AWS Big Data Blog

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Geospatial data lakes with Amazon Redshift

In this post, we review how to set up Redshift Serverless to use geospatial data contained within a data lake to enhance maps in ArcGIS Pro. This technique helps builders and GIS analysts use available datasets in data lakes and transform it in Amazon Redshift to further enrich the data before presenting it on a map.

Develop and monitor a Spark application using existing data in Amazon S3 with Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio

In this post, we demonstrate how to develop and monitor a Spark application using existing data in Amazon S3 using SageMaker Unified Studio. The solution addresses key challenges organizations face in managing big data analytics workloads through an integrated development environment where data teams can develop, test, and refine Spark applications while leveraging EMR Serverless for dynamic resource allocation and built-in monitoring tools.

Perform per-project cost allocation in Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio

Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio enables per-project cost allocation through resource tagging, allowing organizations to track and manage costs across different projects and domains effectively. This post demonstrates how to implement cost tracking using AWS Billing and Cost Management tools, including Cost Explorer and Data Exports, to help finance and business analysts follow FinOps best practices for controlling cloud infrastructure costs.

Near real-time baggage operational insights for airlines using Amazon Kinesis Data Streams

This post explores a framework developed by IBM to modernize baggage analytics using AWS managed services like Amazon Kinesis Data Streams, DynamoDB Streams, and other AWS services within a serverless architecture. The solution enables near real-time baggage operational insights for airlines, delivering cost savings, enhanced scalability, and improved performance while providing better security and operational efficiency to meet evolving airline needs.

Overcome your Kafka Connect challenges with Amazon Data Firehose

We’re happy to announce a new feature in the Amazon Data Firehose integration with Amazon MSK. You can now specify the Firehose stream to either read from the earliest position on the Kafka topic or from a custom timestamp to begin reading from your MSK topic. In this post of this series, we focus on managed data delivery from Kafka to your data lake.

How Stifel built a modern data platform using AWS Glue and an event-driven domain architecture

In this post, we show you how Stifel implemented a modern data platform using AWS services and open data standards, building an event-driven architecture for domain data products while centralizing the metadata to facilitate discovery and sharing of data products.

Kaltura reduces observability operational costs by 60% with Amazon OpenSearch Service

In this post, we share how Kaltura transformed its observability strategy and technological stack by migrating from a software as a service (SaaS) logging solution to Amazon OpenSearch Service—achieving higher log retention, a 60% reduction in cost, and a centralized platform that empowers multiple teams with real-time insights.