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AWS re:Invent 2023 - Accelerate innovation with real-time data (ANT201)

Summary

Mindy Ferguson, VP for AWS Streaming and Messaging, celebrates the 10th anniversary of Amazon Kinesis and discusses the importance of real-time data streaming for innovation.
Real-time data is crucial for breaking through data silos, improving decision-making, and accelerating information flow.
Customers with mature data streaming strategies are quick to adopt new technologies like generative AI.
Horesh Parekh from Adobe shares how Adobe uses real-time data for applications like Adobe Firefly.
Data is perishable and loses value quickly if not captured and acted upon in real-time.
Real-time data streaming is essential for modern architectures, such as change data capture, microservices communication, and event-driven architectures.
British Telecom and Orange Theory Fitness are highlighted as examples of companies deriving business value from real-time data.
Poshmark and the National Hockey League use real-time data with machine learning for personalization and fan engagement.
AWS offers a range of streaming services, including Kinesis Data Streams, Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka, and integrations with other AWS services.
Arvind Ravi, General Manager for Kinesis Data Streams, discusses leveraging AWS services for machine learning and generative AI applications.
AWS streaming services are evolving to meet customer needs in scale, ease of use, and integration with other services.

Real-time data streaming is becoming increasingly important for businesses to remain competitive and innovative.
The integration of real-time data with machine learning and AI can significantly enhance personalization, fraud detection, and user engagement.
AWS's commitment to evolving its streaming services to meet customer demands in scale, ease of use, and integration is evident in the new features and services announced.
The use of AWS streaming services can lead to cost savings and operational efficiencies by reducing the need for batch processing and enabling real-time data filtering and processing.
The examples of British Telecom, Orange Theory Fitness, Poshmark, and the NHL demonstrate the diverse applications of real-time data streaming across different industries.
Adobe's use of AWS services for real-time data processing highlights the importance of a robust data lifecycle management strategy for large-scale applications.
AWS's focus on serverless technologies and managed services reduces the complexity and overhead for customers, allowing them to focus on building applications that drive business value.
The advancements in AWS's streaming services, such as support for Graviton processors and tiered storage in MSK, as well as cross-account access and on-demand mode in Kinesis Data Streams, showcase AWS's continuous innovation in the cloud data streaming space.