5/3/2023, 12:00:00 AM ~ 5/4/2023, 12:00:00 AM (UTC)
Recent Announcements
Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL now supports pgvector for simplified ML model integration
Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) for PostgreSQL now supports the pgvector extension to store embeddings from machine learning (ML) models in your database and to perform efficient similarity searches. Embeddings are numerical representations (vectors) created from generative AI that capture the semantic meaning of text input into a large language model (LLM). pgvector can store and search embeddings from Amazon Bedrock, Amazon SageMaker, and more.
Amazon WorkSpaces is now available in the AWS GovCloud (US-East) Region
Amazon WorkSpaces is now available in the AWS GovCloud (US-East) Region, an isolated AWS Region designed to host sensitive data and regulated workloads in the cloud for customers who have U.S. federal, state, or local government security and compliance requirements. For a list of regions where WorkSpaces is available, see the AWS Region Table. With this launch, you can now use Amazon WorkSpaces cloud desktops to help address data sovereignty requirements without the cost and complexity of building on-premises Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI).
Amazon Kendra now supports content-based query suggestions
Amazon Kendra is an intelligent search service powered by machine learning, enabling organizations to provide relevant information to customers and employees, when they need it.
Amazon Virtual Private Cloud now supports Bring Your Own IP in Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) Region
Starting today, Bring Your Own IP (BYOIP) is available in Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) Region.
AWS announces Multi-AZ with Standby for Amazon OpenSearch Service
Today, Amazon OpenSearch Service announces Multi-AZ with Standby, a new deployment option that enables 99.99% availability and consistent performance for business-critical workloads. With Multi-AZ with Standby, OpenSearch Service domains are resilient to potential infrastructure failures, such as a node or an Availability Zone (AZ) failure. Multi-AZ with Standby also ensures OpenSearch Service domains follow recommended best practices, simplifying configuration and management.
AWS Directory Service supports smart card authentication in AWS GovCloud (US-East) Region
Starting today, you can use Common Access Card (CAC) and Personal Identity Verification (PIV) smart cards to authenticate users into Amazon WorkSpaces through your self-managed Active Directory (AD) and AWS Directory Service AD Connector in the AWS GovCloud (US-East) Region. Additionally, you can now use the AWS Management Console to configure smart card authentication with AWS Directory Service.
AWS CloudFormation Hooks is now available in 2 additional AWS Regions
Today, AWS CloudFormation has expanded the availability of AWS CloudFormation Hooks to the Middle East (Dubai) and Asia Pacific (Jakarta) Regions. With this launch, customers can deploy Hooks in these newly supported AWS Regions to help keep resources secure and compliant.
AWS announces new AWS Direct Connect location in Phoenix
Today, AWS announced the opening of a new AWS Direct Connect location within the EdgeConnex PHX01 data center in Phoenix, Arizona. By connecting your network to AWS at the new location, you gain private, direct access to all public AWS Regions (except those in China), AWS GovCloud Regions, and AWS Local Zones.
AWS Network Firewall now supports Suricata HOME_NET variable override
AWS Network Firewall now allows you to override the Suricata HOME_NET variable making it easy to use AWS managed rule groups in firewalls that are deployed in a centralized deployment model. Managed rule groups are collections of predefined, ready-to-use rules that AWS writes and maintains for you. The Suricata HOME_NET variable of the managed rule group has the Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR) range which is inspected by the AWS Network Firewall. Previously, you were unable to override HOME_NET variable as it used the CIDR ranges of VPC where the firewall is deployed. If your firewall uses a central inspection VPC, AWS Network Firewall populates HOME_NET with CIDR ranges of the inspection VPC, instead of the application (spoke) VPCs which you want to filter.
Announcing AWS User Notifications general availability
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is announcing the general availability of AWS User Notifications, a new service that enables you to centrally setup and view notifications from AWS services, such as AWS Health events, Amazon CloudWatch alarms, or Amazon EC2 instance state changes, in a consistent, human-readable format. You can view notifications across accounts, regions, and services in a Console Notifications Center, and configure delivery channels where you want to receive these notifications, like email, AWS Chatbot, and AWS Console Mobile App. Notifications include URLs to direct to resources on the AWS Console, where you can take take additional actions.
Amazon Rekognition improves accuracy of content moderation for images and videos
Amazon Rekognition content moderation is a deep learning-based feature that can detect inappropriate, unwanted, or offensive images and videos, making it easier to find and remove such content at scale. Starting today, Amazon Rekognition content moderation comes with an improved model for image and video moderation that significantly improves the detection of explicit, violence, and suggestive content. Customers can now detect explicit and violence content with higher accuracy to improve the end-user experience, protect their brand identity, and ensure that all content complies with their industry regulation and policies.
Aurora Serverless v2 is now available in AWS GovCloud (US) regions
Amazon Aurora Serverless v2, the next version of Aurora Serverless, is now available in 26 regions including AWS GovCloud (US-West) and AWS GovCloud (US-East) Regions.
Announcing Private API support for AWS AppSync GraphQL APIs
AWS AppSync is a fully managed service that enables developers to build scalable, performant APIs that connect applications to data and events. Today, we announce the general availability of Private API support for AWS AppSync. With Private APIs, you can now create GraphQL APIs that can only be accessed from your Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (“VPC”).
AWS announces Amazon WorkSpaces Core in AWS GovCloud (US) Regions
Amazon WorkSpaces Core is now available in the AWS GovCloud (US-East) Region and AWS GovCloud (US-West) Region. These are isolated AWS Regions designed to host sensitive data and regulated workloads in the cloud for customers who have U.S. federal, state, or local government security and compliance requirements. For a list of regions where WorkSpaces is available, see the AWS Region Table.
AWS Well-Architected Tool Deepens Integration with AWS Service Catalog AppRegistry
AWS is pleased to announce an enhancement to the AWS Well-Architected (WA) Tool integration with AWS Service Catalog AppRegistry (AR). This integration allows customers to now filter their AWS Trusted Advisor checks based on resources defined within application, helping surface the most relevant checks in the Well-Architected console.
AWS Console Mobile Application launches push notifications
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is announcing the general availability of of Push Notifications for the AWS Console Mobile Application. You can now use AWS User Notifications to create actionable push notifications from AWS services, such as CloudWatch, to be delivered to your mobile device when a resource requires your attention. You can then receive push notifications, and learn more about events while on-the-go without needing to return to your computer. If you want to see more detail about a notification from your device’s lock screen, you can simply tap the notification, authenticate, and be directed to the relevant details screen inside the app.
AWS Blogs
AWS News Blog
- Introducing Bob’s Used Books—a New, Real-World, .NET Sample Application
- New – Set Up Your AWS Notifications in One Place
AWS Cloud Operations & Migrations Blog
AWS Big Data Blog
- Amazon OpenSearch Service now supports 99.99% availability using Multi-AZ with Standby
- Build, deploy, and run Spark jobs on Amazon EMR with the open-source EMR CLI tool
- Compose your ETL jobs for MongoDB Atlas with AWS Glue
- How SOCAR handles large IoT data with Amazon MSK and Amazon ElastiCache for Redis
AWS Compute Blog
Containers
- Start Pods faster by prefetching images
- Enable continuous deployment based on semantic versioning using AWS App Runner
AWS Database Blog
- Building AI-powered search in PostgreSQL using Amazon SageMaker and pgvector
- Secure your data with Amazon RDS for SQL Server: A guide to best practices and fortification
- Choose the right Amazon RDS deployment option: Single-AZ instance, Multi-AZ instance, or Multi-AZ database cluster
AWS DevOps Blog
Front-End Web & Mobile
- Introducing Private APIs on AWS AppSync
- Benchmarking your Mobile App with Rooted Android Private Devices and AWS Device Farm
AWS for Industries
The Internet of Things on AWS – Official Blog
AWS Machine Learning Blog
- Quickly build high-accuracy Generative AI applications on enterprise data using Amazon Kendra, LangChain, and large language models
- Implement backup and recovery using an event-driven serverless architecture with Amazon SageMaker Studio
- Optimized PyTorch 2.0 inference with AWS Graviton processors
- How Vericast optimized feature engineering using Amazon SageMaker Processing