Author: Amazon Web Services

Feed: What's New. Amazon WorkDocs is launching a migration service to help you migrate your organization's files to Amazon WorkDocs. This service is currently in a private preview. The Amazon WorkDocs migration service helps you move your users' files and your departmental file shares to Amazon WorkDocs. The service can migrate large amounts of data, from tens of gigabytes to mutiple terabytes. Using the Amazon WorkDocs migration service portal, you can configure migration tasks, and select the source and target WorkDocs account and site to migrate data to. You can schedule the migration task to execute during a specific period ... Read More

Feed: What's New. Starting today, you can create an approval workflow to route documents and other files stored in WorkDocs to one or more users for their approval. Approval workflow enables users to build workflows to track and manage their document approval processes in an automated manner. Approval workflow helps you adhere to business processes in your organization. Approval Workflow automatically routes the files, assigns review tasks to approvers and sends reminders and notifications. You can also track the status of your approval requests as well as those awaiting your approval. To get started, access WorkDocs in your web browser, click ... Read More

Feed: What's New. Starting today, Amplify Framework includes support for adding Amazon Aurora Serverless as a data source for your AWS AppSync GraphQL APIs when building mobile and web applications. This enables developers to use the Amplify CLI, part of the Amplify Framework, to generate a GraphQL API with auto-generated schema and resolvers that works with an existing Aurora Serverless database. Previously, developers had to setup an AWS Lambda function to use Aurora Serverless as a data source for a GraphQL API. The GraphQL Transform library, included in the Amplify CLI, provides a simple abstraction that helps developers quickly create ... Read More

Feed: What's New. The Quick Start builds a serverless architecture that extends your current IT management and asset tracking process into your AWS account, to provide compliance, governance, and auto-remediation. After you launch this Quick Start in your AWS environment, you can deploy AWS Service Catalog products, monitor AWS resources, and run AWS Systems Manager Automation documents from your Cherwell Service Management system to auto-remediate issues. The Quick Start is automated by AWS CloudFormation templates that deploy the Cherwell Service Management connector in about 15 minutes in your AWS account. To get started: You can also download the AWS CloudFormation ... Read More

Feed: What's New. Amazon Polly is a service that turns text into lifelike speech. Today, we are excited to announce Zeina, the first Arabic voice for Amazon Polly. Zeina is a clear and natural-sounding female voice. Used by over 400 million people, Arabic is one of the most spoken languages in the world. It consists of 30 dialects, including its universal form, which is Modern Standard Arabic (MSA). Zeina follows the MSA pronunciation, which is the common broadcasting standard across the region. MSA might sometimes sound formal because it differs from day-to-day speaking style. However, it’s the linguistic thread that ... Read More

Feed: What's New. Amazon Web Services is Hiring. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a dynamic, growing business unit within Amazon.com. We are currently hiring Software Development Engineers, Product Managers, Account Managers, Solutions Architects, Support Engineers, System Engineers, Designers and more. Visit our careers page to learn more. Amazon is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Minority / Women / Disability / Veteran / Gender Identity / Sexual Orientation / Age ... Read More

Feed: AWS Government, Education, & Nonprofits Blog. Author: publicsector. From EdTechs to higher education institutions, customers are thinking big about leveraging the AWS Cloud to build inclusive solutions for learners with cognitive and physical disabilities. Read on to learn more about how these pioneers are transforming the education industry with assistive learning technology.Instructors at California State University (CSU) – Chico use Blackboard Ally to make digital learning content more accessible by automatically running course materials through an accessibility checklist. Behind the scenes, Ally leverages machine learning algorithms to identify common issues with learning content. Ally integrates into the learning management ... Read More

Feed: AWS Partner Network (APN) Blog. Author: AWS Admin. Making the customer’s life easier has always been 2nd Watch’s top priority. As one of the first AWS Partner Network (APN) Consulting Partners, they chose to focus exclusively on the cloud and have been helping enterprises across the globe take advantage of cloud computing since its founding.Today, 2nd Watch is an APN Premier Consulting Partner and member of the AWS Managed Services Provider (MSP) Partner Program. They also hold AWS Competencies in DevOps, Migration, Financial Services, and Microsoft Workloads. 2nd Watch is comprised of agile teams of AWS experts focused on providing value ... Read More

Feed: AWS Partner Network (APN) Blog. Author: AWS Admin. The AWS Partner Network (APN) is the global partner program for Amazon Web Services (AWS). We enable APN Partners to build successful AWS-based businesses and help customers identify top APN Partners that can deliver on core business objectives.To receive APN program designations such as AWS Competency, AWS Managed Services Provider (MSP), and AWS Service Delivery, organizations must undergo rigorous technical validation and assessment of their AWS solutions and practices. These designations help customers identify and choose specialized APN Partners that can provide value-added services and solutions. Guidance from these skilled professionals leads to ... Read More

Feed: What's New. Resource tagging provides several benefits. Tagging brings asset discoverability where a resource query can be based on an assigned tag, and you can search tagged resources. In addition, tag-based resources provide enhanced access control. Click here to learn more about how to tag IoT resources. See AWS Tagging Strategies for general best practices for using tags with AWS resources ... Read More