

AWS Podcast
Amazon Web Services
The Official AWS Podcast is a podcast for developers and IT professionals looking for the latest news and trends in storage, security, infrastructure, serverless, and more. Join Simon Elisha and Hawn Nguyen-Loughren for regular updates, deep dives, launches, and interviews. Whether you’re training machine learning models, developing open source projects, or building cloud solutions, the Official AWS Podcast has something for you.
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Aug 24, 2023 • 15min
#615: AWS Payment Cryptography
The new AWS service, AWS Payment Cryptography simplifies cryptography operations in your cloud-hosted payment applications. Tune in to hear Mark Cline, Senior Product Manager, discuss how you can get started with AWS Payment Cryptography and simplify the exchange of encryption keys with partners and customers.
Payment Cryptography website: https://bit.ly/44qG1ia
AWS Payment Cryptography blog: https://go.aws/45kOeG2
AWS Payment Cryptography workshop: https://bit.ly/3QSBouk

Aug 21, 2023 • 39min
#614: August 2023 Update Show 2
Simon and Jillian take you on a journey of AWS discovery!
Chapters:
01:01 Analytics
02:52 Application Integration
13:52 Customer Engagement
20:24 Developer Tools
23:40 Front End Web & Mobile
24:17 Game Tech
25:04 Internet of Things
29:37 Management & Governance
33:33 Network & Content Delivery
36:25 Security and Compliance
36:55 Storage
Shownotes: https://d29iemol7wxagg.cloudfront.net/614ExtendedShownotes.html

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Aug 17, 2023 • 24min
#613: Well-Architected Deep Dive
Ilana Morris and Samir Kopal from the Well-Architected team discuss the history and benefits of AWS Well-Architected. They explore using the tool as a mechanism and highlight the latest features including the Consolidated Report, integration with Service Catalog AppRegistry, and Profiles. They also cover the importance of Well-Architected reviews, continuous improvement, and options for conducting reviews.

Aug 14, 2023 • 14min
#612: I4g storage instances powered by AWS Graviton2 processors
Learn more about the recently launched I4g AWS Nitro SSDs. AWS Nitro SSDs build on the AWS silicon innovation with the AWS Nitro System and are custom-designed to deliver the best storage performance for your I/O intensive workloads running in Amazon EC2. I4g instances offer similar memory and storage ratios to existing I4i instances and are optimized for workloads with small to medium sized datasets that perform a high mix of random read/write and require very low I/O latency, such as databases and real-time analytics. I4g instances deliver the best compute price performance for a storage optimized instance, and best storage performance per TB for a Graviton-based storage instance. Amazon EC2 I4g instances deliver up to 15% better compute performance compared to similar storage-optimized instances.
Amazon l4g instances website: https://go.aws/3YxI3vr
Blog: Amazon EC2 I4g storage-optimized instances: https://go.aws/3OoKbRK

Aug 10, 2023 • 18min
#611: API Modernization Strategies part 1: Security
Listen to Jillian Forde, Sr. Startup Solutions Architect and Ozioma Uzoegwu, Sr. Solutions Architect discuss implementing enterprise level security on AppSync GraphQL APIs. They also talk about the launch of the most requested feature, Private APIs, and how to set APIs as private using interface VPC endpoints.

Aug 7, 2023 • 25min
#610: August 2023 Update Show 1
Two of our hosts are in the Big Apple to share lots of big updates!
01:05 Analytics
03:06 Application Integration
04:29 Compute
10:30 Customer Engagement
10:55 Databases
13:08 Developer Tools
09:52 End User Computing
14:16 Front-End Web & Mobile
15:27 Internet of Things (IoT)
15:55 Machine Learning
18:31 Management & Governance
19:42 Media Services
20:40 Migration & Transfer
21:14 Networking & Content Delivery
22:46 Security, Identity and Compliance
23:07 Storage
Shownotes: https://d29iemol7wxagg.cloudfront.net/610ExtendedShownotes.html

Aug 4, 2023 • 16min
#609: AWS Entity Resolution
Is your company faced with inaccurate and fragmented data, scored across applications, channels, and data stores? Find out how AWS Entity Resolution helps you match and link related records with configurable workflows that take only minutes to set up. Tune into listen to Shobhit Gupta, Principal Product Manager, Technical, talk about how this new new service helps you easily set up matching workflows and configure advanced matching techniques, while helping you better protect your data.

Jul 31, 2023 • 24min
#608: Generative AI Roundup - August 2023
Simon takes you on a tour of your GenAI options. From software development, to AI policy, to trialling FMs, to new instance types, and CPUs.
Referenced Links:
- URL: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/devops/optimize-software-development-with-amazon-codewhisperer/
Title: Optimize software development with Amazon CodeWhisperer | AWS DevOps Blog
- URL: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/devops/10-ways-to-build-applications-faster-with-amazon-codewhisperer/
Title: 10 ways to build applications faster with Amazon CodeWhisperer | AWS DevOps Blog
- URL: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/big-data/build-data-integration-jobs-with-ai-companion-on-aws-glue-studio-notebook-powered-by-amazon-codewhisperer/
Title: Build data integration jobs with AI companion on AWS Glue Studio Notebook powered by Amazon CodeWhisperer
- URL: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/machine-learning/use-generative-ai-foundation-models-in-vpc-mode-with-no-internet-connectivity-using-amazon-sagemaker-jumpstart/
Title: Use generative AI foundation models in VPC mode with no internet connectivity using Amazon SageMaker JumpStart | AWS Machine Learning Blog
- URL: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/machine-learning/llama-2-foundation-models-from-meta-are-now-available-in-amazon-sagemaker-jumpstart/
Title: Llama 2 foundation models from Meta are now available in Amazon SageMaker JumpStart | AWS Machine Learning Blog
- URL: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/machine-learning/use-stable-diffusion-xl-with-amazon-sagemaker-jumpstart-in-amazon-sagemaker-studio/
Title: Use Stable Diffusion XL with Amazon SageMaker JumpStart in Amazon SageMaker Studio | AWS Machine Learning Blog
- URL: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/machine-learning/efficiently-train-tune-and-deploy-custom-ensembles-using-amazon-sagemaker/
Title: Efficiently train, tune, and deploy custom ensembles using Amazon SageMaker | AWS Machine Learning Blog
- URL: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/machine-learning/quickly-build-high-accuracy-generative-ai-applications-on-enterprise-data-using-amazon-kendra-langchain-and-large-language-models/
Title: Quickly build high-accuracy Generative AI applications on enterprise data using Amazon Kendra, LangChain, and large language models | AWS Machine Learning Blog
- URL: https://aws.amazon.com/bedrock/features/
Title: Foundation Model API Service – Amazon Bedrock Features – AWS
- URL: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/preview-enable-foundation-models-to-complete-tasks-with-agents-for-amazon-bedrock/
Title: Preview – Enable Foundation Models to Complete Tasks With Agents for Amazon Bedrock | AWS News Blog
- URL: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/business-intelligence/announcing-generative-bi-capabilities-in-amazon-quicksight/
Title: Announcing Generative BI capabilities in Amazon QuickSight | AWS Business Intelligence Blog
- URL: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2023/05/amazon-rds-postgresql-pgvector-ml-model-integration/
Title: Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL now supports pgvector for simplified ML model integration
- URL: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/big-data/introducing-the-vector-engine-for-amazon-opensearch-serverless-now-in-preview/
Title: Introducing the vector engine for Amazon OpenSearch Serverless, now in preview | AWS Big Data Blog
- URL: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-amazon-ec2-p5-instances-powered-by-nvidia-h100-tensor-core-gpus-for-accelerating-generative-ai-and-hpc-applications/
Title: New – Amazon EC2 P5 Instances Powered by NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPUs for Accelerating Generative AI and HPC Applications | AWS News Blog
- URL: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/machine-learning/maximize-stable-diffusion-performance-and-lower-inference-costs-with-aws-inferentia2/
Title: Maximize Stable Diffusion performance and lower inference costs with AWS Inferentia2 | AWS Machine Learning Blog
- URL: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/machine-learning/new-technical-deep-dive-course-generative-ai-foundations-on-aws/
Title: New technical deep dive course: Generative AI Foundations on AWS | AWS Machine Learning Blog
- URL: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/machine-learning/aws-offers-new-artificial-intelligence-machine-learning-and-generative-ai-guides-to-plan-your-ai-strategy/
Title: AWS offers new artificial intelligence, machine learning, and generative AI guides to plan your AI strategy | AWS Machine Learning Blog
- URL: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/machine-learning/aws-reaffirms-its-commitment-to-responsible-generative-ai/
Title: AWS Reaffirms its Commitment to Responsible Generative AI | AWS Machine Learning Blog

Jul 27, 2023 • 11min
#607: Amazon Verified Permissions
Permissions management is the undifferentiated heavy lifting of application development. Amazon Verified Permissions decouples authorization from application logic saving developers time and resources. Developers can reuse centralized policies as well as define and manage policies for their applications to accelerate time-to-market. Security and audit teams can better analyze and audit who has access to what using Verified Permissions. In this episode, Jillian is joined by Abhi Panday, Product Manager at AWS, to discuss how developers and security teams are using the service to build fine-grained authorization within their applications.
Amazon Verified Permissions Blog: https://go.aws/3YduS2W
Amazon Verified Permissions website: https://bit.ly/3O96j2n
Amazon Verified Permissions resources: https://go.aws/3OvXtgx

Jul 24, 2023 • 23min
#606: July 2023 Update Show 2
It is sharp, informative, and fun! Simon, Hawn, and Jillian take you through all the latest AWS updates! Chapters:
00:47 AWS Marketplace
02:03 Analytics
03:57 Application Integration
04:00 Business Applications
05:26 Compute
06:47 Customer Engagement
07:30 Databases
08:57 Developer Tools
09:45 End User Computing
10:52 Front-End Web & Mobile
11:42 GameTech
12:17 Internet of Things (IoT)
12:27 Machine Learning
16:21 Management & Governance
17:42 Media Services
17:53 Migration & Transfer
19:26 Networking & Content Delivery
19:51 Security, Identity and Compliance
20:47 Storage
Shownotes: https://d29iemol7wxagg.cloudfront.net/606ExtendedShownotes.html AWS Podcast Audio Feedback: https://bit.ly/3mDc3Y1