Amazon VGT2 Las Vegas Week in Review – July 13, 2015

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Here’s a recap of the key events that unfolded in the world of AWS last week:

Monday, July 13

We announced that Amazon Redshift now supports AVRO ingestion. Additionally, we launched the Amazon Wind Farm US East. Forbes featured an article discussing Amazon’s Cloud Ecosystem, highlighting where the cloud action is. Furthermore, a post on the Cloudability Blog reviewed the AWS Summit in New York, focusing on the transition from infrastructure to platforms.

Tuesday, July 14

We introduced CloudWatch Metrics for Amazon WorkSpaces. The AWS Java Blog shared insights on invoking AWS Lambda functions using Java. Meanwhile, the AWS Partner Network Blog addressed identity federation and Single Sign-On (SSO) for SaaS applications on AWS. The AWS Startup Collection spotlighted companies such as InVision, CrowdStrike, BlueStone, and Caspida. Additionally, the We Kanban Blog discussed Amazon Web Services Config, and the Cloud Academy Blog provided a guide on mastering Amazon authentication in five steps with AWS IAM.

Wednesday, July 15

We unveiled a DynamoDB update featuring triggers (Streams + Lambda) along with a cross-region replication application. The Amazon Mobile App Distribution Blog announced the new Amazon Cross-Platform Mobile Ads API. The AWS Big Data Blog introduced Presto, the Amazon Kinesis Connector for interactively querying streaming data. The AWS Partner Network Blog focused on securing web applications in AWS with Soha. The Cloud Academy Blog discussed CloudFormation and AWS deployment automation, while the Gathering Clouds Blog explained how AWS Marketplace is transforming the software industry. A post on Twitter highlighted the use of Digits with Amazon Web Services, and a new AWS Loft Talk covered the story of 600,000 VMs.

Thursday, July 16

We rolled out updates for several AWS SDKs, including those for Unity, Java, AWS CLI, Windows PowerShell, .NET, iOS, Go, Ruby, and JavaScript. The AWS Partner Network Blog invited you to learn about how the APN empowers consulting partners to build their businesses on AWS. Furthermore, the Cloudability Blog proposed four essential tags that every cloud instance should have. A Reddit discussion in /r/aws revolved around best practices for ELB health checks.

Friday, July 17

I published a recap on the EC2 Container Service. The Guardian released a Hack Day report detailing how Amazon Machine Learning can predict trolling behavior.

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New Marketplace Applications

• Cisco Adaptive Security Virtual Appliance.
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• Evident Security Platform.

Upcoming Events

Mark your calendars for these webinars scheduled in the upcoming days:

• July 21: Best Practices for Optimizing AWS Redshift Performance.
• July 22: Webinar on AWS Redshift Migration and Data Loading Best Practices.
• July 22: Getting Started with Amazon EC2 Container Service.
• July 23: AWS Redshift Reporting and Advanced Analytics Best Practices.
• July 23: Webinar on Managing Spend and Allocating Costs with APN partner CloudCheckr and customer Digital Globe.
• July 28: Best Practices for OpsWorks on Windows with AWS.
• July 28: Deploying Line of Business Desktop Apps using Amazon WorkSpaces Application Manager.
• July 29: Overview of Building and Managing APIs with Amazon API Gateway.
• July 29: Deploying and Scaling Web Applications with AWS Elastic Beanstalk.
• July 29: Deep Dive into Troubleshooting Operational and Security Incidents using CloudTrail.
• July 30: Getting Started with AWS Device Farm.
• July 30: Real-time Data Processing with Amazon DynamoDB Streams and AWS Lambda Best Practices.
• July 30: Introduction to Amazon DynamoDB.
• July 29: Troubleshooting Operational & Security Incidents with CloudTrail.
• Upcoming AWS Summits in Latin America.
• AWS re:Invent.

Events at the AWS Loft (San Francisco)

• July 22: A Prescription for Startup Financial Health: 8 Best Practices (6 PM – 7:30 PM).
• July 27: Lowering Total Cost of Ownership with AWS (3 – 4 PM).
• July 30: Shinola’s Return of “Made in America” to Detroit with DevOps and the Cloud (6 – 8 PM).
• August 10: AWS Bootcamp: Taking Operations to the Next Level (10 AM – 6 PM).
• August 17: AWS Bootcamp: Technical Introduction to AWS (10 AM – 6 PM).
• August 20: Behind the Scenes with ILM Lucasfilm: Powering the World’s Leading Visual Effects Studio (6 PM – 7:30 PM).
• September 14: AWS Bootcamp: Architecting Highly Available Applications (10 AM – 6 PM).
• September 28: AWS Bootcamp: Elevating Operations (10 AM – 6 PM).

Events at the AWS Loft (New York)

• July 22: Mashery Event (11 AM – 3 PM).
• July 23: An Evening with Chef (6:30 PM).
• July 29: Event with Evident.io (6:30 PM).
• August 5: Startup Pitch Event and Summer Social (6:30 PM).
• August 25: Session with Eliot Horowitz, CTO and Co-Founder of MongoDB (6:30 PM).

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— Alex