Being a pure IP transport engineer I am really interested in the IP transport network bit. This is something that can't be virtualised and AWS is confirming it.I am wondering though what AWS is doing on the IP transport network in terms of minimising the dependency on the vendors (i.e. in the IP transport space there's only Huawei.Nokia and Juniper with Cisco loosing pace..) ?
Wow, I want some of what Jim is drinking. It must be really strong for him to toast the death of the mainframe. No matter what you heard during this “show” (his words, not mine) AWS replacing the mainframe will never happen. The mainframe (today’s IBM z/13, not the one in the picture dug out of some archive somewhere) is the most advanced business computing platforms anywhere. And the modern mainframes are used by most of the largest financial institutions (banks, credit card, etc.) and airlines. The next time you pull out your smart phone to check your bank balance, make a hotel or airline reservation be sure to thank a mainframe. I don’t see serious businesses pushing their mission critical applications into AWS, ever. AWS certainly has a place, but replacing mainframes is not it.
Outside of large money enterprises (i.e. banks), the mainframe is long dead. The majority of business processes run just fine on common "windows" servers. The only people I know that still use mainframe systems (hosted applications via ADP, EDS, etc.) want to have nothing to do with that complicated (and expensive) pile of shit. AWS is a good general computing system. However, for anything that demands complete security (banks, ...), AWS is absolutely the wrong direction.
I agree that AWS is a good general computing system, specifically for a companies "back office" applications such as payroll, accounts receivable/payable, etc. However, for mission critical applications, those that bring the revenue, mainframes are still best suited. You mentioned banks, but most financial institutions, airlines, insurance, government agencies, auto makers... the list goes on, depend on the stability, reliability, security and scaleability of the mainframe. The have for over 50 years now, and I expect they will continue for another 50 years.
Look: He's an engineer. He believes in this product he helped build. So he's selling it, and has fun doing it. And he has good arguments, some of them economic rather than technical. I don't see how he's "trying too hard". Haven't watched the whole thing yet, but so far my bullshit detector hasn't even budged, and it's a pretty sensitive one.
This talk is a masterclass.
After the primary generator fails, and the secondary generator fails.. James Hamilton himself is the power backup for AWS.
:) nice comment! very energetic
Terrific presentations from AWS and JPL.
We are missing James talk in last couple of Re-Invent meetings, would love to see him again on stage this year Re-Invent
He’s busy traveling around the world on his Nordhavn Yacht. He has a RUclips channel that follows their journey.
We are missing you in re:invent latest talks!
No Doubt!
One of the Greatest Tech Keynotes All Time!
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Thank you for uploading this video.. I missed it here from India.
Thanks for the Great Education and Info, packed into a single video.
Great work, thanks for sharing.
Thanks for this one.
Being a pure IP transport engineer I am really interested in the IP transport network bit. This is something that can't be virtualised and AWS is confirming it.I am wondering though what AWS is doing on the IP transport network in terms of minimising the dependency on the vendors (i.e. in the IP transport space there's only Huawei.Nokia and Juniper with Cisco loosing pace..) ?
This flipping mind blowing... deep learning specially
Wow...excellent.
I'm four years behind the curve.
Nerdgasm love the video
very good preso, but the word is "apoplectic" not "apolectic."
what a fucking god...
Wow, I want some of what Jim is drinking. It must be really strong for him to toast the death of the mainframe. No matter what you heard during this “show” (his words, not mine) AWS replacing the mainframe will never happen. The mainframe (today’s IBM z/13, not the one in the picture dug out of some archive somewhere) is the most advanced business computing platforms anywhere. And the modern mainframes are used by most of the largest financial institutions (banks, credit card, etc.) and airlines. The next time you pull out your smart phone to check your bank balance, make a hotel or airline reservation be sure to thank a mainframe. I don’t see serious businesses pushing their mission critical applications into AWS, ever. AWS certainly has a place, but replacing mainframes is not it.
Outside of large money enterprises (i.e. banks), the mainframe is long dead. The majority of business processes run just fine on common "windows" servers. The only people I know that still use mainframe systems (hosted applications via ADP, EDS, etc.) want to have nothing to do with that complicated (and expensive) pile of shit. AWS is a good general computing system. However, for anything that demands complete security (banks, ...), AWS is absolutely the wrong direction.
I agree that AWS is a good general computing system, specifically for a companies "back office" applications such as payroll, accounts receivable/payable, etc. However, for mission critical applications, those that bring the revenue, mainframes are still best suited. You mentioned banks, but most financial institutions, airlines, insurance, government agencies, auto makers... the list goes on, depend on the stability, reliability, security and scaleability of the mainframe. The have for over 50 years now, and I expect they will continue for another 50 years.
The amount of echo coming off the mic is really irritating, I wish they'd just mixed the crowd audio with the raw mic off the board.
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As an engineer he's trying too hard to sell.
Look: He's an engineer. He believes in this product he helped build. So he's selling it, and has fun doing it. And he has good arguments, some of them economic rather than technical. I don't see how he's "trying too hard". Haven't watched the whole thing yet, but so far my bullshit detector hasn't even budged, and it's a pretty sensitive one.
Simon Leinen Didn't mean it as a derision
good talk, but a bus dev mgr would never present in that way.