AWS Big Data Blog

Single sign-on (SSO) enables users to have a seamless user experience while accessing various applications in the organization. If you’re responsible for setting up security and database access privileges for users and tasked with enabling SSO for Amazon Redshift, you can set up SSO authentication using ADFS, PingIdentity, Okta, Azure AD or other SAML browser […]

This is a guest post by Shimpei Kodama, data engineer at Cookpad Inc. Cookpad is a tech company that builds a community platform where people share recipe ideas and cooking tips. The company’s mission is to “make everyday cooking fun.” It’s one of the largest recipe-sharing platforms in Japan with over 50 million users per […]

AWS Glue Studio is an easy-to-use graphical interface that speeds up the process of authoring, running, and monitoring extract, transform, and load (ETL) jobs in AWS Glue. The visual interface allows those who don’t know Apache Spark to design jobs without coding experience and accelerates the process for those who do. AWS Glue Studio was […]

August 30, 2023: Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics has been renamed to Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink. Read the announcement in the AWS News Blog and learn more. In today’s world, data plays a vital role in helping businesses understand and improve their processes and services to reduce cost. You can use several tools to […]

This is a guest post from ZS. In their own words, “ZS is a professional services firm that works closely with companies to help develop and deliver products and solutions that drive customer value and company results. ZS engagements involve a blend of technology, consulting, analytics, and operations, and are targeted toward improving the commercial […]

In the world we live in today, companies need to quickly react to change—and to anticipate it. Customers tell us that their reliance on data has never been greater than what it is today. To improve your decision-making, you have two types of data transformation needs: data agility, the speed at which data turns into […]

This blog was last reviewed May, 2022. If you’re new to AWS Glue and looking to understand its transformation capabilities without incurring an added expense, or if you’re simply wondering if AWS Glue ETL is the right tool for your use case and want a holistic view of AWS Glue ETL functions, then please continue […]

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is an important aspect of today’s technology world, and processing data in compliance with GDPR is a necessity for those who implement solutions within the AWS public cloud. One article of GDPR is the “right to erasure” or “right to be forgotten” which may require you to implement a solution […]

August 30, 2023: Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics has been renamed to Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink. Read the announcement in the AWS News Blog and learn more. December 2022: This post was reviewed for accuracy. Stream processing is very useful in use cases where we need to detect a problem quickly and improve the […]

June 2023: This post was reviewed and updated for accuracy. July 2021: This post was reviewed and updated to include multi-statement and parameterization support. Amazon Redshift is a fast, scalable, secure, and fully managed cloud data warehouse that makes it simple and cost-effective to analyze all your data using standard SQL and your existing ETL […]