We’re a couple of weeks out of re:Invent and its dizzying buzz—the slew of service and feature announcements, the industry tracks and community meetings, the Mini Cons, the integration and how-to session deep dives, the intensive networking, the mall of sponsors with every manner of product presentation … even festive bling from the ever-present registration DJ. We’ve had some time to digest it all and think about a few of the more compelling offerings. Let’s zero in on a handful of this year's provocative developments.

Harry Weller, General Partner leading NEA’s east coast venture practice, passed away unexpectedly on November 19, 2016. We reflect on his powerful presence in our lives. He looked into this world and bypassed the routine—working fiercely, shaping vivid insights, sharing a smart magic, driving others forward emphatically and lifting them up generously. He knew that noise was just noise and broke past it. He had the rare wisdom that an explorer finds and shares. Our profound sympathy and love go out to Harry’s family and friends.

Our team is showcasing Fugue's cloud operating system at the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Summit in Santa Clara, CA, today, July 13. Come by booth 420 to talk with our representatives and get a firsthand look at how we can help you radically simplify cloud infrastructure complexity. Last month at the D.C. Summit, Fugue CEO Josh Stella spoke on immutable infrastructure to a packed house—standing room only. Check out that video here!

Washington, DC – June 20, 2016 – Fugue Inc., a venture-backed software startup developing a system for continuously and automatically building, optimizing, and enforcing cloud infrastructure, has announced that CEO Josh Stella will be speaking at the AWS Public Sector Summit in Washington, D.C., on June 20-21, 2016. The team will be demonstrating Fugue's cloud operating system at booth 1008.

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Luminal announced its first product, Fugue, at AWS re:Invent on stage with Werner Vogels, CTO of Amazon.

The level of energy and excitement at re:Invent was something none of us had experienced at a software conference before. There are likely many reasons for this, but we primarily attribute it to the fact that AWS has established itself as the undisputed front-runner in cloud with significant momentum among developers and ISVs.

The entire Luminal team will be attending AWS re:Invent 2013 this week.