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Category: Amazon Quantum Ledger Database (Amazon QLDB)

Export and analyze Amazon QLDB journal data using AWS Glue and Amazon Athena

Amazon Quantum Ledger Database (Amazon QLDB) is a fully managed ledger database that maintains a complete, immutable record of every change committed to the database. As transactions are committed to the database, they are appended to a transaction log called a journal and are cryptographically hash-chained to the previous transaction. Once committed, the record of […]

How Shinsegae International enhances customer experience and prevents counterfeiting with Amazon QLDB

This is post is co-authored by BubKwan Lee, head of the e-commerce development team at Shinsegae International. Like any other industry, the retail industry is rapidly accelerating its digital transformation to meet ever-changing consumer needs. In particular, the retail luxury industry, where online and second-hand transactions are increasing, is investing heavily in efforts to create […]

BungkusIT uses Amazon QLDB and VeriDoc Global’s ISV technology to improve the customer and delivery agent experience

Blockchain is a versatile, shared digital ledger that finds applications in various industries, including banking, automotive, healthcare, manufacturing, and logistics. It offers end-to-end solutions by enabling automation, transparency, security, and cost-effective organizational systems that increase overall efficiency. In shipping operations, ledger technologies like blockchain brings a paradigm shift in the system by making it reliable […]

Use Amazon QLDB as an immutable key-value store with a REST API and JSON

Amazon Quantum Ledger Database (Amazon QLDB) is a fully managed ledger database service. It’s very helpful when you need to keep your data immutable and maintain a cryptographically verifiable transaction log of all changes made to it. For example, when you need to track data that will be audited in the future, such as financial […]

How Specright uses Amazon QLDB to create a traceable supply chain network

This post is co-authored by Ayman Shoukry, Specright’s Chief Technology Officer and Kevin Tran, Engineering Manager at Specright. The world is experiencing a tectonic shift in how things are made, and most supply chains weren’t ready. We saw it in the thousands of empty shelves early on in the COVID-19 pandemic. We see it in […]

Your guide to Amazon Managed Blockchain and Amazon QLDB breakouts, workshops, and chalk talks at AWS re:Invent 2021

AWS re:Invent 2021 is here! This post includes a complete list of Amazon Managed Blockchain and Amazon Quantum Ledger Database (Amazon QLDB) sessions taking place at re:Invent 2021. This year we have five total sessions on Managed Blockchain and Amazon QLDB, including one breakout, three chalk talks sessions, and one workshop. Make sure to sign […]

Monitor Amazon QLDB query access patterns

Amazon Quantum Ledger Database (Amazon QLDB) is a purpose-built ledger database that provides a complete and cryptographically verifiable history of all changes made to your application data. Customers in regulated industries use the cryptographically verifiable history as part of meeting compliance and facilitating audits. Similar to when working with traditional databases like MySQL or PostgreSQL, […]

Build purpose-built database AMIs using Amazon EC2 Image Builder

Managing virtual machine images that you standardize through configuration, consistent security patching, and hardening (also called “golden images”) is a time-consuming task. System administrators and database administrators responsible for these tasks have to define the characteristics of these images (such as which software to pre-install, which versions to use, and which security configurations to apply). […]

Build a simple CRUD operation and data stream on Amazon QLDB using AWS Lambda

In the financial services industry, efficient data lineage and audit capabilities are highly sought after. This is particularly true for database transaction processing that facilitates the movement of currency and management of sensitive customer account information. This is a challenge for customers because although all financial service providers generally have a means of moving money […]