Amazon Web Services

Amazon Web Services (AWS) recently made waves with the announcement of a new service called Dedicated Local Zones. This new on-premises cloud offering is a strategic response to the evolving needs of organizations in the public sector and other industries with stringent regulatory and compliance needs. AWS Dedicated Local Zones provide a cloud computing infrastructure…

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has introduced support for GitLab in its AWS CodePipeline service. This release allows developers to leverage their GitLab.com source repository to build, test, and deploy code changes with AWS CodePipeline. AWS CodePipeline is a fully managed continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) service. It’s designed to automate and streamline the process…

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is planning to charge organizations for the use of public IPv4 addresses. Starting on February 1, 2024, AWS customers will need to pay $0.005 per IP address per hour for all public IPv4 addresses. According to AWS, the cost of purchasing a single IPv4 address increased by over 300 percent during…

In today’s rapidly evolving technology landscape, Amazon Web Services (AWS) remains one of the biggest players in the cloud computing industry. For most IT pros, AWS certifications have become a crucial stepping stone for career advancement. These certifications validate professionals’ expertise with AWS services and indicate their ability to design, deploy, and manage applications on…

You may certainly be familiar with the terms that begin with ‘the cloud’ like cloud computing, cloud storage, or cloud platforms. Simply put, the term ‘cloud’ encompasses all the processes and services that can be accessed over the Internet. This article explains how Amazon Web Services (AWS) fits into that picture. The services offered by…

Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose is a fully managed service for efficiently streaming data from virtually any data source to your AWS applications. It provides near-real-time ingestion capabilities for building real-time data applications. In this article, we’ll detail how Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose works and the best use cases for it. What is Amazon Kinesis Data…

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced a new end-to-end solution called Clickstream Analytics on AWS. The new service enables customers to collect, ingest, analyze, and visualize clickstream data within their web and mobile applications. Clickstream Analytics on AWS is built on standard AWS services. The company says that clickstream data plays a vital role in…

Amazon announced yesterday Amazon Bedrock, a new platform allowing organizations to build and scale generative AI applications in the likes of OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Despite being the leading cloud provider with Amazon Web Services, the company was a bit late to join the generative AI race but it’s well positioned to catch up.  “At AWS, we…

AWS Lambda is an event-driven, serverless compute service offered by Amazon Web Services (AWS). It enables developers to run code in response to events without having to manage the computing resources and infrastructure needed to run these applications. In this article, I’ll explain how AWS Lambda works and detail the best use cases for this…