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AWS Week in Review – January 5, 2015

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

Monday, January 5	We announced that you can now Import AWS Data Pipeline Definitions in the AWS Management Console. We announced the availability of EC2 Spot Instance Termination Notices. We made an AWS GovCloud (US) Update – Glacier, VM Import, CloudTrail, and More. A post on the AWS DevOps Blog showed you how to Delete Your Stacks but Keep Your Data. A post on the AWS Compute Blog talked about Using Packages and Native Node.js Modules in AWS Lambda. A post on the Climate Corporation Engineering Blog described a model for S3 Distributed Version Restore suitable for environments with millions of files and billions of versions. The Maple Avenue Labs Blog talked about FOLDING (IN) THE CLOUD – Folding@Home’s Sweet Spot on HAQM’s AWS. A post on the Right Brain Networks Blog talked about Keeping Secrets Safe With KMS. A post on the CloudNative Blog described some AWS IAM Best Practices.
Tuesday, January 6	We published a post on the New SQS Client Library for Java Messaging Service (JMS). This feature was released in late December. We published the Architecting for Genomic Data Security and Compliance white paper. We announced Cross-Account Access in the AWS Management Console. A post on the AWS Partner Network Blog talked about Integrating a Modern Big Data and Analytics Platform with AWS Services: Looker and Mortar. A post on the Luminal Blog talked about Handling AWS Spot Instance Termination Notices. A post on the Cloudability Blog offered you some 2015 Cloud Cost Resolutions. Batchly (available in the AWS Marketplace) is an AWS-based batch data processing tool that uses a machine learning algorithm to choose a suitable instance family and size (watch the video to learn more).
Wednesday, January 7	Developer Martin Camitz published EC2SpotStop2SNS. It publishes the new Spot Instance Termination notices to SNS. The AWS Startup Collection published part 1 of a series that will show you how to Build Dynamic Dashboards Using Lambda and DynamoDB Streams.
Thursday, January 8	We announced ClassicLink, for Communication Between Classic EC2 Instances and VPC Resources. We Simplified Database Encryption, with New Data Encryption Options for HAQM RDS. The AWS Security Blog asked you to Make a New Year’s Resolution: Adhere to IAM Best Practices. We updated the AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell with support for HAQM EC2 Container Service and AWS CloudHSM, along with updated support for EC2, RDS, and HAQM CloudSearch. A success story on the AWS Mobile Development Blog showed how Concrete Software uses HAQM Cognito for NHL Hockey Target Smash. A post on the CloudNative Blog covered the important topic of EC2 Performance Tuning. A post on the Cloud Academy Blog announced that All Three AWS Solutions Architect Certification Exam Preparation Courses are now Available.
Friday, January 9	A post on the AWS Big Data Blog discussed Node.js Streaming MapReduce with HAQM EMR. Brian Schott of Nimbus Services posted a a presentation titled Using Ansible’s Dynamic Inventory with HAQM EC2. We updated the AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI) with support for AWS CloudHSM, HAQM EC2 Container Service, HAQM Glacier, and ClassicLink. It also improves support for CloudSearch and RDS and fixes some bugs. The AWS Startup Collection talked about Expanding Kloudless’s Global Reach by Bridging Regions.
Saturday, January 10	Over the course of the week we updated the AWS SDK for JavaScript in the Browser, the AWS SDK for .NET, the AWS SDK for Ruby, and the AWS SDK for Java.
Sunday, January 11	We announced that the New C4 Instances are now Available.

Stay tuned for next week! In the meantime, follow me on Twitter and subscribe to the RSS feed.

— Jeff;

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