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#186: A Bumper Collection of Updates May 08, 2017

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This episode covers a bumper collection of things new and updated! Price reductions, new services, AI, ML, Big Data, FPGAs, Databases and more! The bumper list of shownotes: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2017/04/amazon-kinesis-firehose-announces-price-reduction-and-tiered-pricing-plan/ https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/ec2-price-reductions-reserved-instances-m4-instances/ https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/aws-price-list-api-update-regional-price-lists/ https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-aws-codestar/ https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2017/04/the-amazon-sqs-java-messaging-library-for-jms-now-supports-fifo-queues/ https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-server-side-encryption-for-amazon-simple-queue-service-sqs/ https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2017/04/aws-lambda-supports-tagging-and-cost-allocations/ https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2017/04/aws-lambda-supports-python-3-6/ https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/aws-x-ray-update-general-availability-including-lambda-integration/ https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2017/04/amazon-cognito-now-supported-by-aws-cloudformation/ https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2017/04/announcing-vpc-endpoints-for-amazon-dynamodb-now-in-public-preview/ https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/amazon-inspector-update-assessment-reporting-proxy-support-and-more/ https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/amazon-redshift-spectrum-exabyte-scale-in-place-queries-of-s3-data/ https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/big-data/manage-query-workloads-with-query-monitoring-rules-in-amazon-redshift/ https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/amazon-dynamodb-accelerator-dax-in-memory-caching-for-read-intensive-workloads/ https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2017/04/amazon-ec2-f1-instances-customizable-fpgas-for-hardware-acceleration-are-now-generally-available/ https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/amazon-lex-now-generally-available/ https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/amazon-rekognition-update-image-moderation/ https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-amazon-polly-speech-marks/ https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/security/introducing-an-easier-way-to-delegate-permissions-to-aws-services-service-linked-roles/ https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/compute/how-to-remove-boilerplate-validation-logic-in-your-rest-apis-with-amazon-api-gateway-request-validation/ https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/sign-up-today-preview-of-amazon-aurora-with-postgresql-compatibility/ https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/database/amazon-aurora-under-the-hood-fast-ddl/ https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2017/04/updates-to-presto-apache-zeppelin-apache-flink-and-hue-now-available-on-amazon-emr-release-5-5-0/ https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/launch-amazon-athena-adds-support-for-querying-encrypted-data/ https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2017/04/aws-batch-managed-compute-environments-support-customer-provided-amis/ https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2017/04/aws-marketplace-copy-to-service-catalog-is-now-available/

#185: Updates and Services Working Better Together May 01, 2017

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Simon discusses a variety of updates and some great Services that now work even better together! City on a Cloud Innovation Challenge: https://aws.amazon.com/stateandlocal/cityonacloud/ EC2 Run Command as a target for Amazon CloudWatch Events: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/ec2-run-command-is-now-a-cloudwatch-events-target/ Amazon EMR Instance Fleets: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-amazon-emr-instance-fleets/ Instance Size Flexibility for EC2 Reserved Instances: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-instance-size-flexibility-for-ec2-reserved-instances/ Amazon SES IP Pre-Warming: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2017/03/amazon-ses-can-now-automatically-warm-up-your-dedicated-ip-addresses/ Amazon Cloud Directory API Efficiency: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2017/03/new-amazon-cloud-directory-api-makes-it-easier-to-query-data-along-multiple-dimensions/ Amazon API Gateway integrates with AWS Certificate Manager: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2017/03/amazon-api-gateway-integrates-with-aws-certificate-manager-acm/

#184: Updates to Make Your Day Apr 23, 2017

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In this episode Simon catches you up on some new features and capabilities that just might make your day! AWS Resource Tagging API: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-aws-resource-tagging-api/ Tag EC2 Instances & EBS Volumes on Create: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-tag-ec2-instances-ebs-volumes-on-creation/ Cost Saving Opportunities: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2017/03/discover-savings-opportunities-by-using-the-new-reserved-instance-coverage-reports-in-aws-cost-explorer/ Amazon CloudWatch Alarm Configuration Settings: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2017/03/cloudwatch-alarms-releases-two-new-alarm-configuration-settings/ IAM “plain english” Policy Summaries: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/security/move-over-json-policy-summaries-make-understanding-iam-policies-easier/ AWS Lambda Support for Node.js v6.10: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2017/03/aws-lambda-supports-node-js-6-10/ New AWS Direct Connect Locations: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2017/03/announcing-new-aws-direct-connect-location-in-munich-prague-berlin-zurich/ Amazon AppStream 2.0 Fleet Auto Scaling: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2017/03/amazon-appstream-2-now-supports-fleet-auto-scaling-to-help-you-optimize-your-streaming-costs/ AWS Database Migration Service using S3 as a Target: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2017/03/aws-database-migration-service-adds-amazon-simple-storage-service-s3-as-a-target/

#183: Lots of Updates Apr 17, 2017

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Simon covers a raft of changes, big and small, across a wide variety of services for customers. City on a Cloud Innovation Challenge: https://aws.amazon.com/stateandlocal/cityonacloud/ New Amazon Aurora instance type support: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2017/03/amazon-aurora-cuts-entry-level-pricing-in-half-with-support-for-t2-small-instances/ Notifications for Amazon ECS-Optimized AMIs: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2017/03/introducing-notifications-for-new-amazon-ecs-optimized-ami-releases/ AWS CodeBuild Expansion: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2017/03/aws-codebuild-available-in-asia-eu-and-australia-regions/ The AWS Region Table: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/global-infrastructure/regional-product-services/ New AWS Stockholm Region: http://www.allthingsdistributed.com/2017/04/aws-announces-eu-stockholm-region.html Amazon EFS in Sydney Region: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2017/03/amazon-elastic-file-system-amazon-efs-available-in-asia-pacific-sydney-region/ Amazon ElastiCashe Backup & Restore: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/backup-and-restore-elasticache-redis-nodes/ AWS Device Farm Updates: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2017/03/test-your-android-and-ios-apps-with-appium-1-6-3-and-aws-device-farm/

#182: Start-up Interview - Turbot Apr 10, 2017

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In this episode Simon interviews Nathan Wallace, Founder & CEO at Turbot, about using AWS in large Enterprises with Software Defined Operations. https://turbot.com/

#181: Amazon Connect Apr 03, 2017

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In this episode Simon gives you an introduction to a new Customer Contact Centre in the cloud - called Amazon Connect. https://aws.amazon.com/connect/

#180: Amazon Lightsail Mar 27, 2017

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In this episode Simon talks about Amazon Lightsail with Emily Kruger, Product Manager for Amazon Lightsail. They discuss what it can be used for, and where customers get the most benefit. https://amazonlightsail.com/

#179: AWS Database Migration Service Mar 20, 2017

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Simon speaks with Paras Bhuva, AWS Partner Solutions Architect, all about the AWS Database Migration Service and Schema Migration Tool. Where it is used and what customers need to know. https://aws.amazon.com/dms/

#178: Security in Serverless Architectures Mar 10, 2017

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In this special episode, Bryan Liston, Developer Advocate for AWS Serverless, speaks with Mark Nunnikhoven, Vice President, Cloud Research, TrendMicro and Adam Johnson, Cofounder at IOpipes. The discuss considerations for security in serverless architectures, with plenty of “war stories”!

#177: Even More Services Updates Mar 03, 2017

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Lots of updates this week as Simon does a “lightning look” as some interesting updates - with a special emphasis on getting data insights with very little work! Shownotes: Kinesis Firehose with Lambda - https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2016/12/amazon-kinesis-firehose-can-now-prepare-and-transform-streaming-data-before-loading-it-to-data-stores/ Data Insights Blog Post - https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/big-data/derive-insights-from-iot-in-minutes-using-aws-iot-amazon-kinesis-firehose-amazon-athena-and-amazon-quicksight/ Athena & AVRO: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2017/02/amazon-athena-supports-querying-avro-data-is-available-in-the-us-east-ohio-region-and-integrates-with-looker/ QuickSight scheduled updates: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2017/02/amazon-quicksight-now-supports-scheduled-refresh-of-spice-data/ CodeCommit GIT Credentials: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2016/12/aws-codecommit-introduces-git-credentials-for-user-authentication/ MySQL->MariaDB Migration: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2016/12/amazon-rds-supports-easy-migration-from-rds-mysql-to-rds-mariadb/ ECS Windows Containers: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/amazon-ecs-support-for-windows-containers-beta/ Schema Conversion Tool Updates: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2016/12/aws-schema-conversion-tool-now-converts-schema-and-runs-a-migration/ Cost allocation updates: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2016/12/new-cost-allocation-tag-features-include-on-demand-refresh-aws-generated-tags-and-more/ Amazon Chime: https://chime.aws/ Amazon GameLift supports all C++ & C# engines including Lumberyard, Unreal Engine & Unity: https://aws.amazon.com/gamelift/

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