Scale and deliver game streaming experiences with Amazon GameLift Streams

By Dustin Ward

Since 2016, game developers have been using Amazon GameLift to power games with dedicated, scalable server hosting capable of supporting 100M concurrent users (CCU) in a single game. Responding to customer requests for additional managed compute capabilities beyond game servers, we’re announcing Amazon GameLift Streams — a new capability in Amazon GameLift to help game…

New year, new Heroes – March 2025

By Dustin Ward

As we dive into 2025, we’re thrilled to announce our latest group of AWS Heroes! These exceptional individuals have demonstrated outstanding expertise and innovation, and are committed to sharing knowledge. Their contributions to the AWS community are greatly appreciated, and today we’re excited to celebrate them. Ahmed Bebars – New Jersey, USA Container Hero Ahmed…

Get insights from multimodal content with Amazon Bedrock Data Automation, now generally available

By Dustin Ward

Many applications need to interact with content available through different modalities. Some of these applications process complex documents, such as insurance claims and medical bills. Mobile apps need to analyze user-generated media. Organizations need to build a semantic index on top of their digital assets that include documents, images, audio, and video files. However, getting…

AWS Weekly Roundup: Cloud Club Captain Applications, Formula 1®, Amazon Nova Prompt Engineering, and more (Feb 24, 2025)

By Dustin Ward

AWS Developer Day 2025, held on February 20th, showcased how to integrate responsible generative AI into development workflows. The event featured keynotes from AWS leaders including Srini Iragavarapu, Director Generative AI Applications and Developer Experiences, Jeff Barr, Vice President of AWS Evangelism, David Nalley, Director Open Source Marketing of AWS, along with AWS Heroes and technical…