Author Archives: Lucian Systems

Q & A Daniel Barber – 2024 AI + Data Privacy Predictions

In a recent interview with CloudTweaks, Daniel Barber, Co-Founder and CEO of DataGrail, shared insightful perspectives on the evolving landscape of AI and privacy. Barber emphasizes the importance of cautious optimism regarding AI, noting the technology’s potential as an innovation accelerator while also acknowledging the challenges in claiming complete control over it. He also highlights […]

AI is Eating the World: The Evolution of Content in the Age of AI

In the constantly evolving landscape of technology, “AI is eating the world” has become more than just a catchphrase; it’s a reality that’s reshaping numerous industries, especially those rooted in content creation. The advent of generative AI marks a significant turning point, blurring the lines between content generated by humans and machines. This transformation, while […]

Happy anniversary, Amazon CloudFront: 15 years of evolution and internet advancements

I can’t believe it’s been 15 years since Amazon CloudFront was launched! When Amazon S3 became available in 2006, developers loved the flexibility and started to build a new kind of globally distributed applications where storage was not a bottleneck. These applications needed to be performant, reliable, and cost-efficient for every user on the planet. […]

New – Long-Form voices for Amazon Polly

We are launching three new voices for Polly. Powered by a new long-form engine, the voices are natural and expressive, with appropriate pauses, emphasis, and tone. New VoicesThe new long-form voices are perfect for blog posts, news articles, training videos, and marketing content. The underlying Machine Learning model extracts meaning from the text, learning about […]

Creating a sustainable future with the experts of today and tomorrow

When extreme weather strikes, it hits vulnerable populations the hardest. In the current global climate of stronger and more frequent storms, heat waves, droughts and floods, how do we build more positive environmental and social impact? We have a responsibility to apply our technological expertise, resources and ecosystem to help the world become more resilient […]

The Frontline of Healthcare: Defending Patient Data Integrity

In the digitized corridors of modern healthcare, patient data emerges as the lifeblood, fueling every aspect of clinical decision-making, personalized treatment, and ongoing research. As we entrust our most intimate health details to electronic health records (EHRs), the imperatives of robust data backup and ironclad security protocols cannot be overstated. The importance of patient data […]

New – Amazon EBS Snapshot Lock

You can now lock individual Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) snapshots in order to enforce better compliance with your data retention policies. Locked snapshots cannot be deleted until the lock is expired or released, giving you the power to keep critical backups safe from accidental or malicious deletion, including ransomware attacks. The Need for […]

Standing on the shoulders of giants: Colm on constant work

Back in 2019, when the Builders’ Library was launched the goal was simple: gather Amazon’s most experienced builders and share their expertise built up over years of working on distributed systems. Almost all of the articles in the Builders’ Library talk about non-obvious lessons learned when building at Amazon scale – usually with a lightbulb […]

AWS File Storage: A 2024 Guide

Cloud file storage is a method of storing data in the cloud rather than on local servers or personal computers. This form of storage offers numerous advantages over traditional forms of data storage. It provides businesses with the ability to access their data from anywhere, at any time, and from any device. This increased accessibility […]