AWS re:Invent 2020, Week Three

6 minute read | Last updated 2-Aug-2022 |  AWS AWS re:Invent Cloud 

Week three of three (!) for AWS re:Invent 2020 kicks off and this post will be my “live blog” for the week. Check back often for reactions, news, and tips on how to get the most out of the week.

Just like the last couple of weeks (week one, week two), the latest entries will be at the top and unlike the conference, the times here are listed in eastern. Scroll to the bottom, if you want to start from the start of the week.

Remember, I have a separate post with just my take on the latest announcements.

Index

• Friday, 18-Dec
• Thursday, 17-Dec
• Wednesday, 16-Dec
• Tuesday, 15-Dec
• Monday, 14-Dec

Friday, 18-Dec

• 16:00 Finished my AWS re:Invent experience (at least the initial push) by watching a great livestream featuring Corey Quinn and Jeff Barr. It should be up on YouTube soon.

• 13:25 Re-watching “Getting started with AWS identity services”, SEC206, by Becky Weiss, Sr. Principal Engineer at AWS

  My tweet :

  there’s enough time before the @QuinnyPig / @jeffbarr livestream at 3pm pacific to sneak in another couple of sessions

  I’m currently watching, “Getting started with AWS identity services”, by Becky Weiss, https://t.co/Hv2nsKiGcD#reinvent

  — Mark Nunnikhoven (@marknca) December 18, 2020

• 13:15 AWS re:Invent 2020 is officially over. What a lot of people don’t realize is that there is a second part to this conference! Wednesday, 13-January-2021 to Friday, 15-Jan-2021 there will be another release of all new sessions!

  

Thursday, 17-Dec

• 17:00 Probably the last talk of the day for me, “Adrian Cockcroft’s architecture trends and topics for 2021”. Always enlightening, this one is sure to be great.

  My twitter …

  next up for me is “Adrian Cockcroft’s architecture trends and topics for 2021”, https://t.co/Icm6gg45pM, by—of course—@adrianco!#reinvent

  — Mark Nunnikhoven (@marknca) December 17, 2020

• 15:45 “Deep dive into AWS Lambda security: Function isolation”. A 400 level on serverless security and I am excited!

  kicking off now with @MarcJBrooker#reinvent #serverless #security pic.twitter.com/SqzQ94XkgK

  — Mark Nunnikhoven (@marknca) December 17, 2020

• 13:15 After lunch I watched, Amazon Location Service: Enable apps with location features. This session introduced the new Amazon Location Service which was announced in the leadership session from Bill Vass, “Speed up innovation with cloud management and governance”.

  Lots of tweets about this one. Follow the :

  back to #reinvent-ing with “Amazon Location Service: Enable apps with location features” (EMB057)

  here’s @jeffbarr’s launch post from yesterday: https://t.co/CNWQgIRvxD#reinvent

  — Mark Nunnikhoven (@marknca) December 17, 2020

• 12:00 Just before lunch, “Deep dive on Amazon Timestream”. A/k/a DAT310. Tweet- follows:

  now up for me @awscloud #reinvent is, "Deep dive on Amazon Timestream”, DAT310, https://t.co/bLsGPW2IfR

  more on the service at https://t.co/rS3oQrPx4B#serverless

  — Mark Nunnikhoven (@marknca) December 17, 2020

• 10:15 Next up, “Data protection at scale using Amazon Macie”. My tweets:

  next up for me, Data protection at scale using Amazon Macie, SEC310#reinvent pic.twitter.com/pbZmatPwaw

  — Mark Nunnikhoven (@marknca) December 17, 2020

• 09:45 Start my re:Invent day with “Amazon API Gateway HTTP APIs: Beyond the proxy” by Eric Johnson. My tweets:

  first up for me at #reinvent today, “Amazon API Gateway HTTP APIs: Beyond the proxy” by @edjgeek #serverless

  — Mark Nunnikhoven (@marknca) December 17, 2020

Wednesday, 16-Dec

• 12:15 Next up is the leadership session on architecture, “The evolution of cloud architecture” with AWS’s Rudy Valdez. Rudy is the VP, World Wide Solutions Architecture and Training & Certification at AWS.

  My tweet-⛈:

  the #reinvent leadership session on architecture (ARC291-L) is up next for me

  “The evolution of cloud architecture”, by Rudy Valdez from @awscloud

  watch live/on-demand at https://t.co/Ak1bOBpRo4 pic.twitter.com/E1UkQ5hycD

  — Mark Nunnikhoven (@marknca) December 16, 2020

• 11:31 I was note impressed by that session. I get the business desire and angle for the partnership with Grafana Labs but the talk wasn’t well structured. It blurred the line between the core AWS offering and the Enterprise upgrade available from Grafana via the AWS Marketplace. That’s the exact opposite of what you want to do in a service announcement. Clarity is key

• 11:00 Watching, EMB048, “Introducing Amazon Managed Service for Grafana”. :

  now up for me, EMB048, “Introducing Amazon Managed Service for Grafana”, https://t.co/kRfh3JLBsY#reinvent pic.twitter.com/K9q8moleXj

  — Mark Nunnikhoven (@marknca) December 16, 2020

• 10:15 Having already attending more live sessions at AWS re:Invent 2020 than in the past five combined, I’m checking out AIM205, “Using Amazon Transcribe to make content searchable and accessible.” Tweet- :

  time to get an update on Amazon Transcribe, https://t.co/aYyHwfSmpm with #reinvent session AIM209, “Using Amazon Transcribe to make content searchable and accessible”#reinvent

  — Mark Nunnikhoven (@marknca) December 16, 2020

• 09:30 Next up for me is EMB049, Introducing Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus (AMP). My tweet- follows:

  next up, EMB046, Introducing Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus (AMP)

  this is @awscloud managed offering of https://t.co/yr3Zi9Nrh3

  more on the service at https://t.co/HD6oZbYGNA#reinvent pic.twitter.com/1mzYVwiBdA

  — Mark Nunnikhoven (@marknca) December 16, 2020

• 08:45 Watching EMB044, AWS CloudShell: The fastest way to get started with AWS CLI. on Twitter…

  starting off my @awscloud #reinvent day with, EMB044, AWS CloudShell: The fastest way to get started with AWS CLI pic.twitter.com/goeX2wkPKL

  — Mark Nunnikhoven (@marknca) December 16, 2020

Tuesday, 15-Dec

• 11:00 My favourite keynote every year, Dr. Werner Vogels, CTO of Amazon

  up next @awscloud #reinvent, what is always my favourite keynote of the show, @Werner! pic.twitter.com/yikftC558o

  — Mark Nunnikhoven (@marknca) December 15, 2020

• 10:15 While the DeepRacer finals are playing ahead of Werner’s keynote, I sneak off and watch DAT309, “Deep dive on Amazon Neptune”

  before @werner’s keynote, I’m going to sneak in, “Deep dive on Amazon Neptune” (DAT309) by @b2ebs

  because otherwise, I’m going to make @joeyskladany #reinvent pic.twitter.com/kpz0yDbpiY

  — Mark Nunnikhoven (@marknca) December 15, 2020

Monday, 14-Dec

• 09:11 Don’t forget about the charity efforts at the show this year. They are available on the platform under “Give Back”

  heading into week 3 of @awscloud #reinvent, please remember the Give Back efforts (https://t.co/hBtLSao0Ko)

  it's really easy to help and support these good causes

  what have you been doing to stay active?#giveback pic.twitter.com/Kqjk2s0ku6

  — Mark Nunnikhoven (@marknca) December 14, 2020

• 08:00 Nothing official on the docket today. Week one and week two sessions are available on-demand. This is a great day to catch-up with the past couple of weeks and get ready for a fantastic third week to wrap this all up