In the transition from building computing infrastructure for cloud scale to building cloud and AI infrastructure for frontier scale, the world of computing has experienced tectonic shifts in innovation. Throughout this journey, Microsoft has shared its learnings and best practices, optimizing our cloud infrastructure stack in cross-industry forums such as the Open Compute Project (OCP) Global…
Today, I’m happy to announce Amazon EC2 Capacity Manager, a centralized solution to monitor, analyze, and manage capacity usage across all accounts and AWS Regions from a single interface. This service aggregates capacity information with hourly refresh rates and provides prioritized optimization opportunities, streamlining capacity management workflows that previously required custom automation or manual data…
As someone that used to work at Sun Microsystems, where ZFS was invented, I’ve always loved working with storage systems that offer instant volume copies for my development and testing needs. Today, I’m excited to share that AWS is bringing similar capabilities to Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) with the launch of Amazon…
Many organizations rely on the Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) as the industry standard for exchanging critical business data. Traditionally, securely connecting to private SFTP servers required custom infrastructure, manual scripting, or exposing endpoints to the public internet. Today, AWS Transfer Family SFTP connectors now support connectivity to remote SFTP servers through Amazon Virtual Private…
This week I was at the inaugural AWS AI in Practice meetup from the AWS User Group UK. AI-assisted software development and agents were the focus of the evening! Next week I’ll be in Italy for Codemotion (Milan) and an AWS User Group meetup (Rome). My sessions there will be about AI agents and context…
Developers are leading AI adoption—and driving transformation across every industry. From writing code to managing applications, they’re using copilots and agents to accelerate delivery, reduce manual effort, and build with greater confidence. Just as they led automation, developers are now reshaping customer experiences and streamlining operations to unlock AI’s full potential. Transform what’s possible for…