Category: Best Practices

Introduction Amazon Kinesis Video Streams provides powerful solutions for cloud-based video management in physical security and surveillance organizations. While organizations need continuous recording capabilities, traditional storage approaches often lead to increased costs. Kinesis Video Streams excels at real-time video management and short-term storage, serving enterprise deployments with extensive camera networks. Now, the innovative Kinesis Video […]

Introduction In today’s digital world, Internet of Things (IoT) security and compliance continues to evolve. The European Union’s Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) is reshaping how IoT manufacturers, developers, and service providers approach their work. Let’s explore what this means for AWS IoT customers and manufacturers using connected devices. Understanding the CRA’s impact The CRA was enacted on […]

Edge computing downtime in industrial IoT environments can be both inconvenient and costly. Systems at the edge require continuous operation to maintain business continuity. While AWS IoT Greengrass delivers powerful edge computing capabilities, achieving true enterprise-grade high availability requires additional orchestration. This post shows how to use Pacemaker, a cluster resource manager, to build resilient […]

AWS IoT Core is a managed service that helps you to securely connect billions of Internet of Things (IoT) devices to the AWS cloud. The AWS IoT rules engine is a component of AWS IoT Core and provides SQL-like capabilities to filter, transform, and decode your IoT device data. You can use AWS IoT rules […]

Introduction In today’s highly connected modern world, Internet of Things (IoT) devices are transforming how we interact with our homes, offices, and industries. Smart technology now extends from homes to cars and industrial equipment. Controlling these devices remotely is essential and offers improved productivity, user experience, and risk management. This blog explores how to send […]

Artificial Intelligence (AI) at the edge is popular among smart video devices. For example, Smart Home cameras and video doorbells revolutionized home monitoring. What began as simple recording and remote viewing tools has evolved into intelligent observers. With AI infusion, today’s cameras can actively analyze scenes, alert users to motion events, recognize familiar faces, spot […]

AWS is pleased to introduce an update to the AWS Well-Architected Framework: IoT Lens. The IoT Lens provides simple and detailed guidance to build IoT workloads on AWS. This updated version aims to address questions around complexity, security, performance, cost, and technical risk. Introduction Designing Internet of Things (IoT) workloads can be challenging as sensors, […]

Large-scale IoT fleet migrations to the cloud represent one of the most complex technical transformations that organizations face today. While the benefits of cloud migration are clear, the path to successful implementation requires careful planning and execution. In a previous blog post we elaborated on key reasons to migrate to AWS IoT Core. In this […]

Introduction Our homes contain everything from dust, cooking fumes, and chemicals released from paint, furniture, and cleaning agents. Add to that polluted outdoor air making its way into our homes through ventilation, and you’ve got a cocktail of toxins floating around between your four walls. Clean air has proven positive health benefits. It can provide […]

Introduction In the ever-evolving digital landscape, the increasing number of Internet of Things (IoT) devices opens up new opportunities while highlighting the critical need to address cybersecurity challenges to ensure reliable services, data protection, and sustained growth. In this blog we will dive into the background of the US Cyber Trust Mark—a new program designed […]