AMAZON WEB SERVICES(AWS)

CLOUD WORKSHOP AND UNCONFERENCE

Amazon Web Services

Disruptive technologies such as Cloud Computing and Infrastructure-as-a-Service(IaaS) are
rapidly becoming main-stream. With the maturity of the technology, the business aspects such as
shifting the outgo from Capital Expenditure to Operating Expenditure are proving to be attractive.
Amazon Web Services(AWS), is a pioneer and market leader in Infrastructure as Service(IaaS)
market. AWS offers a rich set of Application Programming Interface(API) to utilize its
infrastructure as well as other related services on a pay-only-for-what-you-use post-paid billing
model.

The Cloud as a Platform

Building the right infrastructure that can scale up or down in a moment's notice can be a
complicated and expensive task, but it's essential in today's business landscape. This applies to an
enterprise trying to cut-costs, a young business unexpectedly saturated with customer demand, or a
start-up looking to launch.

Amazon Web Services(AWS) provides a highly reliable and scalable infrastructure for
deploying web-scale solutions, with minimal support and administration costs, and more flexibility
than the traditional data center.

The inherent flexibility of the AWS cloud enables businesses to use it as a Platform in
variety of different ways. In this session, Seattle-based Jinesh Varia will cut through the cloud hype
and discuss some of the emerging patterns by sharing real-world customer stories and case-studies
demonstrating how the AWS cloud is being used as a platform for innovation.

AWS Cloud Workshop and Unconference

Chennai has a vibrant community of Amazon Web Services(AWS) Enthusiasts and Users.
There are several Chennai based technology companies that have deployed AWS in their production
environment and derived immense business benefits out of it. The AWS Cloud Workshop and
Unconference event is an initiative to (once again) bring together the AWS user community in and
around Chennai region. The key focus of the event is to facilitate learning, sharing, and networking.
The deep-dive workshop sessions covers the learning aspect while the unconference session
promotes knowledge sharing. The deep-dive nature of the workshop is best suited for System
Integrators, ISVs, software architects and Product Engineering Technical Decision Makers.
 AMAZON WEB SERVICES, LLC, USA
In Partnership with
AMAZON WEB SERVICES ENTHUSIASTS & USER GROUP, CHENNAI
Presents
AWS CLOUD WORKSHOP AND UNCONFERENCE

Date: 10 Nov 2009, 9:30AM – 5:30PM

Venue: Hall of Guines ’68 , CEG Campus , Anna University , Guindy , Chennai -25

Agenda

9:30 AM Registration
Co-sponsored by
9:45 AM Welcome Note by Bobby Varghese, CSS Corp.

10:00AM AWS Workshop led by Jinesh Varia, Amazon Web

Services, LLC, USA.

11:00AM Tea Break

11:30AM AWS In Action Demo/showcasing .

11:45AM AWS Workshop(Continuation) led by Jinesh Varia,

Amazon Web Services, LLC, USA. In Partnership with

01:00PM Lunch

02:00PM – 05:00PM Unconference session featuring pre-

announced and impromptu technical sessions presented by AWS
User community.
Facilitator: Kiruba Shankar, Kiruba.Com

Building a Online Backup Service on AWS (The making of Vembu

Home: home.vembu.com) by Lakshmanan Narayan, Jayavasanthan J
and Kumar Krishnasami.
Overview of special AWS program for System Integrators/ISVs by
Jinesh Varia, Amazon Web Services.
Thinking in Key-value stores By Bhasker V Kode, Hover.in
Enterprise Cloud = Private Cloud + Public Cloud. Tools and
Techniques by Ezhil Arasan, CSS Labs.

5:00PM Closing session: Feedback solicitation and vote of Thanks.

 Workshop Outline

Intro to AWS Infrastructure Services – 30 Min

Learn how to create an AWS account, understand SOAP, REST and Query APIs and learn
how to use the tools, AWS management Console
Deep Dive into AWS Infrastructure Services (tools and Libraries)- 60 Min
In this session, attendees will learn to play with different AWS services
• Amazon EC2 - Learn how to create, bundle and launch and AMI, Setting up Amazon EBS
volumes, Elastic IP, creating Auto-scaling group
• Amazon S3 buckets objects and ACLs and Amazon CloudFront distributions
• Amazon SQS queues
• Amazon SimpleDB Domains, Items, Attributes and Querying
• Amazon Elastic MapReduce jobflows and Map Reduce
Architecting for Cloud : Best Practices- 30 Min
Learn how to build highly scalable applications in the cloud. In this session, you will learn
about best practices, tip, tricks and techniques of leveraging the highly scalable infrastructure
platform: AWS cloud.
Migrating applications to the Cloud - 30 Min
Learn a step by step approach to migrate your existing applications to the Cloud
environment. This blueprint will help enterprise architects in performing a cloud and security
assessment, selecting the right candidate for the Cloud for a proof of concept project and leveraging
the actual benefits of the Cloud like auto-scaling and low-cost business continuity. Jinesh will
discuss migration plans and reference architectures of various examples, scenarios and use cases.
Bring your own laptops, Java and basic web services development expertise needed
Presenter
Jinesh Varia, Technology Evangelist, Amazon Web Services, Amazon.com

As a Technology Evangelist at Amazon, Jinesh Varia helps businesses take advantage of disruptive
technologies like Cloud Computing that are changing the way businesses compete in the new web
world. Jinesh has spoken at more than 100 conferences and User Groups in 5 countries. He is
focused on furthering awareness of web services and often helps developers and architects in Start-
ups, Enterprises and Universities leverage Amazon’s innovative services.

Jinesh has several years experience in XML and Web services and has worked with standards-based
working groups in XBRL. Prior to joining Amazon as an evangelist, he held several positions in
UBmatrix including Solutions Architect, Enterprise Team Lead and Software engineer, working on
various financial services projects including Call Modernization Project at FDIC. He was also lead
developer at Penn State Data Center, Institute of Regional Affairs. Jinesh’s publications have been
published in ACM and IEEE. Jinesh is originally from India and holds a Master’s degree in
Information Systems from Penn State University. He plays tennis and loves to trek.
 Unconference

An unconference is an event format that encourages wider and deeper participation. Even
the agenda of the event is evolved 'on-the-fly' by the participants. Informality, sharing, and
soliciting alternative techniques/point of views are definign characteristics of an unconference.

AWS Workshop and Unconference is designed to highlight both the Technology Platform
Provider( ie AWS) side of the story as well as the Technology Users side of the story. While the
workshop sessions are primarily about the AWS platform, the unconference is all about the AWS
platform users. A few pre-announced talks/demos seed the unconference, while there is ample
opportunity to present inpromptu talks/demos. The invited/pre-announced talks/demos are by AWS
users sharing about their experience of deploying AWS in production.

The impromptu talks/demos are typically 3-6minutes slots. A startup presenting their AWS
use case, nifty tips and tricks related to an AWS service, sharing about cost comparisions etc make
good impromptu talks. Here are a few illustrative example topics:

• How to host static websites using S3. Or Your awesome website for less than Rs 25 per
month!

• Elastic IP alternative using Zerigo DNS api.

• The HOW TO and advantages of booting up from Elastic Block Store(EBS)

Let your imagination flutter, Come, participate in the Unconference and make it a
massive success, Your Success!