Integrating the MongoDB Cloud with Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose

By Dustin Ward

Amazon Web Services FeedIntegrating the MongoDB Cloud with Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose now supports the MongoDB Cloud platform as one of its delivery destinations. This native integration between Kinesis Data Firehose and MongoDB Cloud provides a managed, secure, scalable, and fault-tolerant delivery mechanism for customers into MongoDB Atlas, a global cloud…

Folding@home infectious disease research with Spot Instances

By Dustin Ward

Amazon Web Services FeedFolding@home infectious disease research with Spot Instances This post was contributed by Jarman Hauser, Jessie Xie, and Kinnar Kumar Sen. Folding@home (FAH) is a distributed computing project that uses computational modeling to simulate protein structure, stability, and shape (how it folds). These simulations help to advance drug discoveries and cures for diseases linked to protein…

AWS Site-to-Site VPN Now Supports IPv6 Traffic

By Dustin Ward

Amazon Web Services FeedAWS Site-to-Site VPN Now Supports IPv6 Traffic AWS Site-to-Site VPN now supports IPv6 traffic for VPN connections to AWS Transit Gateway. With this launch, you can now use IPv6 addressing for traffic between your customer gateway device and your resources in AWS. If you use IPv6 addresses for your resources in Amazon…

AWS Online Tech Talks for August 2020

By Dustin Ward

Amazon Web Services FeedAWS Online Tech Talks for August 2020 Join us for live, online presentations led by AWS solutions architects and engineers. AWS Online Tech Talks cover a range of topics and expertise levels, and feature technical deep dives, demonstrations, customer examples, and live Q&A with AWS experts. Note – All sessions are free…

Updated guidance to assist customers with APRA requirements

By Dustin Ward

Amazon Web Services FeedUpdated guidance to assist customers with APRA requirements Just over a year ago, on July 1, 2019, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority’s (APRA’s) Prudential Standard CPS 234 Information Security became effective. This standard is a set of legally enforceable information security requirements for APRA-regulated entities. CPS 234 aims to: “…ensure that an…

Amazon EC2 Inf1 instances featuring AWS Inferentia chips now available in five new Regions and with improved performance

By Dustin Ward

Amazon Web Services FeedAmazon EC2 Inf1 instances featuring AWS Inferentia chips now available in five new Regions and with improved performance Following strong customer demand, AWS has expanded the availability of Amazon EC2 Inf1 instances to five new Regions: US East (Ohio), Asia Pacific (Sydney, Tokyo), and Europe (Frankfurt, Ireland). Inf1 instances are powered by…