AWS Podcast

Latest Episodes:

#724: Accelerated computing: From fraud detection to AI innovation Jun 09, 2025

Show notes

Join host Shruthi to discover how organizations use GPU-accelerated computing on AWS. Container Specialist Re Alvarez Parmar shows how Rivian optimizes GPU usage for autonomous vehicles with Amazon EKS. AWS Financial Services expert Sudhir Kalidindi explains real-time fraud detection processing 100B+ events annually. Learn architectural patterns and tools to maximize performance while controlling costs for AI workloads and next-gen applications. Learn More: AWS News Blog: New Amazon EC2 P6-B200 instances powered by NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs to accelerate AI innovations: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-amazon-ec2-p6-b200-instances-powered-by-nvidia-blackwell-gpus-to-accelerate-ai-innovations/ Accelerating Fraud Detection in Financial Services with NVIDIA RAPIDS on AWS: https://github.com/aws-samples/ai-credit-fraud-workflow

#723: AWS News: Claude 4 Opus comes to Bedrock, AWS Transform accelerates modernization, and more Jun 02, 2025

Show notes

Claude 4 Opus and Sonnet, the most powerful models from Anthropic for coding and advanced reasoning, are now available on Amazon Bedrock. Plus, AWS Transform can now accelerate your Mainframe, .NET and VMWare workload modernization. Learn about these updates and more with your hosts Shruthi and Jillian. 00:00 - Intro, 00:21 - Amazon Bedrock, 03:40 - AWS Transform, 07:51 - EC2 P6/B200 Instances, 11:35 - Analytics, 16:55 - Business Applications, 17:27 - Cloud Financial Management, 17:46 - Compute, 20:14 - Containers, 21:27 - ECS, 21:54 - Databases, 27:08 - Developer Tools, 29:15 - End User Computing, 29:53 - Management & Governance, 32:36 - Migration & Transfer, 35:12 - Networking and Content Delivery, 35:35 - Security Entity and Compliance, 36:07 - Service Changes, 37:06 - Services end of support, 38:26 - Wrap up Show Notes: https://dqkop6u6q45rj.cloudfront.net/shownotes-20250530-194643.html

#722: The Frugal Architect w/Werner Vogels: How Warner Bros. Discovery keeps streaming seamless May 26, 2025

Show notes

With only nine months to launch Max, Tom Leaman, VP of Site Reliability Engineering at Warner Bros. Discovery had to move fast to keep millions of viewers streaming smoothly. Learn about their innovative approach to measuring efficiency, managing global operations, and building resilient systems at massive scale with your hosts Simon Elisha and Dr. Werner Vogels. Learn More: http://thefrugalarchitect.com/architects/tom-leaman-warner-bros-discovery.html

#721: AWS News: Amazon Nova Premier takes on complex tasks and model distillation, and more May 19, 2025

Show notes

Nova Premier is our most advanced AI model yet, featuring a million-token context window and enhanced capabilities at nearly half the cost of competitors. Dive into this update and more with hosts Simon and Jillian. 00:00 - Intro 00:31 - Amazon Nova Premier 02:56 - Analytics 04:46 - Artificial Intelligence 11:02 - Business Applications 11:38 - Cloud Financial Management 11:57 - Compute 12:10 - Contact Center 14:50 - Containers 15:13 - Database 17:52 -Developer Tools 18:08 - Management and Governance 20:25 - Networking 22:48 - Marketplace 24:04 - Security Identity End Compliance 26:09 - Storage 27:56 - Outro Show Notes: https://dqkop6u6q45rj.cloudfront.net/shownotes-20250516-191312.html

#720: Hooked on CloudFormation: GoDaddy stays proactive with AWS CloudFormation Hooks May 12, 2025

Show notes

Discover how GoDaddy manages cloud security at speed for hundreds of developers as Cloud Governance Engineer James Kelley of GoDaddy pulls back the curtain on their transformation using AWS CloudFormation Hooks. Join your host Simon and AWS Product Manager Stella Hie as they dive into the new features that help GoDaddy balance developer freedom with rock-solid security. Learn More: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/mt/proactively-keep-resources-secure-and-compliant-with-aws-cloudformation-hooks/

#719: AWS News: Amazon Q Developer brings powerful new AI capabilities to GitLab Duo May 05, 2025

Show notes

Description: Learn how you can use the all new Amazon Q Developer integration with GitLab Duo to automate code generation and review, plus even more updates from AWS. 00:00:00 - Intro, 00:00:28 - SWE Holly Bench, 00:04:31 - Analytics, 00:06:49 - Application Integration, 00:07:14 - Artificial Intelligence, 00:08:53 - Amazon Bedrock Data Automation, 00:14:11 - AWS Health Omex, 00:14:21 - Compute, 00:16:37 - Contact Centers, 00:17:25 - Containers, 00:17:46 - Databases, 00:18:18 - Front end Web and Mobile, 00:18:59 - Management and Governance, 00:20:07 - Migration and Transfer, 00:20:17 - Networking and Content Delivery, 00:20:44 - Security Identity End Compliance, 00:23:24 - Serverless, 00:24:01 - Storage, 00:24:41 - Wrap up Shownotes: https://d29iemol7wxagg.cloudfront.net/719ExtendedShownotes.html

#718: From cost center to value creator: How IT automation creates business value Apr 28, 2025

Show notes

Learn how organizations are transforming IT from a cost center to a value generator through automation, AI, and smart business process optimization, featuring real success stories from AWS Solution Architects Adrian SanMiguel and Greg Harris. Innovate faster with an AWS Genai Competency Partner: https://aws.amazon.com/ai/generative-ai/partners/

#717: Conversational AI with Amazon Nova Sonic, Amazon Bedrock Guardrails announces new capabilities Apr 21, 2025

Show notes

Learn about the latest new FM in the Nova family that simplifies conversational AI with low latency, and build safely with new capabilities for Amazon Bedrock Guardrails. 00:00 - Intro, 00:27 - Amazon Nova Sonic, 03:13 - Amazon Bedrock Guardrails, 05:23 - Analytics, 08:18 - Application Integration, 08:37 - Artificial Intelligence, 12:06 - Business Applications, 13:01 - Cloud Financial Management, 13:44 - Compute, 15:04 - Contact Center, 16:29 - Containers, 16:49 - Databases, 19:57 - Developer Tools, 20:59 - Frontend Web and Mobile, 21:20 - Management and Governance, 23:39 - Media Services, 25:37 - Migration and Transfer, 26:46 - Networking and Content Delivery, 28:45 - Artificial Intelligence, 29:58 - Security, Identity, and Compliance, 32:51 - Serverless, 33:57 - Storage, 37:29 - Wrap up Show Notes: https://dqkop6u6q45rj.cloudfront.net/run-sheet-20250418-173723.html

#716: Concrete, Cooling, and Compute: Reinventing Data Centers for the AI Age Apr 14, 2025

Show notes

Dive deep into the fascinating world of modern data centers with Sr. Principal Engineer at AWS, Stephen Callahan. Discover how AI is revolutionizing data center design, why nothing is uninteresting at scale, and the innovative ways AWS is tackling sustainability while powering the future of cloud computing. Learn more: AWS Global Infrastructure: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/global-infrastructure/ More about Data Center Innovations: https://press.aboutamazon.com/2024/12/aws-announces-new-data-center-components-to-support-ai-innovation-and-further-improve-energy-efficiency

#715: AWS News: Be your own data analyst with Amazon Q in Quicksight, and more Apr 07, 2025

Show notes

Hosts Simon and Jillian discuss how you can uncover hidden trends and make data-driven decisions - all through natural conversation, with Amazon Q in Quicksight, plus, more of the latest updates from AWS. 00:00 - Intro, 00:22 - Top Stories, 02:50 - Analytics, 03:35 - Application Integrations, 04:48 - Amazon Sagemaker, 05:29 - Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases, 05:48- Amazon Polly, 06:46 - Amazon Bedrock, 07:31 - Amazon Bedrock Model Evolution LLM, 08:29 - Business Application, 08:58 - Compute, 09:51 - Contact Centers, 10:54 - Containers, 11:12 - Database, 14:21 - Developer Tools, 15:20 - Front End Web and Mobile, 15:45 - Games, 16:04 - Management and Governance, 16:35 - Media Services, 16:47 - Network and Content Delivery, 19:39 - Security Identity and Compliance, 20:24 - Serverless, 21:48 - Storage, 22:43 - Wrap up Show Notes: https://dqkop6u6q45rj.cloudfront.net/shownotes-20250404-184823.html

Our TOPPODCAST Picks

Follow Us

Stay Connected

Related Podcasts

Links

Stay Connected