Updates to AWS Partner-Led Support for Solution Provider Partners 

By Dustin Ward

Amazon Web Services FeedUpdates to AWS Partner-Led Support for Solution Provider Partners  By Aline Vazzoler, Solution Provider Business Development Manager at AWS The AWS Solution Provider Program provides guidelines and data behind performance-based discounts to resellers offering Partner-Led Support. Partner-Led Support allows AWS Partners to define the support offerings they sell to customers, rather than doing…

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,…

The Satellite Ear Tag that is Changing Cattle Management

By Dustin Ward

Amazon Web Services FeedThe Satellite Ear Tag that is Changing Cattle Management Most cattle are not raised in cities—they live on cattle stations, large open plains, and tracts of land largely unpopulated by humans. It’s hard to keep connected with the herd. Cattle don’t often carry their own mobile phones, and they don’t pay a…