LogiCast AWS News (Video)

Season 2 Episode 36 - Busting Bots, Mandatory MFA and Architecting Arches

In Season 2, Episode 36, Karl & Jon discuss Amazon DataZone, Multi Arch infrastructure, Amazon Bedrock, AWS MadPot and MFA by default. And Karl went off on a tangent about canal boats. 
These are the articles that we discussed in this episode:
01:45 Amazon DataZone Now Generally Available – Collaborate on Data Projects across Organizational Boundaries
07:36 The Insider’s Guide to Building a Multi-Arch Infrastructure
15:03 What is Amazon Bedrock? 4 ways it can help businesses use generative AI tools
21:48  AWS stirs the MadPot – busting bot baddies and eastern espionage
26:18 AWS kicks off cloud race to mandate MFA by default
 

Season 2 Episode 35 - Bedrock, Training and Trains

In Episode 35 of Season 2, Karl & Jon discuss the recent big Amazon AI announcements - the launch of Amazon Bedrock into General Availability and the Amazon investment in Anthropic. They also touch on deploying container applications using CodeCatalyst and AppRunner, tips to pass AWS Solutions Architect Professional and some of the latest announcements from AWS Training & Development, and Jon reveals his inner trainspotter...
Articles discussed in this episode:
01:33 - Amazon Bedrock is now generally available as AWS enterprise GenAI efforts get serious
07:40 - Amazon takes $4bn minority stake in AI safety research startup Anthropic
11:27 - Deploying container application using Amazon CodeCatalyst and AWS App Runner
18:05 - Conquering a Mountain: 5 Tips to Pass AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional
26:03 - New courses and certification updates from AWS Training and Certification in September 2023

Season 2 Episode 34 - Storage Stats, Steroids & Cryptojacking

In Episode 34 of Season 2, Karl & Jon talk about Amazon's new cloud storage offerings unveiled at AWS Storage Day, the introduction of AWS Dedicated Local Zones, setting up memory metrics for Amazon EC2 instances using AWS Systems Manager, AWS's IPv4 challenges, and a cryptojacking campaign that exploits less-used AWS services to stay hidden. Also, Jon re-grounds himself while Karl enjoys some big numbers.
Here are links to the articles discussed:
01:05 Amazon Unveils New Cloud Storage Offerings at AWS Storage Day via Steve McDowell on Forbes
09:32 AWS Introduces Dedicated Local Zones for Sovereignty Requirements via Renato Losio on InfoQ
14:31 Setup memory metrics for Amazon EC2 instances using AWS Systems Manager via Sibasankar Behera and Erik Weber on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud Operations & Migrations Blog
20:45 AWS: Cannot Escape IPv4 via neveragain.de
27:21 AWS cryptojacking campaign abuses less-used services to hide via Lucian Constantin on CSO Online

Season 2 Episode 33 - Digital Badgers, SAM Squirrel & Go Gopher Gone

In Episode 33 of Season 2, Karl & Jon are joined by fellow AWS Community Builder Igor Soroka. They discuss the general availability of AWS SAM support for HashiCorp Terraform, a centralized dashboard for AWS Config and AWS Security Hub, AWS Lambda's deprecation of the Go runtime, and how to stand out in the cloud job market with digital badges from AWS Education Programs.
Here are links to the articles discussed:
06:02 AWS SAM support for HashiCorp Terraform now generally available via Eric Johnson on the Amazon Web Services Compute Blog
14:02 Centralized Dashboard for AWS Config and AWS Security Hub via Jegan Sundarapandian and Snehal Nahar on the Amazon Web Services Cloud Operations & Migrations Blog
21:43 AWS Lambda Deprecates Go Runtime via Renato Losio on InfoQ
27:17 Seeking a cloud job? Stand out with a digital badge from AWS Education Programs via Amazon Web Services Training & Certification Blog
Follow Igor here:
https://www.soroka.tech/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/igor-soroka/

Season 2 Episode 32 - Chaos Engineering, Bot Control & EC2 Classic

In Episode 32 of Season 2, Karl & Jon are joined by fellow AWS Community Builder Manoj L. They discuss AWS WAF Bot Control, chaos engineering, AWS EC2 Classic, saving on AWS costs, AWS FinOps, and Karl forgets both Jeff Barr & Corey Quinn's names in the same episode!
 
Here are links to the articles discussed:
03:35 - AWS WAF Bot Control now protects against distributed proxy-based attacks via Amazon Web Services news
10:46 - Any Day Can Be Prime Day: How Amazon.com Search Uses Chaos Engineering to Handle Over 84K Requests Per Secondvia Seth Eliot on Amazon Web Services community
19:13 - AWS shuts down its first-gen compute and network infrastructure via Simon Sharwood on The Register
23:43 -  Key ways to save on AWS costs via Simon Turner on Information Age
30:11 - Cloud Costs: 10 Essential AWS FinOps Best Practices to Know via Tim King on Solutions Review
 
Follow Manoj here:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/manoj-l-a9a58432/

Season 2 Episode 31 - Lost Keys, No Honeycode, Fig & Figs

In Season 2 Episode 31 Karl & Jon discuss how AWS has scrapped Honeycode, how to regain access to an EC2 instance if you lost your key pair, the AWS acquisition of Fig, using S3 for Laravel storage and whether FinOps is fit for purpose in the era of CloudFlation. Karl also waffles on about this year's poor fig crop...
Here are the links to the articles discussed:
01:13 -  Muted response speaks volumes as AWS scraps low-code Honeycode
08:43 - Lost Your EC2 Key Pair? Here’s How to Regain Access to Your Instance
12:48 - Amazon Web Services acquires Fig, a YC grad that boosts the command line for devs
20:59 - Using AWS S3 for Laravel Storage
26.10 - Is FinOps fit for purpose in the fight against ‘cloudflation’?

Season 2 Episode 30 - EKS v ECS, GP2 v GP3, AWS v GCP

In Season 2 Episode 30, Karl & Jon are joined by fellow AWS Community Builder Davide de Paolis. They delve into the latest in the AWS ecosystem, including the inauguration of the first international AWS Skills Center in Cape Town, a comparison between ECS and EKS with five key differences, The Guardian's adoption of serverless Postgres, insights into loving AWS despite growth slowdown, and AWS's continued dominance in the cloud market.
Here are links to the articles discussed:
AWS brings in-person, interactive learning to Cape Town with the first international AWS Skills Center via Amazon
ECS Vs. EKS: 5 Key Differences and How to Choose on DevOps.com
Aurora Serverless – a migration story on The Guardian
AWS: Five Reasons to Love It Despite Growth Slowdown via Bob Evans on Acceleration Economy
AWS leads the cloud via David Manners on Electronics Weekly
Follow Davide de Paolis here:
https://dev.to/dvddpl

Season 2 Episode 29 - Cyber Insurance, Microsoft Licensing and Karl’s Back!

Season 2 Episode 29 sees the triumphant return of Karl to the podcast. This week he and Jon discuss AWS' new Cyber Insurance platform, new controls added to AWS Security Hub, Microsoft's change to the M365 licence that now allows it to run on AWS Workspaces, AWS's Monitoring and Observability efforts, and more talk about Cloud Repatriation.
 
Here are the links to the topics discussed:
5 Value Propositions That Make AWS Cyber Insurance Transformative for Customers via Chris Hughes on Acceleration Economy
AWS Security Hub launches 12 new security controls via Amazon Web Services (AWS) news
Amazon WorkSpaces finally supports Office 365, but why now? via Gabe Knuth on Techtarget
AWS named as a Challenger in the 2023 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Application Performance Monitoring and Observability via Kavya Pillutla
No backing away from the cloud via Mike Loukides on CloudTweaks

Season 2 Episode 28 - Searchable OCI, Proactive Lambdas and Sustainable Clouds

In Episode 28 of Season 2 Jon flies solo again, and laments the lack of Karl's presence.
He welcomes fellow AWS Community Builder Omkar Kadam, where they discuss Lambda Proactive initialisations, Fargate's Seekable OCI, DevOps best practices on AWS, Cloud IaaS spending topping $100 billion for the first time and using the cloud to enhance sustainability activities. Omkar also has an exciting announcement, in a first for LogiCast.
 
Here are the links to the topics discussed:
https://dev.to/aws-heroes/goodbye-cold-starts-hello-proactive-initialization-28j7
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2023/07/aws-fargate-container-startup-seekable-oci/
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/architecture/lets-architect-devops-best-practices-on-aws/
https://siliconangle.com/2023/07/18/gartner-worldwide-iaas-spending-topped-100b-first-time-2022/
https://bernardmarr.com/commitment-to-sustainability-is-a-key-message-at-aws-london-summit-2023/
 
Connect with Omkar:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/omkarokkadam/
https://medium.com/@omkarokkadam
https://dev.to/omkarokkadam

Season 2 Episode 27 - WORMs ONTAP, Recursive Lambdas and Jon tried his best.

In Season 2 Episode 27 Jon tries his hand at hosting, with mixed results. He welcomes fellow AWS Community Builders Girish Mukim and Matt Morgan, where they discuss FSx for NetApp ONTAP supporting immutable WORM state, an overview of AWS CodePipeline, Detecting recursive loops in AWS Lambda, AWS Organisations with Service Control Policies and another look at the Prime Video team's recent re-architecting of the QoS monitor.
 
Here are the links to the topics discussed:
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-amazon-fsx-for-netapp-ontap-now-supports-worm-protection-for-regulatory-compliance-and-ransomware-protection/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=logicata_aws_weekly_news_roundup_issue_151&utm_term=2023-07-14
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/aws-codepipeline-review/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=logicata_aws_weekly_news_roundup_issue_151&utm_term=2023-07-14
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/compute/detecting-and-stopping-recursive-loops-in-aws-lambda-functions/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=logicata_aws_weekly_news_roundup_issue_151&utm_term=2023-07-14
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/mt/achieving-operational-excellence-with-design-considerations-for-aws-organizations-scps/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=logicata_aws_weekly_news_roundup_issue_151&utm_term=2023-07-14
https://thenewstack.io/amazon-prime-videos-microservices-move-doesnt-lead-to-a-monolith-after-all/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=logicata_aws_weekly_news_roundup_issue_151&utm_term=2023-07-14
 
Follow Girish on his socials:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/girish-mukim/
https://www.youtube.com/c/AWSLearn
 
Follow Matt on his socials:
https://mattmorgan.cloud/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-morgan-0344a51/