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In the ever-evolving world of technology, where data rules supreme and innovations abound, finding your way through the digital labyrinth can be a daunting task. Whether you’re a seasoned tech enthusiast, a curious newcomer, or just someone looking to make sense of the rapidly changing tech landscape, “The NAS Guy” is here to be your guiding light.

Welcome to my tech-savvy haven where we unravel the mysteries of cloud computing, dive deep into storage solutions, explore the intricacies of data backup, and navigate everything in between. If you’ve ever found yourself lost in the jargon of terabytes, cloud migrations, or RAID arrays, fear not – you’re in the right place!

Recent Blog Posts

• Top announcements of the AWS Summit in New York, 2026June 17, 2026
  Today at the AWS Summit in New York City, Swami Sivasubramanian, AWS VP of Agentic AI, provided the day’s keynote. Here’s our roundup of the biggest announcements from the event: New in Amazon Bedrock AgentCore We’re introducing new capabilities on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore: connecting AI agents to organizational, web, and paid knowledge, helping teams find… Read more: Top announcements of the AWS Summit in New York, 2026
• Introducing Amazon Bedrock Managed Knowledge Base for faster, more accurate enterprise AI applicationsJune 17, 2026
  Today, we’re announcing Amazon Bedrock Managed Knowledge Base, a new set of capabilities that enables developers to build enterprise-grade generative AI applications with their proprietary data in minutes. Organizations building agentic AI applications need secure, reliable, and up-to-date access to enterprise-wide data to deliver accurate, fast, and trusted outcomes. Managed Knowledge Base abstracts away the… Read more: Introducing Amazon Bedrock Managed Knowledge Base for faster, more accurate enterprise AI applications
• Announcing Web Search on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore: Ground your AI agents in current, accurate web knowledgeJune 17, 2026
  Today, we’re announcing the general availability of Web Search on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, a fully managed tool that enables agents to ground responses in current, cited web knowledge with zero data egress from customer’s secured AWS environment. Web Search uses a built-in connector target on Bedrock AgentCore Gateway using the Model Context Protocol (MCP). Your… Read more: Announcing Web Search on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore: Ground your AI agents in current, accurate web knowledge
• Proactively reduce tech debt autonomously with AWS Transform – continuous modernization (preview)June 17, 2026
  Today, we’re announcing AWS Transform – continuous modernization (preview), a new capability of AWS Transform for continuous, autonomous tech debt analysis and remediation at scale. AWS Transform already helps enterprises migrate out of data centers, modernize mainframe and Windows applications, and handle the undifferentiated work of software maintenance: upgrading Java versions, swapping deprecated frameworks, and… Read more: Proactively reduce tech debt autonomously with AWS Transform – continuous modernization (preview)
• AWS DevOps Agent adds release management capabilities to assess code changes before production (preview)June 17, 2026
  Today, we’re announcing a new release management capability in AWS DevOps Agent that is now available in preview. AWS DevOps Agent is your always-available teammate that spans software changes and operations across AWS, multicloud, and on-premises environments. The practice of DevOps aims to make software change and operations smooth and increasingly autonomous, and AWS DevOps… Read more: AWS DevOps Agent adds release management capabilities to assess code changes before production (preview)
• AWS Security Agent adds threat modeling, Kiro power and Claude Code plugin, and moreJune 17, 2026
  At re:Invent 2025, we previewed AWS Security Agent (now part of AWS Continuum), a frontier agent that proactively secures your applications throughout the development lifecycle across all your environments. You can perform on-demand penetration testing customized to your application, discovering and reporting security risks verified through exploitability testing. Since the preview, we announced general availability… Read more: AWS Security Agent adds threat modeling, Kiro power and Claude Code plugin, and more
• Agentic AI Security: How to Protect Data in an AI-Driven WorldJune 17, 2026
  Key Takeaways Agentic AI doesn’t just generate content. It takes autonomous actions on live business data, creating security risks that traditional controls weren’t built to handle. The biggest gaps aren’t in model design but in data: What agents access, how it flows between systems, and whether you can recover when something fails. Six key threat… Read more: Agentic AI Security: How to Protect Data in an AI-Driven World
• Amazon S3 annotations: attach rich, queryable context directly to your objectsJune 16, 2026
  Today, we’re announcing a new metadata capability for Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) called annotations, enabling you to attach rich, large-scale business context directly to your objects. You can store up to 1,000 named annotations per object, each up to 1 MB in size, totaling up to 1 GB per object, in flexible formats… Read more: Amazon S3 annotations: attach rich, queryable context directly to your objects
• AWS WAF adds AI traffic monetization capability to help content owners charge AI bots for content accessJune 15, 2026
  AWS WAF now includes AI traffic monetization capability that gives digital content owners and publishers a way to charge AI bots and agents for access to protected web content directly at the network edge. The capability helps content owners and publishers set per-request pricing by content path, bot category, or verification tier without modifying their… Read more: AWS WAF adds AI traffic monetization capability to help content owners charge AI bots for content access
• AWS Weekly Roundup: AWS FinOps Agent in preview, Gemma 4 on Bedrock, Kiro Pro Max, and more (June 15, 2026)June 15, 2026
  This week, New York City is hosting AWS Summit, bringing together builders, customers, and AWS teams for a full day of announcements, demos, and technical sessions at the Javits Center. I wrote blog posts for some of the Summit launches, so I am excited to see them go live this week. I just won’t be… Read more: AWS Weekly Roundup: AWS FinOps Agent in preview, Gemma 4 on Bedrock, Kiro Pro Max, and more (June 15, 2026)
• Anthropic Just Wrote the Case for Data & AI Trust (They Just Didn’t Call It That)June 12, 2026
  In May, Anthropic published a security framework called “Zero Trust for AI Agents.” And if you build, deploy, or secure AI agents, you’ll want to read the whole thing. It is one of the clearest pieces of guidance on agent security so far, and it originates from a clear leader in the space. Since I… Read more: Anthropic Just Wrote the Case for Data & AI Trust (They Just Didn’t Call It That)
• Now available: Amazon EC2 M9g and M9gd instances powered by new AWS Graviton5 processorsJune 10, 2026
  AWS Graviton processors have improved steadily across generations, with each iteration delivering advances in compute performance, price-performance, and energy efficiency. At re:Invent 2025, we announced Amazon EC2 M9g, the first Graviton5-powered instances, in preview. Since then, customers have tested M9g across a wide range of workloads and shared their results. ClickHouse saw a 36% performance… Read more: Now available: Amazon EC2 M9g and M9gd instances powered by new AWS Graviton5 processors
• The One-Vendor Advantage: Why Stitched-Together Backup Storage Puts You at RiskJune 10, 2026
  Most IT teams don’t set out to build a Frankenstein backup environment. Instead, it happens gradually. A backup tool here. A third-party storage bucket there. Before long, you’ve got multiple vendors, various support contracts, and a recovery plan that only works if every piece of it cooperates at exactly the right moment. This is the… Read more: The One-Vendor Advantage: Why Stitched-Together Backup Storage Puts You at Risk
• Why the Partner Advisory Council Matters and Why Our Partners Matter More Than EverJune 10, 2026
  As we approach our Partner Advisory Council in Portugal next week, it is a moment to pause and reflect on what truly drives Veeam’s success. The answer is simple and consistent: our partners. The Partner Advisory Council is not a standard industry event. It is a forum designed for meaningful dialogue, shaped by the partners… Read more: Why the Partner Advisory Council Matters and Why Our Partners Matter More Than Ever
• Anthropic Claude Fable 5 on AWS: Mythos-class capabilities with built-in safeguards now availableJune 9, 2026
  Today, we’re announcing the availability of Claude Fable 5 on Amazon Bedrock and Claude Platform on AWS. Claude Fable 5 makes Mythos-level capabilities available to all customers, with strong safeguards designed to make it safe for broader use. Fable 5 is state-of-the-art on nearly all tested benchmarks and delivers exceptional performance in software engineering, knowledge… Read more: Anthropic Claude Fable 5 on AWS: Mythos-class capabilities with built-in safeguards now available
• Small Business Backup Software: A Practical Evaluation GuideJune 9, 2026
  Key takeaways: Most small-to-medium sized business (SMB) backup evaluations go wrong because they focus on features, price, or roundup rankings instead of actual recovery outcomes. Cloud storage and sync tools are not backup. If deletions, corruption, or ransomware-related changes propagate everywhere, they are not giving you true recovery protection. Easy setup is not enough. SMBs… Read more: Small Business Backup Software: A Practical Evaluation Guide
• AWS Weekly Roundup: BYOM for Amazon RDS for SQL Server, AWS IoT Device SDK for Swift, and more (June 8, 2026)June 8, 2026
  This week, the AWS IoT Device SDK for Swift reached general availability. As a member of the Swift Server Workgroup (SSWG), this one caught my attention. The SDK brings production-ready MQTT 5 connectivity, Device Shadow, Jobs, and fleet provisioning to Swift developers on macOS, iOS, tvOS, and Linux. I’m curious to see what you will build with it.… Read more: AWS Weekly Roundup: BYOM for Amazon RDS for SQL Server, AWS IoT Device SDK for Swift, and more (June 8, 2026)
• Veeam at HPE Discover 2026: 15 Years, One VisionJune 8, 2026
  Join Veeam at HPE Discover 2026 in Las Vegas from June 16 – 18 and see how HPE and Veeam deliver an AI-ready private cloud, as well as modern virtualization and resilience built into every layer of your infrastructure. HPE Discover 2026 brings together 12,000 IT and business leaders to explore what’s next in hybrid… Read more: Veeam at HPE Discover 2026: 15 Years, One Vision
• Try the new console experience in Amazon Bedrock, optimized for Anthropic- and OpenAI-compatible APIsJune 5, 2026
  Today, we’re announcing a new console experience in Amazon Bedrock for you to experiment, iterate, and scale with the latest AI models on Amazon Bedrock’s next-generation inference engine built for high performance, reliability, and security. This console has a refreshed workflow optimized for bedrock-mantle endpoint, which supports the latest GPT, Claude, and open-weight models with… Read more: Try the new console experience in Amazon Bedrock, optimized for Anthropic- and OpenAI-compatible APIs
• Why You Should Make Veeam a Must-Visit at Pure Accelerate 2026June 4, 2026
  Join Veeam in Las Vegas, June 16–18, to see how faster recovery, stronger cyber resilience, and simpler data protection come to life with Veeam + Everpure. Pure Accelerate 2026 is a great moment for organizations looking at balancing AI-ready infrastructure, operational simplicity, with stronger cyber resilience. At the event, customers can explore how Veeam helps… Read more: Why You Should Make Veeam a Must-Visit at Pure Accelerate 2026
• Improve your application resilience with Amazon Cognito multi-Region replicationJune 3, 2026
  As a developer advocate working with web and mobile application developers, I’ve often heard about the need to maintain consistent user authentication in the unlikely event of a regional service interruption. The increasing use of agentic AI, microservices, automation, and service accounts has sparked a similar need for machine-to-machine authentication. Today, I’m excited to share… Read more: Improve your application resilience with Amazon Cognito multi-Region replication
• Announcing the Data & AI Trust Gap Report: Why AI Ambition Is Outpacing TrustJune 3, 2026
  The opportunity around AI is real, but without visibility, governance, and executive alignment, results stay out of reach. AI Ambition Is Everywhere. Trusted Data Is Not. That is the clearest takeaway from The Data & AI Trust Gap, Veeam’s new global research report, which is based on a survey of 600 senior leaders across North… Read more: Announcing the Data & AI Trust Gap Report: Why AI Ambition Is Outpacing Trust
• Privacy Operations Agents Are Redefining How Organizations Scale With Agentic AIJune 3, 2026
  Why Trusted AI Requires Operational Governance AI is creating extraordinary opportunities for organizations to move faster, unlock value from data, and transform how work gets done. Across industries, businesses are deploying copilots, generative AI tools, and autonomous agents to improve productivity, accelerate decision making, and operationalize intelligence at an unprecedented scale. However, AI is also… Read more: Privacy Operations Agents Are Redefining How Organizations Scale With Agentic AI
• Get started with OpenAI GPT-5.5, GPT-5.4 models, and Codex on Amazon BedrockJune 1, 2026
  As we previewed in What’s Next with AWS 2026, we’re announcing the general availability of OpenAI GPT-5.5, GPT-5.4 models, and Codex on Amazon Bedrock, giving you access to frontier models and a coding agent for software development. According to OpenAI, GPT-5.5 and GPT-5.4 models are excellent for coding, reasoning, agentic workflows, and complex professional work.… Read more: Get started with OpenAI GPT-5.5, GPT-5.4 models, and Codex on Amazon Bedrock
• AWS Weekly Roundup: Claude Opus 4.8 on AWS, Aurora MySQL with Kiro Powers, and more (June 1, 2026)June 1, 2026
  In my last Week in Review post, I shared what I’d been hearing from customers in the AI-Driven Development Lifecycle (AI-DLC) workshops I’ve been delivering. Last week I was back at it, this time in Denver for a two-day AI-DLC workshop, where I helped facilitate 17 teams to deliver nearly 20 separate use cases in… Read more: AWS Weekly Roundup: Claude Opus 4.8 on AWS, Aurora MySQL with Kiro Powers, and more (June 1, 2026)
• Introducing the next generation of AWS Resilience Hub for generative AI-based SRE resilience journeyMay 28, 2026
  Today, we’re announcing the next generation of AWS Resilience Hub with a significantly expanded experience that brings together a new application model, dependency discovery assessment, generative AI-powered failure mode analysis, modular resilience policies, and organization-wide reporting. Organizations running hundreds of applications share a common challenge: availability is a top concern, yet there is no consistent… Read more: Introducing the next generation of AWS Resilience Hub for generative AI-based SRE resilience journey
• Introducing the next generation of Amazon OpenSearch Serverless for building your agentic AI applicationsMay 28, 2026
  Today, we’re announcing the next generation of Amazon OpenSearch Serverless, a fully managed search and vector engine designed for customers building AI agents. The next generation of OpenSearch Serverless scales from zero to thousands of requests per second and back to zero when idle, offering up to 60% cost savings compared to the cost of… Read more: Introducing the next generation of Amazon OpenSearch Serverless for building your agentic AI applications
• Meet Our Newest AWS Heroes – May 2026May 27, 2026
  We’re excited to welcome four outstanding community leaders as our newest AWS Heroes. These individuals embody the spirit of collaboration and knowledge sharing that makes the AWS community thrive. From building AI-powered tools that help fellow builders navigate AWS re:Invent, to leading some of the largest AWS communities in Latin America, to sharing deep cloud… Read more: Meet Our Newest AWS Heroes – May 2026
• AWS Weekly Roundup: AWS Local Zones in Istanbul, open-source ExtendDB, Kiro Web, and more (May 25, 2026)May 25, 2026
  There’s something genuinely energizing about working with startups — something I’ve been doing intensely for more than two years now. Startups operate at a different frequency: the urgency is real, the constraints are tight, and the stakes are personal. Helping them navigate the challenge of proving their business model requires not just technical depth but… Read more: AWS Weekly Roundup: AWS Local Zones in Istanbul, open-source ExtendDB, Kiro Web, and more (May 25, 2026)
• When Identity is Compromised: How to Recover and Keep Your Business MovingMay 23, 2026
  Identity attacks are no longer a question of “if”; they’re a question of “when.” Microsoft’s Digital Defense Report recorded 600 million identity-based attacks every single day in 2024. In fact, 93% of all cyberattacks now target identity systems, and 58% of organizations expect that number to grow. If your organization relies on Microsoft Entra ID,… Read more: When Identity is Compromised: How to Recover and Keep Your Business Moving