Let’s take a quick look at what happened in AWS-land last week:

New & Notable Open Source

splunkDeepFreeze moves frozen buckets to S3 and then to Glacier for long term storage.

Matsya helps you to choose the lowest-priced AZ for an instance type when running behind Auto Scaling Groups.

AWSIOT is a sample Node.js app for calling AWS IoT.

markovian-tools is an AWS Lambda framework for tweeting random text the Markovian Markov chain library.

SimpleDynamo is a simple way to interact with DynamoDB using PHP.

lambda-uploader is a command line utility for packaging and publishing Lambda functions.

aws-missing-tools is a set of tools for managing EC2, RBS, RDS, IAM, CloudFormation, and Route 53.

utils helps to manage GitHub and AWS accounts for teams.

zoufzouf is a multithreaded CloudFront log analyzer.

License2Deploy implements rolling deployments for Auto Scaling groups.

PAWS is a serverless backend stack powered by API Gateway and Lambda.

New SlideShare Presentations

New Customer Success Stories

Citymaps -mapping as a social activity.

jobandtalent – job matching platform.

MedStar Health – not-for-profit healthcare system.

MyDress -online fashion sales.

Next Media – news, entertainment, and mobile websites.

Razer – mobile applications, analytics, and websites.

New YouTube Videos

Upcoming Events

Upcoming Events at the AWS Loft (San Francisco)



Upcoming Events at the AWS Loft (New York)



Upcoming Events at the AWS Loft (Berlin) – Register Now



October 26 – re:Invent Recap (9 PM).

October 26 – Funding Cycles and Term Sheets (5 PM).

October 26 – Scaling synergy – How AWS works with VC’s (6 PM).

October 27 – DevOps at Amazon: A Look at Our Tools and Processes (9 AM).

October 27 – Taking Ops to the Next Level (10 AM).

October 27 – Automating Software Deployments with AWS CodeDeploy (10 AM).

October 27 – Releasing Software Quickly and Reliably with AWS CodePipeline (5 PM).

October 28 – Cache is King (9 AM).

October 28 – How to Save Costs and Mitigate Risks with Spot Instances (10 AM).

October 28 – Running Lean & Mean on AWS: How to Optimize for Cost Efficiency (5 PM).

October 29 – Simple Security for Startups (9 AM).

October 29 – Encryption Options on AWS (10 AM).

October 29 – Software to Services workshop – An intro to SaaS Business with AWS (2 PM).

October 29 – Best Practice Tech Recruiting (4 PM).

October 29 – Mapping Traditional Security Controls to AWS (5 PM).

October 29 – Transparency and Audit on AWS (6 PM).

October 30 – Mobile Identity Management and Data Synchronization Using Amazon Cognito (9 AM).

October 30 – Analyze Mobile App Data and Build Predictive Applications (10 AM).

October 30 – Software to Services workshop – An intro to SaaS Technology with AWS (2 PM).

October 30 – The Data Pipeline Powering EyeEm (6 PM).

Upcoming Events at the AWS Loft (London) – Register Now



October 27 – IoT Hack Day: AWS Pop-up Loft Hack Series – Sponsored by Intel (10 AM).

October 28 – Introducting AWS IoT (11 AM).

October 28 – Introducing AWS WAF (Noon).

October 28 – AWS Lambda Update (1 PM).

October 28 – Amazon Kinesis Update (2 PM).

October 28 – Amazon Relational Database Service Update (3 PM).

October 28 – Introducing Amazon QuickSight (4 PM).

Help Wanted

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— Jeff;