Let’s take a quick look at what happened in AWS-land last week:
Monday
December 14
We announced Encrypted EBS Boot Volumes.
We updated the DynamoDB Backend for Titan to Version 1.0.
We announced that Amazon RDS Now Supports Oracle Database Standard Edition Two (BYOL) and October 2015 PSU.
The AWS Application Management Blog showed you how to Set up the Jenkins Plugin for AWS CodeDeploy.
The AWS Application Management Blog showed you how to implement Continuous Delivery for a PHP Application Using AWS CodePipeline, AWS Elastic Beanstalk, and Solano Labs.
The AWS Big Data Blog discussed Performance Tuning Your Titan Graph Database on AWS.
The AWS Security Blog announced an AWS Certification Update – ISO 9001 Has 10 New Services in Scope.
Botmetric shared 21 AWS Cloud Security Best Practices You Must Know.
TriNimbus talked about Streamlining Internal Processes to Realize the Full Value of IaaS / AWS.
Tuesday
December 15
We announced that EC2 Run Command is Now Available for Linux Instances.
We announced that the T2.Nano Instances are Now Available.
We announced Enhancements to the AMI Copy Service.
I published Four New AWS Podcasts: Compgun, Primadesk, SkinnyPrice, and Cameron Peron.
We updated the AWS SDK for Java, the AWS SDK for JavaScript, the AWS CLI, the AWS SDK for Ruby. and the AWS SDK for Go.
The AWS Command Line Tool Blog invited you to Super-Charge Your AWS Command-Line Experience with aws-shell.
The AWS Partner Network Blog wondered What Does it Mean to be a Next-Generation Managed Service Provider?
The Amazon Mobile App Distribution Blog published Part 4 of a series on Building Unity Games for Fire TV.
The AWS Compute Blog talked about Using API Gateway Stage Variables to Manage Lambda Functions.
The AWS Security Blog showed you How to Automatically Update Your Security Groups for Amazon CloudFront and AWS LAF by Using AWS Lambda.
The AWS Startup Collection talked to bitmovin: Improving Video Quality on the Web.
BitNami announced that the New Amazon T2.Nano Instances Are Now Supported.
Cloud Academy discussed AWS AMI Virtualization Types: HVM vs. PV.
Cloud Machine Manager listed 6 Cloud Computing Experts You Need to Know About (I am honored to be on that list).
ParkMyCloud asked Can You “ec2-describe” Your Problem?
The Grav Blog talked about Fast Free Grav Development on EC2.
The Riot Games Engineering Blog talked about Moving Mountains of Data to AWS.
Gofore wrote about Going Serverless with Amazon S3 and Lambda.
Wednesday
December 16
We announced an AWS Trusted Advisor Update – New and Updated Checks.
We announced that the EC2 Container Service is Now Available in the EU (Frankfurt) Region.
I shared the InfoWorld Review – Amazon Aurora Rocks MySQL.
We announced that the AWS Service Catalog is Now Available in the Asia Pacific (Singapore) Region.
The AWS Application Management Blog showed you how to View AWS CodeDeploy Logs in the Amazon CloudWatch Console.
The AWS Compute Blog showed you How to Use AWS Lambda with Auto Scaling Lifecycle Hooks.
The new AWS Government, Education, & Nonprofits Blog explained how MPAC Achieved Over 75% Savings.
The AWS Security Blog described Another Way to Remove Unnecessary Permissions in Your IAM Policies by Using Service Last Access Data.
Cloudonaut shared their SaaS Architecture: TimeSeries.Guru.
Cloud Zone noted that Amazon Released Flowchart-Style Traffic Management with Traffic Flow.
Gathering Clouds observed that The Cloud Does Not Just “Work.”
Thursday
December 17
We announced AWS Cost and Usage Reports for Comprehensive and Customizable Reporting.
We announced an AWS CloudTrail Update – Turn on in All Regions & Use Multiple Trails.
We announced Gzip Support for Amazon CloudFront.
We announced AWS Marketplace Support for Clusters and AWS Resources.
We announced that you can Now Create up to 500 Security Groups per VPC.
We updated the AWS SDK for JavaScript, AWS SDK for Java, AWS SDK for Ruby, and the AWS SDK for Go.
The AWS Enterprise Blog talked about how AWS Marketplace Continues to Make Using the Cloud Easier.
We announced the new Managed NAT (Network Address Translation) Gateway.
James Hamilton talked about VPC Nat Gateways: Transactional Uniqueness at Scale.
The AWS Windows and .NET Developer Blog talked about Contributing to the AWS SDK for .NET.
The AWS Java Blog discussed Tuning the AWS SDK for Java to Improve Resiliency.
The AWS Startup Collection published Part 2 of a series on Scaling on AWS.
Cloud Academy talked about SELinux to Improve the Security of Your EC2 Servers.
Cloudability wrote about Drilling into the new AWS Cost and Usage Reports.
HackPundit wrote about Amazon SES Undetermined Bounce Handling.
Friday
December 18
We announced Enhanced Monitoring for Amazon RDS (MySQL 5.6, MariaDB, and Aurora).
We announced that AWS Config Rules is Now Available in US East (Northern Virginia).
We announced that AWS IoT is Now Generally Available.
We announced that Amazon API Gateway Now Supports API Definition Import and Export.
The AWS Application Management Blog talked about Using Custom JSON on AWS OpsWorks Layers.
The AWS Application Management Blog talked about Building Continuous Deployment on AWS with AWS CodePipeline, Jenkins, and AWS Elastic Beanstalk.
The AWS Government, Education, & Nonprofits Blog talked about Data Driven Politics.
Saturday
December 19
Cloud Enlightened showed you how to Send Responses Back to CloudFormation Custom Resources From Python Lambda Functions.
New & Notable Open Source
git-secrets prevents you from committing passwords and other sensitive information to a Git repository.
ssh2 helps you to SSH to your EC2 instance.
smoketail is a library and utility for tailing AWS CloudWatch Logs.
aws-shell is an integrated shell for working with the AWS CLI.
ami-spec performs acceptance testing on AMIs.
50 Shades of Lambda is a 50-chapter ebook full of AWS Lambda use cases.
ansible-lambda is a custom Ansible module for AWS Lambda support.
mozaws is an R script to start AWS clusters.
jcabi-dynamo is an object-oriented wrapper around the AWS SDK for Java.
botoform helps to manage AWS infrastructure using YAML templates.
New SlideShare Presentations
AWS December Webinar Series:
AWS Services Overview.
AWS Migration Planning and Roadmap.
Amazon Aurora.
Introducing Amazon Inspector.
Introduction to AWS IoT.
EC2 Dedicated Hosts.
Build Mobile Backends with AWS Lambda and Amazon API Gateway.
Continuous Delivery to Amazon EC2 Container Service.
Game Developers – Create Great Experiences by Synchronizing Users’ Data.
AWS Microsoft Days:
Introduction to Microsoft on AWS.
Amazon Workspaces – Running Microsoft Windows Desktops in the Cloud.
Licensing Consideration for Enterprise Applications on AWS.
Financial Services Analytics on AWS.
Introduction to Security-Focused Standardized Architectures (SFSA).
A Walk in the Cloud with AWS Lambda.
Introduction to AWS Import/Export Snowball.
AWS Data Security – Security Update.
Securing Systems at Cloud Scale with DevSecOps.
AWS Startup Insights Singapore.
AWS Startup Insights Malaysia.
New Customer Success Stories
Cloud Kinetics.
CSS Corp.
DataRPM.
EigenRisk.
Instacart.
LOT Airlines.
Loyalty New Zealand.
Manipal Global.
Manthan.
MPAC.
msg global solutions.
Practo.com.
Punjab Kesari.
Rovio Entertainment.
Sinch.
SmartNews.
TrueMoney.
New YouTube Videos
AWS Summit Series 2015 – Barcelona:
Intro and The Latest News From AWS re:Invent 2015.
Integracion de Infraestructuras Híbridas.
Introducción a AWS IoT.
De Arquitecturas Monoliticas a Microservicios.
AWS Mobile Hub Overview.
Amazon Machine Learning.
Amazon API Gateway.
Despliegue Continuo en AWS.
Amazon EC2 Container Service.
AWS Security – Moving Fast While Staying Safe.
AWS Loft Talks:
Next Step in CI/CD: Elastic Build Environment.
Continuous Performance with BlazeMeter.
Compliance DevOps Style.
AWS Partner Success:
Cognizant.
NetApp.
ClearScale.
Ayla Networks.
re:Invent 2015 re:Play Party (Sponsored by Intel).
Help Wanted
Ops Engineer at SmugMug.
AWS Careers.
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— Jeff;