Simon and Nicki share a broad range of interesting updates! 00:48 Storage 01:43 Compute 05:27 Networking 16:07 Databases 12:03 Developer Tools 13:18 Analytics 19:06 IoT 20:42 Customer Engagement 21:03 End User Computing 22:31 Machine Learning 25:27 Application Integration 27:35 Management and Governance 29:17 Media 30:53 Security 32:56 Blockchain 33:14 Quick Starts 33:51 Training 36:11 Public Datasets 37:12 Robotics Shownotes: Topic || Storage AWS Snowball Edge now supports offline software updates for Snowball Edge devices in air-gapped environments | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/aws-snowball-edge-now-supports-offline-software-updates-for-snowball-edge-devices-in-air-gapped-environments/ Topic || Compute Now Available: Amazon EC2 High Memory Instances with up to 24 TB of memory, Purpose-built to Run Large In-memory Databases, like SAP HANA | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/now-available-amazon-ec2-high-memory-instances-purpose-built-run-large-in-memory-databases/ Introducing Availability of Amazon EC2 A1 Bare Metal Instances | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/introducing-availability-of-amazon-ec2-a1-bare-metal-instances/ Windows Nodes Supported by Amazon EKS | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/windows-nodes-supported-by-amazon-eks/ Amazon ECS now Supports ECS Image SHA Tracking | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/amazon-ecs-now-supports-ecs-image-sha-tracking/ AWS Serverless Application Model feature support updates for Amazon API Gateway and more | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/aws-serverless-application-model-feature-support-updates-for-amazon-api-gateway-and-more/ Queuing Purchases of EC2 RIs | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/queuing-purchases-of-ec2-ris/ Topic || Network AWS Direct Connect Announces the Support for Granular Cost Allocation and Removal of Payer ID Restriction for Direct Connect Gateway Association. | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/aws-direct-connect-aws-direct-connect-announces-the-support-for-granular-cost-allocation-and-removal-of-payer-id-restriction-for-direct-connect-gateway-association/ AWS Direct Connect Announces Resiliency Toolkit to Help Customers Order Resilient Connectivity to AWS | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/aws-direct-connect-announces-resiliency-toolkit-to-help-customers-order-resilient-connectivity-to-aws/ Amazon VPC Traffic Mirroring Now Supports AWS CloudFormation | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/amazon-vpc-traffic-mirroring-now-supports-aws-cloudformation/ Application Load Balancer and Network Load Balancer Add New Security Policies for Forward Secrecy with More Stringent Protocols and Ciphers | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/application-load-balancer-and-network-load-balancer-add-new-security-policies-for-forward-secrecy-with-more-strigent-protocols-and-ciphers/ Topic || Databases Amazon RDS on VMware is now generally available | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/amazon-rds-on-vmware-is-now-generally-available/ Amazon RDS Enables Detailed Backup Storage Billing | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/amazon-rds-enables-detailed-backup-storage-billing/ Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL Supports Minor Version 11.5, 10.10, 9.6.15, 9.5.19, 9.4.24, adds Transportable Database Feature | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/amazon-rds-for-postgresql-supports-minor-version-115-1010-9615-9515-9424-adds-transportable-database-feature/ Amazon ElastiCache launches self-service updates for Memcached and Redis Cache Clusters | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/elasticache-memcached-self-service-updates/ Amazon DocumentDB (with MongoDB compatibility) adds additional Aggregation Pipeline Capabilities including $lookup | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/amazon-documentdb-add-additional-aggregation-pipeline-capabilities/ Amazon Neptune now supports Streams to capture graph data changes | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/amazon-neptune-now-supports-streams-to-capture-graph-data-changes/ Amazon Neptune now supports SPARQL 1.1 federated query | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/amazon-neptune-now-supports-SPARQL-11-federated-query/ Topic || Developer Tools AWS CodePipeline Enables Setting Environment Variables on AWS CodeBuild Build Jobs | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/aws-codepipeline-enables-setting-environment-variables-on-aws-codebuild-build-jobs/ AWS CodePipeline Adds Execution Visualization to Pipeline Execution History | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/aws-codepipeline-adds-execution-visualization-to-pipeline-execution-history/ Topic || Analytics Amazon Redshift introduces AZ64, a new compression encoding for optimized storage and high query performance | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/amazon-redshift-introduces-az64-a-new-compression-encoding-for-optimized-storage-and-high-query-performance/ Amazon Redshift Improves Performance of Inter-Region Snapshot Transfers | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/amazon-redshift-improves-performance-of-inter-region-snapshot-transfers/ Amazon Elasticsearch Service provides option to mandate HTTPS | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/amazon-elasticsearch-service-provides-option-to-mandate-https/ Amazon Athena now provides an interface VPC endpoint | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/amazon-athena-now-provides-an-interface-VPC-endpoint/ Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose adds cross-account delivery to Amazon Elasticsearch Service | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/amazon-kinesis-data-firehose-adds-cross-account-delivery-to-amazon-elasticsearch-service/ Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose adds support for data stream delivery to Amazon Elasticsearch Service 7.x clusters | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/amazon-kinesis-data-firehose-adds-support-data-stream-delivery-amazon-elasticsearch-service/ Amazon QuickSight announces Data Source Sharing, Table Transpose, New Filtering and Analytical Capabilities | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/amazon-quicksight-announces-data-source-sharing-table-transpose-new-filtering-analytics-capabilities/ AWS Glue now provides ability to use custom certificates for JDBC Connections | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/aws-glue-now-provides-ability-to-use-custom-certificates-for-jdbc-connections/ You can now expand your Amazon MSK clusters and deploy new clusters across 2-AZs | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/now-expand-your-amazon-msk-clusters-and-deploy-new-clusters-across-2-azs/ Amazon EMR Adds Support for Spark 2.4.4, Flink 1.8.1, and the Ability to Reconfigure Multiple Master Nodes | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/amazon-emr-adds-support-for-spark-2-4-4-flink-1-8-1-and-ability-to-reconfigure-multiple-master-nodes/ Topic || IoT Two New Solution Accelerators for AWS IoT Greengrass Machine Learning Inference and Extract, Transform, Load Functions | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/two-new-solution-accelerators-for-aws-iot-greengrass-machine-lea/ AWS IoT Core Adds the Ability to Retrieve Data from DynamoDB using Rule SQL | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/aws-iot-core-adds-ability-to-retrieve-data-from-dynamodb-using-rule-sql/ PSoC 62 Prototyping Kit is now qualified for Amazon FreeRTOS | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/psoc-62-prototyping-kit-qualified-for-amazon-freertos/ Topic || Customer Engagement Amazon Pinpoint Adds Support for Message Templates | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/amazon-pinpoint-adds-support-for-message-templates/ Topic || End User Computing Amazon AppStream 2.0 adds support for 4K Ultra HD resolution on 2 monitors and 2K resolution on 4 monitors | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/amazon-appstream-2-adds-support-for-4k-ultra-hd-resolution-on-2-monitors-and-2k-resolution-on-4-monitors/ Amazon AppStream 2.0 Now Supports FIPS 140-2 Compliant Endpoints | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/amazon-appstream-2-now-supports-fips-140-2-compliant-endpoints/ Amazon Chime now supports screen sharing from Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome without a plug-in or extension | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/amazon-chime-now-supports-screen-sharing-from-mozilla-firefox-and-google-chrome-without-a-plug-in-or-extension/ Topic || Machine Learning Amazon Translate now adds support for seven new languages - Greek, Romanian, Hungarian, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Thai, and Urdu | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/amazon-translate-adds-support-seven-new-languages/ Introducing Amazon SageMaker ml.p3dn.24xlarge instances, optimized for distributed machine learning with up to 4x the network bandwidth of ml.p3.16xlarge instances | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/introducing-amazon-sagemaker-mlp3dn24xlarge-instances/ SageMaker Notebooks now support diffing | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/sagemaker-notebooks-now-support-diffing/ Amazon Lex Adds Support for Checkpoints in Session APIs | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/amazon-lex-adds-support-for-checkpoints-in-session-apis/ Amazon SageMaker Ground Truth Adds Built-in Workflows for the Verification and Adjustment of Data Labels | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/amazon-sagemaker-ground-truth-adds-built-in-workflows-for-verification-and-adjustment-of-data-labels/ AWS Chatbot Now Supports Notifications from AWS Config | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/aws-chatbot-now-supports-notifications-from-aws-config/ AWS Deep Learning Containers now support PyTorch | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/aws-deep-learning-containers-now-support-pytorch/ Topic || Application Integration AWS Step Functions expands Amazon SageMaker service integration | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/aws-step-functions-expands-amazon-sagemaker-service-integration/ Amazon EventBridge now supports AWS CloudFormation | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/amazon-eventbridge-supports-aws-cloudformation/ Amazon API Gateway now supports access logging to Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/amazon-api-gateway-now-supports-access-logging-to-amazon-kinesis-data-firehose/ Topic || Management and Governance AWS Backup Enhances SNS Notifications to filter on job status | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/aws-backup-enhances-sns-notifications-to-filter-on-job-status/ AWS Managed Services Console now supports search and usage-based filtering to improve change type discovery | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/aws-managed-services-console-now-supports-search-and-usage-based-filtering-to-improve-change-type-discovery/ AWS Console Mobile Application Launches Federated Login for iOS | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/aws-console-mobile-application-launches-federated-login-for-ios/ Topic || Media Announcing New AWS Elemental MediaConvert Features for Accelerated Transcoding, DASH, and AVC Video Quality | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/announcing-new-aws-elemental-mediaconvert-features-for-accelerated-transcoding-dash-and-avc-video-quality/ Topic || Security Amazon Cognito Increases CloudFormation Support | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/amazon-cognito-increases-cloudformation-support/ Amazon Inspector adds CIS Benchmark support for Windows 2016 | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/amazon-inspector-adds-cis-benchmark-support-for-windows-2016/ AWS Firewall Manager now supports management of Amazon VPC security groups | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/aws-firewall-manager-now-supports-management-of-amazon-vpc-security-groups/ Amazon GuardDuty Adds Three New Threat Detections | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/amazon-guardduty-adds-three-new-threat-detections/ Topic || Block Chain New Quick Start deploys Amazon Managed Blockchain | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/new-quick-start-deploys-amazon-managed-blockchain/ Topic || AWS Quick Starts New Quick Start deploys TIBCO JasperReports Server on AWS | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/new-quick-start-deploys-tibco-jasperreports-server-on-aws/ Topic || Training New Training Courses Teach New APN Partners to Better Help Their Customers | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/new-training-courses-teach-new-apn-partners-to-better-help-their-customers/ New Courses Available to Help You Grow and Accelerate Your AWS Cloud Skills | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/new-courses-available-to-help-you-grow-and-accelerate-your-aws-cloud-skills/ New Digital Course on Coursera - AWS Fundamentals: Migrating to the Cloud | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/new-digital-course-on-coursera-aws-fundamentals-migrating-to-the-cloud/ Topic || Public Data Sets New AWS Public Datasets Available from Audi, MIT, Allen Institute for Cell Science, Finnish Meteorological Institute, and others | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/new-aws-public-datasets-available/ Topic || Robotics AWS RoboMaker introduces support for Robot Operating System 2 (ROS2) in beta release | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/10/aws-robomaker-introduces-support-robot-operating-system-2-beta-release/