AWS Week in Review – March 7, 2016

March 7

• We launched Notifications for AWS CodeCommit.
• We announced that New AWS Accounts Now Default to Long EC2 Resource IDs.
• The AWS Security Blog showed you How to Automate Restricting Access to a VPC by Using AWS IAM and AWS CloudFormation.
• Botmetric talked about Tackling AWS Security Threat Landscapes: Access Controls.
• CloudCheckr shared 5 Tips to Best Leverage Diverse AWS Services.
• CloudEndure listed the Top 5 Cloud Computing Books to Read in 2016.
• Cloud Academy published Part 3 of a series on Centralized Log Management with AWS CloudWatch.
• Trek10 talked about Lambda Fanout, What is is Good For?

March 8

• We announced Availability of t2.nano Instances in the EU (Frankfurt) and Asia Pacific (Sydney) Regions.
• We announced you can now Run XCTest UI Tests with AWS Device Farm.
• The AWS Partner Network Blog talked about Modeling SaaS Tenant Profiles on AWS.
• The AWS Security Blog showed you How to Reduce Security Threats and Operating Costs Using AWS WAF and HAQM CloudFront.
• N2W Software explained How to Automated Your Backup Operations in AWS.
• Sungard showed you How to Implement Microservices using AWS Lambda and Deploy with CloudFormation.
• Cloudyn explained How to Measure Your Core-Hours Costs to Gain Another Level of Cloud Cost Optimization.
• Cloud Academy published an Introduction and Walkthrough of AWS Config.
• ParkMyCloud showed you How to Manage Parking Recommendations in ParkMyCloud.
• Localytics wrote about Serverless Slackbots Powered by AWS.

March 9

• We announced that HAQM ElastiCache now supports Memcached Auto-Discovery for PHP 7.
• Guest posts showed you how to Use Enhanced RDS Monitoring with Datadog and told the story of Flatiron Health – Using AWS to Help Improve Cancer Treatment.
•  We updated the AWS CLI, AWS SDK for Java, AWS SDK for Go, AWS SDK for JavaScript, and the AWS SDK for Ruby.
• 8KMiles listed 5 Reasons Why Pharmaceutical Companies Need to Migrate to the Cloud.
• Stelligent showed you how to Create a Pipeline Using the AWS CodePipeline Console.
• Spotinst talked about Implementing Blue/Green Deployments with Elastigroup on AWS.
• Netflix described How We Build Code at Netflix.
• Cloud Technology Partners shared A Bulletproof DevOps Strategy to Ensure Success in the Cloud.
• DZone Cloud Zone talked about Automatic Deployment Through a Bastion (Gateway) Server.
• Gathering Clouds talked about The #1 AWS Cloud Security Tool for Retailers and eCommerce.
• Gorillastack asked Is Virtual Reality The Next Frontier For HAQM Web Services To Conquer?
• Trek10 introduced LambdaClock.
• Serverworks wrote about Parallel Image Processing for Fluid Mechanics with AWS Lambda.

March 10

• We announced that HAQM CloudWatch Logs now has AWS CloudTrail support and new HAQM CloudWatch Metrics.
• We announced that AWS CodeDeploy is Now Available in the South America (Sao Paulo) Region.
• We announced that HAQM CloudWatch Logs Available in the South America (Sao Paulo) Region.
• We announced that HAQM Redshift Now Supports Table Level Restore.
• We updated the AWS SDK for Ruby and the AWS SDK for Go.
• We published the Second HAQM Linux AMI 2016.03 Release Candidate.
• The HAQM GameDev Blog announced New Regions and Autoscaling Features for HAQM GameLift.
• The AWS Big Data Blog shared a partner post from Attunity.
• The AWS Government, Education, & Nonprofits Blog explained How Cities Can Stop Wasting Money, Move Faster, and Innovate.
• The AWS Partner Network Blog talked about Architecting Microservices Using Weave Net and HAQM EC2 Container Service.
• James Hamilton wrote about A Decade of Innovation.
• ParkMyCloud showed you How to Save Money with AWS Scripting.
• Skeddly showed you how to Change EBS Volume Action.

March 11

• I reviewed some Hot Startups on AWS.
• Werner Vogels shared 10 Lessons from 10 Years of HAQM Web Services.
• The AWS Government, Education, & Nonprofits Blog talked about the Cities of the Future, Today.
• 8KMiles hosted a Tweet Chat on HAQM KMS.
• Mark Litwintschik examined A Billion Taxi Rides on HAQM EMR Running Presto.

March 12

• The AWS Government, Education, & Nonprofits Blog announced that the AWS 2016 City on a Cloud Innovation Challenge is Live.
• Toby Hede is writing The Complete and Most Excellent Micro Manual for Hosting a Static Website on AWS.

March 13

• Serverless Code announced Zappa, Django, and Lambda VPC Support, discussed Using Python in the Serverless Framework, and talked about Using Scikit-Learn in AWS Lambda.
• Ted Timmons wrote about AWS CloudFormation, VPC NAT, and Donuts.