O2 Telefonica Moves its 5G core network to the Cloud with AWS and Nokia

Today, O2 Telefónica announced its 5G Cloud Core – a new 5G cloud network built entirely in the cloud, using technologies from European network equipment provider Nokia and Amazon Web Services (AWS). We’re increasingly seeing more telecom operators recognize the Continue reading O2 Telefonica Moves its 5G core network to the Cloud with AWS and Nokia

Amazon CloudWatch Internet Weather Map – View and analyze internet health

The Internet has a plethora of moving parts: routers, switches, hubs, terrestrial and submarine cables, and connectors on the hardware side, and complex protocol stacks and configurations on the software side. When something goes wrong that slows or disrupts the Continue reading Amazon CloudWatch Internet Weather Map – View and analyze internet health

Protect 5G subscriber credentials in the Cloud with AWS Nitro Enclaves

Strong security, as required by telecommunication, or financial services, can depend on keeping certain cryptographic material, such as keys, secret. On-premises, this has traditionally been done by using hardware security modules (HSM). This post presents a cloud-native solution using AWS Continue reading Protect 5G subscriber credentials in the Cloud with AWS Nitro Enclaves

Flexible EDA licensing in AWS with Synopsys Cloud BYOC with FlexEDA

Electronic Design Automation (EDA) tools are critical for designing silicon chips. In the cloud, pay-per-use mechanisms are the norm, but this traditionally isn’t the case for EDA licensing which can limit organizations’ ability to scale EDA on AWS. Synopsys Cloud Continue reading Flexible EDA licensing in AWS with Synopsys Cloud BYOC with FlexEDA

AWS Weekly Roundup — Claude 3 Sonnet support in Bedrock, new instances, and more — March 11, 2024

Last Friday was International Women’s Day (IWD), and I want to take a moment to appreciate the amazing ladies in the cloud computing space that are breaking the glass ceiling by reaching technical leadership positions and inspiring others to go Continue reading AWS Weekly Roundup — Claude 3 Sonnet support in Bedrock, new instances, and more — March 11, 2024

Improve application resiliency using AWS Incident Detection and Response

Airline applications that handle critical functions such as flight booking, flight tracking, reward programs, baggage tracking, in-flight entertainment, and so on are transforming the way passengers experience air travel. Any disruption to these applications may inconvenience passengers, or worse, lead Continue reading Improve application resiliency using AWS Incident Detection and Response

AWS Weekly Roundup — AWS Lambda, AWS Amplify, Amazon OpenSearch Service, Amazon Rekognition, and more — December 18, 2023

My memories of Amazon Web Services (AWS) re:Invent 2023 are still fresh even when I’m currently wrapping up my activities in Jakarta after participating in AWS Community Day Indonesia. It was a great experience, from delivering chalk talks and having Continue reading AWS Weekly Roundup — AWS Lambda, AWS Amplify, Amazon OpenSearch Service, Amazon Rekognition, and more — December 18, 2023

Amazon CloudWatch Application Signals for automatic instrumentation of your applications (preview)

One of the challenges with distributed systems is that they are made up of many interdependent services, which add a degree of complexity when you are trying to monitor their performance. Determining which services and APIs are experiencing high latencies Continue reading Amazon CloudWatch Application Signals for automatic instrumentation of your applications (preview)

Use natural language to query Amazon CloudWatch logs and metrics (preview)

To make it easy to interact with your operational data, Amazon CloudWatch is introducing today natural language query generation for Logs and Metrics Insights. With this capability, powered by generative artificial intelligence (AI), you can describe in English the insights Continue reading Use natural language to query Amazon CloudWatch logs and metrics (preview)

Use Amazon CloudWatch to consolidate hybrid, multicloud, and on-premises metrics

You can now consolidate metrics from your hybrid, multicloud, and on-premises data sources using Amazon CloudWatch and process them in a consistent, unified fashion. You can query, visualize, and alarm on any and all of the metrics, regardless of their Continue reading Use Amazon CloudWatch to consolidate hybrid, multicloud, and on-premises metrics

Amazon CloudWatch Logs now offers automated pattern analytics and anomaly detection

Searching through log data to find operational or business insights often feels like looking for a needle in a haystack. It usually requires you to manually filter and review individual log records. To help you with that, Amazon CloudWatch has Continue reading Amazon CloudWatch Logs now offers automated pattern analytics and anomaly detection

New Amazon CloudWatch log class for infrequent access logs at a reduced price

Amazon CloudWatch Logs announces today a new log class called Infrequent Access. This new log class offers a tailored set of capabilities at a lower cost for infrequently accessed logs, enabling customers to consolidate all their logs in one place Continue reading New Amazon CloudWatch log class for infrequent access logs at a reduced price

AWS Weekly Roundup – EC2 DL2q instances, PartyRock, Amplify’s 6th birthday, and more – November 20, 2023

Last week I saw an astonishing 160+ new service launches. There were so many updates that we decided to publish a weekly roundup again. This continues the same innovative pace of the previous week as we are getting closer to Continue reading AWS Weekly Roundup – EC2 DL2q instances, PartyRock, Amplify’s 6th birthday, and more – November 20, 2023

Recommended Patterns for onboarding SaaS applications – Part 1

Connecting all the right software as a service (SaaS) providers using well-established private, secure and resilient integration patterns can seem overwhelming. The SaaS model of deployment can help organizations reduce undifferentiated heavy lifting to manage the vendor’s application, software tools Continue reading Recommended Patterns for onboarding SaaS applications – Part 1

Low latency cloud-native exchanges

Large capital market infrastructure providers (specifically exchanges) around the world use the cloud to accelerate their innovation and modernization journey. Trading workloads present unique challenges, including low latency responses, low jitter network performance, and ensuring fairness. With different services and Continue reading Low latency cloud-native exchanges

iFood modernizes its financial middleware to event-driven architecture

The iFood finance department originally used a monolithic application, which was slow to develop new functionalities. Switching to an event-oriented architecture not only accelerated development but also added resilience and performance to its financial middleware. The iFood finance department has Continue reading iFood modernizes its financial middleware to event-driven architecture

Introducing Amazon CodeWhisperer Dashboard and CloudWatch Metrics

Amazon CodeWhisperer, the AWS AI coding companion, can significantly improve developer productivity. Based on generative AI technology, Amazon CodeWhisperer offers contextualized code snippets, or recommendations, based on natural language prompts to build software quickly, responsibly, and securely. It enables productivity Continue reading Introducing Amazon CodeWhisperer Dashboard and CloudWatch Metrics

A Cloud-Native Environment for Distributed Automotive Software Development

Car drivers have become users that expect new and updatable features and a digital user experience in addition to driving comfort and safety. OEMs are thus committed to lay the foundations for faster innovation through a concept called Software-Defined Vehicle Continue reading A Cloud-Native Environment for Distributed Automotive Software Development

Using Cloud Technology to Better Protect Power Grids from Physical Threats

When was the last time you thought about how the power stays on? Probably not since you lost power in a storm. We take it for granted that the electricity and natural gas will flow. In today’s world, electricity and Continue reading Using Cloud Technology to Better Protect Power Grids from Physical Threats