Episodes

  • #727: AWS News: AWS Shield Network Security Director, Amazon GuardDuty for EKS, and more

    #727: AWS News: AWS Shield Network Security Director, Amazon GuardDuty for EKS, and more
    Jun 30 2025
    Simon and Jillian take you through all the big security announcements from AWS re:Inforce plus a host of cool new features and price reductions!
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    35 mins
  • #726: Single region, zero excuses: Mastering AWS resilience

    #726: Single region, zero excuses: Mastering AWS resilience
    Jun 23 2025
    Dive into single-region resilience with AWS experts John Formento and Tarik Makota as they debunk common misconceptions and share practical strategies for building robust applications. Learn why multi-AZ isn't enough on its own, discover key AWS services for resilience, and get actionable tips for identifying and mitigating failure modes. Learn More: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/prescriptive-guidance/latest/resilience-analysis-framework/introduction.html
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    46 mins
  • #725: AWS News: FSx for Lustre introduces cost-saving storage tiers, MCP servers enhance AI development tools, and more

    #725: AWS News: FSx for Lustre introduces cost-saving storage tiers, MCP servers enhance AI development tools, and more
    Jun 16 2025
    Explore FSx for Lustre's new intelligent storage tiering that delivers cost savings and unlimited scalability for file storage in the cloud. Plus, discover how the new Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers are revolutionizing AI-assisted development across ECS, EKS, and serverless platforms with real-time contextual responses and automated resource management. 00:00 - Intro, 00:52 - Introduction new storage class, 03:43 - MCP Servers, 07:18 - Analytics, 09:34 - Application Integration, 15:52 - Business Applications, 16:21 - Cloud Financial Management, 17:44 - Compute, 20:44 - Containers, 21:31 - Databases, 24:25 - Developer Tools, 25:42 - End User Computing, 25:58 - Gaming, 26:34 - Management and Governance, 28:35 - Marketplace, 28:51 - Media Services, 29:29 - Migration and Transfer, 30:01 - Networking and Content Delivery, 34:01 - Security Identity and Compliance, 34:43 - Serverless, 35:06 - Storage, 36:55 - Wrap up Show Notes: https://dqkop6u6q45rj.cloudfront.net/shownotes-20250613-185437.html
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    40 mins
  • #724: Accelerated computing: From fraud detection to AI innovation

    #724: Accelerated computing: From fraud detection to AI innovation
    Jun 9 2025
    Join host Shruthi to discover how organizations use GPU-accelerated computing on AWS. Container Specialist Re Alvarez Parmar shows how Rivian optimizes GPU usage for autonomous vehicles with Amazon EKS. AWS Financial Services expert Sudhir Kalidindi explains real-time fraud detection processing 100B+ events annually. Learn architectural patterns and tools to maximize performance while controlling costs for AI workloads and next-gen applications. Learn More: AWS News Blog: New Amazon EC2 P6-B200 instances powered by NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs to accelerate AI innovations: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-amazon-ec2-p6-b200-instances-powered-by-nvidia-blackwell-gpus-to-accelerate-ai-innovations/ Accelerating Fraud Detection in Financial Services with NVIDIA RAPIDS on AWS: https://github.com/aws-samples/ai-credit-fraud-workflow
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    41 mins
  • #723: AWS News: Claude 4 Opus comes to Bedrock, AWS Transform accelerates modernization, and more

    #723: AWS News: Claude 4 Opus comes to Bedrock, AWS Transform accelerates modernization, and more
    Jun 2 2025
    Claude 4 Opus and Sonnet, the most powerful models from Anthropic for coding and advanced reasoning, are now available on Amazon Bedrock. Plus, AWS Transform can now accelerate your Mainframe, .NET and VMWare workload modernization. Learn about these updates and more with your hosts Shruthi and Jillian. 00:00 - Intro, 00:21 - Amazon Bedrock, 03:40 - AWS Transform, 07:51 - EC2 P6/B200 Instances, 11:35 - Analytics, 16:55 - Business Applications, 17:27 - Cloud Financial Management, 17:46 - Compute, 20:14 - Containers, 21:27 - ECS, 21:54 - Databases, 27:08 - Developer Tools, 29:15 - End User Computing, 29:53 - Management & Governance, 32:36 - Migration & Transfer, 35:12 - Networking and Content Delivery, 35:35 - Security Entity and Compliance, 36:07 - Service Changes, 37:06 - Services end of support, 38:26 - Wrap up Show Notes: https://dqkop6u6q45rj.cloudfront.net/shownotes-20250530-194643.html
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    40 mins
  • #722: The Frugal Architect w/Werner Vogels: How Warner Bros. Discovery keeps streaming seamless

    #722: The Frugal Architect w/Werner Vogels: How Warner Bros. Discovery keeps streaming seamless
    May 26 2025
    With only nine months to launch Max, Tom Leaman, VP of Site Reliability Engineering at Warner Bros. Discovery had to move fast to keep millions of viewers streaming smoothly. Learn about their innovative approach to measuring efficiency, managing global operations, and building resilient systems at massive scale with your hosts Simon Elisha and Dr. Werner Vogels. Learn More: http://thefrugalarchitect.com/architects/tom-leaman-warner-bros-discovery.html
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    49 mins
  • #721: AWS News: Amazon Nova Premier takes on complex tasks and model distillation, and more

    #721: AWS News: Amazon Nova Premier takes on complex tasks and model distillation, and more
    May 19 2025
    Nova Premier is our most advanced AI model yet, featuring a million-token context window and enhanced capabilities at nearly half the cost of competitors. Dive into this update and more with hosts Simon and Jillian. 00:00 - Intro 00:31 - Amazon Nova Premier 02:56 - Analytics 04:46 - Artificial Intelligence 11:02 - Business Applications 11:38 - Cloud Financial Management 11:57 - Compute 12:10 - Contact Center 14:50 - Containers 15:13 - Database 17:52 -Developer Tools 18:08 - Management and Governance 20:25 - Networking 22:48 - Marketplace 24:04 - Security Identity End Compliance 26:09 - Storage 27:56 - Outro Show Notes: https://dqkop6u6q45rj.cloudfront.net/shownotes-20250516-191312.html
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    29 mins
  • #720: Hooked on CloudFormation: GoDaddy stays proactive with AWS CloudFormation Hooks

    #720: Hooked on CloudFormation: GoDaddy stays proactive with AWS CloudFormation Hooks
    May 12 2025
    Discover how GoDaddy manages cloud security at speed for hundreds of developers as Cloud Governance Engineer James Kelley of GoDaddy pulls back the curtain on their transformation using AWS CloudFormation Hooks. Join your host Simon and AWS Product Manager Stella Hie as they dive into the new features that help GoDaddy balance developer freedom with rock-solid security. Learn More: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/mt/proactively-keep-resources-secure-and-compliant-with-aws-cloudformation-hooks/
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    26 mins