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TLS 1.2 Becoming the Minimum TLS Protocol Level on AWS
AWS recently announced that TLS 1.2 is going to become the minimum protocol level for API endpoints. The cloud provider will remove backward compatibility and support for versions 1.0 and 1.1 on all APIs and regions by June 2023.
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AWS and Microsoft Working Together on PyWhy, the New Home of Causal ML Library DoWhy
AWS in a joint effort with Microsoft have established PyWhy as a fresh GitHub organization to integrate AWS algorithms into DoWhy, a casual ML library from Microsoft, which has moved to PyWhy.
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Amazon Released Incremental Training Feature in SageMaker JumpStart
AWS recently released a new feature in SageMaker (AWS Machine Learning Service) JumpStart to incrementally retrain machine-learning (ML) models trained with expanded datasets. By using this feature, developers could fine-tune their models for better performance in production with a couple of clicks. This recent feature is among the series of efforts to add more automation to SageMaker JumpStart.
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AWS Releases IoT ExpressLink: Cloud-Connectivity Software for Hardware Modules
Amazon recently announced the general availability of AWS IoT ExpressLink. The cloud-connectivity software supports wireless hardware modules to build IoT products that connect with cloud services.
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AWS Mainframe Modernization Service Now Generally Available
Recently, AWS announced the general availability of their mainframe modernization service, allowing customers to migrate and modernize their on-premises mainframe workloads to a managed and highly available runtime environment on AWS. In addition, the service includes tools and resources to help customers plan and implement migration and modernization.
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Amazon Connect Offers General Availability of Outbound Campaigns for Calls, Texts, and Emails
AWS has recently announced the general availability of the high-volume outbound communication capability called Amazon Connect Outbound Campaigns in the Amazon Connect service - an omnichannel contact service for enterprises to set up and manage a contact center.
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Cockroach Labs 2022 Cloud Report: AMD Outperforms Intel
Cockroach Labs recently released their annual cloud report which evaluates the performance of AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud for common OLTP workloads. Differently from the past, this year’s report does not indicate a best overall provider, but concludes that AMD instances outperform Intel ones. ARM instances were not covered in the tests.
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AWS Introduces IP-Based Routing on Route 53
AWS recently announced support for IP-based routing on Amazon Route 53. The new option of the DNS service allows customers to route resources of a domain based on the client subnet to optimize network transit costs and performance.
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New Observability Features for AWS Step Functions
Recently, AWS announced a new opt-in capability on the state-machine page for Step Functions. Developers can quickly analyze, debug, and optimize Standard Workflows by enabling the new execution page option.
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AWS DataSync Supports Moving Data between AWS, Google Cloud and Azure
Amazon recently announced that AWS DataSync now supports Google Cloud Storage and Azure Files storage as storage locations. The two new options of the data service helps moving data both into and out of AWS, but data transfer fees still might still be a limitation.
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AWS Introduces PowerShell Custom Runtime for Lambda
AWS recently announced a new PowerShell custom runtime for AWS Lambda to run Lambda functions written in PowerShell. With the new runtime developers can write native PowerShell code in Lambda without having to compile it, simplifying deployment and testing.
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Amazon EKS Blueprints Streamline Bootstrapping Kubernetes Clusters
AWS has released EKS Blueprints, a collection of infrastructure as code (IaC) modules to simplify configuring and deploying EKS clusters. EKS Blueprints are currently implemented in both HashiCorp Terraform and AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK). The blueprints have support for a number of open-source add-ons including Prometheus, Nginx, and Argo CD.
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Amazon Rekognition Introduces Streaming Video Events
AWS recently announced the general availability of Streaming Video Events, a new feature of Amazon Rekognition to provide real-time alerts on live video streams.
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Amazon EC2 Supports NitroTPM and UEFI Secure Boot
AWS recently announced the general availability of the UEFI Secure Boot and of NitroTPM, a virtual TPM module for EC2 instances based on the AWS Nitro System. The new features are designed for boot-process validation, key protection and digital rights management.
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AWS Lambda Now Has Support for Node.js 16 Runtime
Recently AWS announced that Node.js version 16 supports its Function as a Service (FaaS) and is in active LTS status (ready for general use).