Category: Storage

Amazon S3 stores exabytes of data, trillions of objects, and peaks regularly at millions of requests per second. It has set the standard for object storage across the globe. If you’re reading this blog, you probably have data stored in Amazon S3. This could be financial services, life sciences, or media and entertainment data. Perhaps […]

At my session at AWS re:Invent 2020-2021, now available on-demand, I had the pleasure of exploring data protection and compliance for cloud workloads with AWS Backup. We were fortunate to have Paul O’Flynn, Principal DevOps Engineer at Workday, join us to elaborate on real-word AWS Backup use cases. In this blog post, I cover some […]

AWS re:Invent 2020-2021 kicked off last week as a free, multiple-week virtual conference (don’t forget to register), running from November 30 to December 18, 2020, and January 12 to January 14, 2021. While Las Vegas has been re:Invent’s home for years, we are excited to keep the re:Invent tradition going in this virtual format as […]

While re:Invent 2020-2021 is a departure in format from previous years, the purpose is still the same: to educate and inspire you to build, simplify, and modernize with AWS. This year I was happy to present in a re:Invent session on modernizing your on-premises backup strategy with AWS. In my session, I discussed how organizations […]

Managing shared storage for file-based workloads on-premises is often complex, difficult to scale, and costly. At re:Invent 2018, we launched Amazon FSx, which makes it easy and cost effective to launch and scale popular file systems that are fully managed by AWS. Amazon FSx for Windows File Server is the first and only fully managed […]

The biggest cloud computing event of the year has begun! As you’re most likely aware of by now, re:Invent 2020-2021 is a FREE, 3-week virtual conference taking place from Nov 30 – Dec 18 and Jan 12 – 14. We wanted to make sure we ended 2020 offering you a ton of educational AWS content […]

Put on your fuzzy slippers, and claim your executive seat at re:Invent 2020-2021 – your couch. That’s right; our cloud extravaganza is entirely virtual this year, with weeks of free learning, sharing, networking, and fun. If you haven’t registered yet, now is the time. Already registered? Build your agenda. AWS Storage has big plans for […]

Based on the number of AWS sweatshirts hanging in my closet, re:Invent 2020-2021 rings in a memorable fourth re:Invent I have been fortunate to witness. In the past, re:Invent was in person, this year it’s online, but regardless, I am thrilled to be attending as an AWS Community Hero for the second consecutive year. While […]

This week, AWS re:Invent 2020-2021 kicks off as a free, multiple-week virtual conference (don’t forget to register), running from November 30 to December 18, 2020, and January 12 to January 14, 2021. While Las Vegas has been re:Invent’s home for years, we are excited to keep the re:Invent tradition going in this virtual format as we […]

The COVID-19 pandemic upended the way of life for countries, organizations, communities, families, and the people that drive the global economy. Most of the world has shifted to remote work and school, and a different way of life with essential workers on the forefront. We see industries dealing with the challenges of slowed growth as […]