AWS re:Invent 2017

Compliance is necessary and a good thing. However, many compliant companies are still getting breached. In this talk, we discuss the importance of using a risk model to figure out the biggest threat to your business and mitigation and monitoring tactics to guard against these high-risk threats. We also dive into a real-world example of achieving Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS) compliance in under a year; we share architecture and design patterns; and we discuss what worked and what didn't. Leave this session knowing what the top cloud attack vectors are and how to protect yourself by using AWS services to build a fully automated, highly flexible and secure environment. This session is part of the re:Invent Developer Community Day, six community-led sessions where AWS enthusiasts share technical insights on trending topics based on first-hand experiences and knowledge shared within local AWS communities.

Favorable economics are the starting point for a compelling business case to move to the cloud, but it is only part of the total picture. The cloud can provide benefits in additional areas such as technology optimization, cost of change, and business value.  In this session, you will learn a framework and the tools available to create a compelling business case for a large-scale migration to AWS.

With VMware Cloud on AWS, not only can you consume VMware products on AWS, but you can also leverage AWS native services from virtual machines running within VMware Cloud on AWS. In this session, learn about the integrations we are preparing and how you can leverage the best of both VMware and AWS for your environment. Session sponsored by VMware

Many organizations are awash in different types of data, yet they struggle to rapidly use these assets to improve operations and benefit customers. In this session, we explore best practices from deployments at leading global organizations that have unlocked value with C3 IoT and AWS. We also address how the C3 IoT platform has pre-integrated over 40 AWS services, enabling developers and data scientists to build and deploy enterprise scale big data, AI, and IoT applications in one-tenth of the time and cost. Session sponsored by C3 IoT, Inc.

Cloud is the new normal - it continues to deliver amazing new technologies and drive us to innovate our operational models. Cloud also gives us new capabilities to see the tremendous financial impact to our businesses. As you journey into the cloud, your teams will need to wield the cloud power responsibly. They will need more visibility into the financial impact of their resource usage in order to make the best decisions for today and for the longer term. Join Cloudability and HERE Technologies as we guide you through the journey to financial agility on the cloud as we have seen it play it out in hundreds of customers. You'll walk away with the steps you need to take and the mindset your teams will need to adopt in order to achieve financial agility. Topics include: - Discovering and validating your goals (needs, requirements, responsibilities) - Analyzing and closing the gaps between your goals and your reality - Developing a new operational model that provides the financial agility and predictability - HERE Technologies case study Session Sponsored by Cloudability

Docker makes it easy to package and launch code onto a virtual machine. But once you scale your container across multiple machines, or even multiple AWS Regions, how do you efficiently manage container traffic, resource utilization, security, and code changes? In this session, we feature best practices and real-world examples of customers who deployed containerized apps at scale. We include strategies for maximizing cost efficiency across various traffic patterns and implementing a granular access control mechanism for your container infrastructure.

For many organizations, a perceived lack of cloud skills in their staff can limit their move to the cloud. Proper training of your engineers and developers can speed the pace of adoption, cloud migration, and delivery of business benefits by effectively operating the AWS Cloud. In this session, we discuss field-proven, prescriptive steps for reskilling and scaling your technical teams so that you can use the AWS Cloud securely, efficiently, and effectively.

Migrating to the cloud provides an opportunity to reinvent your organization's operations and the management of your IT landscape. In this session, we discuss how to evaluate your organizational readiness for the cloud and how to develop foundational capabilities before the migration. We also review key considerations developed by AWS Professional Services to help organizations prepare for a migration at scale through the Migration Readiness Assessment (MRA) and Migration Readiness and Planning (MRP) programs.

We've partnered with hundreds of customers on their large-scale migrations to AWS. This session outlines some of the common challenges that our customers face and how they've overcome these challenges. The session also describes the patterns we've observed that make legacy migrations successful, and the mechanisms we've created to help customers migrate faster.

In this session, Encirca Services by DuPont Pioneer discusses how they performed a lift-and-shift migration from their on-premises data center to AWS in less than six months. First, they cover how they aligned organizational stakeholders to prepare for the migration. Then, they discuss strategies used to increase the pace of their mass migration. Finally, they talk about actions taken after the migration to measure success and solicit feedback from customers.