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Learn about AWS Services and Solutions – September AWS Online Tech Talks
AWS Online Tech Talks are live, online presentations that cover a broad range of topics at varying technical levels. Join us this month to learn about AWS services and solutions. We’ll have experts online to help answer any questions you may have. Featured this month is our first ever fireside chat discussion. Join Debanjan Saha, General […]
Read MoreAmazon AppStream 2.0 – New Application Settings Persistence and a Quick Launch Recap
Amazon AppStream 2.0 gives you access to Windows desktop applications through a web browser. Thousands of AWS customers, including SOLIDWORKS, Siemens, and MathWorks are already using AppStream 2.0 to deliver applications to their customers. Today I would like to bring you up to date on some recent additions to AppStream 2.0, wrapping up with a […]
Read MoreAWS X-Ray Now Supports Amazon API Gateway and New Sampling Rules API
Today, we’re adding two new features to AWS X-Ray: support for Amazon API Gateway, making it easier to trace and analyze requests as they travel through your APIs to the underlying services, and support for centralized sampling rules in the AWS X-Ray console, SDKs, and API.
Read MoreExtending AWS CloudFormation with AWS Lambda Powered Macros
Today I’m really excited to show you a powerful new feature of AWS CloudFormation, we’re calling Macros. Macros allow developers to extend the native syntax of CloudFormation templates by allowing AWS Lambda powered transformations on templates.
Read MoreChat with the Alexa Prize Finalists Today
The Alexa Prize is an annual competition designed to spur academic research and development in the field of conversational artificial intelligence. This year, students are working to build socialbots that can engage in a fun, high-quality conversation on popular societal topics for up to 20 minutes. In order to succeed at this task, the teams […]
Read MoreIn the Works – Amazon RDS on VMware
Database administrators spend a lot of time provisioning hardware, installing and patching operating systems and databases, and managing backups. All of this undifferentiated heavy lifting keeps the lights on but often takes time away from higher-level efforts that have a higher return on investment. For many years, Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) has taken care […]
Read MoreNew – Over-the-Air (OTA) Updates for Amazon FreeRTOS
FreeRTOS is an operating system for the microcontrollers that power connected devices such as appliances, fitness trackers, industrial sensors, smart utility meters, security systems, and the like. Designed for use in small, low-powered devices, Amazon FreeRTOS extends the FreeRTOS kernel with libraries for communication with cloud services such as AWS IoT Core and with more […]
Read MoreAmazon DynamoDB – Features to Power Your Enterprise
I first told you about Amazon DynamoDB in early 2012, and said: We want you to think big, to dream big dreams, and to envision (and then build) data-intensive applications that can scale from zero users up to tens or hundreds of millions of users before you know it. We want you to succeed, and […]
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