AWS DataSync News – S3 Storage Class Support and Much More

AWS DataSync helps you to move large amounts of data into or out of the AWS Cloud (read my post, New – AWS DataSync – Automated and Accelerated Data Transfer, to learn more). As I explained in my post DataSync is a great fit for you Migration, Upload & Process, and Backup / DR use Read more about AWS DataSync News – S3 Storage Class Support and Much More[…]

AWS Lake Formation – Now Generally Available

As soon as companies started to have data in digital format, it was possible for them to build a data warehouse, collecting data from their operational systems, such as Customer relationship management (CRM) and Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, and use this information to support their business decisions. The reduction in costs of storage, together Read more about AWS Lake Formation – Now Generally Available[…]

AWS Project Resilience – Up to $2K in AWS Credits to Support DR Preparation

We want to help state and local governments, community organizations, and educational institutions to better prepare for natural and man-made disasters that could affect their ability to run their mission-critical IT systems. Today we are launching AWS Project Resilience. This new element of our existing Disaster Response program offers up to $2,000 in AWS credits Read more about AWS Project Resilience – Up to $2K in AWS Credits to Support DR Preparation[…]

Amazon S3 Update – SigV2 Deprecation Period Extended & Modified

Every request that you make to the Amazon S3 API must be signed to ensure that it is authentic. In the early days of AWS we used a signing model that is known as Signature Version 2, or SigV2 for short. Back in 2012, we announced SigV4, a more flexible signing method, and made it Read more about Amazon S3 Update – SigV2 Deprecation Period Extended & Modified[…]

Amazon S3 Path Deprecation Plan – The Rest of the Story

Last week we made a fairly quiet (too quiet, in fact) announcement of our plan to slowly and carefully deprecate the path-based access model that is used to specify the address of an object in an S3 bucket. I spent some time talking to the S3 team in order to get a better understanding of Read more about Amazon S3 Path Deprecation Plan – The Rest of the Story[…]

New – Amazon S3 Batch Operations

AWS customers routinely store millions or billions of objects in individual Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) buckets, taking advantage of S3’s scale, durability, low cost, security, and storage options. These customers store images, videos, log files, backups, and other mission-critical data, and use S3 as a crucial part of their data storage strategy. Batch Operations Read more about New – Amazon S3 Batch Operations[…]