AWS AppSync is a serverless GraphQL and Pub/Sub's APIs that simplify application development through a single endpoint to securely query, update, or publish data. Tune in to listen to Hawn Nguyen-Loughren, Sr. Manager, Solutions Architect and Venugopalan Vasudevan, Sr. Specialist Solutions Architect discuss cross-team API development considerations for enterprises, introduce AWS AppSync, dive deeper into how AWS AppSync enables enterprise developer teams to consolidate APIs owned and managed by independent teams into a single, federated API exposed to clients, and how this helps setup crucial guardrails to promote team collaboration and performance at scale.
Merged APIs on AWS AppSync blog: https://bit.ly/3Rvp3fU
AWS AppSync Merged APIs developer guide: https://bit.ly/3RxPd1p

#623: API Modernization Strategies Episode 2

Simon flies the show solo to share a raft of very cool things to help you build! 
Chapters:
00:34 AWS Marketplace
00:58 Analytics
03:28 Application Integration
05:17 Business Applications
06:01 Compute 
06:54 Cost Management
07:33 Customer Engagement 
10:23 Databases
14:30 Developer Tools
15:09 End User Computing
15:33 Front End Web & Mobile
16:15 Machine Learning
20:24 Management & Governance
21:21 Media Services
21:35 Migration & Transfer
23:32 Networking & Content Delivery
24:55 Security, Identity, & Compliance
27:02 Storage
Shownotes: https://d29iemol7wxagg.cloudfront.net/622ExtendedShownotes.html

#622: September 2023 Update Show 2

AWS Cloud Governance is the set of rules, practices, and reports that ensure your cloud use meets your business requirements. Tune into this episode, with host Jillian Forde, to hear from two Cloud Governance Specialists, Al Destefano and Nivas Durairaj, on how your organization can benefit from a multi-account strategy, meet regulatory requirements at scale, leverage AWS managed controls to meet business objectives and ensure data residency requirements are met by using services like AWS Organizations, AWS Config and AWS Control Tower.
AWS Control Tower website: https://bit.ly/468g8oD
AWS Cloud Governance options: https://bit.ly/3rb73N3

#621: AWS Control Tower and Cloud Governance in 2023

Jillian Forde and Michael Surkan discuss how AWS Database Migration Service (DMS) is simplifying migrations with AWS DMS Serverless. Learn how AWS DMS Serverless automatically provisions, monitors, and scales migration resources to the optimal capacity needed to meet demand, so you don't have to.
AWS DMS Serverless blog: https://bit.ly/3Zhln31
AWS DMS Serverless website: AWS DMS Serverless website
AWS Database Migration Serverless: https://bit.ly/3ZbSqp4

#620: AWS DMS Serverless

Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink makes it easy to build and run real-time streaming applications using Apache Flink. Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink takes care of everything required to run streaming applications. There are no servers and clusters to manage, no compute and storage infrastructure to set up, and you only pay for the resources you use. You can easily setup and integrate data sources or destinations with minimal code, process data continuously with sub-second latencies, and respond to events in real-time.

#619: Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink

Simon, Hawn, and Jillian cover the latest AWS updates. Chapters:
01:07 AWS Marketplace
01:41 Analytics
04:54 Application Integration 
06:32 Compute
08:34 Database
10:33 Developer Tools
11:08 Game Tech
11:18 Machine Learning
12:58 Management & Governance 
13:47 Media Services
14:19 Migration & Transfer
16:39 Networking & Content Delivery
17:52 Security, Identity, & Compliance 
18:46 Startups
20:29 Storage
Shownotes: https://d29iemol7wxagg.cloudfront.net/618ExtendedShownotes.html

#618: September 2023 Update Show 1

Amazon Managed Blockchain (AMB) is a fully managed service which makes building with blockchain technology accessible and affordable for all developers. AMB' two new services, AMB Access and Query expands AMB’s capabilities to help developers build scalable applications quickly and securely. AMB Access provides a new serverless offering for non-mining, full blockchain nodes. With AMB Access, developers can instantly call standard remote procedure calls (RPCs) to interact with digital assets and distributed applications built on multiple blockchains, starting with Bitcoin, without specialized blockchain infrastructure. AMB Query delivers standardized and formatted blockchain data from multiple blockchains, starting with Bitcoin and Ethereum, which applications can consume quickly without having to perform complex data transformations or pay expensive storage costs. AMB Access and Query blog: https://bit.ly/3PrkBgR AMB Access and Query website: https://bit.ly/47MHbYp

#617: Amazon Managed Blockchain announces Access and Query

Mountpoint for Amazon S3 is a new open source file client that you can use to mount an S3 bucket on your compute instance and access it as a local file system. In this episode, Simon is joined by Devabrat Kumar, Sr. Product Manager for Amazon S3, to discuss the launch of Mountpoint for Amazon S3 and how customer feedback has driven the evolution of this feature.
Mountpoint blog: https://bit.ly/3skIddG
Mountpoint website: https://bit.ly/45qWZ15
Mountpoint user guide: https://bit.ly/45qK7YV

#616: Mountpoint for Amazon S3

The new AWS service, AWS Payment Cryptography simplifies cryptography operations in your cloud-hosted payment applications. Tune in to hear Mark Cline, Senior Product Manager, discuss how you can get started with AWS Payment Cryptography and simplify the exchange of encryption keys with partners and customers.
Payment Cryptography website: https://bit.ly/44qG1ia
AWS Payment Cryptography blog: https://go.aws/45kOeG2
AWS Payment Cryptography workshop: https://bit.ly/3QSBouk

#615: AWS Payment Cryptography

Simon and Jillian take you on a journey of AWS discovery! 
Chapters:
01:01 Analytics
02:52 Application Integration
13:52 Customer Engagement 
20:24 Developer Tools
23:40 Front End Web & Mobile
24:17 Game Tech
25:04 Internet of Things
29:37 Management & Governance
33:33 Network & Content Delivery
36:25 Security and Compliance
36:55 Storage

Shownotes: https://d29iemol7wxagg.cloudfront.net/614ExtendedShownotes.html

#614: August 2023 Update Show 2

In this episode, Hawn sits down with Ilana Morris and Samir Kopal from the Well-Architected team to discuss a brief history of AWS Well-Architected. They dive into how to use the AWS Well-Architected Tool as a mechanism and the latest Well-Architected features including Consolidated Report, the integration with Service Catalog AppRegistry, and Profiles.
AWS Well-Architected Tool website: https://go.aws/3OQZJy3
AWS Well-Architected Tool Documentation: https://go.aws/3s61eRd
AWS Well-Architected Labs: https://bit.ly/3Ovrqw6
AWS Well-Architected Partner Program: https://go.aws/47mLrO1

#613: Well-Architected Deep Dive

Learn more about the recently launched I4g AWS Nitro SSDs. AWS Nitro SSDs build on the AWS silicon innovation with the AWS Nitro System and are custom-designed to deliver the best storage performance for your I/O intensive workloads running in Amazon EC2. I4g instances offer similar memory and storage ratios to existing I4i instances and are optimized for workloads with small to medium sized datasets that perform a high mix of random read/write and require very low I/O latency, such as databases and real-time analytics. I4g instances deliver the best compute price performance for a storage optimized instance, and best storage performance per TB for a Graviton-based storage instance. Amazon EC2 I4g instances deliver up to 15% better compute performance compared to similar storage-optimized instances.
Amazon l4g instances website: https://go.aws/3YxI3vr
Blog: Amazon EC2 I4g storage-optimized instances: https://go.aws/3OoKbRK

#612: I4g storage instances powered by AWS Graviton2 processors

AWS AppSync is a serverless GraphQL and Pub/Sub APIs that simplify application development through a single endpoint to securely query, update, or publish data. Tune in to listen to Jillian Forde, Sr. Startup Solutions Architect and Ozioma Uzoegwu, Sr. Solutions Architect talk about the functionalities we have on AppSync that can help you implement enterprise level security on your GraphQL APIs on AppSync. Recently we launched the support of Private APIs on AppSync, the most requested feature on AppSync, so listen in to also learn about this new feature and how you can get started.

#611: API Modernization Strategies part 1: Security

Two of our hosts are in the Big Apple to share lots of big updates!
01:05 Analytics
03:06 Application Integration
04:29 Compute
10:30 Customer Engagement
10:55 Databases
13:08 Developer Tools
09:52 End User Computing
14:16 Front-End Web & Mobile
15:27 Internet of Things (IoT)
15:55 Machine Learning
18:31 Management & Governance
19:42 Media Services
20:40 Migration & Transfer
21:14 Networking & Content Delivery
22:46 Security, Identity and Compliance
23:07 Storage
Shownotes: https://d29iemol7wxagg.cloudfront.net/610ExtendedShownotes.html

#610: August 2023 Update Show 1

Is your company faced with inaccurate and fragmented data, scored across applications, channels, and data stores? Find out how AWS Entity Resolution helps you match and link related records with configurable workflows that take only minutes to set up. Tune into listen to Shobhit Gupta, Principal Product Manager, Technical, talk about how this new new service helps you easily set up matching workflows and configure advanced matching techniques, while helping you better protect your data.

#609: AWS Entity Resolution

Simon takes you on a tour of your GenAI options. From software development, to AI policy, to trialling FMs, to new instance types, and CPUs. 
Referenced Links:

- URL: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/devops/optimize-software-development-with-amazon-codewhisperer/
  Title: Optimize software development with Amazon CodeWhisperer | AWS DevOps Blog

- URL: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/devops/10-ways-to-build-applications-faster-with-amazon-codewhisperer/
  Title: 10 ways to build applications faster with Amazon CodeWhisperer | AWS DevOps Blog

- URL: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/big-data/build-data-integration-jobs-with-ai-companion-on-aws-glue-studio-notebook-powered-by-amazon-codewhisperer/
  Title: Build data integration jobs with AI companion on AWS Glue Studio Notebook powered by Amazon CodeWhisperer

- URL: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/machine-learning/use-generative-ai-foundation-models-in-vpc-mode-with-no-internet-connectivity-using-amazon-sagemaker-jumpstart/
  Title: Use generative AI foundation models in VPC mode with no internet connectivity using Amazon SageMaker JumpStart | AWS Machine Learning Blog

- URL: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/machine-learning/llama-2-foundation-models-from-meta-are-now-available-in-amazon-sagemaker-jumpstart/
  Title: Llama 2 foundation models from Meta are now available in Amazon SageMaker JumpStart | AWS Machine Learning Blog

- URL: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/machine-learning/use-stable-diffusion-xl-with-amazon-sagemaker-jumpstart-in-amazon-sagemaker-studio/
  Title: Use Stable Diffusion XL with Amazon SageMaker JumpStart in Amazon SageMaker Studio | AWS Machine Learning Blog

- URL: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/machine-learning/efficiently-train-tune-and-deploy-custom-ensembles-using-amazon-sagemaker/
  Title: Efficiently train, tune, and deploy custom ensembles using Amazon SageMaker | AWS Machine Learning Blog

- URL: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/machine-learning/quickly-build-high-accuracy-generative-ai-applications-on-enterprise-data-using-amazon-kendra-langchain-and-large-language-models/
  Title: Quickly build high-accuracy Generative AI applications on enterprise data using Amazon Kendra, LangChain, and large language models | AWS Machine Learning Blog

- URL: https://aws.amazon.com/bedrock/features/
  Title: Foundation Model API Service – Amazon Bedrock Features – AWS

- URL: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/preview-enable-foundation-models-to-complete-tasks-with-agents-for-amazon-bedrock/
  Title: Preview – Enable Foundation Models to Complete Tasks With Agents for Amazon Bedrock | AWS News Blog

- URL: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/business-intelligence/announcing-generative-bi-capabilities-in-amazon-quicksight/
  Title: Announcing Generative BI capabilities in Amazon QuickSight | AWS Business Intelligence Blog

- URL: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2023/05/amazon-rds-postgresql-pgvector-ml-model-integration/
  Title: Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL now supports pgvector for simplified

#608: Generative AI Roundup - August 2023

Permissions management is the undifferentiated heavy lifting of application development. Amazon Verified Permissions decouples authorization from application logic saving developers time and resources. Developers can reuse centralized policies as well as define and manage policies for their applications to accelerate time-to-market. Security and audit teams can better analyze and audit who has access to what using Verified Permissions. In this episode, Jillian is joined by Abhi Panday, Product Manager at AWS, to discuss how developers and security teams are using the service to build fine-grained authorization within their applications. 
Amazon Verified Permissions Blog: https://go.aws/3YduS2W
Amazon Verified Permissions website: https://bit.ly/3O96j2n
Amazon Verified Permissions resources: https://go.aws/3OvXtgx

#607: Amazon Verified Permissions

It is sharp, informative, and fun! Simon, Hawn, and Jillian take you through all the latest AWS updates! Chapters:
00:47 AWS Marketplace
02:03 Analytics
03:57 Application Integration
04:00 Business Applications
05:26 Compute
06:47 Customer Engagement
07:30 Databases
08:57 Developer Tools
09:45 End User Computing
10:52 Front-End Web & Mobile
11:42 GameTech
12:17 Internet of Things (IoT)
12:27 Machine Learning
16:21 Management & Governance
17:42 Media Services
17:53 Migration & Transfer
19:26 Networking & Content Delivery
19:51 Security, Identity and Compliance
20:47 Storage
Shownotes: https://d29iemol7wxagg.cloudfront.net/606ExtendedShownotes.html AWS Podcast Audio Feedback: https://bit.ly/3mDc3Y1

#606: July 2023 Update Show 2

How to get the best price performance in Amazon EC2 for the most demanding machine learning training workloads? Tune in to learn how AWS Trainium-based Amazon EC2 Trn1n instances can help you train your network-intensive generative AI models at scale. Amazon EC2 Trn1n instances double the bandwidth offered by Trn1 instances to 1600 Gbps of EFA and deliver up to 20% faster time-to-train than Trn1 instances. Both Trn1 and Trn1n instances deliver up to 50% savings on training costs over comparable Amazon EC2 instances. Tune in to learn more about this new launch that helps you increase performance, reduce costs, and also improve energy efficiency when training your large-scale ML models.
Trn1 Website: https://go.aws/44v90ST
AWS Neuron Website: https://bit.ly/46SLyjX
AWS Trainium Website: https://bit.ly/3DqiCSM
AWS Inferentia Website: https://go.aws/44ymLA9

#605: AWS Trainium-powered Amazon EC2 Trn1n instances

AWS Glue for Ray makes it easier to scale Python code to process large scale data in AWS Glue. Learn how you can unlock Python at scale for data integration workloads of all sizes, and simplify and streamline your ability to use Ray, a new open source framework for distributing Python across clusters.
AWS Glue website: https://go.aws/3pLUTtp
AWS Glue Data Integration Engines: https://go.aws/3JYfiSP
Blog: AWS Glue for Ray: https://go.aws/43piC04

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