AWS Unveils 2TB X1 and T2.Nano EC2 Instances

At its re:Invent conference, Amazon Web Services has unveiled two new instance types for its EC2 service: X1, sporting 2TB of memory, and T2.Nano, aimed to the lower end of compute requirements.

Amazon Adopts SAWS's Features into aws-shell

At re:Invent 2015, Amazon Web Services Command Line Interface (CLI) engineer James Saryerwinnie announced that Supercharged AWS CLI (SAWS) features were going to be combined into aws-shell to provide a new level of ease of use and productivity when automating AWS workflows. Today, aws-shell has been made available on GitHub as a developer preview.

IBM Pushes Swift for the Cloud with Swift Runtime, Package Catalog, and More

After introducing their Swift sandbox, IBM have recently announced their next step to support Swift in the cloud by previewing IBM Swift runtime, Swift Package Catalog, and open-sourcing Kitura, a framework for Web app development.

Docker Cloud Aims to Enable Containerized Multicloud Solutions

Docker Cloud is a new service that aims to make it easier to work with Docker containers on multiple Clouds, developer Borja Burgos announced on Docker’s blog. The service aims to make it possible to build, ship, and run containers within the Docker ecosystem.

Apache Storm Reaches 1.0, Brings Improved Performance, Many New Features

Version 1.0 is “a major milestone in the evolution of Apache Storm”, writes Apache Software Foundation VP for Apache Storm P. Taylor Goetz, and it includes many new features and improvements. In particular, Goetz claims a 3x–16x boost in performance.