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Enhancing Compliance with AWS Declarative Policies
AWS recently introduced declarative policies, a feature designed to help organizations define and enforce desired configurations for AWS services at scale. This capability addresses common challenges faced by customers who need to establish standards for cloud resource configurations, such as blocking public access to Amazon EBS snapshots.
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AWS Adds Container Insights with Enhanced Observability to Elastic Container Service
AWS recently announced the launch of Container Insights with Enhanced Observability for Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS). This goes on the lines of a similar feature previously introduced for Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS). This new capability aims to improve monitoring and troubleshooting for container workloads.
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AWS Announces Physical Data Transfer Terminal for High-Speed Uploads
AWS has recently introduced AWS Data Transfer Terminal, a new option for high-speed data uploads. Currently available only in the US, Data Transfer Terminals provide a physical location where customers can bring their storage devices for fast data transfer to and from the AWS cloud.
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Amazon Launches High Memory U7inh EC2 Instance for Enhanced SAP HANA Workloads
AWS has unveiled the Amazon EC2 High Memory U7inh instance, a game-changer for mission-critical in-memory databases like SAP HANA, offering 32 TB of memory and 1,920 vCPUs. Designed with HPE, it doubles the performance of previous models, ensuring seamless integration in AWS. Maximize your SAP workloads in the cloud with enhanced speed and scalability.
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AWS Introduces S3 Tables Bucket: Is S3 Becoming a Data Lakehouse?
AWS has recently announced S3 Tables Bucket, managed Apache Iceberg tables optimized for analytics workloads. According to the cloud provider, the new option delivers up to 3x faster query performance and up to 10x higher transaction rates for Apache Iceberg tables compared to standard S3 storage.
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AWS Adds News Amazon Q Developer Agent Capabilities: Doc Generation, Code Reviews, and Unit Tests
AWS has enhanced its generative AI-powered Amazon Q Developer, streamlining software development with new agent capabilities. Key features include automated documentation, code reviews, and unit test generation, allowing developers to focus on coding. Available in all AWS Regions, Amazon Q Developer simplifies processes in IDEs like Visual Studio Code and IntelliJ IDEA.
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AWS Outlines Its Post-Quantum Cryptography Migration Plan
In a recent article on its security blog, AWS detailed its plan for migrating to post-quantum cryptography (PQC). The article addresses the challenges posed by PQC, outlines AWS's current progress in the migration process, and explains the impact on customers within the traditional shared responsibility model.
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Amazon Aurora DSQL: Distributed SQL Database with Active-Active High Availability
At the recent AWS re:Invent conference in Las Vegas, Amazon announced the public preview of Aurora DSQL, a serverless, distributed SQL database featuring active-active high availability. This new PostgreSQL-compatible database option has generated significant excitement within the AWS community and was widely regarded by attendees as the standout announcement of the conference.
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Amazon CloudFront Introduces Support for VPC Origins and Static IPs
Ahead of re:Invent, AWS has announced that Amazon CloudFront now supports Anycast static IPs, providing a dedicated set of IP addresses for connecting to all CloudFront edge locations worldwide. Additionally, the new VPC origins feature enables developers to designate private resources within a VPC as origins, eliminating the need for public IP addresses or internet connectivity.
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Amazon S3 Introduces Metadata Feature for Improved Data Management and Querying in Preview
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has launched S3 Metadata, enhancing data management for S3 users. This new capability enables near real-time querying and analysis of S3 data via organized metadata updates. By adopting Apache Iceberg, it ensures interoperability and scalability, allowing businesses to efficiently leverage their data for analytics and AI applications.
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Amazon Introduces Amazon Nova, a Series of Foundation Models
Amazon has announced Amazon Nova, a family of foundation models designed for generative AI tasks. The announcement, made during AWS re:Invent, highlights the models' capabilities in tasks such as document and video analysis, chart comprehension, video content generation, and AI agent development.
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From Aurora DSQL to Amazon Nova: Highlights of re:Invent 2024
The 2024 edition of re:Invent has just ended in Las Vegas. As anticipated, AI was a key focus of the conference, with Amazon Nova and a new version of Sagemaker among the most significant highlights. However, the announcement that generated the most excitement in the community was the preview of Amazon Aurora DSQL, a serverless, distributed SQL database with active-active high availability.
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AWS Transfer Family Web Apps: Simplified S3 Data Access through the Browser
AWS Transfer Family's new web apps offer a user-friendly, no-code solution for secure access to Amazon S3 data. Designed for non-technical users, these fully managed portals simplify file management and enhance security with AWS IAM integration. Easily customizable and compliant with major standards, they streamline workflows and bridge gaps in traditional file transfer methods.
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Optimizing Amazon ECS with Predictive Scaling
Amazon Web Services (AWS) recently released Predictive Scaling for Amazon ECS, an advanced scaling policy that employs machine learning (ML) algorithms to anticipate demand surges, ensuring applications remain highly available and responsive while minimizing resource overprovisioning.
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Amazon Introduces Elastic VMware Service for VMware Workload Migration to AWS in Preview
AWS has unveiled the Amazon Elastic VMware Service (EVS), enabling seamless VMware Cloud Foundation integration within Amazon VPC. This innovative service simplifies VMware workload migration and management in the cloud, allowing swift deployment and optimized infrastructure while offering customers flexibility and control over their applications.