AWS re:Invent 2014

This session provides an overview and demonstrations of the key features and benefits of Amazon WorkSpaces and Amazon Zocalo. Amazon WorkSpaces is a fully managed desktop computing service in the cloud that allows you to easily provision cloud-based desktops that allow users to access the documents, applications, and resources they need. Amazon Zocalo is a fully managed enterprise storage and sharing service that offers enhanced security, strong administrative controls, and feedback capabilities. Users can access both services wherever they are with a device of their choice, including PCs and Macs as well as iPad, Kindle Fire, or Android tablets. Attend this session to learn more about these services, including how to manage them, what the experience is like for users, and how to get the most out of these services.

Hear how high performance for HPC workloads can be found in the cloud. In this panel session, Nicole Hemsoth, Editor in Chief of Cloud Insights and of HPCWire, hosts a lively discussion with experts who address the reality that big data and high performance computing performance cannot be sacrificed. They explore how HPC users have been finding the AWS cloud a cost-effective way to get large-scale, performance-sensitive jobs done in a fraction of the time and without the heavy lifting required to maintain on-premises systems. Users are always looking for more (and more interesting) ways to implement their HPC jobs in the cloud. From working with GPU-powered instances to instances with more memory or capability, panelists explore what performance really means in the cloud, how on-site, traditional supercomputing compares to the cloud, and what the future may be for HPC end users with cloud services. Sponsored by Intel.

Does moving core business applications to AWS make sense for your organization? This session covers key business and IT considerations gathered from industry experts and real-world enterprise customers who have chosen to move their mission critical ERP applications to the AWS cloud, resulting in lower costs and better service.

This session covers the following:

- Insights from industry experts and analysts, who explain how the cloud affects costs from three angles: launch, operations, and long-term infrastructure expense

- Review of how time-to-value and cloud launch processes differ from on-premises infrastructure

- How AWS offers increased security and reliability over what some enterprises can afford on their own

Sponsored by Infor