283: You’ve Got Re:Invent Predictions

Welcome to episode 283 of The Cloud Pod, where the forecast is always cloudy! Break out your crystal balls and shuffle those tarot decks, because it’s Re:Invent prediction time! Sorry we missed you all last week – the plague has been strong with us. But Justin and Jonathan are BACK, and we’ve got a ton of news, so buckle in and let’s get started! 

Titles we almost went with this week:

• Not My Snowcones! 
• Lambda at 10: Still Better Than Windows Containers 

A big thanks to this week’s sponsor:

We’re sponsorless! Want to get your brand, company, or service in front of a very enthusiastic group of cloud news seekers? You’ve come to the right place! Send us an email or hit us up on our slack channel for more info. 

General News  

01:27 The voice of America Online’s “You’ve got mail” has died at age 74

• Elwoods Edwards, the voice behind the online service AOL’s iconic “You’ve got mail” sound notification has died at the age of 74. He was just one day shy of his 75th birthday. 
• The “you’ve got mail” soundbite started in 1989 when Steve Case, CEO of Quantum Computer Services (which will later become America Online or AOL,) wanted to add a human voice to their Quantum online service.  
• Karen Edwards, who worked as a customer service representative, heard Case discussing the plan and suggested her husband Elwood, a professional broadcaster. 
• Edwards recorded the famous phrase and others (“Welcome” “File’s done” and “Goodbye” among them) on a cassette recorder in his living room. 
• He was paid $200 for the service.  
• His voice is still used to greet users of the current AOL service. 

AWS 

03:04 It’s Time for RE:Invent Predictions!

Matt

1. Large Green Computing Reinvent
2. LLM at the Edge
3. Something new On S3

Ryan (AI)

1. Improved serverless observability tools
2. Expansion of AI Driven workflows in datalakes
3. Greater Focus on Multi-Account or Multi-region orchestration, centralized compliance management, or enhanced security services

Jonathan

1. New Edge Computing Capabilities better global application deployment type features. (Cloudflare competitor maybe)
2. New automated cost optimization tools
3. Automated RAG/vector to S3

Justin 

1. Managed Backstage or platform like service
2. New LLM multi-modal replacement or upgrade to Titan
3. Competitor VM offering to Broadcom 

Honorable Mentions

Jonathan:

Deeper integration between serverless and container services

New Region

Enhanced Observability with AI driven debugging tool

Justin:

Multi Cloud management – in a bigger way (Anthos competitor)

Agentic AI toolings

New AR