Starting today, you can now use the new Amazon EC2 Spot Jenkins plug-in to help you save up to 90% off Jenkins infrastructure costs, compared to when running them on Amazon EC2. This plug-in makes it easier to save money with EC2 Spot instances, by allowing you to configure Jenkins to automatically scale a fleet of Spot instances up or down depending on the number jobs to be completed. To learn more and get started, download the plug-in .
New Data Warehousing on AWS Training Available
Data Warehousing on AWS is a new three-day course that is designed for database architects, database administrators, database developers, and data analysts/scientists. It introduces you to concepts, strategies, and best practices for designing a cloud-based data warehousing solution using Amazon Redshift. This course demonstrates how to collect, store, and prepare data for the data warehouse by using other AWS services such as Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon EMR, Amazon Kinesis, and Amazon S3. Additionally, this course demonstrates how you can use business intelligence tools to perform analysis on your data. Organizations who are looking to get more out of their data by implementing a Data Warehousing solution or expanding their current Data Warehousing practice are encouraged to sign up.
Amazon CloudWatch Events Available in the US West (N. California) and Asia Pacific (Singapore) Regions
The Amazon CloudWatch Events service is now available in the US West (N. California) and Asia Pacific (Singapore) regions.
Apache Tez 0.8.3 and Apache Phoenix 4.7.0 now available on Amazon EMR
You can now use Apache Tez 0.8.3 , Apache Phoenix 4.7.0 , and upgraded versions of Presto (0.147) , Apache HBase (1.2.1) , and Apache Mahout (0.12.0) on Amazon EMR release 4.7.0 . Also, Amazon Redshift JDBC drivers are now included on Amazon EMR clusters for use with components such as the Spark-Redshift connector.
Little Egg Harbor, NJ, utility employs Sensus technology
The FlexNet system is a long-range radio network that provides the utility with a scalable and reliable communications infrastructure.
Flint water safe for bathing, scientists say
Sampling in recent months has found that lead levels are steadily declining.
Welcome mighty Atlas, the headless humanoid
US robotics firm Boston Dynamics updates its “high mobility, humanoid robot designed to negotiate outdoor, rough terrain”.
Plessey signs up Freeway Lighting as distributor
Plessey has entered into a distribution agreement for the UK and Ireland with Newbury specialist lighting distributor Freeway Lighting. Ian Wood, Technical Director of Freeway Lighting, said, “Freeway is very pleased to be starting this partnership with Plessey. We specialise in the distribution of Solid State Lighting components and have been developing our LED EcoSystem …
Earth Comes First
Whatever his hard-driven employees may think of him, Amazon boss Jeff Bezos is an interesting guy. “All heavy industry will be moved off Earth,” he told a meeting yesterday, “Earth will be zoned residential and light industrial.” From being a bookseller, Bezos has branched out into space travel among other things. He sees the reason …
AUDS – US evaluates UK anti-drone seek and stun system
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has selected a UK-developed system that can detect and disable unwanted drones near airports. Known as AUDS (anti-(UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle)) defence system), it is the work of a trio of companies: Blighter Surveillance Systems, Chess Dynamics and Enterprise Control Systems, and will be supported in the US by Liteye Systems. …