AWS Podcast

In this episode Simon & Jeff discuss the new way the AWS Week in Review is created - using input from people like you! A new, open, collaborative approach based right here: https://github.com/aws/aws-week-in-review

In this Episode Simon covers a vast array of updates - something for everyone! Plus a security-related Black-Belt Tip! Links: RDS for PostgreSQL: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/amazon-rds-for-postgresql-new-minor-versions-logical-replication-dms-and-more/ Centralised Container Logs: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/compute/centralized-container-logs-with-amazon-ecs-and-amazon-cloudwatch-logs/ Amazon EMR Encryption: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-at-rest-and-in-transit-encryption-for-amazon-emr/ Amazon API Gateway updates: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/api-gateway-update-new-features-simplify-api-development/ YAML for AWS CloudFormation and more: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/aws-cloudformation-update-yaml-cross-stack-references-simplified-substitution/ AWS Service Catalog Policies: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2016/09/aws-service-catalog-updated-access-policies-now-available/ Auto-Rollback with AWS CodeDeploy: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2016/09/aws-codedeploy-introduces-deployment-monitoring-with-amazon-cloudwatch-alarms-and-automatic-deployment-rollback/ Visualizer Graph for AWS CodeCommit: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2016/09/aws-codecommit-introduces-commit-visualizer-graph-view/ New AWS CloudTrail Support: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2016/09/aws-cloudtrail-now-records-amazon-ec2-spot-instances-launch-and-termination-events/ AWS OpsWorks Regional Endpoints: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2016/08/aws-opsworks-adds-nine-regional-endpoints-and-asia-pacific-seoul-region-support/ AWS CloudHSM in US West (Northern California): https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2016/09/aws-cloudhsm-is-now-available-in-the-us-west-northern-california-aws-region/ Kinesis Agent Updates: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2016/09/amazon-kinesis-announces-iam-role-support-in-kinesis-agent/ More Benefits in AWS Enterprise Support: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/aws-enterprise-support-update-training-credits-operations-review-well-architected/ Amazon EMR-DynamoDB Connector Open Sourced: http://blogs.aws.amazon.com/bigdata/post/Tx1LFQWRADHKT44/Amazon-EMR-DynamoDB-Connector-Repository-on-AWSLabs-GitHub AWS IAM Service Last Accessed Data: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/access_policies_access-advisor.htm

In this episode Simon has a conversation with Abby Fuller from Start-Up https://www.airtime.com. She shares fascinating details about their architecture, the way they scale, and the challenges of working with low latency applications.

In this episode Simon chats with Andrew Kiggins, Security Solutions Architect, about best practices for DDoS Resiliency and a new white paper that is available with actionable steps for AWS customers. https://d0.awsstatic.com/whitepapers/Security/DDoS_White_Paper.pdf

In this episode Simon covers a raft of updates that have happened in the last few weeks - hopefully something for everyone! AWS CodeDeploy with Amazon CloudWatch Events: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/codedeploy/latest/userguide/monitoring-cloudwatch-events.html Amazon CloudFront HTTP/2 support: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2016/09/amazon-cloudfront-now-supports-http2/ and Query String Whitelisting: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2016/08/announcing-query-string-whitelisting-for-amazon-cloudfront/ Reader endpoint for Amazon Aurora: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-reader-endpoint-for-amazon-aurora-load-balancing-higher-availability/ and Release 1.7 updates: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/amazon-aurora-update-parallel-read-ahead-faster-indexing-numa-awareness/ AWS Config ALB Integration: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2016/08/aws-config-adds-support-for-application-load-balancers/ Mobile Hub Integrate Tab: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2016/09/aws-mobile-hub-simplifies-backend-feature-integration-into-existing-mobile-apps/ AWS Storage Gateway Console Update: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2016/08/weve-redesigned-the-aws-storage-gateway-console/ Auto Scaling for EC2 Spot Fleets: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-auto-scaling-for-ec2-spot-fleets/ AWS Elastic Beanstalk Nginx with Tomcat:https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2016/08/aws-elastic-beanstalk-supports-nginx-proxy-server-with-tomcat/, ALB support: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2016/08/aws-elastic-beanstalk-supports-application-load-balancer/, .NET enhancements: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2016/08/aws-elastic-beanstalk-supports-asp-net-core-and-multi-app-net-support/ Amazon CloudWatch Logs Console enhancements: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/improvements-to-cloudwatch-logs-dashboards/ 50 Tags per AWS Resource: http://blogs.aws.amazon.com/security/post/Tx3O5RCX34VOGY6/Now-Organize-Your-AWS-Resources-by-Using-up-to-50-Tags-per-Resource EC2 Auto Scaling Group Metric Improvements: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2016/08/free-auto-scaling-group-metrics-with-graphs/ Amazon WorkSpaces Updates: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/amazon-workspaces-update-hourly-usage-and-expanded-root-volume/ New Oldest Message Metric Amazon CloudWatch metric for Amazon SQS: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2016/08/new-amazon-cloudwatch-metric-for-amazon-sqs-monitors-the-age-of-the-oldest-message/

This week Simon interviews Jon Handler, Principal Solution Architect, about the Amazon ElasticSearch service. We discuss use cases, tips and tricks and how to best size and scale for different kinds of workloads. https://aws.amazon.com/elasticsearch-service/

In this episode Simon talks about in-memory databases with Darin Briskman, Developer Outreach at AWS. They discuss these types of database in general and, in particular, using Redis to make your system faster, some of the choices you need to make, and how Amazon ElastiCache can help. https://aws.amazon.com/elasticache/

Simon recaps a raft of updates you might have missed including some major updates to EMR, as well as a host of nifty changes in Amazon Machine Learning, AWS IoT and VPC just to name a few! Shownote Links: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2016/08/amazon-rds-now-supports-se2-license-included/ http://docs.aws.amazon.com/lumberyard/latest/releasenotes/lumberyard-v1.4.html https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/amazon-cloudfront-expands-to-canada/ https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2016/08/compute-and-completion-time-for-object-creation-now-available-in-the-amazon-ml-api-console-and-aws-sdks/ https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2016/07/announcing-dns-resolution-support-for-vpc-peering/ https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2016/08/amazon-elasticache-now-supports-the-m4-node-family/ http://blogs.aws.amazon.com/security/post/Tx3GL3IZE3FIGB6/Enable-Your-Federated-Users-to-Work-in-the-AWS-Management-Console-for-up-to-12-H https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2016/08/aws-iot-announces-support-for-just-in-time-registration-of-device-certificates/ https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2016/07/aws-iot-announces-support-for-thing-types-in-the-thing-registry/ https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2016/07/aws-codecommit-adds-commit-history-view/ https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/amazon-emr-5-0-0-major-app-updates-ui-improvements-better-debugging-and-more/

This week Simon explores a raft of new features in services including S3, Kinesis, EBS, KMS to name a few, plus the new Application Load Balancer. Also a nifty set of "black belt" tips when using Node.js with Lambda. Shownote Links: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/aws-snowball-update-job-management-api-s3-adapter/ https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-bring-your-own-keys-with-aws-key-management-service/ https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/now-available-ipv6-support-for-amazon-s3/ https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-usage-plans-for-amazon-api-gateway/ https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/amazon-kinesis-analytics-process-streaming-data-in-real-time-with-sql/ https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-aws-application-load-balancer/ https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/amazon-elastic-block-store-ebs-update-snapshot-price-reduction-more-piopsgib/

In this episode Simon has a conversation with Vibhor Rastogi who is an Investment Director at Intel Capital. Often there are questions as to what VCs are looking for in Startups, and conversely, what Startups should be looking for in VCs. Many startups use AWS as an efficient, low-cost and scalable platform to try out their ideas, with the ability to scale when they are successful. We discuss some of the nuances of the VC space, what VCs are looking for and how Intel Capital looks to invest in these types of businesses. As many of our listeners are running their own startup - we hope this is of real use! Statements in this document that refer to Intel’s plans and expectations for the quarter, the year, and the future, are forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. A detailed discussion of the factors that could affect Intel’s results and plans is included in Intel’s SEC filings, including the annual report on Form 10-K. Intel and the Intel logo are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.