
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 22, 2020 • 29min
#361: March 2020 Update Show 1
Simon and Nicki take you through all the latest updates!
Chapters:
00:40 Analytics
03:52 Compute
07:15 Customer Engagement
08:43 Databases
11:10 Developer Tools
11:55 End User Computing
12:42 Machine Learning
16:52 Management and Governance
20:22 Mobile
21:11 Networking and Content Delivery
23:05 Quick Starts
23:36 Security, Identity and Compliance
24:26 Storage
26:50 Training and Certification
Extended Shownotes: https://d29iemol7wxagg.cloudfront.net/361ExtendedShownotes.html

Mar 15, 2020 • 20min
#360: AWS Managed Service Provider Partners
How do you find the right Managed Service Provider for your business? Simon speaks with Adrian SanMiguel about how customers and Partners can make the most of the next-gen MSP ecosystem. https://aws.amazon.com/partners/msp/

Mar 8, 2020 • 28min
#359: A Tech CEO's Journey from Cloud Skeptic to Evangelist
How does a CEO change his or her mind about how to run their business? What are the challenges and thought processes? Rick Seaney, CEO of of 3Victors and FareCompare LP, speaks with Simon about his own personal journey and lessons learned. Blog Post: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/industries/a-tech-ceos-journey-from-cloud-skeptic-to-evangelist/

Mar 1, 2020 • 49min
#358: Update Show #2 February 2020
Simon and Nicki cover all the latest updates, improvements and price cuts!
Chapters:
00:51 Announcement to Australian Customers - ANZ Public Sector Fast Start Guide (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/publicsector/beginning-journey-cloud-australia-new-zealand/)
01:50 Analytics
04:19 Application Integration
06:41 Compute
11:36 Customer Engagement
12:54 Database
20:22 Developer Tools
21:49 End User Computing
22:48 Machine Learning
26:41 Management and Governance
33:49 Internet of Things (IoT)
34:15 Media Services
34:37 Network and Content Delivery
35:24 Quick Starts
36:25 Robotics
37:35 Satellite
38:30 Security, Identity and Compliance
41:16 Storage
45:17 Training and Certification
Extended Shownotes: https://d29iemol7wxagg.cloudfront.net/358ExtendedShownotes.html

Feb 23, 2020 • 27min
#357: Deep Dive into Observability
How do you introduce observabiity in your systems? Simon speaks with Bob Wilkinson (General Manager Amazon CloudWatch and X-Ray) and Sudeeptha Jotjiprakash (Principal Product Manager) about how AWS customers can approach this domain.
https://aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch

Feb 16, 2020 • 17min
#356: VPC Traffic Mirroring Deep Dive
VPC Traffic mirroring offers a wide range of new capabilities when using AWS. Simon takes a deep dive with Alpana Srivastava and Tom Adamski about how it works and what it can be used for. http://aws.amazon.com/vpc

Feb 9, 2020 • 25min
#355: How Training Helps Create Cultural Change at Macmillan Learning
Macmillan Learning is one of the largest Learning Companies in the world. Over the last few years, Macmillan has been attempting to create systematic change throughout its organization by equipping employees with the skills to innovate faster and achieve its mission to "change students lives through learning." As a Learning Company, Macmillan has incorporated its own IP and Learning Science methodologies to empower employees. David Merryweather (VP of Cloud Ops and Site Reliability, Macmillan Learning) speaks with Simon about the Macmillan experience so far, and what they have learned.
https://www.macmillanlearning.com/college/us

Feb 2, 2020 • 38min
#354: Update Show #1 February 2020
Simon and Nicki share some handy new updates!
00:48 Infrastructure News
01:54 AWS Marketplace
02:29 Analytics or 02:38
04:21 Compute or 04:23
10:07 Customer Engagement
10:58 Databases
11:47 Developer Tools
13:29 End-user Computing
14:45 Machine Learning
16:02 Amazon Comprehend
17:09 Management and Governance
19:08 AWS Systems Manager
21:47 Networking and Content Delivery
22:38 Internet of Things
23:05 Migration and Transfer
25:24 Mobile
26:03 Networking and Content Delivery
27:48 Quick Starts
29:39 Security, Identity and Compliance
31:30 Storage
35:21 Training and Certification
37:28 Conclusion
Extended Shownotes: https://d29iemol7wxagg.cloudfront.net/354ExtendedShownotes.html

Jan 26, 2020 • 23min
#353: Getting the Most Out of AWS Data Exchange
AWS Data Exchange makes it easy to find, subscribe to, and use third-party data in the cloud. Simon speaks with Ravi Tulapati to explore how data providers can now reach new AWS audiences, how analysts, researchers, and other data buyers can easily find and subscribe to data sets, and how the billing and delivery of data is simplified for both groups. Learn how you can use AWS Data Exchange to fuel in-place analytics with AWS services like Amazon Athena, Amazon EMR, and Amazon Redshift.
https://aws.amazon.com/data-exchange/

Jan 20, 2020 • 22min
#352: Advanced Encryption Strategies for Beginners
Customers often have advanced use cases for encryption, like encrypting to multiple recipients, or caching data keys. These can be challenging to get right if you're trying to implement it yourself. The good news is, AWS has released open source tools that make all of that relatively easy. In this episode we'll talk about encryption use cases and the best tools to solve them.
https://aws.amazon.com/security/
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/security/introducing-s2n-a-new-open-source-tls-implementation/
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