As I was getting ready to write this post I spent some time thinking about some of the coding tools that I have used over the course of my career. This includes the line-oriented editor that was an intrinsic part of the BASIC interpreter that I used in junior high school, the IBM keypunch that […]

We live in an increasingly unpredictable world. Businesses must be prepared for this uncertain world and overcome the challenges they face in a digitally dominant landscape. Ronald van Loon is a partner with Splunk and had the opportunity to watch the latest developments of .conf22 with Gary Steele, president and CEO of Splunk. The event […]

At AWS re:Invent 2021, we introduced AWS IoT ExpressLink, software for partner-manufactured connectivity modules that makes it easier and faster for original equipment manufacturers to connect any type of product to the cloud, such as industrial sensors, small and large home appliances, irrigation systems, and medical devices. Today we announce the general availability of AWS […]

The new high volume outbound communication capability in Amazon Connect which was announced at Enterprise Connect last year, is now generally available to all. It is named Amazon Connect outbound campaigns. If you haven’t heard about Amazon Connect, it is an easy-to-use cloud contact center service that helps companies of any size deliver superior customer […]

This post is part of our Week in Review series. Check back each week for a quick roundup of interesting news and announcements from AWS! Last Week’s LaunchesIt’s been a quiet week on the AWS News Blog, however a glance at What’s New page shows the various service teams have been busy as usual. Here’s […]

We live in a data-intensive era. Data is booming. Companies are realizing that data is one of the most important assets and they are utilizing data to better understand their customers, effectively predict their needs, as well as identify new opportunities. Using data, they are now able to function better as well as effectively have […]

This post is part of our Week in Review series. Check back each week for a quick roundup of interesting news and announcements from AWS! Last Week’s LaunchesI made a short trip to Austin, Texas last week in order to visit and learn from some customers. As is always the case, the days when I […]

IoT and smart interconnected systems have already created an invisible aura of convenience, usability, and a rich user experience around us. However, when we see things through the lens of IoT developers and vendors, the only key to success is to build a great user experience for their IoT products.  This post offers valuable insights […]

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In November 2021, we launched the memory-optimized Amazon EC2 R6i instances, our sixth-generation x86-based offering powered by 3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors (code named Ice Lake). Today I am excited to announce a disk variant of the R6i instance: the Amazon EC2 R6id instances with non-volatile memory express (NVMe) SSD local instance storage. The […]