Category: Best Practices

In this post, we describe how you can simplify your event-driven application architecture using AWS Lambda with Amazon MSK. We demonstrate how to configure Lambda as a consumer for Kafka topics, including a cross-account setup and how to optimize price and performance for these applications.

Amazon OpenSearch Service recently introduced a new Transport Layer Security (TLS) policy Policy-Min-TLS-1-2-PFS-2023-10, which supports the latest TLS 1.3 protocol and TLS 1.2 with Perfect Forward Secrecy (PFS) cipher suites. This new policy improves security and enhances OpenSearch performance. In this post, we discuss the benefits of this new policy and how to enable it using the AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI).

This post provides guidance on how you can use event driven architecture to enhance the resiliency of data solutions built on the next generation of Amazon SageMaker, a unified platform for data, analytics, and AI. SageMaker is a managed service with high availability and durability.

In this post, we will show you five Amazon Redshift architecture patterns that you can consider to optimize your Amazon Redshift data warehouse performance at scale using features such as Amazon Redshift Serverless, Amazon Redshift data sharing, Amazon Redshift Spectrum, zero-ETL integrations, and Amazon Redshift streaming ingestion.

In this post, we explore best practices for upgrading your Amazon MWAA environment and provide a step-by-step guide to seamlessly transition to the latest version.

In this post, we dive deep into the new Amazon EMR WAL feature to help you understand how it works, how it enhances durability, and why it’s needed. We explore several scenarios that are well-suited for this feature.

In this post, we share how AppsFlyer successfully migrated their massive data infrastructure from self-managed Hadoop clusters to Amazon EMR Serverless, detailing their best practices, challenges to overcome, and lessons learned that can help guide other organizations in similar transformations.

today we introduced Amazon Q Developer support in OpenSearch Service. With this AI-assisted analysis, both new and experienced users can navigate complex operational data without training, analyze issues, and gain insights in a fraction of the time. In this post, we share how to get started using Amazon Q Developer in OpenSearch Service and explore some of its key capabilities.

Natural Intelligence (NI) is a world leader in multi-category marketplaces. In this blog post, NI shares their journey, the innovative solutions developed, and the key takeaways that can guide other organizations considering a similar path. This article details NI’s practical approach to this complex migration, focusing less on Apache Iceberg’s technical specifications, but rather on the real-world challenges and solutions encountered during the transition to Apache Iceberg, a challenge that many organizations are grappling with.

In this post, we discuss how to create AWS endpoint services to improve data security with Private Connect for Salesforce Data Cloud.