Adam Divall

Walkthrough Guides and Other Useful Information on AWS

Preparing for AWS re:Invent 2024

2024-10-01 12 min read Events Adam Divall

AWS re:Invent 2024, the biggest event in the annual Amazon Web Services (AWS) calendar, is fast approaching once again.

If you’re attending in person, it can be challenging to determine which sessions will be most valuable. In this blog post, I’ve highlighted the sessions I’m planning to attend, along with some tips to help you make the most of the event.

Reserved seating opens on October 8th, a day I like to refer to as “whack-a-mole night.” As soon as you try to reserve a spot, it’s likely the session will already be fully booked, leaving you to queue up on the day and potentially miss out on other opportunities.

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Preparing for AWS re:Invent 2023

2023-10-14 12 min read Events Adam Divall

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.

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Announcements from AWS re:Invent 2022

2022-12-19 5 min read Events Adam Divall

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.

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AWS re:Invent 2021 - Keynote Recap

2021-11-30 2 min read Events Adam Divall

Unfortunately as a result of my own personal situation during the Covid-19 pandemic, I’ve not been able to attend AWS re:Invent in Las Vegas and won’t be able to attend this year either. When I’ve been in previous years (2017 & 2019), I’ve thoroughly enjoyed it and have found the opportunities for learning and networking with other like minded individuals really worthwhile. All being well I plan to be in attendance in 2023!

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