Close
  • Latest News
  • Big Data and Analytics
  • Cloud
  • Networking
  • Cybersecurity
  • Applications
  • IT Management
  • Storage
  • Sponsored
  • Mobile
  • Small Business
  • Development
  • Database
  • Servers
  • Android
  • Apple
  • Innovation
  • Blogs
  • PC Hardware
  • Reviews
  • Search Engines
  • Virtualization
Read Down
Sign in
Close
Welcome!Log into your account
Forgot your password?
Read Down
Password recovery
Recover your password
Close
Search
Logo
Logo
  • Latest News
  • Big Data and Analytics
  • Cloud
  • Networking
  • Cybersecurity
  • Applications
  • IT Management
  • Storage
  • Sponsored
  • Mobile
  • Small Business
  • Development
  • Database
  • Servers
  • Android
  • Apple
  • Innovation
  • Blogs
  • PC Hardware
  • Reviews
  • Search Engines
  • Virtualization
More
    Home Applications
    • Applications
    • Cloud
    • Database
    • Servers
    • Storage

    AWS Moving Into Internet of Things Business With Kinesis Service

    By
    Eric Lundquist
    -
    November 15, 2013
    Share
    Facebook
    Twitter
    Linkedin

      LAS VEGAS—Vendors hoping to cash in on the Internet of things buzz and wishing that Amazon Web Services would stay out of the “things” business take note: AWS intends to connect everything with a newly introduced Kinesis real-time processing service.

      Kinesis is a cloud infrastructure for real-time processing and analysis of high-volume data streams that Amazon CTO Werner Vogels introduced Nov. 14 at the company’s re:Invent developer conference here.

      The added competitive news might be tough for vendors such as Cisco and IBM betting on the Internet of things as their next growth market. But the entrance of AWS into the IoT segment is good news for customers looking for pricing and capacity information to help build their IoT proposals.

      “We will connect the physical world with AWS,” said Vogels in introducing the Kinesis service. The Kinesis introduction continued the AWS theme of introducing services that connect with existing services to create development platforms where massive scaling, usage-based pricing and reliability are key requirements—in short, just about every new enterprise application CIOs would like to develop.

      Kinesis introduces a pricing model based on units of Internet throughput called shards. According to Amazon, “a single shard of throughput will allow you to capture 1MB per second of data at up to 1,000 PUT transactions per second (the ingest rate) at up to 50k per PUT, and enable your processing applications to read data at up to 2 MB per second (the egress rate).”

      In a pricing example provided by Amazon, “For $4.22 per day ($130.80 per month), customers have a managed, real-time infrastructure with an ingest throughput of 10MB/sec, continuously ingesting over 400 gigabytes of data per day, in a durable, elastic manner while simultaneously feeding 2 real-time streaming data processing applications.” Additional pricing information is provided on the Kinesis Website.

      While the Kinesis service is not intended solely for the Internet of things applications, the ability to pull in sensor data in real time and stream that data into an analytical engine makes it one of the first services to move the IoT discussion from theory to a priced service.

      The demonstration of Kinesis was based on social sentiment analysis tied to a Twitter stream. The Kinesis service is one module of a real-time system that can be tied to other Amazon services such as the company’s simple storage system (S3), Elastic Map Reduce or Redshift data warehouse. Developers can use those services to build specific applications.

      During Vogels’ keynote, he highlighted Netflix, AirBnB and DropCam as examples of customers building their infrastructures on AWS.

      In addition to Kinesis, Vogels also introduced several other AWS services.

      In the database area, the company announced the Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) for PostgreSQL. Postgres is the fourth database engine for RDS and joins MySQL, Oracle and Microsoft SQL deployments.

      Postgres is an open-source database that has enjoyed increased popularity since Oracle acquired MySQL and the ensuing controversy regarding Oracle’s commitment to advancing MySQL. The Amazon deployment provides up to 3TB of storage and 30,000 IOPS support.

      Pricing and availability information is available on the AWS Postgres page. On the AWS blog the company noted, “PostgreSQL has become the preferred open source relational database for many enterprise developers and start-ups, powering leading geospatial and mobile applications.”

      AWS also introduced an additional series of EC2 instances for compute-intensive workloads. The instances are based on a 2.8GHz Intel Xeon E5-2680v2 (Ivy Bridge) processor and are designed for workloads that require additional CPU horsepower and solid-state drive storage. Additionally, the company added new backup services and high I/O-intensive services.

      The bigger theme provided by both Vogels and, the day before, AWS head Andy Jassy is that Amazon is positioning itself as the infrastructure engine for startups and established enterprises anxious to build new applications based on big data, massive storage and capacity on demand.

      Eric Lundquist is a technology analyst at Ziff Brothers Investments, a private investment firm. Lundquist, who was editor-in-chief at eWEEK (previously PC WEEK) from 1996-2008, authored this article for eWEEK to share his thoughts on technology, products and services. No investment advice is offered in this article. All duties are disclaimed. Lundquist works separately for a private investment firm, which may at any time invest in companies whose products are discussed in this article and no disclosure of securities transactions will be made.

      Eric Lundquist
      Since 1996, Eric Lundquist has been Editor in Chief of eWEEK, which includes domestic, international and online editions. As eWEEK's EIC, Lundquist oversees a staff of nearly 40 editors, reporters and Labs analysts covering product, services and companies in the high-technology community. He is a frequent speaker at industry gatherings and user events and sits on numerous advisory boards. Eric writes the popular weekly column, 'Up Front,' and he is a confidant of eWEEK's Spencer F. Katt gossip columnist.

      MOST POPULAR ARTICLES

      Big Data and Analytics

      Alteryx’s Suresh Vittal on the Democratization of...

      James Maguire - May 31, 2022 0
      I spoke with Suresh Vittal, Chief Product Officer at Alteryx, about the industry mega-shift toward making data analytics tools accessible to a company’s complete...
      Read more
      Cybersecurity

      Visa’s Michael Jabbara on Cybersecurity and Digital...

      James Maguire - May 17, 2022 0
      I spoke with Michael Jabbara, VP and Global Head of Fraud Services at Visa, about the cybersecurity technology used to ensure the safe transfer...
      Read more
      Applications

      Cisco’s Thimaya Subaiya on Customer Experience in...

      James Maguire - May 10, 2022 0
      I spoke with Thimaya Subaiya, SVP and GM of Global Customer Experience at Cisco, about the factors that create good customer experience – and...
      Read more
      Big Data and Analytics

      GoodData CEO Roman Stanek on Business Intelligence...

      James Maguire - May 4, 2022 0
      I spoke with Roman Stanek, CEO of GoodData, about business intelligence, data as a service, and the frustration that many executives have with data...
      Read more
      Cloud

      Yotascale CEO Asim Razzaq on Controlling Multicloud...

      James Maguire - May 5, 2022 0
      Asim Razzaq, CEO of Yotascale, provides guidance on understanding—and containing—the complex cost structure of multicloud computing. Among the topics we covered:  As you survey the...
      Read more
      Logo

      eWeek has the latest technology news and analysis, buying guides, and product reviews for IT professionals and technology buyers. The site’s focus is on innovative solutions and covering in-depth technical content. eWeek stays on the cutting edge of technology news and IT trends through interviews and expert analysis. Gain insight from top innovators and thought leaders in the fields of IT, business, enterprise software, startups, and more.

      Facebook
      Linkedin
      RSS
      Twitter
      Youtube

      Advertisers

      Advertise with TechnologyAdvice on eWeek and our other IT-focused platforms.

      Advertise with Us

      Menu

      • About eWeek
      • Subscribe to our Newsletter
      • Latest News

      Our Brands

      • Privacy Policy
      • Terms
      • About
      • Contact
      • Advertise
      • Sitemap
      • California – Do Not Sell My Information

      Property of TechnologyAdvice.
      © 2022 TechnologyAdvice. All Rights Reserved

      Advertiser Disclosure: Some of the products that appear on this site are from companies from which TechnologyAdvice receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site including, for example, the order in which they appear. TechnologyAdvice does not include all companies or all types of products available in the marketplace.

      ×