The AWS Heroes program recognizes outstanding individuals who are making meaningful contributions within the AWS community. These technical experts generously share their insights, best practices, and innovative solutions to help others create efficiencies and build faster on AWS. Heroes are thought leaders who have demonstrated a commitment to empowering the broader AWS community through their […]
0 CommentsOn August 19th, 2024, Gartner published its first Magic Quadrant for AI Code Assistants, which includes Amazon Web Services (AWS). Amazon Q Developer qualified for inclusion, having launched in general availability on April 30, 2024. AWS was ranked as a Leader for its ability to execute and completeness of vision. We believe this Leader placement […]
0 CommentsWith the arrival of September, AWS re:Invent 2024 is now 3 months away and I am very excited for the new upcoming services and announcements at the conference. I remember attending re:Invent 2019, just before the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the biggest in-person re:Invent with 60,000+ attendees and it was my second one. It was […]
0 CommentsToday we are announcing AWS Parallel Computing Service (AWS PCS), a new managed service that helps customers set up and manage high performance computing (HPC) clusters so they seamlessly run their simulations at virtually any scale on AWS. Using the Slurm scheduler, they can work in a familiar HPC environment, accelerating their time to results […]
0 CommentsThe AWS User Group Japan (JAWS-UG) hosted JAWS PANKRATION 2024 themed ‘No Border’. This is a 24-hour online event where AWS Heroes, AWS Community Builders, AWS User Group leaders, and others from around the world discuss topics ranging from cultural discussions to technical talks. One of the speakers at this event, Kevin Tuei, an AWS […]
0 CommentsIn March of last year, Jeff Barr announced the plan for an AWS Region in Malaysia. Today, I’m pleased to share the general availability of the AWS Asia Pacific (Malaysia) Region with three Availability Zones and API name ap-southeast-5. The AWS Asia Pacific (Malaysia) Region is the first infrastructure Region in Malaysia and the thirteenth Region in Asia Pacific, […]
0 CommentsStarting today, you can build applications on macOS with AWS CodeBuild. You can now build artifacts on managed Apple M2 machines that run on macOS 14 Sonoma. AWS CodeBuild is a fully managed continuous integration service that compiles source code, runs tests, and produces ready-to-deploy software packages. Building, testing, signing, and distributing applications for Apple […]
0 CommentsYou know what I find more exciting than the Amazon Prime Day sale? Finding out how Amazon Web Services (AWS) makes it all happen. Every year, I wait eagerly for Jeff Barr’s annual post to read the chart-topping metrics. The scale never ceases to amaze me. This year, Channy Yun and Jeff Barr bring us […]
0 CommentsThe last Amazon Prime Day 2024 (July 17-18) was Amazon’s biggest Prime Day shopping event ever, with record sales and more items sold during the two-day event than any previous Prime Day event. Prime members shopped for millions of deals and saved billions across more than 35 categories globally. I live in South Korea, but […]
0 CommentsWhen Dr. Swami Sivasubramanian, VP of AI and Data, was an intern at Amazon in 2005, Dr. Werner Vogels, CTO of Amazon, was his first manager. Nineteen years later, the two shared a stage at the VivaTech Conference to reflect on Amazon’s history of innovation—from pioneering the pay-as-you-go model with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to […]
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