
AWS Podcast
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.
Latest episodes

Mar 12, 2022 • 28min
#509: March 2022 Update Show 1
A great bunch of updates to keep you informed! Remember you can record feedback at https://d1ox81nm0qxip8.cloudfront.net/index.html
Chapters:
00:23 Analytics
02:45 Application Integration
03:31 Compute
06:39 Customer Engagement
07:03 Database
11:07 Developer Tools
12:03 Front-end Web & Mobile
12:50 Game Tech
13:27 Internet of Things (IoT)
14:07 Machine Learning
16:47 Management & Governance
21:18 Migration & Transfer
22:32 Networking & Content Delivery
23:48 Security, Identity and Compliance
24:24 Storage
Extended Shownotes: https://d29iemol7wxagg.cloudfront.net/509ExtendedShownotes.html

Mar 6, 2022 • 17min
#508: Get to know Amazon FSx
Amazon FSx provides fully managed file storage in the cloud and offers capabilities and performance of popular commercial and open-source file systems. Customers can choose between four file systems: NetApp ONTAP, OpenZFS, Windows File Server, and Lustre. In this episode, Simon is joined by Andrew Crudge, (Principal Product Manager, AWS) and Delwin Olivan, (Senior Product Manager, AWS) to dive into the Amazon FSx family, discussing the latest Amazon FSx innovations and use cases, as well as AWS programs to help you migrate and modernize your file-based applications faster.
Choosing a file system - https://aws.amazon.com/fsx/when-to-choose-fsx/
AWS Storage blog - https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/storage/
Learn more - https://aws.amazon.com/fsx/

Feb 27, 2022 • 23min
#507: February 2022 Update Show 2
Some interesting updates across all kinds of topics this week! Remember you can record feedback at https://d1ox81nm0qxip8.cloudfront.net/index.html
Chapters:
00:21 Analytics
02:58 Application Integration
03:10 Compute
04:30 Customer Engagement
05:27 Database
07:44 Developer Tools
09:50 Machine Learning
11:54 Management & Governance
16:07 Media Services
16:22 Migration and Transfer
17:27 Networking & Content Delivery
17:57 Quantum Technologies
18:53 Security, Identity and Compliance
20:55 Storage

Feb 20, 2022 • 24min
#506: AWS Cloud Control API
In this episode, Simon speaks with Jay McConnell (Principal Developer Advocate, AWS) and Rahul Sharma (Sr. Product Manager, AWS) about AWS Cloud Control API. Launched in September 2021, AWS Cloud Control API is a set of common application programming interfaces designed to make it easy for developers to consistently manage their cloud infrastructure and leverage the latest AWS capabilities faster.
AWS news blog post - https://go.aws/3LGVOkP
Lean more - https://go.aws/3rVRgiA
User guide and API reference - https://go.aws/33ubiY5
Explore cloudctl - https://bit.ly/3JGdLyh

Feb 13, 2022 • 23min
#505: February 2022 Update Show 1
Nicki says farewell and lots of new updates!
Chapters
00:26 Nicki's new deliverable
02:52 Analytics
04:42 Application Integration
06:14 Business Applications
06:38 Compute
10:06 Customer Engagement
11:05 Database
12:16 Machine Learning
16:28 Management & Governance
17:03 Networking & Content Delivery
18:16 Security, Identity and Compliance
19:17 Storage
Extended Shownotes: https://d29iemol7wxagg.cloudfront.net/505ExtendedShownotes.html

Feb 9, 2022 • 18min
#504: [Right Now at AWS] Episode 14 - Immersive Digital Commerce Lays Foundation for the Metaverse
Consumer expectations for immersive online buying experiences and headless commerce that meets them wherever they are in their digital world, pose significant technical challenges. Yet, these expanding expectations also offer opportunities to innovate on your core business. What’s more, the work being done now is critical to get ready for what’s next. Hear from AWS Head of Worldwide Digital Commerce Solutions Vince Koh who shares best practices to prepare for the metaverse.
Immersive tech changing retail landscape - https://go.aws/3ryMpUd
Explore purpose-built digital commerce - https://go.aws/3gzj5XI
Retail - https://go.aws/3gzjnhg
Amazon IVS - https://bit.ly/3HBxluX

Feb 6, 2022 • 19min
#503: Cloud SIEM: How Fast Can You Detect and Remediate?
In this episode, Simon is joined by Girish Bhat (VP of marketing and strategy for Sumo Logic) to discuss changes in the IT landscape and how Sumo Logic Cloud SIEM is responding. Working in silos with legacy, on-premise security no longer works as the world embraces muti-cloud solutions. Hear Girish explain how Sumo Logic Cloud SIEM can detect, investigate, respond and remediate immediately.
Learn more about Sumo Logic - https://go.aws/3seRKPL

Jan 30, 2022 • 44min
#502: January 2022 Update Show
A big raft of updates to start the new year!
Chapters:
00:23 Analytics
06:10 Application Integration
08:00 Block Chain
08:42 Business Applications
09:18 Compute
18:42 Cost Management
19:12 Customer Engagement
21:10 Database
23:55 Developer Tools
24:58 End User Computing
25:24 Front-end Web & Mobile
27:58 Internet of Things (IoT)
29:16 Machine Learning
35:57 Management & Governance
39:32 Media Services
40:09 Migration & Transfer
40:48 Network & Content Delivery
41:47 Satellite
42:02 Security, Identity and Compliance
43:00 Storage
Extended Shownotes: https://d29iemol7wxagg.cloudfront.net/502ExtendedShownotes.html

Jan 23, 2022 • 24min
#501: Using AWS AppConfig
Does your team use feature flags or other dynamic configuration to update your software's behavior during application runtime? In this episode, Simon Elisha speaks with Steve Rice (Principal Product Manager, AWS), Brian Handy (Sr. Software Engineer, AWS), and Vinni Sagar (Technical Product Manager, AWS) about feature flags, Continuous Configuration, and AWS AppConfig. Learn why feature flags are so powerful, and hear how customers (as well as thousands of teams inside Amazon) leverage dynamic configuration to make software changes safely.
About AWS AppConfig - https://go.aws/3FQNpqE
Continuous Configuration blog post by Amazon CTO Werner Vogels - https://bit.ly/3Kzpvnq
AWS AppConfig Feature Flags blog post - https://go.aws/32oyTsM

Jan 16, 2022 • 1h 2min
#500: 500th Episode Extravaganza!
We're celebrating the 500th episode of The Official AWS Podcast! Join Simon Elisha, Nicki Stone, Jeff Barr (VP and Chief Evangelist at AWS) Max Peterson (VP of WW Public Sector, AWS) and more as they discuss how the podcast has grown over the years, their favorite episodes, and what's next at AWS. Special thanks from the entire team for your ongoing support.
Links:
AWS news blog - https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/
(Nicki’s favorite episode) #311: Live Audience Update Show from Sydney Summit - https://go.aws/3ri6e10
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