Today we’re announcing general availability of the Amazon EC2 R7iz instances. R7iz instances are the fastest 4th Generation Intel Xeon Scalable-based (Sapphire Rapids) instances in the cloud with 3.9 GHz sustained all-core turbo frequency. R7iz instances are suitable for workloads where there’s a requirement for more memory to process additional data, larger sizes of instances to scale up, higher compute and memory performance to reduce completion times, and higher networking and Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) performance to improve latency. The high compute performance of the R7iz instances, combined with a large amount of memory, results in increased overall performance for applications that include front-end electronic design automation (EDA), relational database workloads with high per core licensing fees, and…
The newest AWS Heroes are here – September 2023
Each quarter, the AWS Heroes program recognizes technical enthusiasts who lift up the greater AWS community through various approaches. While these inspirational individuals are driven to knowledge share, they sometimes discover novel and fun ways of using technology, such as leveraging LEDs to create a magical display of holiday lights. Many are also contributing heavily in their local communities by leading user groups, bootcamps, and workshops, speaking at conferences to share solutions, and beyond. Without further ado, we’re eager to introduce the latest cohort of Heroes to the world—let’s give them a grand welcome! Alex Lau – Hong Kong Community Hero Alex Lau is a Lead Instructor of Tecky Academy with a focus on full stack, mobile apps, and AWS…
AWS End User Computing Innovation Day 2023: Architecting End User Computing for Change and Agility
Join us on Wednesday, September 13, for a free-to-attend online event, AWS End User Computing Innovation Day 2023. AWS will stream the event simultaneously across multiple platforms, including LinkedIn Live, Twitter, YouTube, and Twitch. Adapting to a complex landscape shaped by return-to-office mandates, pressure to migrate out of self-operated data centers, escalating security concerns, scarcity of in-house IT expertise, and constant focus on controlling expenses creates numerous challenges for IT teams responsible for providing the tools employees need to do their jobs. AWS End User Computing Innovation Day 2023 is a one-day, free virtual event designed to dissect these very challenges. Join us as we delve into how AWS End User Computing (EUC) services can be harnessed to navigate this…
How Vercel Shipped Cron Jobs in 2 Months Using Amazon EventBridge Scheduler
Vercel implemented Cron Jobs using Amazon EventBridge Scheduler, enabling their customers to create, manage, and run scheduled tasks at scale. The adoption of this feature was rapid, reaching over 7 million weekly cron invocations within a few months of release. This article shows how they did it and how they handle the massive scale they’re experiencing. Vercel builds a front-end cloud that makes it easier for engineers to deploy and run their front-end applications. With more than 100 million deployments in Vercel in the last two years, Vercel helps users take advantage of best-in-class AWS infrastructure with zero configuration by relying heavily on serverless technology. Vercel provides a lot of features that help developers host their front-end applications. However, until…