

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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Nov 29, 2021 • 17min
#486: Midnight Madness 2021
It is here! re:Invent 2021 begins and this is the first of the daily coverage episodes to keep you up-to-date!
Check out all the announcements here: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/top-announcements-of-aws-reinvent-2021/
Extended Shownotes: https://d29iemol7wxagg.cloudfront.net/486ExtendedShownotes.html

Nov 24, 2021 • 16min
#485: [Right Now at AWS] Episode 12 - Intelligent Automation
Intelligent Automation on AWS is for anybody who has ever wanted a better, faster way to accomplish a task. It decreases manual effort across an organization and provides 70 to 90% business process efficiency, on average. Listen to the podcast to learn 3 common approaches to implementing intelligent automation, including: AI-powered assessments into how employees actually work; low code and no code point implementations assembled with minimal need for additional code development; and digital workers that can be deployed to provide an automated team member that carries out a specific business process.
Contact account team - https://aws.amazon.com/contact-us/sales-support/
Read the report - https://www.linkedin.com/smart-links/AQE2VbXYFItriA

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Nov 21, 2021 • 53min
#484: November 2021 Update Show 1
Simon and Nicki guide you through well over 100 updates prior to our re:Invent special episodes. Remember you can record feedback at https://d1ox81nm0qxip8.cloudfront.net/index.html Chapters:
01:27 AWS Marketplace
02:03 Analytics
04:21 Amazon Athena
06:51 Application Integration
07:59 Block Chain
08:24 Business Applicatins
09:45 Compute
20:09 Customer Engagement
23:27 Databases
28:42 Developer Tools
30:42 End User Computing
31:07 Front-end Web & Mobile
33:07 Game Tech
33:37 Internet of Things (IoT)
34:47 Machine Learning
40:50 Management & Governance
44:31 Media Services
45:29 Migration & Transfer
46:18 Networking & Content Delivery
48:29 Security, Identity and Compliance
49:47 Storage
Extended Shownotes: https://d29iemol7wxagg.cloudfront.net/484ExtendedShownotes.html

Nov 14, 2021 • 25min
#483: Exploring EBS io2 Block Express
io2 Block Express is the newest Elastic Block Storage (EBS) volume type designed with the scalability and performance to serve many applications that are traditionally on-premises. In this episode, Simon is joined by Ryan Sayre, Senior Storage Specialist focusing on EBS. They discuss where EBS fits into AWS data storage offerings, and how io2 Block Express delivers on the SAN in the Cloud vision.
Learn more about io2 Block Express - https://go.aws/3ohJtZt
EBS - https://aws.amazon.com/ebs/
Amazon EBS Features - https://aws.amazon.com/ebs/features/

Nov 7, 2021 • 23min
#482: [INTRODUCING] AWS Local Zones
What are AWS Local Zones? How are customers using them for hybrid enterprise migration? Tune in to listen to Nicki chat with Andrew Purdin (Manager, Platform Engineering at MindBody), Ben Diringer (Infrastructure Architect at MindBody), John Bair (System Architect at MindBody), and Pranav Chachra (Sr. Product Manager for AWS Local Zones) about how MindBody is using Local Zones to migrate complex and interdependent on-premises applications to AWS while ensuring a seamless experience for their end-users.
AWS Local Zones- https://go.aws/3w6ZDIJ
Get Started- https://go.aws/3w7fdE6
Read the Blog- https://go.aws/3mBG6gb

Oct 31, 2021 • 23min
#481: [INTRODUCING] AWS Panorama
Are you interested in implementing computer vision for your existing cameras, but don’t know where to start? Tune in to listen to Nicki Stone chat with Imran Moin, Head of Product Management for a new service called AWS Panorama. AWS Panorama is a machine learning appliance and software development kit that brings computer vision to on-premises IP cameras, all at the edge so you can make predictions locally with high accuracy and low latency.
AWS Panorama – https://go.aws/3nJ8Umm
Read the Blog –https://go.aws/314Yq9e
What’s New - https://go.aws/3nFs4cL
Watch the Video - https://bit.ly/2ZA7JxO

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Oct 24, 2021 • 33min
#480: October 2021 Update Show 3
Simon takes you through a bumper crop of updates! Remember you can record feedback at https://d1ox81nm0qxip8.cloudfront.net/index.html Chapters:
01:00 AWS Marketplace
01:24 Analytics
06:30 Application Integration
07:19 Business Applications
08:15 Compute
11:12 Database
13:10 Developer Tools
14:26 Front-end and Mobile
15:40 Machine Learning
22:36 Management & Governance
27:20 Media Services
27:45 Networking & Content Delivery
28:57 Quantum Technologies
29:43 Robotics
30:20 Security, Identity and Compliance
31:34 Storage
Extended Shownotes: https://d29iemol7wxagg.cloudfront.net/480ExtendedShownotes.html

Oct 17, 2021 • 21min
#479: [INTRODUCING] Amazon EKS Anywhere
Amazon EKS Anywhere is a new deployment option for Amazon EKS that allows customers to create and operate Kubernetes clusters on customer-managed infrastructure, supported by AWS. Customers can now run Amazon EKS Anywhere on their own on-premises infrastructure. In this episode, Jackson West (Software Development Manager) and Vipin Mohan (Product Manager) join Simon to discuss customer problems that EKS Anywhere solves and how you can get started with EKS Anywhere.
Amazon EKS Anywhere - https://aws.amazon.com/eks/eks-anywhere/
Download and get started - https://anywhere.eks.amazonaws.com/docs/getting-started/install/
Blog - https://go.aws/3v60F77
Demo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7Qh7ha5MG0

Oct 13, 2021 • 15min
#478: [Right Now at AWS] Episode 11 - Why AWS for Genomics?
We’re living in an era of genomics revolution. The remarkable acceleration of sequencing time and a 99.9% decrease in costs are enabling new genomics use cases in healthcare, agriculture, and beyond. But advanced sequencing capabilities are pushing legacy technology to its brink. That’s why genomics experts, like Principal Worldwide Genomics Solutions Specialist Pantea Khodami say cloud is the key to fulfilling genomics’ promise. In the podcast, learn how AWS is doubling down to meet customers’ genomics needs. Plus, hear how AstraZenca and Lifebit are leveraging AWS to fast-track discovery and innovation.
AWS Genomics - https://aws.amazon.com/health/genomics/
AstraZeneca case study - https://aws.amazon.com/solutions/case-studies/astrazeneca/
Lifebit case study - https://aws.amazon.com/solutions/case-studies/lifebit/
Contact the genomics team - https://pages.awscloud.com/HealthContactSales.html

Oct 10, 2021 • 25min
#477: October 2021 Update Show 2
Some really interesting and powerful updates in this episode. Remember you can record feedback at https://d1ox81nm0qxip8.cloudfront.net/index.html
Chapters:
01:11 Analytics
04:16 Application Integration
07:07 Compute
11:38 Customer Engagement
12:28 Database
14:18 Developer Tools
15:57 Front-end Web & Mobile
17:31 Internet of Things (IoT)
18:57 Machine Learning
19:53 Management & Governance
21:44 Storage
Extended Shownotes: https://d29iemol7wxagg.cloudfront.net/477ExtendedShownotes.html