That’s a wrap on AWS re:Invent 2024!
Good morning from a beautiful sunny Las Vegas!
Good morning from a bright and chilly Las Vegas!
Fingers crossed we can get a seat at the keynote…
The lights go down and Matt Garman, AWS CEO, takes to the stage.
After a shout out to developers and start-ups, Garman introduces the four main themes of today’s keynote.
Garman says there are a lot of reasons why companies choose AWS - but top of mind is security.
“Everythign starts with security - it’s one of the reasons so many companies trust AWS.”
On to the first “building block” component of the today’s keynote - Compute.
Garman’s old haunt, Compute for AWS is dominated by Amazon EC2, its cloud storage powerhouse.
Already used across EC2 customers - the next big computing challenge is evolving and growing workloads.
But now, the two have combined to announceP6 instances.
Built on the latest Nvidia Blackwell GPUs, they will be available early in 2025 for customers.
What about those models that are too large to fit on a single server?
After another start-up showcase, Garman is back, and we’re moving on to databases.
Garman is back, and now it’s time to dig a little deeper into AI - particularly inference.
But to do that, of course, you need the right platform - Amazon Bedrock.
But hallucinations are also a major worry, as they could derail huge amounts of work for a business.
“We’re trying to solve problems for you,” he adds.
A bit of a surprise - Jassy announces the launch ofAmazon Nova, state of the art foundation models.
There’s also a Speech-to-Speechmodel coming in Q1 2025, andAny-to-Anylater in the year - a true multi-modal model.
With that, he’s off, to a rapturous reception, and Garman returns.
Garman now turns to developers - and specifically, Amazon Q.
Now we turn to Q Business, which Garman says can benefit roles across your entire business.
And with that, it’s a wrap on the opening keynote of AWS re:Invent 2024!
“There has never been a better time to be innovating.”
That was a mammoth undertaking, so well done for sticking with us.
Good morning from day 2 of AWS re:Invent 2024!
What’s on the agenda?
This will help save weeks of training time, and help meet timelines and budget.
“These apps are going to help you accelerate the model development life cycle,” he declares.
Once deployed, users can also enjoy Bedrock APIs, tools and security.
That’s not all, though, as Sivasubramanian moves to structured data.
Sivasubramanian now moves on to talk about agents - the latest big thing in the AI world.
After another customer showcase, Sivasubramanian returns, and it’s time to move on to Amazon Q.
It’s time for some demos - Sivasubramanian welcomes Shannon Kalisky from AWS to the stage.
Sivasubramanian is back, and to close up, he turns to something asides from technology.
Students need the right environment to flourish in the gen AI era, he says.
And that’s a wrap!
Another jam-packed keynote, full of intriguing new announcements and services.
Good morning from the final day of AWS re:Invent 2024!
It’s exactly what it sounds like.
“The key is to recognize both types,” he says.
Vogels returns, and it’s time to talk the next steps.
He also quotes Heraclitus, who noted the world is in a constant series of flux.
Lesson number one - make evolvability a requirement, you oughta know your systems will change over time.
Starting with 6 microservices at launch in 2006, it now has more than 300.
This leads us to lesson 2 - break complexity into pieces.
Even the most successful teams are scared they’re doing things wrong, he reassures us.
Focusing on ownership is another key facet, he notes.
Ownership can be hard, but it can be worth it when the success is realized.
Vogels is back, and moves on to lesson 4 - organizing into cells - even smaller building blocks!
Uncertainty is another key issues, Vogels notes, so you better offset this by designing predictable systems.
Automating complexity can be another key lesson, Vogels says - but what exactly should you auotmate?
“Automation makes complexity manageable,” Vogels declares.
That’s a wrap on AWS re:Invent!
Thanks for joining us, we’ll see you again soon.
