"Extending Kubernetes with Purpose-built Services" will provide some insight into ways to reduce the complexity of a Kubernetes deployment. We will outline 6 high-value services from AWS which will help us to carve off parts of our deployment to leverage a managed service to provide a higher level of service for a specific piece of functionality. The goal of this is to ease the barrier to entry into a Kubernetes micro-services architecture by eating the elephant one bite at a time.

We will focus on the following AWS services:
- RDS Aurora
- DynamoDB
- SQS
- SNS
- SES
- SSM

Bio:

Matthew Mattoon has worked on technology inside of over 40 companies in 18 industries over his career. Prior to working as an Enterprise and Solutions Architect he has worked across the infrastructure spectrum with strong emphasis on Linux, Unix, virtualization (KVM, Xen, Hyper-V) and storage. Since starting Entasis his focus has been helping companies transition into a micro-services architecture and building infrastructure that is capable of auto-scaling to respond to variable demand cost effectively.