Thoughts from AWS re:Invent

AWS re:Invent is the largest Cloud conference of the year, and it was back after a downturn from the COVID pandemic. What was the vibe in Las Vegas in 2022? SHOW: 674 CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW SPONSORS: Eaton Homepage Eaton and Tripp Lite have joined forces to bring more sanity to IT pros days, every day. Visit www.eaton.com/audio to learn more! CloudZero - Cloud Cost Intelligence for Engineering Teams Datadog Security Solution: Modern Monitoring and Security Start investigating security threats before it affects your customers with a free 14 day Datadog trial. Listeners of The Cloudcast will also receive a free Datadog T-shirt. SHOW NOTES: AWS re:Invent Keynotes 2022 AWS re:Invent announcements WHAT WAS THE VIBE FROM AWS IN YEAR 2 OF ADAM SELIPSKY? AWS is the profit center of Amazon 50-60,000 attendees No longer focus on “why cloud is better” Limited focus on how well AWS is doing (Gartner, scale, new releases, etc.) Limited focus on cost savings, and no focus on price reductions Great focus on “solutions” - 99% of the building blocks are in place WHAT WAS THE VIBE FROM ATTENDEES AND PARTNERS/VENDORS? 2300 breakout sessions (KubeCon has 200+) Less competition with technology partners Lots of cloud cost-management companies Very healthy community support Concern about AWS competing the channel partners - consulting Difficult to get a focus in the show - too many focus areas More focus on data FEEDBACK? Email: show at the cloudcast dot net Twitter: @thecloudcastnet FEEDBACK? Email: show @ the enterprise ai show dot com Bluesky: @TheEntAIShow.bsky.social Twitter/X: @TheEntAIShow Instagram: @TheEntAIShow