Introduction to AWS Global Accelerator

By Dustin Ward

Amazon Web Services FeedIntroduction to AWS Global Accelerator The faster adoption of cloud services has been a game-changer for many enterprises all over the world. Now, businesses could deliver their services faster than ever to end-users, all because of the cloud. As the demand for availability and performance increases, enterprises are looking for advanced solutions…

Field Notes: Optimize your Java application for AWS Lambda with Quarkus

By Dustin Ward

Amazon Web Services FeedField Notes: Optimize your Java application for AWS Lambda with Quarkus This blog post is a continuation of an existing article about optimizing your Java application for Amazon ECS with Quarkus. In this blog post, we examine the benefits of Quarkus in the context of AWS Lambda. Quarkus is a framework that uses…

Building well-architected serverless applications: Approaching application lifecycle management – part 2

By Dustin Ward

Amazon Web Services FeedBuilding well-architected serverless applications: Approaching application lifecycle management – part 2 This series of blog posts uses the AWS Well-Architected Tool with the Serverless Lens to help customers build and operate applications using best practices. In each post, I address the nine serverless-specific questions identified by the Serverless Lens along with the recommended best practices. See…

Integrate Amazon Kendra and Amazon Lex using a search intent

By Dustin Ward

Amazon Web Services FeedIntegrate Amazon Kendra and Amazon Lex using a search intent Customer service conversations typically revolve around one or more topics and contain related questions. Answering these questions seamlessly is essential for a good conversational experience. For example, as part of a car rental reservation, you have queries such as, “What’s the charge…

How to choose the right API Gateway auth method

By Dustin Ward

Amazon Web Services FeedHow to choose the right API Gateway auth method Quite a few clients have asked me “Hey Yan, what API Gateway auth method should I use for this REST API?” so I thought I’d share my answer with everyone here. This is the high-level decision tree I go through when deciding if and…