Amazon Polly launches a British English Newscaster speaking Style

By Dustin Ward

Amazon Web Services FeedAmazon Polly launches a British English Newscaster speaking Style Amazon Polly is a service that turns text into lifelike speech, and today we are excited to announce the general availability of our brand-new British Newscaster speaking style voice – Amy. The speaking style mimics a formal and authoritative British newsreader and it…

Redacting sensitive information with user-defined functions in Amazon Athena

By Dustin Ward

Amazon Web Services FeedRedacting sensitive information with user-defined functions in Amazon Athena Amazon Athena now supports user-defined functions (in Preview), a feature that enables you to write custom scalar functions and invoke them in SQL queries. Although Athena provides built-in functions, UDFs enable you to perform custom processing such as compressing and decompressing data, redacting…

How to secure your Amazon WorkSpaces for external users

By Dustin Ward

Amazon Web Services FeedHow to secure your Amazon WorkSpaces for external users In response to the current shift towards a remote workforce, companies are providing greater access to corporate applications from a range of different devices. Amazon WorkSpaces is a desktop-as-a-service solution that can be used to quickly deploy cloud-based desktops to your external users,…