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Database News: 7 Updates from AWS re:Invent 2017
Following AWS re:Invent 2017, we’ve counted more than 40 announcements of new or improved AWS services. Today, we’ll be talking about our pic...
AWS re:Invent 2017 Day 4. Get Your PrivateLink On!
Welcome to PrivateLink for Customer and Partner Services. This new feature was launched to much fanfare at the AWS re:Invent 2017 Global Partner Su...
AWS re:Invent 2017 Day 3. Amazon Rekognition Video Enables Object and Face Recognition
From the 22 new features released by AWS today at re:invent 2017, Amazon Rekognition Video stood out to me as the interesting “quiet achiever” I wa...
AWS re:Invent Day 2. New Security service announced: Amazon GuardDuty
As ever, cloud security is the number-one priority for AWS. During the Tuesday Night Live event, just hours before Andy Jassy's keynote, AWS announ...
AWS re:Invent 2017 Day 2: AWS AppSync – GraphQL as a Service
Day two at re:Invent 2017 was incredibly packed, crowded, and exciting. My favorite announcement so far is the new AWS AppSync, as it aligns with o...
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