As part of the re:Invent 2023 keynote, Dr. Werner Vogels introduced the Frugal Architect mindset. This mindset emphasizes the importance of continuous learning, curiosity, and regular revision of architectural choices with a focus on cost and sustainability. Cost and sustainability should be treated as critical non-functional requirements, alongside factors like security, compliance, and performance. The […]| Amazon Web Services
It is that time of the year again, we are just two weeks away from re:Invent. Every year I write a post) this was last year’s) and every year people tell me that it is a very useful resource for many Jewish attendees at the conference. There will be kosher food, for those who have requested requested in advance. They had kosher food at several of the venues last year, but it would be best to confirm where exactly it will be available this year.| Technodrone
It is that time of the year again, we are one week away from re:Invent. Every year I write a post, this was last year’s and every year people tell me that it is a very useful resource for many Jewish attendees at the conference. First and foremost, there will be kosher food, for those who have requested requested in advance. They had kosher food at several of the venues last year, but it would be best to confirm where exactly it will be avaialble this year.| Technodrone
It is that time of the year again, we are two weeks away from re:Invent, and last year I did this it was a very useful resource for many Jewish attendees at the conference. Last year we had a Channukah party, which was a great opportunity to meet our Jewish customers, colleagues, and light candles together. I am so flabbergasted that this actually happened. More about this later in the week| Technodrone
It is that time of the year again, and the last time I did this was three years ago. I did not attend re:Invent in 2019, and last year was 100% virtual, so anyone that wanted to keep kosher, it was pretty simple because everyone was at home. #Hanukkah and keynote #reinvent3word pic.twitter.com/RzuwK5m5Um — Maish Saidel-Keesing (@maishsk) December 15, 2020 I am really happy that we will be able to get back an in-person event again this year.| Technodrone
There was a lot to absorb during the jam packed week in Las Vegas but there were a number of things that I was truly surprised about during the conference.. It was clear that AWS is going after the Enterprise market and are accommodating the on-prem / legacy / old-school way of thinking. This is the first re:Invent that you could really feel the change. Here are a few of them:| Technodrone
I called it - to me it was obvious that this was going to happen. The signs were all there. This was the direction that the market has been pushing for, and AWS has a reputation of giving the customers what they ask for. The last announcement that was Andy Jassey made on the keynote on Wednesday - was AWS Outposts. Here was the announcement. Usually Jeff Barr (or as of late - someone else on the Technical Evangelist team) have a detailed blog post - on a new product that was just announced.| Technodrone
I am now on a plane on my way back home, on a really long flight from SFO to TLV (13.5 hours) so now is a good time to re-cap and reflect on what happened last week at re:Invent. I think that this will be a set of posts - because there are a number of topics that I would like to address - and some of them deserve their own dedicated insight.| Technodrone
I am not an expert, and I only went to re:Invent for the first time last year, but I have been to a quite a number of conferences over the years. So here come my thoughts about making the most of the crazy week in Vegas. The (regular) sessions Contrary to what you might think, going to sessions where you have a speaker (or speakers) up on stage going through a slide deck, or a panel of speakers talking about a subject - is where you should be, is not a good use of your time.| Technodrone
Most vendors that perceive themselves as a market leader will have a major annual event (some will even have multiple events in different geographical locations). Here are few of these major events that come to mind: AWS (re:invent) VMware (VMworld) Cisco (Cisco Live!) Microsoft (Ignite) Google (Cloud Next) And every year we come around to the registration and scheduling of sessions to these events, and they almost always suck… (I am going to use re:invent as the victim here - but I am...| Technodrone
So we are a little more than a month away from the yearly ascent to all things AWS - re:Invent 2018. Last year one of my most useful posts was the Kosher perspective on the event Keeping Kosher at re:Invent 2017. So this year - nothing much has changed - there is still no kosher food.. #boo (This is not last years graphic but taken from the current site)| Technodrone
re:Invent is coming - and the frenzy of releases that will build up to the event is just around the corner. I have always had in the back of my mind that all the products announced at re:Invent are great for the press releases and the small digs at other vendors, but sometimes it takes a while until we actually get what was announced on stage in front of ~20,000 people and the rest of the world.| Technodrone
I hardly mix my professional and personal life here on this blog. I will every now and again throw in some thoughts and feelings from my personal beliefs into my blog posts, when appropriate. The last time I did a Jewish perspective on a technical conference was VMworld 2014 in San Francisco - VMworld - from a Religious Jewish Orthodox Perspective. It was really interesting to see the comments in the blog post and also the feedback I received on Twitter - which lead me to realization that peo...| Technodrone