AWS Roadmap Items of Interest Jan 20 2020

Fun fact of the week:

A hummingbird’s brilliant throat color is not caused by feather pigmentation, but rather by iridescence in the arrangement of the feathers. Light level, moisture, angle of viewing, wear and tear, and other factors all influence just how bright and colorful the throat may appear.

 

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Hello Team!

On behalf of your AWS Enterprise Account Team I present a recap of last week's launches.

Follow the AWS Blog and What's New from Amazon Web Services for up-to-date news on new releases and additional information not covered here.

Please contact us if you have any questions or need more information on any of these services.

 

Last 7 days launch recap (30 items):

What's New at AWS - Cloud Innovation & News

Product

Item

January 17, 2020

MP3 Audio Output Now Available with AWS Elemental MediaConvert

January 17, 2020

Amazon ECS Preview Support for EFS file systems Now Available

January 17, 2020

AWS Direct Connect supports AWS Transit Gateway for AWS Middle East (Bahrain) Region

January 17, 2020

Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager Now Available in the Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) and Middle East (Bahrain) Region

January 17, 2020

AWS Health enables aggregation of health events across AWS Organizations

January 16, 2020

Amazon Aurora Supports the READ COMMITTED Isolation Level on Read Replicas

January 16, 2020

AWS Elastic Beanstalk Command Line Interface (EBCLI) is now open source

January 16, 2020

AWS Glue adds new transforms (Purge, Transition and Merge) for Apache Spark applications to work with datasets in Amazon S3

January 16, 2020

AWS Systems Manager now provides flexible reboot options for patching

January 16, 2020

AWS Client VPN now Supports Port Configuration

January 15, 2020

R5 instance family is now available in the South America (Sao Paulo) Region

January 15, 2020

Amazon Connect Now Supports Amazon Lex in the Asia Pacific (Sydney) AWS Region

January 15, 2020

Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics is now available in Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) and Middle East (Bahrain)

January 15, 2020

AWS Security Hub releases the ability to disable specific compliance controls

January 15, 2020

Amazon Neptune is now available in AWS China (Ningxia) Region, Operated by NWCD

January 15, 2020

New Quick Start deploys IBM FileNet Content Manager on AWS

January 15, 2020

AWS Security Hub releases integrations with 4 new partners

January 15, 2020

Amazon Polly launches in Middle East (BAH) and Asia Pacific (HKG) regions

January 14, 2020

AWS Now Offers NVIDIA Quadro Virtual Workstations for EC2 G4 Instances at No Additional Cost

January 14, 2020

AWS Transit Gateway is Now Available in the Europe (Stockholm) AWS Region

January 14, 2020

AWS Device Farm announces Desktop Browser Testing using Selenium

January 14, 2020

New Quick Start deploys Matillion ETL for Amazon Redshift on AWS

January 13, 2020

AWS Backup adds support for Amazon Elastic Cloud Compute (EC2) instance backup

January 13, 2020

AWS Marketplace Offers New Pricing options for Container-based Software

January 13, 2020

Amazon Lightsail expands selection of instance blueprints

January 13, 2020

AWS Backup Delivers Fast Restore Experience for Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) Item-Level Recovery

January 13, 2020

AWS Backup supports Cross-Region Backup

January 13, 2020

Amazon Elastic File System introduces EFS Access Points

January 13, 2020

Amazon Elastic File System now supports AWS Identity and Access Management for Network File System clients

January 13, 2020

Amazon EC2 Spot instances can now be stopped and started similar to On-Demand instances

 

Latest AWS Blog posts:

Date

Item

January 20, 2020

In the Works – AWS Osaka Local Region Expansion to Full Region

January 14, 2020

AWS Backup: EC2 Instances, EFS Single File Restore, and Cross-Region Backup

January 13, 2020

New for Amazon EFS – IAM Authorization and Access Points

 

Latest Security Blog posts:

Date

Item

January 17, 2020

New IRAP report provides Australian public sector the ability to leverage additional services at PROTECTED level

January 16, 2020

Internet Security Notification – Department of Homeland Security Alert AA20-006A

 

Latest Architecture Blog posts:

Date

Item

January 14, 2020

TMA Special: Connecting Taza Chocolate’s Legacy Equipment to the Cloud

 

No Security Advisories

 

Amazon Linux Advisories last 30 days:

Date

Item

January 15, 2020

ALAS-2020-1337 (medium): tomcat8

January 15, 2020

ALAS-2020-1336 (medium): golang

January 15, 2020

ALAS-2020-1335 (medium): clamav

January 15, 2020

ALAS-2020-1334 (important): 389-ds-base

January 09, 2020

ALAS-2020-1333 (medium): mysql57

January 09, 2020

ALAS-2020-1332 (medium): mysql56

January 09, 2020

ALAS-2020-1331 (medium): mod_auth_mellon, mod24_auth_mellon

January 09, 2020

ALAS-2020-1330 (important): java-1.8.0-openjdk

 

Amazon Linux 2 Advisories last 30 days:

Date

Item

January 17, 2020

ALAS-2020-1387 (important): java-11-amazon-corretto

January 17, 2020

ALAS-2020-1386 (important): thunderbird

January 17, 2020

ALAS-2020-1385 (low): tcpdump

January 17, 2020

ALAS-2020-1384 (important): nss

January 17, 2020

ALAS-2020-1383 (medium): golang

January 17, 2020

ALAS-2020-1381 (important): 389-ds-base

January 08, 2020

ALAS-2020-1380 (medium): oniguruma

January 08, 2020

ALAS-2020-1379 (medium): nss-softokn

 

AWS Online Tech Talks:

AWS Online Tech Talks Website | View Past Webinar Recordings

Date

Topic

Level

Jan 20, 2020 9:00 AM Pacific (1hr)

End Cold Starts in Your Serverless Apps with AWS Lambda Provisioned Concurrency

Advanced

Jan 20, 2020 11:00 AM Pacific (1hr)

Introducing Asymmetric Key Support in AWS KMS

Foundational

Jan 20, 2020 1:00 PM Pacific (1hr)

Learn How to Use Alexa Voice Service (AVS) Integration for AWS IoT Core

Advanced

Jan 21, 2020 9:00 AM Pacific (1hr)

Build Your Infrastructure in .NET with AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK)

Advanced

Jan 21, 2020 11:00 AM Pacific (1hr)

PostgreSQL Options on AWS: Self-Managed, Managed, Serverless

Intermediate

Jan 21, 2020 1:00 PM Pacific (1hr)

Better Security and Performance with AWS VPN Innovations

Advanced

Jan 22, 2020 9:00 AM Pacific (1hr)

Building Intelligent Contact Center Experiences with Amazon Connect and Salesforce

Advanced

Jan 22, 2020 11:00 AM Pacific (1hr)

Building On-Premises Customer Solutions with AWS Outposts Partners

Intermediate

Jan 27, 2020 9:00 AM Pacific (1hr)

Architect Multi-User 3D, AR, and VR Apps with AWS

Advanced

Jan 27, 2020 11:00 AM Pacific (1hr)

Simplifying Your AWS IAM Policy Using Federated Identity Attributes

Advanced

Jan 27, 2020 1:00 PM Pacific (1hr)

Device Hacking 101: Build a Serverless Application for an IoT Device

Intermediate

Jan 28, 2020 9:00 AM Pacific (1hr)

A First Look at AWS Data Exchange

Intermediate

Jan 29, 2020 9:00 AM Pacific (1hr)

Introducing Amazon Detective

Foundational

Jan 29, 2020 11:00 AM Pacific (1hr)

Intro to Databases in Games: How to Use Them in Games and Game Development

Foundational

Jan 29, 2020 1:00 PM Pacific (1hr)

Top 10 Data Migration Best Practices

Intermediate

 

New York City AWS Loft Events:

Date

Event

January 20, 2020

Building Securely on AWS: Day One

January 21, 2020

Building Securely on AWS: Day Two & Security After Hours

January 31, 2020

AWS Networking Day

 

San Francisco AWS Loft Events:

Date

Event

January 23-24, 2020

AI/ML Boot Camp

January 29, 2020

AWS DevOps + GameDay

 

Other AWS Events:

Date

Type

Event

Level

Jan 22, 2020 -> Mar 28, 2019

Public-Sector

AWS re:Invent re:Cap Public Sector Edition

All levels

January 22, 2020

AWS PARTNER DEVDAYS

Machine Learning with Databricks and Amazon SageMaker

Level 300

January 28 - 30, 2020

Industry Events

DistribuTECH 2020

All levels

January 28, 2020

AWS PARTNER DEVDAYS

Machine Learning with Databricks and Amazon SageMaker

Level 300

January 31, 2020

AWS COMMUNITY DAYS

AWS Community Day Nordics

All levels

March 04, 2020

AWS SUMMITS

AWS Public Sector Summit Mexico City

All levels

March 10, 2020

AWS Financial Services Cloud Symposium

AWS Financial Services Cloud Symposium - Hong Kong

All levels

March 17, 2020

AWS SUMMITS

AWS Summit Paris

All levels

March 24, 2020

AWS SUMMITS

AWS Summit Dubai

All levels

March 31, 2020

AWS Financial Services Cloud Symposium

AWS Financial Services Cloud Symposium - New York

All levels

March 31 -> April 02, 2020

AWS SUMMITS

AWS Summit Sydney

All levels

April 02, 2020

AWS SUMMITS

AWS Public Sector Summit Brussels

All levels

April 08, 2020

AWS SUMMITS

AWS Summit Amsterdam

All levels

April 09 - 10, 2020

AWS SUMMITS

AWS Summit Mumbai

All levels

April 14, 2020

AWS SUMMITS

AWS Summit San Francisco

All levels

April 15 - 16, 2020

AWS SUMMITS

AWS Summit Singapore

All levels

April 16 - 17, 2020

AWS SUMMITS

AWS Summit Seoul

All levels

April 29, 2020

AWS SUMMITS

AWS Summit London

All levels

May 06, 2020

AWS SUMMITS

AWS Summit Tel Aviv

All levels

May 06, 2020

AWS SUMMITS

AWS Public Sector Summit Ottawa

All levels

May 13 - 15, 2020

AWS SUMMITS

AWS Summit Tokyo/Yokohama

All levels

May 13, 2020

AWS SUMMITS

AWS Summit Stockholm

All levels

May 19, 2020

AWS SUMMITS

AWS Summit Milan

All levels

May 21, 2020

AWS SUMMITS

AWS Summit Johannesburg

All levels

May 26, 2020

AWS SUMMITS

AWS Summit Rome

All levels

May 28, 2020

AWS SUMMITS

AWS Summit Warsaw

All levels

May 28, 2020

AWS SUMMITS

AWS Summit Sao Paolo

All levels

June 02 - 03, 2020

AWS SUMMITS

AWS Public Sector Summit Washington, DC

All levels

June 05, 2020

AWS SUMMITS

AWS Summit Shanghai

All levels

June 10, 2020

AWS SUMMITS

AWS Summit Madrid

All levels

June 11, 2020

AWS SUMMITS

AWS Summit Mexico City

All levels

June 18, 2020

AWS SUMMITS

AWS Summit Hong Kong

All levels

June 23, 2020

AWS SUMMITS

AWS Summit Berlin

All levels

June 25, 2020

AWS SUMMITS

AWS Summit Toronto

All levels

June 30, 2020

AWS SUMMITS

AWS Summit Osaka

All levels

July 01 - 02, 2020

AWS SUMMITS

AWS Summit Taipei

All levels

July 09, 2020

AWS SUMMITS

AWS Summit New York

All levels

August 04 - 05, 2020

AWS SUMMITS

AWS Summit Beijing

All levels

August 06, 2020

AWS SUMMITS

AWS Summit Anaheim

All levels

August 26, 2020

AWS SUMMITS

AWS Summit Switzerland

All levels

August 27, 2020

AWS SUMMITS

AWS Summit Chicago

All levels

September 02, 2020

AWS SUMMITS

AWS Public Sector Summit Canberra

All levels

September 17, 2020

AWS SUMMITS

AWS Summit Buenos Aires

All levels

September 18, 2020

AWS SUMMITS

AWS Public Sector Summit New Delhi

All levels

October 01, 2020

AWS SUMMITS

AWS Summit Atlanta

All levels

October 07, 2020

AWS SUMMITS

AWS Summit Bahrain

All levels

October 13, 2020

AWS SUMMITS

AWS Summit Dublin

All levels

October 13, 2020

AWS SUMMITS

AWS Public Sector Summit Singapore

All levels

November 03, 2020

AWS SUMMITS

AWS Public Sector Summit Rome

All levels

 

Latest AWS YouTube Channel Videos:

Date

Video

January 18, 2020

Temenos: Building serverless banking software at scale

January 16, 2020

AWS Solutions: AI Powered Speech Analytics for Amazon Connect

January 15, 2020

Meet Our Partner Alliance Team at AWS Indonesia

January 15, 2020

How do I issue certificates with ACM Private CA (PCA) with validity less than 13 months?

January 15, 2020

Edunext reduces infrastructure costs by 40% using AWS

January 15, 2020

From Java Developer to Machine Learning Practitioner in 6 Months with Kesha Williams

January 15, 2020

Pason Systems: Petabyte Scale Drilling Datamart on AWS

January 15, 2020

UltraServe: Application Vending Machine with Runtime Event Control

January 15, 2020

The Trade Desk: Real-time Ad Bidding in the Cloud with AWS Global Accelerator

January 15, 2020

NextRoll: Driving OpEx Efficiency for Ad Bidding Engines

January 15, 2020

Mueller Water Products: Scalable Ingestion of Sensor Data for Municipal Water Conservation

January 15, 2020

Adobe: Simplifying Networking Across Thousands of AWS Accounts with AWS Transit Gateway

January 14, 2020

How can I use the AWS CLI to call and store SAML credentials?

January 14, 2020

Fortinet uses AWS serverless to provide a highly available Control-Plane for their FortiWeb CloudWAF

January 14, 2020

Partnering with AWS