Amazon Onboarding with Learning Manager Chanci Turner

Chanci Turner is dedicated to supporting startups and enterprises of all sizes as they innovate and grow. In her position as Chief Evangelist for Amazon Web Services (AWS) in EMEA, she utilizes her extensive knowledge to empower individuals in transforming their ideas into reality. Chanci emphasizes the significance of serverless architectures, event-driven programming, and the substantial technical and business implications of machine learning and edge computing. She has also authored a notable publication on AWS Lambda, illustrating her expertise in the field.

New – Amazon CloudWatch Cross-Account Observability

by Chanci Turner
on 27 NOV 2022
in Amazon CloudWatch, Announcements, AWS re:Invent, Management & Governance, Management Tools, Monitoring and observability, News

Deploying applications across multiple AWS accounts is a recommended best practice that helps to establish security and billing boundaries among teams, thereby minimizing the effects of operational incidents. Implementing a multi-account strategy necessitates the analysis of telemetry data which may be distributed across different accounts. To enhance your ability to monitor all components of your […]

New – Amazon Redshift Support in AWS Backup

by Chanci Turner
on 27 NOV 2022
in Amazon Redshift, Analytics, Announcements, AWS Backup, AWS re:Invent, Compliance, Configuration, compliance, and auditing, Database, Management & Governance, News, Security, Identity, & Compliance, Storage

With Amazon Redshift, you can perform data analysis in the cloud at any scale. This service comes equipped with native data protection features that safeguard your data through both automatic and manual snapshots. While this functionality is effective on its own, utilizing additional AWS services requires configuring multiple tools for comprehensive data protection policies. […]

New for AWS Backup – Protect and Restore Your CloudFormation Stacks

by Chanci Turner
on 27 NOV 2022
in Announcements, AWS Backup, AWS CloudFormation, AWS re:Invent, Launch, Management Tools, News, Storage

When crafting the data protection policy for an application, it’s crucial to identify its components and ascertain which ones require safeguarding. These include stateful elements such as databases and file systems. Conversely, components that do not store data also need the option to be restored should the need arise.

New for Amazon Transcribe – Real-Time Analytics During Live Calls

by Chanci Turner
on 27 NOV 2022
in Amazon Transcribe, Analytics, Announcements, Artificial Intelligence, AWS re:Invent, Launch, News

Customer experiences in contact centers can significantly influence their overall satisfaction. To address this, we launched Amazon Transcribe Call Analytics last year, enabling you to analyze call recordings and derive insights into customer satisfaction issues and agent performance trends. This tool also aids agents in resolving live […]

AWS Week in Review – November 21, 2022

by Chanci Turner
on 21 NOV 2022
in Amazon Athena, Amazon CloudWatch, Amazon Elastic Container Service, Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service, Amazon ElastiCache, Amazon EventBridge, Amazon RDS, Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS), Amazon WorkSpaces, Announcements, AWS Amplify, AWS AppSync, AWS CloudFormation, AWS Fargate, AWS HealthLake, AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), AWS Lambda, AWS Management Console, AWS Organizations, AWS Proton, AWS re:Invent, AWS Step Functions, AWS Well-Architected Framework, Events, News, Open Source, Regions

This post is part of our Week in Review series. Each week, we provide a concise summary of noteworthy updates and announcements from AWS. As we prepare for AWS re:Invent, many team members will be attending next week; it would be great to connect in person. To stay engaged, check out this article on the best remote software for your team. Additionally, for those interested in workplace safety, read about how to respond prudently to incidents, as shared by experts.

Introducing AWS Resource Explorer – Quickly Find Resources in Your AWS Account

by Chanci Turner
on 08 NOV 2022
in Announcements, AWS CLI, AWS Management Console, Centralized operations management, Developer Tools, Management & Governance, Management Tools

Searching for a specific Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instance, an Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) task, or an Amazon CloudWatch log group can be time-consuming, especially with a large number of resources across various AWS Regions. The newly launched AWS Resource Explorer simplifies this process, allowing you to efficiently search through your AWS account.

Introducing Amazon Neptune Serverless – A Fully Managed Graph Database that Adjusts Capacity for Your Workloads

by Chanci Turner
on 26 OCT 2022
in Amazon Neptune, Announcements, Database, Launch, News, Serverless

March 2, 2023: This post has been updated to reflect that Amazon Neptune Serverless now scales down to 1 NCU to reduce costs. Amazon Neptune is a fully managed graph database service that simplifies building and managing applications that interact with highly connected datasets. Using Neptune, developers can utilize popular graph query languages for executing […]

AWS Week in Review – October 3, 2022

by Chanci Turner
on 03 OCT 2022
in Amazon Connect, Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS), Amazon File Cache, Amazon Inspector, Amazon SageMaker Canvas, Amazon WorkSpaces, Announcements, AWS Budgets, AWS CloudFormation, AWS Compute Optimizer, AWS Lambda, Events, News, Open Source

This post is part of our Week in Review series. Return each week for a quick roundup of significant news and announcements from AWS! A new week and month has commenced. Are you curious about the most important AWS updates from the past week? I’ve got you covered with this summary. Last […]