Category: AWS re:Invent

Over the last couple of years, the process of collecting, uploading, storing, and processing data on AWS has become faster, simpler, and increasingly comprehensive. We have delivered a broad set of data-centric services that tackle many of the issues faced by our customers. For example: Managing Databases is Painful and Difficult – Amazon Relational Database […]

The AWS Global Partner Summit just wrapped up! This annual event is held the day before the main AWS re:Invent keynotes, breakout sessions, and other events. During the event, members of the AWS Partner Network (APN) had the opportunity to hear from senior AWS leaders. Traditionally, the talks have provided insights into the future direction […]

Sometimes business enables technology, and sometimes technology enables business! If you are migrating from an existing environment to AWS, you may have purchased volume licenses for software that is licensed for use on a server with a certain number of sockets or physical cores. Or, you may be required to run it on a specific […]

Have you ever taken the time to watch the access and error logs from your web server scroll past? In addition to legitimate well-formed requests from users and spiders, you will probably see all sorts of unseemly and downright scary requests far too often.  For example, I checked the logs for one of my servers […]

I am pleased to be able to announce that registration for AWS re:Invent 2015 is now open! This is our fourth annual event and I expect that it, like its predecessors, will sell out. With less than 5 months to go before the October 6th opening, preparation for the services, presentations, keynotes, hackathons, and entertainment […]

My colleagues are already hard at work on the services, presentations, sessions, signage, clothing, and entertainment for AWS re:Invent 2015. As I announced last month, re:Invent will be taking place from October 6 to 9 this year at The Venetian in Las Vegas. Registration will open at 9:00 AM Pacific Time on May 12th, just […]

I am already looking forward to my fourth re:Invent! This year’s conference will take place from October 6 to 9 in Las Vegas. We’ll be announcing more details and opening up the registration system in May. You can sign up here in order to receive email updates. We are already working on the services, presentations, […]

Whew! I had an incredible time at AWS re:Invent and I know that many readers of this blog did as well. In between my Sunday night arrival and my Friday afternoon departure I managed to publish seventeen blog posts, record a bunch of cameo videos for the re:Invent Facebook Page (including this to-be classic), sit […]