AWS Newsletter November 2012

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From: Amazon Web Services <no-reply-aws@amazon.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2012 11:22:27 +0000
Subject: AWS Newsletter November 2012
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Dear AWS Community,
It's been an exciting month for AWS! We expanded to Australia, added a
new TCO Calculator, and rolled out new service and support features
from Amazon EC2, Storage Gateway, CloudSearch, Elastic Beanstalk,
DynamoDB and more. The deadline for the Global Start-up Challenge is
nearing, so don't miss out on this unique opportunity. We're less than
two weeks to AWS re: Invent and thrilled that conference passes have
sold out. If you can't join us in person, then join us virtually for
the Keynotes Live Stream. AWS is looking forward to seeing you in Las
Vegas!

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SPECIAL EVENTS

*AWS Global Start-Up Challenge – Last Chance to Enter*
If you are a start-up or privately held business with less than $10M
in annual revenue, then it's time to enter this year's AWS Global
Start-Up Challenge. This contest is a way for promising start-ups and
businesses to win some great rewards.
Learn More » https://aws-cms.integ.amazon.com/startupchallenge/?utm_source=CUST&utm_medium=email_EDU&utm_campaign=EM_CUST&UTM_content=link

*AWS re: Invent Keynotes Live Stream*
AWS re: Invent is less than two weeks away and conference passes are
sold out. But you don't have to miss AWS re: Invent entirely...you can
join us virtually! Join us for the live stream of the Keynotes
presentations on November 28 and 29.
Sign up here » https://reinvent.awsevents.com/livestream.html

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NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

*Announcing the Asia Pacific (Sydney) Region*
Customers can now run their applications and workloads in the new AWS
Asia Pacific (Sydney) Region to reduce latency to end-users based in
Australia and New Zealand while avoiding the up-front expenses,
long-term commitments, and scaling challenges associated with
maintaining and operating their own infrastructure. Learn more>>
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2012/11/12/announcing-the-aws-asia-pacific-sydney-region/

http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/instance-types

*Announcing Second Generation Standard Instances*
Amazon EC2 announced second generation standard instances (M3
instances), which provide customers with similar ratio of CPU and
memory resources as M1 instances, but 50% more compute
capability/core. M3 instances can be used for a broad variety of
applications, and are ideal for applications that require high
absolute CPU capabilities. You can purchase M3 instances as On
Demand, Reserved or Spot instances in the US East (N. Virginia)
region. M3 instances are available in two sizes, Extra Large and
Double Extra Large and start with at a Linux On Demand price of
$0.58/hr. We will expand support for these instances to other regions
in the coming months. Learn more>>
http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/instance-types

*Announcing a price reduction for M1 Standard Instances*
Amazon EC2 announced a reduction in the On Demand Linux price for M1
Standard instances by almost 19% in the US East (N. Virginia) and US
West (Oregon) regions. The changes are described in the table below:

Instance Type| New On Demand Price | Old On Demand Price
Small | $0.065/hour | $0.08/hour
Medium | $0.13/hour | $0.16/hour
Large | $0.26/hour | $0.32/hour
Extra Large | $0.52/hour | $0.64/hour

There were no changes to Reserved Instance or Windows pricing. Learn
more>> http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/pricing

*TCO Comparison Calculator for Web Applications*
Developing comprehensive and accurate TCO models is difficult and time
consuming. We are excited to share with you the availability of a new
TCO cost comparison calculator, powered by AWS Advanced Consulting
Partner 2nd Watch < http://2ndwatch.com/products/amazon/ >. In three
easy steps, use this calculator to compare the cost of running web
applications on-premises to the costs with AWS. Adjust the simple
sliders and radio buttons to describe on-premises reference
configurations in order to produce a simple cost comparison with AWS,
or for a more detailed comparison use the "Configure" drop down menus.
A comprehensive report with CapEx and OpEx breakdowns and explanations
is provided. Use the calculator
>>http://aws.amazon.com/tco-calculator

*Support for 2,000 IOPS per Amazon EBS Provisioned IOPS Volume*
Amazon EBS announced support for up to 2,000 IOPS per Provisioned IOPS
volume, doubling the previously available performance delivered from a
single volume. Provisioned IOPS volumes are designed to provide
predictable, high performance for I/O intensive workloads, such as
database applications, that rely on consistent and fast response
times. With Provisioned IOPS, you can flexibly specify both volume
size and volume performance, and Amazon EBS will consistently deliver
the desired performance over the lifetime of the volume. For more
information on using Amazon EBS Provisioned IOPS volumes, please see
the Amazon EC2 Developer Guide:
http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/Welcome.html

*Amazon Route 53 now supported in Hayward, CA and Madrid, Spain edge locations *
We are excited to announce support for Amazon Route 53, AWS's DNS
service, in the Hayward, CA (new location) and Madrid, Spain edge
locations. Each new edge location helps lower latency and improves
performance for your end users. Learn more>>
http://aws.amazon.com/route53

*Amazon CloudFront launches new edge location in Hayward, CA*
We are excited to announce the launch of our newest edge location in
Hayward, CA. Each new edge location helps lower latency and improves
performance for your end users. Learn more>>
http://aws.amazon.com/cloudfront

*Free Elastic MapReduce Bootcamp*
The Elastic MapReduce Bootcamp is a proof-of-concept and knowledge
transfer workshop that helps customers get started with and develop
applications for Amazon Elastic MapReduce. If your company is planning
to process more than 1 TB per day, you may be eligible for a free
onsite visit by an AWS Elastic MapReduce expert. To learn more, read
our datasheet <
https://s3.amazonaws.com/emr_website/training/emr-bootcamp-datasheet-v20120417.pdf
> or contact us: mailto:emr-bootcamp@amazon.com

*AWS Storage Gateway Announces Gateway-Cached Volumes*
Customers have asked us how they can use the AWS Storage Gateway to
save their primary data to Amazon S3 (to enjoy more cost savings) yet
retain some portion of it locally in a cache for frequently accessed
data. For this use case, we're excited to announce the availability
of Gateway-Cached Volumes. Gateway-Cached volumes enable you to store
primary data in Amazon S3 via the standard Internet Small Computer
System Interface (iSCSI). By storing your data on Amazon S3, you
minimize the need to scale your local storage infrastructure for use
cases like backup and corporate file share storage. You can learn
more by visiting the AWS Storage Gateway User Guide <
http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/storagegateway/latest/userguide/WhatIsStorageGateway.html
> or joining our Dec 5 webinar <
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/767016026 >.

*Amazon S3 Now Supports Archiving Data to Amazon Glacier*
We are pleased to introduce a new storage option for Amazon S3 that
enables you to utilize Amazon Glacier's extremely low-cost storage
service for data archival. Amazon Glacier stores data for as little
as $0.01 per gigabyte per month, and is optimized for data that is
infrequently accessed and for which retrieval times of several hours
are suitable. You can now define rules to automatically archive sets
of Amazon S3 objects to Amazon Glacier for even lower cost storage.
To get started, check out the Archiving Amazon S3 data to Amazon
Glacier video < http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cwpengIjkw >. You can
also learn more by visiting the Amazon S3 Developer Guide <
http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonS3/latest/dev/object-lifecycle-mgmt.html
> or joining our Dec 12 webinar <
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/793180906 >.

*Need acceleration for your web site? Japanese information is here!*
Here is the information about how accelerate your website with Amazon
Web Services. Amazon CloudFront can accelerate you existing web site
easily. You can learn more about this in Japanese at
http://www.awsmicrosite.jp/cloudfront-cdn/ .

*ElastiCache Announces New Cache Node Types*
We are excited to announce availability of new cache node types for
Amazon ElastiCache:
1. Micro Cache Node Type (cache.t1.micro) in all regions except Asia
Pacific (Sydney). A Micro cache node type comes with 213 MB of memory
and is designed for lower traffic web applications, test applications
and small projects. Our customers had asked for a lower entry point to
get started with caching which we're happy to address with this
launch.
2. Medium Cache Node Type (cache.m1.medium) in all regions except Asia
Pacific (Sydney). A Medium cache node type has 3.35 GB of memory and
fits between the Small and Large cache nodes types, and is ideal for
workloads requiring more memory than that of a Small, and where a
Large would be considered too much.
3. Enhanced Extra Large Cache Node Type (cache.m3.xlarge) in US East
(Northern Virginia). An Enhanced Extra Large cache node type is built
on the next generation AWS infrastructure and has 14.6 GB of memory.
4. Enhanced Double Extra Large Cache Node Type (cache.m3.2xlarge) in
US East (Northern Virginia).
Similar to cache.m3.xlarge, an Enhanced Double Extra Large cache node
type is also built on the next generation AWS infrastructure and has
29.6 GB of memory.

Amazon ElastiCache improves the performance of your web applications
by retrieving data from a fast, in-memory cache instead of relying
entirely on disk-based storage. Unlike other caching mechanisms,
Amazon ElastiCache is fully-managed so you don't have to worry about
maintaining your own caching infrastructure. In addition, it is
Memcached-compatible, so if you have existing Memcached-enabled
applications, they should work with ElastiCache without any code
changes.
Customers can purchase these cache node types for On-Demand or
Reserved Instance usage. For more information about the new cache node
types and prices, please visit the Amazon ElastiCache page:
http://aws.amazon.com/elasticache

*New Improvements to Amazon DynamoDB*
We are happy to announce three new improvements to Amazon DynamoDB <
http://aws.amazon.com/dynamodb >.
• Our BatchGetItem API will now support strongly consistent reads.
This allows customers to take advantage of the performance benefits of
our BatchGetItem API while still ensuring that they are retrieving the
most up-to-date information from their DynamoDB table.
• Customers can now update the provisioned capacity of up to 10 tables
simultaneously.
• We have removed the limit on the minimum percentage change when
updating your DynamoDB table's provisioned capacity.

To take advantage of the latest improvements to DynamoDB, make sure
you have the latest SDK libraries, which you can download at:
http://aws.amazon.com/code

Getting started with Amazon DynamoDB is easy with our free tier of
service. To learn more, visit the Amazon DynamoDB Page:
http://aws.amazon.com/dynamodb

*Amazon RDS and Amazon ElastiCache Announce New Lower Prices*
As part of our on-going commitment to drive down costs and pass on
those savings to you, we are lowering prices for Amazon RDS for MySQL
and Oracle engines by up to 14% for On-Demand usage. We are also
lowering On-Demand usage prices for Amazon ElastiCache by up to 16%.
These new prices are applicable to M1 DB Instance Classes and M1 Cache
Node Types in the US East (N. Virginia) and US West (Oregon) Regions.
The price reductions are effective starting November 1.
Along with these price reductions, we are also excited to announce
availability of two new Instance Classes for Amazon RDS:
1. Medium DB Instance Class (db.m1.medium) for the MySQL, SQL Server,
and Oracle database engines, in all regions. The Medium DB Instance
Class fits between the Small and Large DB Instance Classes, and is
ideal for workloads requiring more memory and compute capacity than
that of a Small, and where a Large would be considered too powerful.
2. Extra Large DB Instance Class (db.m1.xlarge) for the SQL Server and
Oracle database engines, in all regions. This Instance Class provides
2X the memory and compute capacity of the Large Instance Class. The
Extra Large Instance Class is also optimized for use with Amazon RDS
Provisioned IOPS, making it ideal for I/O intensive, transactional
(OLTP) database workloads.
Customers can purchase these two new DB Instances for On-Demand or
Reserved Instance usage.
To learn more about the new Instance Classes and prices, please visit
Amazon RDS < http://aws.amazon.com/rds > and Amazon ElastiCache <
http://aws.amazon.com/elasticache >.

*Amazon SQS Announces Long Polling and Enhanced Client Support*
Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) now supports long-polling, which
reduces extraneous polling associated with empty receives. With long
polling, receiving a message from an empty queue will no longer return
immediately. You can get started enabling queues for long-polling
using any supported version of the SQS WSDL, and you can enable
long-polling for individual requests using the latest WSDL, version
2012-11-05. You can learn more about Long Polling via the SQS
Developer Guide and SQS API Reference:
http://aws.amazon.com/documentation/sqs/

We are also launching an enhanced client in the AWS Java SDK. This
extension of the existing AmazonSQSAsyncClient interface provides
automatic batching of outgoing messages and pre-fetching of incoming
messages. This extension of the existing AmazonSQSAsyncClient
interface enables easier batching of outgoing messages, and also
pre-fetching of incoming messages. To take advantage of the latest
improvements to SQS, make sure you have the latest SDK libraries,
which you can download at < http://aws.amazon.com/code >. Getting
started with Amazon SQS is easy with our free tier of service. To
learn more, visit the Amazon SQS page: http://aws.amazon.com/sqs/

*Amazon CloudSearch Announces Free Trial Program and a Price Reduction*
For a limited time, AWS is offering a free trial program for Amazon
CloudSearch that enables new users to set up fully-functional search
domains that they can use for up to 30 days at no charge. The free
trial is available in the US East (N. Virginia) Region to users
worldwide.
Along with the introduction of the free trial program, CloudSearch
search instance pricing has been reduced. The new pricing reflects a
savings of 17-19%, with small search instances available for
$0.10/hour. The new pricing is effective November 1.
Some restrictions apply. For more details and information about the
trial program and how to participate, see Amazon CloudSearch Free
Trial: http://aws.amazon.com/cloudsearch/free-trial/
For pricing details and to learn more about Amazon CloudSearch, see
the Amazon CloudSearch Overview: http://aws.amazon.com/cloudsearch/

*Amazon CloudSearch Adds Features for Tuning Result Ranking*
Amazon CloudSearch users can now use field weighting and query time
rank expressions to fine-tune their search results. Field weighting
prioritizes results from certain fields to improve document ranking.
For example, if you are selling books on your site, you could have
matches to the title field score higher than matches in other fields.
Query time rank expressions enable you to personalize search results
by customizing ranking for each search request. You can also use query
time rank expressions to rapidly iterate and test changes in how you
rank search results for all users without having to rebuild your
index.

These features are available immediately. For more information, see
"Using Field Weighting to Customize Text Relevance and Defining Rank
Expressions in Search Requests" in the Amazon CloudSearch Developer
Guide: http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/cloudsearch/latest/developerguide/fwranking.html

*AWS Elastic Beanstalk Runs Ruby and Integrates with Amazon VPC*
AWS Elastic Beanstalk now supports Ruby applications and Amazon
Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC). Elastic Beanstalk allows you to
focus on building your application, without having to worry about the
provisioning, deployment, monitoring, and scaling details of your
Java, PHP, Python, .NET, and now Ruby applications. To get started
running your Ruby applications on Elastic Beanstalk, please visit the
Elastic Beanstalk Developer Guide:
http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/elasticbeanstalk/latest/dg/create_deploy_Ruby.html
The Developer Guide also includes walkthroughs for the Ruby on Rails
and Sinatra applications:
http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/elasticbeanstalk/latest/dg/create_deploy_Ruby_rails.html
http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/elasticbeanstalk/latest/dg/create_deploy_Ruby_sinatra.html
With Amazon VPC, Elastic Beanstalk lets you provision a private,
isolated section of your application in a virtual network that you
define. Using Amazon VPC, you can now easily deploy a new class of web
applications on Elastic Beanstalk, including internal web applications
(such as your recruiting application), web applications that connect
to an on-premise database (using a VPN connection), as well as private
web service backends. To learn more about deploying your Elastic
Beanstalk application in a VPC, visit the Elastic Beanstalk Developer
Guide: http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/elasticbeanstalk/latest/dg/AWSHowTo-vpc.html

*AWS CloudFormation Supports RDS DB Parameter Groups and Provisioned IOPS*
We are excited to announce that AWS CloudFormation now supports Amazon
Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) DB parameter groups and
provisioned IOPS for Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) volumes
and Amazon RDS DB Instances. AWS CloudFormation provides an easy
mechanism to provision and configure a set of AWS resources. Using
CloudFormation text-based templates, you can automate the creation and
management of resources such as Amazon RDS DB Instances and Amazon EC2
instances.

*RDS DB Parameter Groups
Amazon RDS makes it easy to set up, operate, and scale MySQL, SQL
Server, and Oracle relational databases in the cloud. Amazon RDS
parameter groups allow you to provide custom configuration values for
Amazon RDS DB Instances. AWS CloudFormation now allows you to create
Amazon RDS DB parameter groups and to associate them with RDS DB
Instances. Using the text-based templates, you can easily list all of
the parameters and their associated values and you can share them when
you collaborate with other team members. To learn more about using RDS
DB parameter groups with CloudFormation, visit the user guide:
http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-cfn-customresource.html

*Provisioned IOPS for Amazon EBS and Amazon RDS
Amazon EBS Provisioned IOPS volumes deliver predictable, high
performance for I/O intensive workloads such as database applications.
Using CloudFormation, you can now create an EBS Provisioned IOPS
volume with a specific volume size and volume performance, and attach
the volume to Amazon EC2 instances. You can also use CloudFormation to
create Amazon RDS DB Instances with specific Amazon RDS Provisioned
IOPS for your I/O intensive, transactional database workloads. If your
application's IO needs change, you can simply modify the
CloudFormation template and update your IOPS for both Amazon EBS and
Amazon RDS. To learn more about Provision IOPS and CloudFormation,
visit the user guide:
http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-cfn-customresource.html

*Billing Alerts Now Available for Consolidated Billing Linked Accounts*
We are pleased to announce that billing alerts now support the
individual accounts that are linked to a consolidated bill in your
organization. Individual accounts can now monitor their allocated
charges and set up automated email alerts to be notified when charges
reach a specified threshold. You may want to use billing alerts for
linked accounts if developers or projects in your organization are
responsible for managing their own budgets or reducing costs. Read
more about this announcement <
http://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2012/10/19/announcing-aws-billing-alerts-for-linked-accounts/
> or learn more about billing alerts <
https://portal.aws.amazon.com/gp/aws/developer/account/index.html?ie=UTF8&action=billing-alerts&
>.

*Wrap-up site for Nikkei Cloud Days Tokyo*
AWS participated in Nikkei Cloud Days Tokyo (10/10 – 10/12) with 10
partners. Now the key contents of the event are available at:
http://aws.amazon.com/jp/messages/clouddaystokyo2012fall/

*AWS Support*
AWS Trusted Advisor releases three new checks, bringing the total to twenty
AWS Support is pleased to announce the addition of three more checks
for Trusted Advisor. The Underutilized EBS Instances check highlights
potential cost savings for EBS volumes that are unattached or have low
IO, but incur charges regardless of their usage. The second check
calls out EC2 instances that have PIOP enabled EBS volumes attached,
but have not been configured to enable this capability. The final
check examines your AutoScaling Groups and warns when the ELB health
check is not enabled. Trusted Advisor now has twenty checks that will
save money, increase security, and help your solution be highly
available. Learn more>>
http://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/whats-new/

*AWS Marketplace*

Announcement: New Big Data category on AWS Marketplace
https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/search/results/ref=gtw_navgno_search_box?searchTerms=big+data

Featured: AlertLogic Threat Manager for EC2 is the first Network
Intrusion Detection service specifically designed for AWS
https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/B007OOMG0W/

New software on AWS Marketplace
NGINX is a high performance, flexible, scalable, secure web server and
web accelerator
https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/B00A04GAG4/

Vyatta Network OS delivers advanced routing, firewall and VPN in a
cloud-ready, software appliance
https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/B009I5TLOE/

ScaleOut Analytics server combines a scalable and an in-memory data
grid to deliver near real-time map/reduce analytics
https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/B009ZYKQJM

*New Whitepapers*

Deploy a Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Server Farm in the AWS Cloud in 6
Simple Steps
Amazon Web Services is pleased to announce the publication of the
article "Deploy a Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Server Farm in the AWS
Cloud in 6 Simple Steps." Based on the previously published white
paper in April, "Microsoft SharePoint Server on AWS Reference
Architecture," the article provides a step-by-step approach to the
setup and deployment of the public website scenario described in the
white paper. The article also includes all of the necessary resources
you will need to deploy a SharePoint Server farm repeatedly, such as
the easy-to-launch AWS CloudFormation templates, and a link to the
"Advanced Implementation Guide," which provides detailed instructions
on how to customize and launch a fully functional, enterprise-class
SharePoint Server farm to suit your requirements. All templates are
available to download and customize. Download the article:
http://aws.amazon.com/articles/9982940049271604

Gartner: Magic Quadrant for Cloud Infrastructure as a Service (Oct 2012)
Gartner Research positions Amazon Web Services in the Leaders Quadrant
of the new Magic Quadrant for Cloud Infrastructure as a Service
(October 2012). Cloud IaaS, in the context of this Magic Quadrant, is
defined as "computing resources, along with associated storage and
network resources, offered to the customer via self-service in a
highly-automated way, on-demand." Read the report online:
http://www.gartner.com/technology/reprints.do?id=1-1CK3ZQT&ct=121019&st=sb

Amazon VPC Network Connectivity Options
Amazon VPC provides customers with several options for interconnecting
their AWS virtual networks with other remote networks. This whitepaper
describes several such common network connectivity options available
to our customers. This includes connectivity options for integrating
remote customer networks with Amazon VPC as well as interconnecting
multiple Amazon VPCs into a contiguous virtual network. Download
Whitepaper: http://media.amazonwebservices.com/AWS_Amazon_VPC_Connectivity_Options.pdf

Development and Test on AWS
This whitepaper describes how AWS adds value in the various phases of
the software development cycle, with specific focus on development and
test. The intended audiences for this paper are project managers,
developers, testers, systems architects, or anyone involved in
software production activities. Download Whitepaper:
http://media.amazonwebservices.com/AWS_Development_Test_Environments.pdf
Migrating AWS Resources to a New Region
Customers may wish to migrate AWS Resources from one region to another
for a variety of reasons. In particular, if a new region is available
closer to their user base, they may wish to locate various services
geographically closer to those users. This technical whitepaper is
intended for experienced customers of AWS who would like to migrate
existing resources to a new AWS region. The whitepaper provides
technical guidance and best practices on migrating each AWS Resource
such as AMI, keypairs etc. to another region. Download Whitepaper:
http://media.amazonwebservices.com/AWS_Migrate_Resources_To_New_Region.pdf

*Featured Customer Success Story: TinyCo *
Mobile gaming start-up, TinyCo, moved to AWS after outgrowing its
first cloud service provider. Now powered by the AWS Cloud, TinyCo is
able to manage 20 billion requests and deliver 400 TB of content to
customers per month, allowing the company to focus on game development
instead of managing infrastructure. Read the story:
https://aws-cms.integ.amazon.com/solutions/case-studies/tinyco/

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DEVELOPER RESOURCES

*Introducing the AWS SDK for PHP 2*
Our PHP SDK has been completely re-written to embrace modern PHP
coding patterns and better integrate with popular PHP community
frameworks. The new version uses Guzzle for improved networking
performance and Symfony2 for event-driven customization hooks. The AWS
SDK for PHP 2 enables you to write faster AWS applications with less
code. Learn more>> http://aws.amazon.com/sdkforphp2/

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AWS PARTNER NETWORK (APN) NEWS
Check out the latest announcements from the AWS Partner Network.

*Security-as-a-Service for AWS by Bitdefender promotion*
Bitdefender welcomes AWS customers with a new promotional offer for
its Security-as-a-Service <
http://enterprise.bitdefender.com/en/solutions-and-services/enterprises/AWS-security.html#Overview
> antimalware solution. Purpose-built for Amazon EC2 infrastructures,
it provides highly-scalable, low-impact, centralized antimalware
billed by the hour. Sign up today <
http://enterprise.bitdefender.com/AWS-promotion-registration > and
benefit from 6 full months of enterprise-class security completely
free of charge. The promotion ends on December 31, 2012 and is subject
to specific terms and conditions. Security-as-a-Service for AWS:
security HOW you want it, WHEN you need it.

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AWS ON THE ROAD
We hope you will join AWS, our customers, and partners at the following events.

*North America*

AWS re: Invent
November 27-29, Las Vegas, NV
https://reinvent.awsevents.com/

MongoSV
December 4, Santa Clara, CA
Please join us for MongoSV, Dec 3rd and On December 4th, over 1,000
MongoDB users and contributors will converge upon Santa Clara for
MongoSV, a full-day conference dedicated to the leading open source,
NoSQL database Register Now: http://www.10gen.com/events/mongosv

Architecting on AWS
http://aws.amazon.com/aws-training/architect/
December 11-13 New York, NY
December 11-13 Boston, MA
December 18-20 Arlington, VA
December 18-20 Seattle, WA

AWS Intro Cloud Workshop
http://aws.amazon.com/aws-training/workshops/
December 12 Arlington, VA

AWS Technical Cloud Workshop
http://aws.amazon.com/aws-training/workshops/

*Europe*

AWS 101 Lunch and Learn | London
December 4, London
Developing applications on Amazon Web Services (AWS) or moving your
business into the cloud is more straightforward than you think.
Whether you are a developer eager to learn new skills, a solutions
architect who wants to solve existing technology problems, the IT
professional who wants access to cost-effective, on-demand computing
resources, this workshop is for you.
http://aws.amazon.com/AWS-101-London/

*Asia Pacific*

Big Data Innovation
November 23, Singapore
http://www.unicomlearning.com/event/seminar/big-data-innovation-on-cloud-driving-business-success

Startup Weekend Women Singapore
November 23-25, Singapore
http://singaporewomen.startupweekend.org/

AWS 101 Cloud Computing Seminar
December 11, Taipei, Taiwan
http://aws101dec11.peatix.com

AWS 201 Technical Workshop
December 11, Taipei, Taiwan
http://aws201tdec11.peatix.com/

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ONLINE EVENTS
Learn more about AWS by attending an upcoming webinar or online event.

*The AWS Report*
AWS Senior Evangelist Jeff Barr recently posted eight new episodes of
The AWS Report:

John Smiley, Principal Database Engineer, Amazon Relational Database Service
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Osut4oHKZcY&list=PL253659793558BD65&index=1&feature=plpp_video

Ulf Schoo, AWS Solution Architect, SharePoint on AWS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=8fZMZ7oaGeM

Ramesh Panuganty, Managing Director for Cloud 360 Solutions, Cognizant
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUaP4yoiaN0&list=PLEBA4B8F48FEB0F2A&index=1&feature=plpp_video

Matt Lull, Director of Strategic Alliance, Citrix
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiFiPHFXSE0&list=PLEBA4B8F48FEB0F2A&index=3&feature=plcp_video

Scott Montgomery, Global Director, Strategy, Trend Micro
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jr8JdBYNvc&list=PLEBA4B8F48FEB0F2A&index=4&feature=plcp_video

Michael Crandell, CEO, RightScale
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-ZjtmTW2tA&list=PLEBA4B8F48FEB0F2A&index=6&feature=plcp

Matt Wood, Product Manager, Data-Intensive Computing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2wGkG1YQmM&list=PLEBA4B8F48FEB0F2A&index=7&feature=plcp_video

Patrick McBride, VP, Xceedium
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=4KuLis1nhOY

If you are interested in appearing on a future episode, please email
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*Webinars*
Lower Costs and Increase Agility with AWS
November 22, 9:30am (India) / 11:00am (Bangkok, Jakarta) / 12:00pm
(Beijing, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Perth, Singapore, Taipei),
2:00pm (Sydney, Melbourne)
With do-it-yourself options such as collocation or managed hosting,
you know that your servers are always available. Reserved Instances
provide the same capacity and cost savings, but with greater
flexibility and less effort.
https://aws-cms.integ.amazon.com/apac/webinars/

Direct costs of do-it-yourself solutions include hardware, facility
fees, and maintenance. Doing it yourself requires dedicated support
resources within your organization, which result in additional
indirect costs and distraction to your core business. When you
do-it-yourself, you only have access to a set number of physical
servers; any hardware problems result in costly repairs and lost time.
Reserved Instances transfer responsibility for these support
activities to Amazon EC2, leaving you free to focus on your business.
Join this webinar to learn more.
http://aws.amazon.com/apac/webinars/?utm_source=awshomepage&utm_medium=upcomingevents&utm_campaign=AWS

EMEA Webinar Series | Journey Through the AWS Cloud; Building Powerful
Web Applications
November 22,10:00am GMT, 11:00am CET
In the penultimate webinar in our 'Journey Through the Cloud' series,
we will be discussing how to build powerful web applications in the
AWS Cloud. Bringing together many concepts from previous webinars in
the series, we summarise a rule book to give you a reference point for
architecting with AWS.
http://aws.amazon.com/resources/webinar-web-apps/

Delivering Static and Dynamic Content using Amazon CloudFront
December 4, 10:00am PST
In this webinar delivered by the Amazon CloudFront product team, we'll
provide an overview on how you can use Amazon CloudFront to help
architect your site to deliver both static and dynamic content
(portions of your site that change for each end-user). We'll also have
a Q&A session.
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/986545610

SQL Server database management made easy with Amazon RDS
December 5, 9:00am PST
In this webinar, you will discover how Amazon RDS for Microsoft SQL
Server® makes it easy to set up, operate, and scale SQL Server
deployments in the cloud. We will discuss how to get started quickly
and how Amazon RDS can make it easier to operate your database
infrastructure, including provisioning, backups, software patching,
monitoring, and hardware scaling. Participants will have an
opportunity to interact with the engineering experts behind Amazon RDS
during a write-in Q&A session
http://w.on24.com/r.htm?e=530790&s=1&k=9CCF1E12A9AD10A365FE45BB8A9C8DC0

AWS Storage Gateway for Scalable, Cost-Effective Backup and Corporate
File Share Storage
December 5, 10:00am PST
Join our webinar to learn more about how you can use the AWS Storage
Gateway to back up your data to Amazon S3's scalable, reliable,
secure, and cost-effective storage service. We'll also discuss how
you can seamlessly store your corporate file shares on Amazon S3,
while keeping a copy of frequently accessed files on-premises. After
the presentation, we will be answering questions from the audience.
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/767016026

EMEA Webinar Series | Journey Through the AWS Cloud; Cost Optimisation
December 5, 10:00am GMT / 11:00am CET
Join Amazon Web Services for the final 'Journey Through the AWS Cloud'
webinar of the year. This webinar will discuss strategies to help you
save money in the AWS Cloud.
http://aws.amazon.com/resources/webinar-cost/

The Total Cost of (Non) Ownership in the Cloud
December 6, 8:30am to 9:30am (India), 10:00am to 11:00pm (Bangkok,
Jakarta), 11:00am to 12:00pm (Beijing, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur,
Manila, Perth, Singapore, Taipei), 2:00pm to 3:00pm (Sydney,
Melbourne)
Explore the financial considerations of owning and operating a
traditional data center versus utilizing cloud infrastructure. The
session will consider many cost factors which can be overlooked when
comparing models, such as provisioning, procurement, training, support
contracts and software licensing. Learn how to further reduce your
current costs on AWS and improve your spend predictability. Join this
webinar to learn more.
http://aws.amazon.com/apac/webinars/

Get the Most From Your Search Results With Amazon CloudSearch
December 11, 10:00am PST / 6:00pm GMT
Attend this webinar to learn how Amazon CloudSearch will deliver
better results for your search applications.
You will learn how to use facets to provide a better user experience,
tailor ranking for each search request to personalize search results,
and use relative field weighting to boost the right search results.
We will show you how Amazon CloudSearch can help you rapidly iterate
and test changes for your search results - without having to rebuild
your index. Register now at:
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/844977514

Managing Your Data with Amazon S3
December 12, 10:00am PST
Join our webinar to learn more about how Amazon S3 makes it easy to
manage your data. With Amazon S3's data lifecycle management
capabilities, you can automatically archive objects to even lower cost
storage options or perform recurring deletions, enabling you to reduce
your costs over an object's lifetime. Amazon S3 also allows you to
monitor and control your costs across your different business
functions. After the presentation, we will be answering questions
from the audience.
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/793180906

Amazon CloudFront Office Hours
December 18, 9:00am PST
In this webinar, join technical experts from Amazon CloudFront, AWS's
content delivery network, for an interactive "Office Hours" session.
This session enables a technical audience the ability to interact
directly with our team in the form of a live Q&A.
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/547925570

Learning AWS cloud with Japanese video tutorial
http://dotinstall.com/lessons/basic_aws
You can see the "Japanese" video tutorials about how to set up AWS
services at dot.install
Dot.install is the well-known portal site of tutorials about popular
technology in Japan. Now AWS vide tutorial is available at
http://dotinstall.com/lessons/basic_aws . Please access dot.install
for learning more.

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