Preparing for AWS re:Invent 2023

AWS re:Invent 2023, the biggest event in the annual Amazon Web Services (AWS) calendar, is just around the corner. If you’ll be attending in person, it can be difficult to know which sessions will be valuable. In this blog post I’ve listed the sessions that I’m planning on attending as well as a few tips to get the best from the event. Reserved seating for the event opens on 17th October that I like to call whack-a-mole night as no sooner have you tried to reserve a seat it’s quite likely that session will already be fully booked and then you’ll end up queuing up on the day and potentially mission out on other opportunities available to you at the event. Continue reading

Announcements from AWS re:Invent 2022

AWS re:Invent is a learning conference hosted by AWS for the global cloud computing community in Las Vegas every year. The in-person event is in my opinion AWS’s showpiece event that features keynote announcements from the likes of Adam Selipsky, Werner Vogels, Peter de Sanctis & Swami Sivasubramanian. In addition, there are opportunities for training and certification as well as access to many technical sessions, plenty of networking opportunities and the infamous re:Play Party. Continue reading