AWS Week in Review – September 14, 2015

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

New & Notable Open Source

• portableR is a version of R that can be used with AWS Lambda.
• ncdu-s3 lets you run ncdu on S3 buckets.
• ionroller is an immutable deployment framework for web services running on AWS Elastic Beanstalk.
• redshift_console is an operations console for HAQM Redshift.
• sneaker is a tool for securely sharing secrets on S3 using KMS.
• node-aws-examples shows how to use the AWS SDK to perform some management tasks.
• docker-aws puts the AWS CLI into a Docker container.
• easel-vectorizer is an Easel app for vectorizing images using Lambda.
• px-kinesis-client is a Kinesis client with failover and retry.
• Aws-Lego is a set of templates designed to unify common AWS deployment topologies.

New Customer Success Stories

• The Democratic National Committee (DNC) – Gather, store, and deliver voter data to other political organizations.
• Domain Group – Provide real estate information to Australians via online and print platforms.
• Infraware -Deliver software to mobile users; run customer analytics platform.
• Ividata – Big data for retailers.
• Nexon – Build and distribute games to an international audience.
• SM Entertainment – Host websites, deliver mobile apps, run internal ERP and Groupware systems.

New SlideShare Content

• HAQM Route 53.
• Navigating AWS re:Invent.
• HAQM Elastic File System – Introduction & Demo.
• AWS Mobile Services & SDK – Introduction & Demo.
• Deploy, Manage, and Scale Your Apps with AWS Elastic Beanstalk.
• AWS Educate.
• Riot Games: Large Scale Backed Service Development Using Node.js, Docker, and AWS.

New YouTube Videos

• AWS Partner Success – Doug Schneider, 2nd Watch.
• AWS Partner Success – Jeff Aden, 2nd Watch.
• AWS Partner Success – MicroStrategy.
• Introduction to HAQM Redshift.
• Introduction to HAQM Key Management Service.
• Auto Scaling Lifecycle Policies for Security Practitioners.
• Introduction to HAQM RDS for Aurora.
• Introduction to HAQM S3.
• AWS Educate Students: Global Initiative for Educational Institutions, Educators & Students.

Upcoming Events

• September 22 – Webinar – Scientific Computing in the Cloud: Speeding Access for Drug Discovery – with APN Partner Avere Systems and customer H3 Biomedicine.
• September 23 – Webinar – Managing Docker Containers with HAQM EC2 Container Service – with APN Partner Trek10 and customer RedPost.
• September 24 – Meetup (Warszawa, Poland) – AWS User Group Poland.
• September 24 – Webinar – Ten Tips for Securing Your Enterprise AWS Environment with APN Partner CloudCheckr.
• September 24 – Webinar – Accelerate the Development of Your Business Application on the Cloud – with APN Partner Acumatica and customer FuseForward.
• September 29 – Webinar – Accelerate Onboarding to AWS with Data-Driven IT Discovery Automation – with APN Partner ATADATA.
• September 30 – Webinar – How Accolade Harnessed Big Data to Recommend Personalized Services to Their Customers – with APN Partner Talend and customer Accolade.
• October 1 – Webinar – Achieving Continuous Delivery with AWS Lambda and Codeship – with APN Partner Codeship and customer Pipedrive.
• October 1 – Meetup (South Bend, Indiana) – Michiana AWS Meetup.
• 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)

• September 22 – Accelerating to the Hybrid Cloud and Reaping the Rewards (6 PM – 9 PM).
• September 23 – HAQM Launchpad: Paving the Way for Startups to Launch on HAQM (11:30 AM – 2:30 PM).
• September 24  – DevOps Loft Talks (6 PM – 7:30 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 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)

• 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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— Jeff;

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