Adventure Through the Amazon: AWS Week in Review

Let’s take a quick look at what happened in AWS-land last week:

Monday September 28	We announced that you can now Receive and Process Incoming Email with Amazon SES. We announced an Elastic Beanstalk Update, with Support for Java and Go. The AWS Big Data Blog previewed AWS Big Data Analytics Sessions at re:Invent 2015. The AWS Windows and .NET Developer Blog announced New Support for ASP.Net 5 in AWS SDK for .NET. The AWS Enterprise Blog shared Talen Energy’s Journey to Cloud. The Netflix Tech Blog talked about Creating Your Own EC2 Spot Market. Brian Beach shared his AWS Presentation to the NYC PowerShell User Group. Ylastic announced some Scheduling Updates. Sony Developer World announced that the Amazon Custom Resources Open Source Project is Available On GitHub.
Tuesday September 29	We announced a Preview of the Developer Publishing API for the Amazon Appstore. We announced the New AWS Digital Library for Big Data Solutions. The AWS Java Blog previewed AWS re:Invent 2015. The AWS Startup Collection talked about Civis Analytics: Empowering the Data-Driven Startup with Amazon Redshift and the Civis Data Science Platform. The Cloud Academy Blog published an Introduction and Practical Walkthrough of AWS Lambda. The Cloudability Blog published September in Review: the Road to re:Invent.
Wednesday September 30	We announced Amazon EMR Release 4.1.0, with Spark 1.5.0, Hue 3.7.1, HDFS Encryption, Presto, Oozie, Zeppelin, and Improved Resizing. The AWS Big Data Blog showed you how to Analyze Data with Presto and Airpal on Amazon EMR. The AWS Enterprise Blog revealed that Today’s IT Executive is a Chief Change Management Officer, and shared 7 Best Practices for Your Enterprise’s Journey to the Cloud. The AWS Security Blog announced New AWS Security Training Classes. CloudHealth Academy invited you to Unleash Your Cloud Genius at AWS re:Invent. The N2WS Blog invited you to Protect Your Data Within AWS: 7 AWS re:Invent Breakout Sessions You Should Attend. The Evident.io Blog shared AWS Security Best Practice #8: Use AutoScaling to Dampen DDOS Effects. The Netflix Tech Blog talked about Moving from Asgard to Spinnaker. The Cloudonaut Blog showed you how to Prevent Outages with Redundant EC2 Instances.
Thursday October 1	We announced an Amazon WorkSpaces Update with BYOL, Chromebooks, and Encryption. We announced an AWS CloudTrail Update with SSE-KMS Encryption and Log File Integrity Verification. We announced the Amazon Elasticsearch Service. We announced the AWS CloudFormation Designer and Support for More Services. We updated the AWS SDK for Java, AWS SDK for Ruby, AWS CLI, AWS SDK for JavaScript, the AWS SDK for Go. We announced Custom Slot Types and Speech Synthesis Markup Language for the Alexa Skills Kit. The AWS Compute Blog previewed AWS Lambda Sessions at re:Invent 2015. The AWS Application Management Blog previewed AWS OpsWorks at re:Invent 2015. The AWS Windows and .NET Developer Blog previewed AWS re:Invent 2015. The AWS Security Blog invited you to Learn About the Security and Compliance Track Sessions Offered at re:Invent 2015. The AWS Startup Collection discussed API Security for Modern Web Apps. The Cloudability Blog introduced the New Cloudability Dashboard. The Cloudyn Blog asked Want to Learn About Cloud Optimization? Check out These 5 AWS re:Invent Breakout Sessions.
Friday October 2	We announced a Spot Fleet Update, with Console Support, Fleet Scaling, and CloudFormation. We announced the AWS Well-Architected Franework. The AWS Compute Blog previewed Amazon EC2 Container Service at AWS re:Invent. The AWS Compute Blog discussed Dynamic Scaling with EC2 Spot Fleet. The AWS Startup Collection shared What’s Hot at AWS Pop-up Lofts in October. CloudCheckr announced that they Launched CloudCheckr Cost and Security Management in AWS Marketplace. The Netflix Tech Blog previewed Netflix at AWS re:Invent 2015. The Cloud Academy Blog listed 5 AWS re:Invent 2015 Sessions You Mustn’t Miss.
Sunday October 4	Brian Beach talked about My Cloud EX2 Backup to Amazon S3.

New & Notable Open Source

Otto simplifies development and deployment.
SOPS uses KMS and PGP to manage encrypted files for distribution of secrets.
Interferon signals you when infrastructure or application issues arise.
reinvent-sessions-api is an API to the re:Invent session list.
eureka is an AWS Service registry for mid-tier load balancing and failover.
acli is an alternative CLI for AWS.
BasicConsumer is an example consume for Kinesis.
wt-aws-spotter manages EC2 Spot instances using webtasks.
ec2-management is a CLI for controlling and scaling DCE Matterhorn clusters on AWS.
TrendingTopics discovers what is trending anywhere in the world using big data tools on AWS.

New YouTube Videos

Introduction to AWS Lambda.
Container Day – Batch Processing with Amazon EC2 Container Service.
Container Day – Empire – Building a PaaS with Amazon ECS.
AWS Enterprise Summit London.
Introduction to Amazon WorkSpaces.
Introduction to AWS Identity and Access Management.
AWS Loft Talks – The Dawn of the #DataRev.
AWS Loft Talks – Engineering God Mode: The Next Dimension of Big Data.
AWS Loft Talks – Open Source Data Collection / Ingestion.
AWS Loft Talks – Logging for Your AWS App.
AWS Loft Talks – Security, Threats, the Cloud and Your Responsibilities.
AWS Loft Talks – Platform Security at Netflix.
AWS Loft Talks – Enabling DevOps Through Agile Security.

New Customer Success Stories

Bart & Associates – Replace legacy apps with SAP enterprise software on AWS.
City of McKinney -Run services and applications for citizens and employees.
Delaware North -Move corporate data center to AWS.
iTrueMart -Run e-commerce website (1.6 million users).
Kaplan -Applications and databases for Kaplan Test Prep.
National Renewable Energy Laboratory -Host renewable energy database repositories.
Städel Museum – Host museum guide app as part of digital strategy.

New SlideShare Presentations

Upcoming Events

October 21 – Webinar – Securing Gene Sequencing Data on AWS for HIPAA Compliance – with APN Partner Alert Logic and customer GenomeNext.
AWS re:Invent – Sold out, register for the live stream!

Upcoming Events at the AWS Loft (San Francisco)

October 7 – re:Invent at the Loft – Keynote Live Stream (9 AM – 10:30 AM).
October 8 – re:Invent at the Loft -Keynote Live Stream (9 AM – 10:30 AM).
October 8 – Loft Startup Showcase (11:30 AM – 1:30 PM).
October 8 – re:Invent at the Loft – re:Play Happy Hour (6 PM – 7:30 PM).
October 13 – Behind the Scenes with ironSource: The Road to Production with Node.js and JavaScript.
October 19 – AWS Bootcamp: Getting Started with AWS (10 AM – 6 PM).
October 20 – AWS Bootcamp: Getting Started with AWS (10 AM – 6 PM).
October 21 – Intro to Using AWS and the Alexa Skills Kit to Build Voice Driven Experiences + Open Hackathon (10 AM – 3 PM).
October 29 – Building Serverless Microservices with AWS Lambda (Noon – 4 PM).
October 29 – Startup Pitch Event and Halloween Party (6:30 PM – 9:30 PM).

Upcoming Events at the AWS Loft (New York)

October 6 – AWS Pop-up Loft Trivia Night (6 – 8 PM).
October 7 – AWS re:Invent at the Loft – Keynote Live Stream (11:30 AM – 1:30 PM).
October 8 – AWS re:Invent at the Loft – Keynote Live Stream (12:00 PM – 1:30 PM).
October 8 – AWS re:Invent at the Loft — re:Play Happy Hour! (7 – 9 PM).

Upcoming Events at the AWS Loft (Berlin) – Register Now

October 15 – An overview of Hadoop & Spark, using Amazon Elastic MapReduce (9 AM).
October 15 – Processing streams of data with Amazon Kinesis (and other tools) (10 AM).
October 15 – STUPS – A Cloud Infrastructure for Autonomous Teams (5 PM).
October 16 – Transparency and Audit on AWS (9 AM).
October 16 – Encryption Options on AWS (10 AM).
October 16 – Simple Security for Startups (6 PM).
October 19 – Introduction to AWS Directory Service, Amazon WorkSpaces, Amazon WorkDocs and Amazon WorkMail (9 AM).
October 19 – Amazon WorkSpaces: Advanced Topics and Deep Dive (10 AM).
October 19 – Building a global real-time discovery platform on AWS (6 PM).
October 20 – Scaling Your Web Applications with AWS Elastic Beanstalk (10 AM).

Upcoming Events at the AWS Loft (London) – Register Now

October 7 – Amazon DynamoDB (10 AM).
October 7 – Amazon Machine Learning (1 PM).
October 7 – Innovation & Amazon: Building New Customer Experiences for Mobile and Home with Amazon Technology (3 PM).
October 7 – IoT Lab Session (4 PM).
October 8 – AWS Lambda (10 AM).
October 8 – Amazon API Gateway (1 PM).
October 8 – A DevOps Way to Security (3 PM).
October 9 – AWS Bootcamp: Architecting Highly Available Applications on AWS (10 AM).
October 12 – Hands-on Labs Drop In (1 PM).
October 14 – Masterclass Live: Amazon EMR (10 AM).
October 14 – IoT on AWS (Noon).
October 14 – FinTech in the Cloud: How to build scalable, compliant and secure architecture with AWS (2 PM).
October 14 – AWS for Startups (6 PM).
October 15 – AWS Container Day (10 AM).
October 16 – HPC in the Cloud Workshop (2 – 4 PM).
October 19 – Hands-on Labs Drop In (1 PM).
October 20 – An Introduction to Using Amazon Web Services and the Alexa Skills Kit to Build Voice Driven Experiences + Open Hackathon (10 AM).
October 21 – Startup Showcase – B2C (10 AM).
October 21 – Chef Cookbook Workflow (6 PM).
October 22 – AWS Security Day (10 AM).
October 22 – Working with Planetary-Scale Open Data Sets on AWS (4 PM).
October 23 – AWS Booktamp: Taking AWS Operations to the Next Level (10 AM).
October 26 – Hands-on Labs Drop In (1 PM).
October 27 – IoT Hack Day: AWS Pop-up Loft Hack Series – Sponsored by Intel (10 AM).