#705: AWS News Update, January 27, 2025

Building a robust authentication system for your application is no easy feat - but sign up and sign-in is often your first touch with your customer. Join our host Simon Elisha and guests, Rahul Sharma, Principal PM, and Kevin Shanley, Principal GTM Specialist at AWS as they break down how you can implement a secure, scalable, and customized sign-up and sign-in experience in minutes with Amazon Cognito - faster than you can brew a cup of coffee!

Join our hosts for a great discussion of the new and interesting on AWS! Chapters: 00:09 Intro 00:32 Deep Seek 05:26 S3 Meta Data 08:52 AWS Market Place 09:32 Analytics updates 10:28 Application integration 11:49 AI Updates 13:42 Compute 15:09 Customer Engagement 16:12 Database Updates 17:53 Developer Tools 19:31 Front end web and mobile 20:36 Management and governance 22:22 Migration and modernization updates 23:01 Networking and content delivery 23:12 Wrap up Shownotes: https://d29iemol7wxagg.cloudfront.net/707ExtendedShownotes.html

This week on the Official AWS Podcast, dive into the rapidly evolving world of Large Language Model Operations (LLMOps)! Join the experts as our host Shruti interviews Piyush Kadam, Sr. Product Manager, and Lauren Mullennex, Sr. Solutions Architect at AWS to explore how Amazon SageMaker is revolutionizing the customization, evaluation, and deployment of large language models at scale. Learn more: https://aws.amazon.com/sagemaker/pipelines/

Our 3 hosts take you through all the latest news PLUS a new "Top Stories" discussion! Chapters: 00:08 Top Stories 09:52 AWS Marketplace 10:17 Analytics 11:10 Application Integration 12:41 Artificial Intelligence 14:24 Compute 15:16 Customer Engagement 17:46 Databases 19:25 Developer Tools 20:38 End User Computing 21:29 Management and Governance 25:22 Media Services 25:42 Security, Identity and Compliance Shownotes: https://d29iemol7wxagg.cloudfront.net/705ExtendedShownotes.html

Are relational databases cool again? In this episode of the AWS Podcast, host Simon Elisha sits down with Josh Hart, Principal Solutions Architect at AWS, to explore how traditional databases are getting a modern makeover. They dive into three game-changing innovations from AWS that are solving age-old database scaling headaches: Aurora Serverless v2 for seamless vertical scaling, Aurora Limitless Database for hassle-free sharding, and the RDS Data API for simplified connection management. Whether you're wrestling with dev/test environments or running production workloads at scale, this episode unpacks practical solutions that could save you time, money, and operational headaches. * Check out more examples of building modern data architectures on AWS in the AWS Data for SaaS patterns repository on GitHub (https://github.com/aws-samples/data-for-saas-patterns ) * Dive deeper into scaling relational databases with this 2 part blog series on the AWS database blog (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/database/scale-your-relational-database-for-saas-part-1-common-scaling-patterns/ ) * Head over to YouTube to find more on-demand content for scaling databases (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoqD0z_296PbKATwUcaGowmOJwlE_2ysP )

It is the first show of 2025! Simon walks you through all the updates that happened during the holiday-season. Chapters: 00:31 AWS Marketplace 01:06 Analytics 02:26 Application Integration 02:46 Artificial Intelligence 05:29 Compute 09:11 Cost Management 09:59 Customer Engagement 11:00 Databases 13:21 Developer Tools 13:50 End User Computing 14:36 Front-End Web & Mobile 14:49 Internet of Things 16:02 Management and Governance 17:35 Media Services 17:54 Migration and Modernisation 18:42 Networking and Content Delivery 19:03 Security, Identity and Compliance 19:39 Storage Shownotes: https://d29iemol7wxagg.cloudfront.net/703ExtendedShownotes.html

In the final episode of the year Simon takes you through over 160 new updates! It is "pre:Invent"! Chapters: 00:50 Analytics 05:03 Application Integration 09:47 Artificial Intelligence 12:20 AWS Marketplace 12:48 Business Applications 14:05 Compute 16:34 Cost Management 17:53 Databases 20:09 Developer Tools 21:43 End User Computing 22:18 Front End Web & Mobile 22:27 Game Tech 22:34 Internet of Things 22:55 Management & Governance 24:09 Media Services 24:53 Migration & Modernization 28:10 Quantum Technologies 25:35 Networking & Content Delivery 28:09 Quantum Technologies 28:31 Security, Identity, & Compliance 29:31 Storage Shownotes: https://d29iemol7wxagg.cloudfront.net/702ExtendedShownotes.html

It is the end of re:Invent 2024! Simon gives you a quick look at Werner's keynote, reveals the t-shirt choice, shares some tips for making the most of re:Invent content, and even drops an "easter egg" in as well!

In this episode, Simon covers some great new AI capabilities and updates discussed in Swami's keynote! Shownotes:https://d29iemol7wxagg.cloudfront.net/700ExtendedShownotes.html

Simon takes you through all the cool things discussed in Matt Garman's re:Invent Keynote today, and a few extra bonuses! Shownotes:https://d29iemol7wxagg.cloudfront.net/699ExtendedShownotes.html