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AWS Podcast
by Amazon Web Services
The Official AWS Podcast is a podcast for developers and IT professionals looking for the latest news and trends in storage, security, infrastructure, serverless, and more. Join Simon Elisha and Hawn Nguyen-Loughren for regular updates, deep dives, launches, and interviews. Whether you’re training machine learning models, developing open source projects, or building cloud solutions, the Official AWS Podcast has something for you.
Episodes
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#754: Accelerating healthcare decisions with agents
In this episode of the AWS Podcast, you'll hear how Cohere Health®, uses Amazon Bedrock AgentCore to optimize the accuracy and efficiency of health plan medical necessity reviews. Cohere Review Resolve™ analyzes both structured and unstructured data–such as clinical records, patient notes, and...
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#753: Amazon Bedrock Mantle and Developing at the Speed of AI
In this episode, Simon speaks with Joe Magerramov (VP & Distinguished Engineer) to explore the transformative impact of AI-assisted coding on software development workflows. Joe shares his team's real-world experience achieving a 10x increase in code throughput using agentic development, but…
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#752: Modernizing SAP with AWS
Discover how customer are leveraging AWS to modernize SAP systems. Tushar Srivastava (Principal Account Manager) talks about the role SAP plays in an enterprise, the modernization challenges faced by customers and how AWS helps in that modernization journey. Through the conversation we will learn...
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#751: Werner Vogels’ Tech Predictions for 2026 and Beyond...
For the past 6 years, Werner has published his annual tech predictions, where he’s covered everything from sports and simulation, to smart energy innovation and quantum to AI-supported software development, even the role companies will play in educating the next generation of engineers. I sat…
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#750: re:Invent 2025 - Day 3 Wrapup
It is the end of re:Invent! Simon and Jillian share some updates and also take a moment to reflect on 2025.
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#749: re:Invent 2025 - Swami Sivasubramanian Keynote
Simon and Jillian catch you up on the highlights from today's keynote PLUS all the "pre:Invent" announcements that took place prior to the event!
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#748: re:Invent 2025 - Matt Garman Keynote
In this episode, Matt Garman's 2025 re:Invent keynote unveils exciting AI advancements, including Amazon Nova to Lite, a cost-effective reasoning model, and Amazon Nova 2 Sonic, a new speech-to-text model. The keynote also covers Security, Storage, Compute, Networking, and a whole lot more!
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#747: Unpacking Automated Reasoning: From Mathematical Logic to Practical AI Security
Discover how AWS leverages automated reasoning to enhance AI safety, trustworthiness, and decision-making. Byron Cook (Vice President and Distinguished Scientist) explains the evolution of reasoning tools from limited, PhD-driven solutions to scalable, user-friendly systems embedded in everyday...
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#746: AWS Regional Planning Tool, MCP Proxy for AWS, and Lots More!!!
There are so many updates this week you might need two cups of coffee! Simon and Jillian guide your way.
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#745: Accelerating Cloud Migration: How Occidental Petroleum Transformed with Terraform and AFT
This episode features a deep dive into Occidental Petroleum’s cloud migration journey, emphasizing automation and scalability. Brian Moore, a Cloud Architect at Occidental Petroleum, discusses how they used Terraform and AFT to streamline account provisioning, manage complex network…
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#744: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, Amazon EC2 Capacity Manager, and so much more!
Simon and Jillian walk you through all the new and interesting updates.
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#743: The Frugal Architect w/ Werner Vogels: The Ocean Cleanup's mantra: Start simple and iterate relentlessly
When Boyan Slat found more plastic than fish on a dive in Greece, he asked a simple question: "Why can't we just clean this up?" He was 16. What began as a humble project funded with pocket money has grown into a global initiative, removing millions of pounds of plastic from the world's rivers…
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#742: Amazon Quick Suite, AWS MCP, and lots more!
Stay up-to-date, with almost 60 new updates this week!!
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#741: Modernizing Edge Infrastructure: Booking.com's Journey with AWS CloudFront and Lambda@Edge
In this episode of the AWS Podcast, host Jillian Forde discusses the migration journey of Booking.com to AWS with Ali and Sarah. They explore the challenges faced by Booking.com , the benefits of using CloudFront and Lambda at Edge, and the importance of observability and cost optimization. The...
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#740: AWS News: EC2 Instance Attestation, S3 Conditional Deletes, and more!
Simon and Jillian keep you up to date with over 70 new releases and capabilities!
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#739: Applying Multi-region Strategies on AWS
Amazon Application Recovery Controller (ARC) Region Switch - https://docs.aws.amazon.com/r53recovery/latest/dg/region-switch.html
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#738: AWS News: Global Cross-Region Inference, Aurora Limitless and lots more.
Simon and Jillian keep you up to date with all the latest releases and capabilities!
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#737: Accelerate your GenAI innovation journey on AWS with Innovation Sandbox solution
In this episode, we will dive deep into Innovation Sandbox on AWS, a new AWS solution offering that transforms the management of temporary sandbox environments, by offering a ready-made solution that enables customers to reduce sandbox setup time from weeks to hours while automating spend…
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#736: AWS News: New Amazon Bedrock APIs, New EC2 Instance Types and Lots More.
Simon takes you through a big list of cool new things - something for everyone.
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#735: The Frugal Architect w/ Werner Vogels: Zillow's Chief Architect on why cheap ≠ frugal
Frugality wasn't something Craig Link learned on the job, it was passed down from his father, who would calculate the cost-benefit of driving for cheaper gas and meticulously track every tank's miles per gallon in a worn notebook tucked into the glove box. He would also pack sandwiches, toss them...
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#734: AWS News: OpenAI, Amazon Elastic VMware Service, and Lots More.
A bumper crop of new and improved things for you to take advantage of.
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#733: Amazon Connect - So Many Cool New Capabilities For You to Use!
In this episode of the AWS Podcast, we explore the evolving world of contact centers and Amazon Connect. The discussion covers why contact centers remain critical to both business and public sector operations, and how they're transforming from traditional cost centers into valuable sources of...
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#732: How to gain Multi-Cluster Visibility across Kubernetes Clusters with the EKS Dashboard
In this episode, we'll explore how the new Amazon EKS Dashboard solves key challenges in managing Kubernetes at scale across multiple AWS accounts and regions. We'll discuss how it provides centralized visibility into cluster health, versions, and costs - enabling teams to improve governance,...
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#731: AWS News: Kiro, Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, and Lots More
Simon and Jillian take you on a fast paced update of all things new on AWS!
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#730: The Frugal Architect w/ Werner Vogels: At Too Good To Go, Practical Engineering Keeps Food Out of the Bin
In the fifth episode of "The Frugal Architect" podcast, Werner and co-host Simon Elisha welcome Morten Keldebaek (CTO) and Robert Hjertmann from Too Good To Go. Too Good To Go is the world's largest marketplace for surplus food, connecting consumers with restaurants, cafes, and grocery stores to...
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#729: AWS News: Aurora Storage Upgrades, DynamoDB Multi-Region Strong Consistency, and More
There are over 60 new updates that your hosts Simon, Jillian and Shruthi take you through this week!
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#728: The Duck Talks Back - Using GENAI in Your Work
Simon shares some tips, tricks, and experiences in how Builders can use GENAI in their work to get things done faster, and with better outcomes. Links: Amazon Q Developer CLI: https://github.com/aws/amazon-q-developer-cli Promptz: https://www.promptz.dev/ AWS MCP Servers:...
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#727: AWS News: AWS Shield Network Security Director, Amazon GuardDuty for EKS, and more
Simon and Jillian take you through all the big security announcements from AWS re:Inforce plus a host of cool new features and price reductions!
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#726: Single region, zero excuses: Mastering AWS resilience
Dive into single-region resilience with AWS experts John Formento and Tarik Makota as they debunk common misconceptions and share practical strategies for building robust applications. Learn why multi-AZ isn't enough on its own, discover key AWS services for resilience, and get actionable tips…
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#725: AWS News: FSx for Lustre introduces cost-saving storage tiers, MCP servers enhance AI development tools, and more
Explore FSx for Lustre's new intelligent storage tiering that delivers cost savings and unlimited scalability for file storage in the cloud. Plus, discover how the new Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers are revolutionizing AI-assisted development across ECS, EKS, and serverless platforms with...
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#724: Accelerated computing: From fraud detection to AI innovation
Join host Shruthi to discover how organizations use GPU-accelerated computing on AWS. Container Specialist Re Alvarez Parmar shows how Rivian optimizes GPU usage for autonomous vehicles with Amazon EKS. AWS Financial Services expert Sudhir Kalidindi explains real-time fraud detection processing...
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#723: AWS News: Claude 4 Opus comes to Bedrock, AWS Transform accelerates modernization, and more
Claude 4 Opus and Sonnet, the most powerful models from Anthropic for coding and advanced reasoning, are now available on Amazon Bedrock. Plus, AWS Transform can now accelerate your Mainframe, .NET and VMWare workload modernization. Learn about these updates and more with your hosts Shruthi and...
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#722: The Frugal Architect w/Werner Vogels: How Warner Bros. Discovery keeps streaming seamless
With only nine months to launch Max, Tom Leaman, VP of Site Reliability Engineering at Warner Bros. Discovery had to move fast to keep millions of viewers streaming smoothly. Learn about their innovative approach to measuring efficiency, managing global operations, and building resilient systems…
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#721: AWS News: Amazon Nova Premier takes on complex tasks and model distillation, and more
Nova Premier is our most advanced AI model yet, featuring a million-token context window and enhanced capabilities at nearly half the cost of competitors. Dive into this update and more with hosts Simon and Jillian. 00:00 - Intro 00:31 - Amazon Nova Premier 02:56 - Analytics 04:46 - Artificial...
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#720: Hooked on CloudFormation: GoDaddy stays proactive with AWS CloudFormation Hooks
Discover how GoDaddy manages cloud security at speed for hundreds of developers as Cloud Governance Engineer James Kelley of GoDaddy pulls back the curtain on their transformation using AWS CloudFormation Hooks. Join your host Simon and AWS Product Manager Stella Hie as they dive into the new...
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#719: AWS News: Amazon Q Developer brings powerful new AI capabilities to GitLab Duo
Description: Learn how you can use the all new Amazon Q Developer integration with GitLab Duo to automate code generation and review, plus even more updates from AWS. 00:00:00 - Intro, 00:00:28 - SWE Holly Bench, 00:04:31 - Analytics, 00:06:49 - Application Integration, 00:07:14 - Artificial...
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#718: From cost center to value creator: How IT automation creates business value
Learn how organizations are transforming IT from a cost center to a value generator through automation, AI, and smart business process optimization, featuring real success stories from AWS Solution Architects Adrian SanMiguel and Greg Harris. Innovate faster with an AWS Genai Competency Partner:...
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#717: Conversational AI with Amazon Nova Sonic, Amazon Bedrock Guardrails announces new capabilities
Learn about the latest new FM in the Nova family that simplifies conversational AI with low latency, and build safely with new capabilities for Amazon Bedrock Guardrails. 00:00 - Intro, 00:27 - Amazon Nova Sonic, 03:13 - Amazon Bedrock Guardrails, 05:23 - Analytics, 08:18 - Application…
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#716: Concrete, Cooling, and Compute: Reinventing Data Centers for the AI Age
Dive deep into the fascinating world of modern data centers with Sr. Principal Engineer at AWS, Stephen Callahan. Discover how AI is revolutionizing data center design, why nothing is uninteresting at scale, and the innovative ways AWS is tackling sustainability while powering the future of cloud...
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#715: AWS News: Be your own data analyst with Amazon Q in Quicksight, and more
Hosts Simon and Jillian discuss how you can uncover hidden trends and make data-driven decisions - all through natural conversation, with Amazon Q in Quicksight, plus, more of the latest updates from AWS. 00:00 - Intro, 00:22 - Top Stories, 02:50 - Analytics, 03:35 - Application Integrations…
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#714: Beyond Compliance: Assess, audit, and evaluate with AWS Config
Automate compliance checks, manage configurations at scale, and more with AWS Config. Jillian interviews AWS experts Tim Honeychurch and Rodolfo Brenes as they walk you through how you can level up your security with continuous compliance. Learn More: AWS Config Product Page:...
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#713: AWS News: Meet the Next Generation of Amazon SageMaker, Multi-Agent Collaboration on Bedrock
New game-changing AI developments are here, from SageMaker Unified Studio to Bedrock's new multi-agent capabilities. Join your hosts Simon and Jillian for the latest updates from AWS. 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:49 - Top Stories 00:02:31 - Amazon Bedrock 00:05:35 - Analytics 00:06:08 - Application...
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#712: The Frugal Architect w/Werner Vogels: Watch Duty Keeps it Simple to Save Lives
What started as CEO and founder John Mill’s need for better wildfire information grew into tech that supported 9 million users during the LA fires. Learn how the founders of Watch Duty grew through constraints to scale mission-critical software as Amazon CTO Werner Vogels and your host Simon…
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#711: AWS News: Claude 3.7 Meets Amazon Bedrock, Bedrock Data Automation
Anthropic's most advanced AI model yet is now on Amazon Bedrock, plus, multimodal content analysis with Bedrock Data Automation. Keep up with these updates and more on this week's AWS News. Chapters: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:02 - Anthropic Claude 3.7 00:03:14 - Amazon Bedrock Data Automation…
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#710: Amazon S3: From Simple Storage to Smart Scaling
Think you know Amazon S3? Think again. Discover game-changing new features like S3 Metadata and S3 Express OneZone with your host Simon, and guest Wali Akbari, storage expert at AWS. Learn pro tips for managing data at scale, reducing costs, and leveraging new capabilities - essential listening…
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#709: AWS News: Guard Duty Malware Protection, CloudTrail Network Activity Events
All the things new and interesting on AWS! Chapters 00:00:07 Intro 00:00:34 Amazon Guard Duty Malware protection for S3 00:01:54 Cloudtrail network Activity events for VPC 00:03:50 AWS Market Place 00:04:09 Analytics 00:05:28 Application Integration 00:06:39 AI updates & Amazon Q 00:09:24 Compute...
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#708: Unlocking Amazon Cognito: Secure, Scalable, Customized Sign-In
Building a robust authentication system for your application is no easy feat - but sign up and sign-in is often your first touch with your customer. Join our host Simon Elisha and guests, Rahul Sharma, Principal PM, and Kevin Shanley, Principal GTM Specialist at AWS as they break down how you can...
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#707: AWS News: DeepSeek R1 Models on BedRock, Improve Data Discoverability with S3 Metadata
Join our hosts for a great discussion of the new and interesting on AWS! Chapters: 00:09 Intro 00:32 Deep Seek 05:26 S3 Meta Data 08:52 AWS Market Place 09:32 Analytics updates 10:28 Application integration 11:49 AI Updates 13:42 Compute 15:09 Customer Engagement 16:12 Database Updates 17:53...
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#706: Automate LLM fine-tuning and selection with Amazon SageMaker Pipelines
This week on the Official AWS Podcast, dive into the rapidly evolving world of Large Language Model Operations (LLMOps)! Join the experts as our host Shruti interviews Piyush Kadam, Sr. Product Manager, and Lauren Mullennex, Sr. Solutions Architect at AWS to explore how Amazon SageMaker is...
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#705: AWS News Update, January 27, 2025
Our 3 hosts take you through all the latest news PLUS a new "Top Stories" discussion! Chapters: 00:08 Top Stories 09:52 AWS Marketplace 10:17 Analytics 11:10 Application Integration 12:41 Artificial Intelligence 14:24 Compute 15:16 Customer Engagement 17:46 Databases 19:25 Developer Tools 20:38…
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The Official AWS Podcast is a podcast for developers and IT professionals looking for the latest news and trends in storage, security, infrastructure, serverless, and more. Join Simon Elisha and Hawn Nguyen-Loughren for regular updates, deep dives, launches, and interviews. Whether you’re training machine learning models, developing open source projects, or building cloud solutions, the Official AWS Podcast has something for you.
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