Let’s take a quick look at what happened in AWS-land last week:
Monday, September 7
The AWS Compute Blog published a Simpler Serverless Test Harness Using AWS Lambda and also talked about Microservices Without the Servers.
The AWS Mobile Development Blog showed you how to Prepare Your Apps for iOS 9.
The N2WS Blog listed 3 Reasons to Automate Your Manual Redshift Snapshots.
The Cloud Academy Blog reviewed Amazon EC2 Container Service and Elastic Beanstalk: Docker on AWS.
The Trend Micro Blog published Planning for AWS re:Invent, T-30.
OdeToData published some Resources for Amazon Web Services (AWS) Migrations from EC2-Classic to EC2-VPC.
Tuesday, September 8
I published AWS Podcasts for Legion Analytics, Bohemian Guitars, Remind, and Remeeting.
The AWS Partner Network Blog provided a Road to Modern Ops, a New Curriculum from AWS Partner HashiCorp.
The Evident.io Blog published AWS Security Best Practice #7: Use IAM Roles with STS AssumeRole.
We announced In-line Tooltips and Help Topics for the Amazon Machine Learning Console.
Wednesday, September 9
We announced Simplified Reserved Instances Payment Options for Amazon RDS for SQL Server.
The AWS Startup Collection published an IoT Primer on Reliable Commands.
The Send With Us Blog talked about Using DynamoDB in Production.
Valant listed 7 Reasons You’re More Secure in the Cloud.
The Import.io Blog showed you how to Use Kinesis and Kibana to Get Insights From Your Data.
The Splunk Blog announced Splunk Light as a Cloud Service.
Thursday, September 10
We updated the AWS CLI, AWS SDK for Java, AWS SDK for Ruby, AWS SDK for Go, and the AWS SDK for JavaScript.
We announced that the Second Release Candidate of Amazon Linux AMI 2015.09 is Now Available for Testing.
We announced that Amazon ElastiCache Now Supports Version 1.4.24 of Memcached.
The AWS Partner Network Blog talked about How Zend Technologies Provides a Leading PHP Platform on AWS Marketplace.
The AWS Security Blog announced New APIs to Help Test Your Access Control Policies.
The Cloud Academy Blog showed you how to Prewarm AWS EBS Volumes on Windows Instances with Robocopy.
The AWS Cloudability Blog published an infographic: Just How Big is This Year’s AWS re:Invent Conference?
The Codeship Blog showed you how to do Easy Blue-Green Deployments on Amazon EC2 Container Service.
Friday, September 11
We launched User Defined Functions for Amazon Redshift.
The AWS Big Data Blog published an Introduction to Python UDFs in Aamzon Redshift.
The AWS JavaScript Blog announced the Amazon DynamoDB Document Client in the AWS SDK for JavaScript.
The AWS Enterprise Blog discussed Enterprise DevOps: What to Expect When You’re DevOps’ing.
The AWS Startup Collection previewed The Startup Experience at re:Invent.
The Ylastic Blog talked about their Redesigned EC2 Images Page and Autoscaling Launch Configurations.
The Looker Blog published Amazon Redshift User-Defined Functions: A How-To.
The Periscope Blog talked about Redshift User Defined Functions in Python.
The Import.io Blog showed you how to Instantly Mirror an S3 Bucket.
New & Notable Open Source
redshift-udfs contains SQL for many helpful Redshift UDFs.
cfn-flow is a command-line tool for developing CloudFormation templates and deploying stacks.
s3-backup-script tars up local files and folder, dumps a MySQL database, and uploads the resulting files to S3.
md5s3stash implements content-addressable storage in S3.
PhotoEncryptionInCloud is an Android app that stores encrypted photos in AWS.
auto-simple-calculator is an auto-pilot for the AWS Simple Monthly Calculator.
aws-cloudwatch-chart is a Node module that draws charts for CloudWatch metrics.
awsqr generates QR codes for AWS MFA logins.
grails-aws is an AWS plugin for Grails.
NFLX-Security-Monkey monitors policy changes and alerts on insecure configurations in an AWS account.
New Customer Success Stories
Essent -Handling high volumes of data from smart meters.
JustGiving -Test & production environments and big data analytics.
Major League Baseball Advanced Media (MLBAM) – big data processing (17 petabytes per season):
MLBAM Builds New Player Tracking System on AWS.
MLBAM and the Business Value of Using AWS.
MLBAM and the Power of Innovation Possible on AWS.
Nextdoor -Private social network for neighborhoods.
Ohpen -Mutual fund platform for banks.
RedMart -Site and fulfillment center software hosting.
RoZetta Technology – Big data storage, management, and analytics.
New SlideShare Content
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center: Cloud On-Ramp Project Briefing.
Security Best Practices.
AWS for Startups.
Amazon EC2 Container Service.
Scaling the Platform for Your Startup.
New YouTube Videos
AWS Loft Talks – Benefits of the PaaS Approach to IoT.
AWS Loft Talks – An Engineer’s Tour of the Internet of Things.
Getting Started with AWS Directory Service.
New Marketplace Applications
Slemma – BI.
Haivision Media Gateway – Media.
DeepSQL 5.6, Release 3.2 (MySQL 5.6 + DeepSQL plugin 3.2) – Databases.
Alfresco One Enterprise 5.0.1 – Content Management.
Conductor – Databases.
Lumis Portal 8.1.1 – Free version (Portuguese) – Content Management.
ProcessMaker Open Source Edition powered by Bitnami – BPM.
Nuxeo Content Management Platform – Content Management.
Barracude Message Archiver – Storage.
Upcoming Events
September 14-18 – Live Event (New York) AWS Professional Services Delivery Best Practices Bootcamp.
September 15 – Webinar – Building Your First Big Data Application on AWS.
September 15 – Webinar – Infrastructure Deployment and Monitoring with AWS Lambda and Amazon SNS.
September 15 – Webinar – Getting Started with DynamoDB Streams.
September 16 – Webinar – Meet Regulatory Storage Requirements with Amazon Glacier Vault Lock.
September 17 – Webinar – Running Microservices with Amazon EC2 Container Service.
September 17 – Webinar – Visual Effects Rendering in the AWS Cloud with ThinkBox.
September 17 – Webinar – Build Cross-Platform Mobile Apps with AWS and the New Xamarin SDK.
September 22 – Webinar – Scientific Computing in the Cloud: Speeding Access for Drug Discovery – with APN Partner Avere Systems and customer H3 Biomedicine.
September 24 – Meetup (Warszawa, Poland) – AWS User Group Poland.
October 1 – Meetup (South Bend, Indiana) – Michiana AWS Meetup.
AWS re:Invent – Sold out, register for the live stream!
Upcoming Events at the AWS Loft (San Francisco)
September 14 – AWS Bootcamp: Architecting Highly Available Applications (10 AM – 6 PM).
September 16 – ClearScale Customer Showcase + Premier Partner Party (6 PM – 9:30 PM).
September 17 – The Right Tool for the Right Job on AWS (4 PM – 8 PM).
September 22 – Accelerating to the Hybrid Cloud and Reaping the Rewards (6 PM – 9 PM).
September 23 – Amazon Launchpad: Paving the Way for Startups to Launch on Amazon (11:30 AM – 2:30 PM).
September 25 – TechNode San Francisco Demo Day (10 AM – 5 PM).
September 28 – AWS Bootcamp: Taking Operations to the Next Level (10 AM – 6 PM).
September 29 – Funding Options for Growing Technology Companies (6 PM – 7:30 PM).
September 30 – Onshape Users (6 PM – 8:30 PM).
October 1 – Market Differentiators and Elements of API Management plus The Developer Experience – Accelerating Growth (6 PM – 9 PM).
October 21 – Intro to Using AWS and the Alexa Skills Kit to Build Voice Driven Experiences + Open Hackathon (10 AM – 3 PM).
Upcoming Events at the AWS Loft (New York)
September 14 – Chef Bootcamp: A Taste of Chef on AWS (10 AM – 6 PM).
September 15 – Chef Bootcamp: A Taste of Chef on AWS (10 AM – 6 PM).
September 16 – Chef Bootcamp: A Taste of Chef on AWS (10 AM – 6 PM).
September 17 – Chef Bootcamp: A Taste of Chef on AWS (10 AM – 6 PM).
September 18 – Network with Amazon Business Leaders from NYC Area (6 PM – 9 PM).
September 24 – Intro to Using AWS and the Alexa Skills Kit to Build Voice Driven Experiences + Open Hackathon (10 AM – 3 PM).
September 24 – The Life of a Click: How Hearst Publishing Manages Clickstream Analytics with AWS (3 – 4 PM).
September 24 – How to Implement Top 10 AWS Security Best Practices – Day Workshop with Evident.io (10 AM – 2 PM).
September 24 – How to Implement Top 10 AWS Security Best Practices – Evening Session with Evident.io (6:30 PM – 8:30 PM).
September 28 – Onshape Users (6 PM – 8:30 PM).
October 1 – Behind the Scenes with LearnBop – Bulletproof Blue/Green Deployments – Myths, Pitfalls and Solutions (6:30 PM – 8 PM).
Help Wanted
This Week’s Cloud Computing Jobs (Cloud Academy).
AWS Careers.
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