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Sights from AWS re:Invent 2017 through the eyes of attendees

AWS users voiced their opinions via Twitter from re:Invent in Las Vegas, reacting to long lines, new services and the massive scale of the conference.

Tim Culverhouse, Associate Site Editor

Published: 06 Dec 2017

AWS' annual conference returned to Las Vegas last week. IT professionals arrived in Sin City to network, learn...

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New features garnered most of the buzz for AWS re:Invent 2017, but plenty else happened outside the keynotes. The event spanned five hotels and conference centers, and the expanded campus seemed to irk some on social media, who complained about exorbitant lines for sessions and shuttles. Re:Invent 2017 attendees also shared photos related to a host of topics, including swag, service reveals, non-tech-related events and the overall scale of the conference.

SearchAWS scanned Twitter for a snippet of noteworthy tweets from the AWS re:Invent 2017 conference. Here's a recap of social media posts and photos from the many attendees of the Amazon cloud conference.

Look at the size of this! The #reinvent registration area at The Venetian is wow! pic.twitter.com/yFMYs8D1tW
— Karan (@somecloudguy) November 27, 2017

Nice to see the #AWS #reInvent bridge making a return appearance pic.twitter.com/9gA38eDmN3
— Ariel Kelman (@akelman) November 22, 2017

1,300 people together for a 4km run at 6am in Vegas #reInvent pic.twitter.com/Zfi2XEqHRz
— Ant Stanley (@IamStan) November 28, 2017

Finished and passed my certified cloud practitioner exam this morning in 21 minutes and 15 seconds! If you are looking to get certified this #reinvent then definitely check it out. Training available at https://t.co/vgUttkTAHT and https://t.co/iXp5IOFwWG @acloudguru pic.twitter.com/5zFKeRE880
— Ryan Kroonenburg (@KroonenburgRyan) November 28, 2017

I don’t get the big deal about Chaos Engineering. @awscloud has been randomly killing my Instances for years for free. #ReInvent
— Corey Quinn (@QuinnyPig) November 28, 2017

So the badge pickup lines at #reinvent2017 are rivalling Disneyland's. Massive queue @AriaLV spanning two floors - someone send coffee plz!! pic.twitter.com/08J2VYP6O8
— Thomas A. Gustaveson (@NutanixTommy) November 27, 2017

The stuff from the #reInvent #reinvent2017 checkin pic.twitter.com/fCWkVvB1cR
— Andrew Betson (@abetson) November 26, 2017

Private link SaSS to customer endpoint. Secure VPC to VPC delivery. Bigger deal than the crowd reaction indicates. #reinvent2017 #reinvent #AWSreinvent2017 #AWSreInvent
— Eric Holler (@eholler) November 28, 2017

Replication Tips #reInvent #reinvent2017 pic.twitter.com/usyZn9Y0DA
— Saikiran Madhavan (@saikiran77) November 28, 2017

#AWSreinvent more complex Serverless Microservice architecture pic.twitter.com/lmkrKF9abc
— Govinda Fichtner (@_beagile_) November 27, 2017

So far #AWSreInvent is a lot like six flags but without the rides.. and longer lines #AWS
— joe drumtra (@techpretender) November 27, 2017

One moment we are in awe of cloud, machine learning and AI, the next we are just cattle. #AWSreInvent pic.twitter.com/F4frLZeEUB
— Romain Lhéritier (@lheritier) November 28, 2017

The biggest unveiling so far at @AWSreInvent is WaaS - Waiting-as-a-service. #aws #AWSreInvent2017 #aws
— brian coleman (@brianacoleman) November 27, 2017

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Tim Culverhouse asks:

What did you like or dislike about your re:Invent experience this year?

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TCulverhouse - 6 Dec 2017 9:00 AM

What did you like or dislike about your re:Invent experience this year?

olanna12 - 11 Dec 2017 12:24 PM

I really enjoyed the bootcamps and breakout sessions. I found moving through so many people to be a challenge. And the lines for the shuttles were incredibly long. In most cases, I found walking to be more effective. I strongly recommend that attendees wear very comfortable walking shoes and bring a bike, if possible.

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Sights from AWS re:Invent 2017 through the eyes of attendees