With classic rock tunes playing, Adam Selipsky took the stage for his first re:Invent keynote as the new CEO of AWS, the $60-billion cloud juggernaut that was founded just 15 years ago. This was the first re:Invent without Andy Jassy, the charismatic leader who creatively used rock lyrics to tell product stories at past shows. The rock was still there, and product announcements abounded, but it's clear Selipsky is charting his own path forward as the head of AWS. Selipsky was one of Jassy's top lieutenants before he left five years ago to head up another Seattle, Washington-area mainstay in the big data world, Tableau Software, so he's very familiar with the company he's now charged with growing. From his perspective, the growth of cloud computing over the years has been astounding.

It is the most, exciting and wonderful time of the year. The time AWS gives the customers what they want by launching new tools and services to change the course and destiny of Cloud Computing. AWS is always a pioneer in innovation in the Cloud space. Adam Selipsky was the new CEO of AWS after Andy Jassy was announced as the new CEO and President of Amazon.com I shall be giving a brief summary of some of the announcements made by Adam during his keynote at re:Invent.