Amazon Re:Invent 2019 Recap

As Amazon re:Invent 2019 comes to a close, we look to review the keynote speakers, main events, and major announcements.
 

The Event


Centered in six venues across the Las Vegas Strip, more than 60,000 attendees made this Amazon re:Invent the largest one yet. With topics ranging from new Amazon Web Services (AWS) local zones to EC2 innovations and 5G Wavelength capabilities, re:Invent unleashed a wide-variety of innovative announcements.

DevOps Automation Tools For Agile Teams

Automation tools are key for delivering on the philosophy of DevOps: better application and service delivery at high velocity without sacrificing performance. DevOps practices that leverage the latest automation tools and technologies also ensure that their engineering platforms and processes are in place to facilitate continuous delivery, integration, and improvement without sacrificing quality throughout the development process. 

Capital One Data Breach And The Amazon Shared Security Model

Capital One Data Breach Analysis: Initial Discovery and FBI Involvement


On July 17 Virginia-based bank Capital One received an email tip that their data had been leaked on code-hosting site Github.  An initial investigation found that the data originated from a Capital One server hosted in the cloud that was accessed via a misconfigured firewall.

How Amazon Web Services (AWS) Compares To Cloud Competitors

What is AWS or Amazon Web Services?


Amazon Web Services (AWS), a dominant force in the realm of cloud networks, surpasses its competitors with its mature and advanced platform. Their current offering ranks high in reliability, with a competitive track record relative to cloud-market peers, Azure and Google Public Cloud. AWS is not only the oldest of the three but also the largest in terms of scale, with their platform currently offering 200+ services and growing.

How Legos Explain Everything You Need To Know About AWS

The basic lego unit is the 1x1. It’s the smallest block, connects to any other piece and hurts a lot when you step on it with bare feet.

In AWS, the equivalent of the 1x1 is a Virtual Machine (VM). And yes, a lot of the “managed” services like RDS, ELB, and EMR are abstracted to provide the convenience of the service without managing the underlying infrastructure but behind the scenes, they all use virtual machines.

Top 3 Takeaways From AWS Summits Santa Clara And Anaheim 2019

Springtime brings April showers, May flowers...and the California-based AWS Summits! These are designed as free-to-attend events that bring the cloud computing community together to connect, collaborate, and learn about AWS. Stratus10 was proud to host a booth as an onsite sponsor at the AWS Summit in Santa Clara, California, and Anaheim, California. Couldn't make it to the events?

Here are our team's top 3 takeaways:

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