Announcing new training for building data lakes on AWS

By Dustin Ward

AWS FeedAnnouncing new training for building data lakes on AWS We are pleased to announce the launch of Building Data Lakes on AWS. Data lakes enable organizations to generate business value by identifying and acting upon opportunities for business growth. This new one-day classroom course will help you practice building a data lake in a…

IT Resilience Within AWS Cloud, Part I: Mindset and Culture

By Dustin Ward

AWS FeedIT Resilience Within AWS Cloud, Part I: Mindset and Culture As customers migrate to the cloud, many struggle to adapt business continuity and operational plans from their on-premises environments. This affects the resilience of critical business applications and can stall cloud adoption. This two-part blog series will provide guidance on implementing IT resilience strategies.…

New AWS Solutions Consulting Offer – AMI Factory

By Dustin Ward

AWS FeedNew AWS Solutions Consulting Offer – AMI Factory AMI Factory is an AWS Solutions Consulting Offer delivered via a consulting engagement from Capgemini, an AWS Migration Competency Partner. AMI Factory helps customers integrate and build any type of AMIs with custom configurations, setting security standards for operating system (OS)-level benchmarks and vulnerability scans based…

See What Our APN Ambassadors Have Been Up To and Meet Some New Faces

By Dustin Ward

AWS FeedSee What Our APN Ambassadors Have Been Up To and Meet Some New Faces 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…

Orchestrate an Amazon EMR on Amazon EKS Spark job with AWS Step Functions

By Dustin Ward

AWS FeedOrchestrate an Amazon EMR on Amazon EKS Spark job with AWS Step Functions At re:Invent 2020, we announced the general availability of Amazon EMR on Amazon EKS, a new deployment option for Amazon EMR that allows you to automate the provisioning and management of open-source big data frameworks on Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon…