Meet Our Newest APN Ambassadors and Explore Their Latest Expertise

By Dustin Ward

AWS FeedMeet Our Newest APN Ambassadors and Explore Their Latest Expertise By Elaine Perales, Manager, Global Programs at AWS The APN Ambassador Program is a vibrant worldwide community of technical experts from AWS Partner Network (APN) Consulting and ISV Partners. APN Ambassadors are prominent leaders who are passionate about sharing their Amazon Web Services (AWS)…

Building a Data Pipeline for Tracking Sporting Events Using AWS Services

By Dustin Ward

AWS FeedBuilding a Data Pipeline for Tracking Sporting Events Using AWS Services In an evolving world that is increasingly connected, data-centric, and fast-paced, the sports industry is no exception. Amazon Web Services (AWS) has been helping customers in the sports industry gain real-time insights through analytics. You can re-invent and reimagine the fan experience by…

Enterprise use cases for AWS Lambda

By Dustin Ward

Recently, we covered the top enterprise serverless use cases for AWS Lambda. To refresh our memory, according to the CNCF (Cloud Native Computing Foundation), most commonly AWS Lambda is used for REST APIs, multimedia/image processing, CRON jobs, and stream processing. Today I’d like to cover some more complex ways some of our enterprise customers use Lambdas. During the…

3 methods for testing JavaScript Lambda functions

By Dustin Ward

This article will discuss the different options for testing your AWS Lambda functions; the focus will be on JavaScript. Function as a service (FaaS) offerings like AWS Lambda are a blessing for software development. They remove many of the issues that come with the setup and maintenance of backend infrastructure. With much of the upfront work taken out…

Use Block Kit when integrating Amazon Lex bots with Slack

By Dustin Ward

AWS FeedUse Block Kit when integrating Amazon Lex bots with Slack If you’re integrating your Amazon Lex chatbots with Slack, chances are you’ll come across Block Kit. Block Kit is a UI framework for Slack apps. Like response cards, Block Kit can help simplify interactions with your users. It offers flexibility to format your bot…

New – Amazon EC2 M6i Instances Powered by the Latest-Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors

By Dustin Ward

AWS FeedNew – Amazon EC2 M6i Instances Powered by the Latest-Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors Last year, we introduced the sixth generation of EC2 instances powered by AWS-designed Graviton2 processors. We’re now expanding our sixth-generation offerings to include x86-based instances, delivering price/performance benefits for workloads that rely on x86 instructions. Today, I am happy to announce…