Join AWS at Collision from Home 2020

By Dustin Ward

Amazon Web Services FeedJoin AWS at Collision from Home 2020 AWS is returning to the Collision conference for the fourth year. This year, the Collision conference will be the Collision From Home Conference, running completely virtually, bringing together over 30,000 virtual attendees from all over the world. We will have a variety of virtual activities…

Building a location-based, scalable, serverless web app – part 1

By Dustin Ward

Amazon Web Services FeedBuilding a location-based, scalable, serverless web app – part 1 Web applications represent a major category of serverless usage. When used with single-page application (SPA) frameworks for front-end development, you can create highly responsive apps. With a serverless backend, these apps can scale to hundreds of thousands of users without you managing…

Alexa uses Amazon Translate to reach more international customers

By Dustin Ward

Amazon Web Services FeedAlexa uses Amazon Translate to reach more international customers Amazon Alexa is available in 15 locales and eight languages. To understand and respond in different languages, Alexa needs to learn new grammar rules, and the content that powers Alexa needs to be translated to new languages. Additionally, Alexa needs to learn about…

Analyzing COVID-19 Data with AWS Data Exchange, Amazon Redshift, and Tableau 

By Dustin Ward

Amazon Web Services FeedAnalyzing COVID-19 Data with AWS Data Exchange, Amazon Redshift, and Tableau  By Kevin Glover, Product Manager at Tableau SoftwareBy Brandon Schur, Software Engineer, Amazon RedshiftBy Srinivas Kesanapally, Partner Solutions Architect at AWSBy Arif Razvi, Head of Partnerships, AWS Data Exchange As COVID-19 upends our health, our economy, our world, and our daily…

Why Jenkins still continuously serves developers

By Dustin Ward

Amazon Web Services FeedWhy Jenkins still continuously serves developers For an estimated 15 million developers, Jenkins is synonymous with countless iterations of collectible stickers of the iconic, non-assuming butler that have adorned their laptops all over the world. The butler is representative of the ubiquitous open source continuous integration (CI) technology that has quietly automated…

AWS Marketplace enables SaaS contract upgrades and renewals

By Dustin Ward

Amazon Web Services FeedAWS Marketplace enables SaaS contract upgrades and renewals Today, AWS Marketplace announced the ability to easily upgrade and renew existing SaaS Contracts and Contracts with Consumption Pricing (CCP) Private Offers. AWS Marketplace helps customers find, buy, deploy, and manage third-party software that runs on AWS. With SaaS Contract Upgrades and Renewals, customers…