AWS Podcast

Learn about the benefits and technical specs of the new EC2 M7a, C7a, and R7a instances powered by AMD processors, including their 50% higher performance. Explore the history and benefits of the AMD and AWS partnership. Discover various use cases for these instances and how to migrate and get started with them easily.

The podcast discusses the use of Kubernetes and Amazon EKS for managing data and ML workloads. They introduce the Data on EKS project as a solution and explore the evolution of Kubernetes, adoption and migration to Kubernetes with AWS, and the use of blueprints and the 'Data on EKS' project for Amazon EKS.

Learn about Amazon DataZone, a new service that helps govern data access across organizational boundaries. Shikha Verma, Head of Product, and Amir Bar-Or, Principal Engineer, discuss the challenges of data management, how DataZone automates data discovery and cataloging, and the benefits of using the service over building a data catalog system from scratch.

Lots of interesting updates this week - AWS Marketplace updates, analytics with Apache Flink, application integration updates, new EC2 feature for security, cost management updates, customer engagement, databases, developer tools, front end web & mobile development, machine learning, management & governance, media services, networking & content delivery, and security & compliance. Exciting features like AT way functionality and AWS AppSync for real-time data updates, enhanced error handling capabilities, and new EC2 instances are discussed. Updates and improvements in various AWS services are also covered.

Ryan Coleman, Principal Product Manager at AWS, discusses the evolution of AWS Application Composer, its benefits for building well-architected applications, challenges of building serverless applications, and the advantages of using servilous for system design and implementation. He also introduces AWS Application Composer as a tool for infrastructure as code that simplifies service discovery, configuration, and integration.

Tommy Nelson from DeepLearning.AI and Antje Barth from AWS discuss the new hands-on course 'Generative AI with large language models'. They highlight the collaboration between the two organizations, the positive response from the community, and the importance of understanding generative AI and its practical applications. They also share advice for learners and where to sign up for the course.

Hawn Nguyen-Loughren and Venugopalan Vasudevan discuss cross-team API development considerations for enterprises, introducing AWS AppSync and its benefits for consolidating APIs. They explore common use cases, the power of AppSync's real-time interaction and integrated caching, and the guardrails and security options provided by AppSync APIs.

Simon flies the show solo to share a raft of very cool things to help you build! Chapters: 00:34 AWS Marketplace 00:58 Analytics 03:28 Application Integration 05:17 Business Applications 06:01 Compute 06:54 Cost Management 07:33 Customer Engagement 10:23 Databases 14:30 Developer Tools 15:09 End User Computing 15:33 Front End Web & Mobile 16:15 Machine Learning 20:24 Management & Governance 21:21 Media Services 21:35 Migration & Transfer 23:32 Networking & Content Delivery 24:55 Security, Identity, & Compliance 27:02 Storage Shownotes: https://d29iemol7wxagg.cloudfront.net/622ExtendedShownotes.html

Al Destefano and Nivas Durairaj, Cloud Governance Specialists, dive into the essential strategies for managing AWS environments effectively. They discuss the significant advantages of implementing a multi-account strategy to mitigate security risks and streamline resource management. Best practices for aligning cloud governance with business goals are highlighted, along with the role of AWS Control Tower in simplifying governance processes. The conversation also explores how organizations can meet regulatory requirements at scale, ensuring data residency and compliance.

Jillian Forde and Michael Surkan discuss how AWS Database Migration Service (DMS) is simplifying migrations with AWS DMS Serverless. Learn how AWS DMS Serverless automatically provisions, monitors, and scales migration resources to the optimal capacity needed to meet demand, so you don't have to. AWS DMS Serverless blog: https://bit.ly/3Zhln31 AWS DMS Serverless website: AWS DMS Serverless website AWS Database Migration Serverless: https://bit.ly/3ZbSqp4