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• Amazon Transcribe

  Amazon Transcribe is a speech recognition service that transcribes audio files into text. Continue Reading

• Amazon Sumerian an experimental service with enterprise potential

  AWS' foray into virtual reality and 3D apps simplifies certain tasks for developers, but the vendor could struggle to find an audience among enterprise customers. Continue Reading

• When should data normalization occur in Amazon DynamoDB?

  Not sure when to normalize data in Amazon DynamoDB? Follow these three examples to learn more about the normalization process and how it can play a role in this AWS database. Continue Reading

• Amazon S3 bucket

  An Amazon S3 bucket is a public cloud storage resource available in Amazon Web Services' (AWS) Simple Storage Service (S3), an object storage offering. Continue Reading

• Amazon Neptune

  Amazon Neptune is a managed service that enables a user to create and manage a graph database in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) public cloud. Continue Reading

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• Amazon SageMaker

  Amazon SageMaker is a service that enables a developer to build and train machine learning models for predictive or analytical applications in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) public cloud.Continue Reading

• Five AWS IAM best practices to bolster cloud security

  To mitigate risks and protect cloud resources, many organizations rely on AWS IAM policies. Use these five tips to learn the basic features -- and limitations -- of the service.Continue Reading

• Amazon GuardDuty

  Amazon GuardDuty is a managed cloud security monitoring service that detects behavior or threats that can compromise Amazon Web Services (AWS) accounts, resources or workloads.Continue Reading

• Amazon Neptune arms analytics teams with graph databases

  Turn to a graph database to put aside table joins for good. With Amazon Neptune, a developer can assess and query relationships between data sets.Continue Reading

• Use SQS to trigger functions in Lambda -- finally

  The wait is over, as you can now trigger Lambda functions with SQS messages. Follow these steps to get up and running with this new capability.Continue Reading

• Master AWS CloudFormation templates with these five tips

  AWS CloudFormation enables businesses to automate much of their cloud infrastructure. Read this expert advice to ramp up with the service.Continue Reading

• AWS Business Builder

  AWS Business Builder is a suite of technical, sales and marketing resources provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS) to help software companies within its partner program connect with potential customers and expand their businesses.Continue Reading

• Use AWS tags to sharpen your cloud visibility

  AWS resource tags provide admins with more visibility into their cloud deployment. Learn how to implement them with these best practices.Continue Reading

• Gluon (deep learning library)

  Gluon is an open source deep learning library jointly created by AWS and Microsoft that helps developers build, train and deploy machine learning models in the cloud.Continue Reading

• AWS Amplify

  AWS Amplify is an open source JavaScript library provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS) that enables developers to build applications with cloud services on web or mobile platforms.Continue Reading