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Deploy a Data Warehouse Quickly with Amazon Redshift, Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL and Tableau Server

One of the benefits of a data warehouse environment using both Amazon Redshift and Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL is that you can leverage the advantages of each service. Amazon Redshift is a high performance, petabyte-scale data warehouse service optimized for the online analytical processing (OLAP) queries typical of analytic reporting and business intelligence applications. On […]

New AWS Training: Building a Serverless Data Lake

AWS Training allows you to learn from the experts so that you can advance your knowledge with practical skills and get more out of the AWS Cloud. We are adding one of our most popular event boot camps, Building a Serverless Data Lake, to our permanent instructor-led training portfolio. This one-day course is designed to […]

New AWS Certification Specialty Exam for Big Data

AWS Certifications validate technical knowledge with an industry-recognized credential. Today, the AWS Certification team released the AWS Certified Big Data – Specialty exam. This new exam validates technical skills and experience in designing and implementing AWS services to derive value from data. The exam requires a current Associate AWS Certification and is intended for individuals […]

AWS Big Data Blog Month in Review: March 2017

Another month of big data solutions on the Big Data Blog. Please take a look at our summaries below and learn, comment, and share. Thank you for reading! Analyze Security, Compliance, and Operational Activity Using AWS CloudTrail and Amazon Athena In this blog post, walk through how to set up and use the recently released […]

Big Data Resources on the AWS Knowledge Center

The AWS Knowledge Center answers the questions we receive most frequently from AWS customers. It is a resource for you that is distinct from AWS Documentation, the AWS Discussion Forums, and the AWS Support Center. It covers questions from across every AWS service. Specific big data services covered on the Knowledge Center include Amazon EMR, Amazon Athena, […]

Month in Review: February 2017

Another month of big data solutions on the Big Data Blog! Take a look at our summaries below and learn, comment, and share. Thank you for reading! NEW POSTS Implement Serverless Log Analytics Using Amazon Kinesis Analytics In this post, learn how how to implement a solution that analyzes streaming Apache access log data from an […]

Big Updates to the Big Data on AWS Training Course!

AWS offers a range of training resources to help you advance your knowledge with practical skills so you can get more out of the cloud. We’ve updated Big Data on AWS, a three-day, instructor-led training course to keep pace with the latest AWS big data innovations. This course allows you to hear big data best […]

AWS Big Data is Coming to HIMSS!

The AWS Big Data team is coming to HIMSS, the industry-leading conference for professionals in the field of healthcare technology. The conference brings together more than 40,000 health IT professionals, clinicians, administrators, and vendors to talk about the latest innovations in health technology. Because transitioning healthcare to the cloud is at the forefront of this […]

Month in Review: January 2017

Another month of big data solutions on the Big Data Blog! Take a look at our summaries below and learn, comment, and share. Thank you for reading! NEW POSTS Decreasing Game Churn: How Upopa used ironSource Atom and Amazon ML to Engage Users Ever wondered what it takes to keep a user from leaving your […]