re unsure of which volume type to use for your workload, gp2 volumes are the best default choice because they offer balanced price/performance for a […]
Genome Engineering Applications: Early Adopters of the Cloud
Our friends at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) in Australia sent along the guest post below to tell us about how AWS powers an important new genome editing technique. — Jeff Recent developments in molecular engineering technology now enables the accurate editing of genomes. The new technology, called CRISPR-Cas9, can be […]
CloudWatch Update – Jump From Metrics to Associated Logs
A few years ago I showed you how to Store and Monitor OS & Application Log Files with Amazon CloudWatch. Many AWS customers now create filters for their logs, publish the results as CloudWatch metrics, and then raise alarms when something is amiss. For example, they watch their web server logs for 404 errors that […]
AWS Week in Review – October 31, 2016
September 8, 2021: Amazon Elasticsearch Service has been renamed to Amazon OpenSearch Service. See details. Over 25 internal and external contributors helped out with pull requests and fresh content this week! Thank you all for your help and your support. Monday October 31 We shared the AWS Hot Startups for October 2016 – Optimizely, Touch […]
MLB Statcast – Featuring David Ortiz, Joe Torre, and Dave O’Brien
One of my colleagues has been rooting for the Red Sox since she was in her teens. She recently had the opportunity to work with Red Sox legend and Hank Aaron award winner David Ortiz (aka “Big Papi”), Hall of Famer Joe Torre, and announcer Dave O’Brien (ESPN and NESN) to produce a fun video […]
CodePipeline Update – Build Continuous Delivery Workflows for CloudFormation Stacks
When I begin to write about a new way for you to become more productive by using two AWS services together, I think about a 1980’s TV commercial for Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups! The intersection of two useful services or two delicious flavors creates a new one that is even better. Today’s chocolate / peanut […]
New – Sending Metrics for Amazon Simple Email Service (SES)
Amazon Simple Email Service (SES) focuses on deliverability – getting email through to the intended recipients. In my launch blog post (Introducing the Amazon Simple Email Service), I noted that several factors influence delivery, including the level of trust that you have earned with multiple Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and the number of complaints and […]
New Amazon Linux Container Image for Cloud and On-Premises Workloads
The Amazon Linux AMI is designed to provide a stable, secure, high performance execution environment for applications running on EC2. With limited remote access (no root login and mandatory SSH key pairs) and a very small number of non-critical packages installed, the AMI has a very respectable security profile. Many of our customers have asked […]