AWS re:Invent 2016

Amazon AppStream 2.0 is an application streaming service that provides users instant access to their applications from anywhere, on any connected device. Enterprises can use Amazon AppStream 2.0 to securely deliver the latest versions of their desktop apps to their users. ISVs can reach more users across more devices, without rewriting applications, by streaming their desktop apps from the cloud to their users’ browsers. In this session, we show you how easy it is to upload your apps to Amazon AppStream and start delivering them to thousands of users. We’ll also learn from Siemens PLM how they are moving their desktop apps to the cloud with Amazon AppStream 2.0, and enabling their enterprise customers greater flexibility and productivity through streamed applications.

Amazon WorkMail is a secure, managed business email and calendar service with support for existing desktop and mobile email clients. Amazon WorkMail enables users to access email, calendars, and contacts using the Amazon WorkMail web app, Microsoft Outlook, or native iOS or Android email applications. In this session, we’ll show you how to quickly create an Amazon WorkMail organization, take a look at the encryption model employed by Amazon WorkMail for data at rest, set up interoperability between existing on-premises Microsoft Exchange servers and Amazon WorkMail and dive into a host of new features that are now available on Amazon WorkMail.

File sync and share applications have become a cornerstone of collaboration in modern organizations; securing and managing content is an ongoing challenge. Amazon WorKDocs is a fully managed, secure file storage and sharing service with strong administrative controls and feedback capabilities. In this session, we’ll demonstrate how you can use Amazon WorkDocs to manage files and secure content, and show you how we’re shaping Amazon WorkDocs to be a full-fledged productivity tool for users. We'll also present a technical overview of the WorkDocs SDKs, and how they allow you to use existing IT tools for antivirus protection, data loss prevention, analystics, and more.

Amazon WorkSpaces is a desktop computing service that runs in the cloud, and now offers GPU configurations to support design and engineering applications and three-dimensional modeling. We show you how running these applications on Amazon WorkSpaces graphics bundles, in close proximity to data you already store on AWS, can help you process and visualize the results you need. We discuss the economics of running Amazon WorkSpaces graphics bundles, and demonstrate the experience of running a graphics-intensive application on a GPU-enabled Amazon WorkSpace. We also invite Autodesk (or TRC or ESRi) to discuss how they are using Amazon WorkSpaces graphics bundles in their business.

Your developers are the most important part of transforming your customer interactions into engaging experiences. Salesforce App Cloud, which brings together Heroku, Force.com and Lightning, abstracts away infrastructure and devops complexity, so you can focus on what matters most: building differentiated experiences through apps. Reducing time to market and letting you iterate fast helps you rise above the competition and build lasting customer relationships. In this session, you hear from Zayo, a leading global communications infrastructure services provider, and how they are leveraging the power of integrating the Salesforce and AWS platforms to deliver highly engaging customer experiences, enhancing developer productivity and driving faster innovation cycles. We spotlight Heroku Connect, which makes it easy to extend and synchronize your customer data between Salesforce and AWS and enhance it in ways that empower your developers to do what they do best: innovate. Session sponsored by Salesforce.

You’ve bet big with Amazon WorkSpaces to remove challenges managing your physical fleet of Macs and PCs. Now what? In this session, we’ll demonstrate how you can deploy a rich cloud-based Windows experience on lightweight hardware to reign in management issues, improve TCO, and be at parity with your traditional environment. We’ll take you through the client device ecosystem – from Zero to thin to Google Chrome and Chromium OS clients – and strengthen your ability to determine the right client device strategy moving forward. Live product demonstrations will be provided as we journal how customers are moving to lightweight devices, and what best practices we’ve learned along the way.

Amazon WorkSpaces is an enterprise desktop computing service that runs in the cloud. In this deep-dive session, we discuss advanced topics and best practices for deploying Amazon WorkSpaces in your organization. We discuss Amazon VPC design and public endpoints, AWS Directory Service, integrating with your on-premises Microsoft Active Directory, using multi-factor authentication, and monitoring and logging with Amazon CloudWatch metrics. We walk through how to do all this using a combination of the AWS Command Line Interface, the AWS Management Console, and AWS CloudFormation templates.

Billions of Rows Transformed in Record Time Using Matillion ETL for Amazon Redshift

With Amazon Mechanical Turk (MTurk), you can leverage the power of the crowd for a host of tasks ranging from image moderation and video transcription to data collection and user testing. You simply build a process that submit tasks to the Mechanical Turk marketplace and get results quickly, accurately, and at scale. In this session, Russ, from Rainforest QA, shares best practices and lessons learned from his experience using MTurk. The session covers the key concepts of MTurk, getting started as a Requester, and using MTurk via the API. You learn how to set and manage Worker incentives, achieve great Worker quality, and how to integrate and scale your crowdsourced application. By the end of this session, you will have a comprehensive understanding of MTurk and know how to get started harnessing the power of the crowd.

The Internet of Things (IoT) produces vast quantities of data that promise a deep, always connected view into customer experiences through their devices. In this connected age, the question is no longer how do you gather customer data, but what do you do with all that data. How do you ingest at massive scale and develop meaningful experiences for your customers? In this session, you learn how Salesforce IoT Cloud works in concert with the AWS IoT engine to ingest and transform all of the data generated by every one of your customers, partners, devices, and sensors into meaningful action. You also see how customers are using Salesforce and AWS together to process massive quantities of data, build business rules with simple, intuitive tools, and engage proactively with customers in real time. Session sponsored by Salesforce.