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Store and stream sports data feeds using Amazon DynamoDB and Amazon Kinesis Data Streams

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. Online bookmakers are innovating to offer their clients continuously updated sports data feeds that allow betting throughout the duration of matches. In this post, we walk through […]

Run SQL Server Reporting Services reports against Babelfish for Aurora PostgreSQL

Enterprises running their application workload on Microsoft SQL Server want to migrate to license-free databases like Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL-Compatible Edition but they rely on SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) for analytics and dashboards. Customers are looking for options where they can migrate application databases to Aurora PostgreSQL-Compatible and continue to use SSRS. AWS provides tools […]

Modernize and containerize a legacy MVC .NET application with Entity Framework to .NET Core with Entity Framework Core: Part 3

This post is part three of a series, and shows the steps to modernize a legacy SQL Server database to Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL-Compatible Edition using Babelfish. Babelfish is a capability of Amazon Aurora that allows it to understand the SQL Server dialect. In Part 1, we walked you through a step-by-step approach to re-architect a […]

Achieve minimal downtime for major and minor version upgrades of Amazon RDS for Oracle using Oracle GoldenGate

Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for Oracle provides new engine versions of databases and Oracle Critical Patch Updates for existing versions of databases, so you can keep your database instances up to date. These versions include bug fixes, security updates, and other enhancements. In this post, we show you how to perform an upgrade […]

AWS named a Leader in 2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud Database Management Systems

Industry analyst firm Gartner has published its annual report evaluating cloud-based data and analytics services, the 2021 Magic Quadrant for Cloud Database Management Systems. AWS was once again named a Leader and placed highest among 20 recognized vendors for its “Ability to Execute.” We’re honored by the recognition from the highly respected technology adviser, and […]

How Near reduced latency by four times and achieved 99.9% uptime by migrating to Amazon ElastiCache

This is a guest post by Ashwin Nair, Director, Product Engineering at Near, in partnership with AWS Senior Solutions Architect, Kayalvizhi Kandasamy. For several years, Near operated multiple Kyoto Tycoon clusters for its real-time bidding (RTB) platform. To improve availability and reduce latency, Near migrated to Amazon ElastiCache, a fully managed in-memory caching service. In […]

Backup and Restore Strategies for Amazon RDS for SQL Server

Customers have asked for the right solution to safeguard their data on Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for SQL Server and meet their current Recovery Point Objective (RPO), the maximum acceptable amount of time since the last backup and Recovery Time Objective (RTO), the maximum acceptable delay between the interruption of service and restoration […]

Effective queries for common query patterns in Amazon Timestream

You can use SQL to query time series data in Amazon Timestream, and with SQL you can rewrite a query in multiple ways to get the same results. Although several queries may produce the same result, their performance, cost profile, and complexity can be different, and therefore it’s important to identify the right query. With […]

Replicate your data from Amazon Aurora MySQL to Amazon ElastiCache for Redis using AWS DMS

Caching enables the best user experience for real-time applications. You can build applications that provide sub-millisecond response times by storing the most frequently requested data in an in-memory cache like Redis. On August 30, 2021, we announced the support for migrating your data from supported sources to Redis, Amazon ElastiCache for Redis, and Amazon MemoryDB […]

How BlueFin helped build a scalable IoT data platform for Walchem using Amazon Timestream

Walchem is a leading manufacturer of online analytical instruments and electronic metering pumps. Their mission is to provide the integration of sensor, pump, and electronic technologies for chemical control. Walchem’s Fluent platform provides cloud-based telemetry and monitoring within water treatment facilities, enabling facility operators to gather insights into how the facility is operating and whether […]