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How Fetch reduced latency on image uploads using Amazon S3 Express One Zone

Fetch provides a convenient and rewarding platform for consumers to earn points and redeem them for various goods and services, making it an attractive option for those looking to maximize the value of their everyday purchases. Fetch’s users use a simple interface to upload their receipts for scanning and earn points for every receipt they […]

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Temporarily block data transfers between AWS Regions in Amazon S3

Certain organizations may experience unexpected or outlier cross-region data transfer charges and require time to identify which of their systems or workloads are initiating them. In such cases, it may be useful to temporarily block data transfers to within a particular region. This temporary restriction can prevent further unwanted charges and allows time for audit […]

How WarpStream enables cost-effective low-latency streaming with Amazon S3 Express One Zone

WarpStream, an AWS Partner, is a drop-in replacement for Apache Kafka. WarpStream’s cloud-native architecture makes it as easy to deploy and manage as a stateless web server like NGINX. WarpStream clusters can scale up to handle multiple GiB-per-second workloads as quickly as compute resources are assigned and then scale back down to zero after the […]

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Siemens builds Datalake2Go on AWS to analyze disparate data globally

Siemens is a technology company focused on industry, infrastructure, transport, and healthcare. From resource-efficient factories, resilient supply chains, and smart buildings and grids, to cleaner and more comfortable transportation and advanced healthcare, the company creates technology with purpose, adding real value for its customers. Siemens technology is everywhere, supporting the critical infrastructure and vital industries […]

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Transferring data in Amazon S3 between AWS GovCloud (US) Regions and commercial AWS Regions using AWS DataSync

AWS users who need to comply with the most stringent US government security and compliance requirements operate their workloads in AWS GovCloud (US), which is architected as a separate partition providing network and identity isolation. A common use case for AWS GovCloud (US) users is to operate in both AWS GovCloud (US) Regions and commercial AWS Regions, such as […]

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How Toyota Connected North America reduced storage costs by optimizing its growing data on Amazon S3

Toyota Connected North America, founded in 2016, focuses on developing and delivering advanced technology and data services for Toyota and Lexus vehicles. Toyota Connected’s mission is to make mobility a more accessible, exciting, and human-centric experience for everyone. To this end, Toyota Connected uses data connectivity to serve more than 8 million retail customers, hundreds […]

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Transfer customer managed SSE-KMS encrypted objects across AWS accounts and Regions using AWS DataSync

Some organizations have requirements to manage their own data encryption keys, both in general and during data transfer processes. In addition, when considering data transfer solutions (not just for encrypted data), organizations must think about factors such as preventing unauthorized access during transfer and storage, transfer efficiency, data integrity, and monitoring mechanisms to make sure […]

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Optimizing storage costs and query performance by compacting small objects

Applications produce log files that should be reliably stored for ad-hoc reporting, compliance, or auditing purposes. Over time, these collections of relatively small log files grow in volume and cost-effective storage and data management becomes crucial. Accessing the data in these files and querying them can also be useful for getting insight from the data. […]

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Architecting secure and compliant managed file transfers with AWS Transfer Family SFTP connectors and PGP encryption

Users in industries such as financial services and healthcare regularly exchange files with their external business partners containing sensitive and regulated datasets, such as Personal Identifiable Information (PII) and financial records. These file transfers often happen over the Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) and encrypting files using Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) before transfer is often […]

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Using Amazon Cognito as an identity provider with AWS Transfer Family and Amazon S3

In highly regulated industries, securely exchanging files business-to-business is a crucial business practice. When building out a Managed File Transfer (MFT) environment, it is common to consider using a third-party identity solution for authenticating users. This approach offers simplicity for businesses that already use an identity service, allowing them to maintain identities for a variety […]