Werner Vogels

Mike Norton, VP of Cloud Services at PBS, shares insights on maximizing efficiency in a non-profit focused on educational content. He discusses how PBS navigates traffic spikes and the importance of metrics for optimizing performance. Partnered with Werner Vogels, Amazon's CTO, they delve into the challenges of broadcasting in a rapidly changing media landscape and the balance between customer demands and cost predictions. Their conversation highlights innovative strategies and the critical role of technology in making every public dollar count.

Join Amazon's CTO, Werner Vogels, alongside Watch Duty's CEO John Mills and CTO Dave Merritt, as they delve into the impactful journey of an emergency alerting platform born from a need for better wildfire information. They discuss how Watch Duty scaled to support 9 million users during the LA fires, utilizing innovative technology to enhance community safety. The team shares insights on transforming volunteer systems, confronting mapping challenges with advanced tools, and the evolving landscape of disaster response technology.

Dr. Werner Vogels, Amazon's CTO and a pioneer in cloud computing, joins Dan Conti, former CTO at WeTransfer, who expertly navigated cost-effective cloud solutions. They dive into 'The Frugal Architect' concept, emphasizing sustainable practices in cloud architecture. Dan shares insights from his early career in embedded systems and the journey of WeTransfer's evolution. The conversation highlights the balance between short-term fixes and long-term strategies while fostering a culture that learns from failures instead of assigning blame.

Amazon CTO Werner Vogels discusses the evolution of AI, its impact on healthcare and the environment, tech predictions for 2024, and the tradition of keynote t-shirts at their cloud conference. Highlights include AI in radiology, energy efficiency in data centers, and the importance of social responsibility in technology advancements.

Dr. Werner Vogels, keynote speaker at re:Invent 2023, discusses the philosophy of building systems, the impact of AI, and new AWS features including zonal auto shift, Amazon CloudWatch application signals, My Applications capability, IDE extension for AWS application composer, integration of ISE templates, and efficiency and cost optimization in Amazon SageMaker.