7/27/2023, 12:00:00 AM ~ 7/28/2023, 12:00:00 AM (UTC)
Recent Announcements
AWS SimSpace Weaver now supports custom container images and new clock
We’re excited to announce the release of two new AWS SimSpace Weaver features.
AWS Lambda adds support for Python 3.11
AWS Lambda now supports creating serverless applications using Python 3.11. Developers can use Python 3.11 as both a managed runtime and a container base image, and AWS will automatically apply updates to the managed runtime and base image as they become available. You can use Python 3.11 with Lambda@Edge, allowing you to customize low-latency content delivered through Amazon CloudFront. Powertools for AWS Lambda, a developer toolkit to implement serverless best practices and increase developer velocity, also supports Python 3.11.
Amazon EMR Serverless now supports retrieving secrets from AWS Secrets Manager
We are happy to announce that starting today, you can now retrieve secrets from AWS Secrets Manager on Amazon EMR Serverless from your Spark and Hive jobs. Amazon EMR Serverless is a serverless option that makes it easy for data analysts and engineers to run open-source big data analytics frameworks such as Apache Spark and Apache Hive without configuring, managing, and scaling clusters or servers.
Amazon GameLift expands SDK support for Unity based game developers
We are excited to announce that Amazon GameLift now supports both the .NET Standard and .NET Framework profiles in Unity with the latest update to the Amazon GameLift Server SDK. Amazon GameLift is a fully managed service that allows developers to quickly manage and scale dedicated game servers for multiplayer games. With this release, Amazon GameLift Server SDK now supports Unity 2022.3, Unreal 4.26, Unreal 5.1, Go language, and custom C++ and C# engines.
Amazon ECS console now has enhanced support for task definition workflows
Today, Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) improved the console experience for task definitions workflows. Customers can now use a single page layout to create new and revised task definitions, and also to configure functionality such as container log routing, firelens, container health checks, and more.
ACE Pipeline Manager now includes an opportunity bulk import in-line editing experience
Today, we launched an in-line editing experience for partner originated opportunities imported to the APN Customer Engagements (ACE) pipeline manager via the bulk channel. Bulk import helps AWS Partners maximize efficiency when utilizing the ACE Pipeline Manager by allowing users to submit up to 250 opportunities at a time.
Amazon RDS Custom for Oracle now supports AWS CloudFormation Templates
Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) Custom for Oracle, is a managed database service for legacy, custom, and packaged applications that require access to the underlying operating system and database environment. Starting today, you can deploy RDS Custom for Oracle using AWS CloudFormation templates. AWS CloudFormation simplifies provisioning and management of resources on AWS.
AWS launches a new Local Zone in Phoenix, Arizona
Today, AWS announces the general availability of a new Local Zone in Phoenix, Arizona. This new AWS Local Zone comes with Amazon EC2C6i, M6i, R6i and C6gn instances and Amazon EBS volume types gp2, gp3, io1, sc1, and st1. You can also access Amazon ECS, Amazon EKS, Application Load Balancer, AWS Direct Connect and NAT Gateway in this new Local Zone to support a broad set of workloads at the edge.
AWS SimSpace Weaver now supports multiple spatial domains per simulation
We’re excited to announce that developers can now launch simulations with multiple spatial domains to separate different types of simulation logic and better allocate compute resources.
AWS Health now supports delegated administrator
AWS Health announces support for delegated administrator, a feature of AWS Organizations that allows you to delegate an account other than the management account to view aggregated AWS Health events on the AWS Health Dashboard or programmatically via AWS Health API. AWS Health is the authoritative source of information about service events and planned changes affecting your AWS cloud resources.
AWS Glue now available in 2 new regions
We are happy to announce that AWS Glue, a serverless data integration service, is now available in the AWS Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) and Asia Pacific (Melbourne) Regions.
Access and Query are now generally available for Amazon Managed Blockchain
Today, AWS announces the general availability of Amazon Managed Blockchain (AMB) Access and AMB Query. These two services help developers seamlessly interact with public blockchains so they can build scalable applications quickly and securely.
Amazon MQ now supports RabbitMQ version 3.11 and new operator policies
Amazon MQ now provides support for RabbitMQ version 3.11, a new minor version release, which includes several fixes and improvements to the previous versions of RabbitMQ supported by Amazon MQ - 3.8, 3.9, and 3.10. With RabbitMQ version 3.11, Amazon MQ is also introducing a default operator policy on each virtual host with high availability properties enabled.
Amazon Connect Customer Profiles now supports rule-based identity resolution
Amazon Connect Customer Profiles now supports rule-based identity resolution to match and merge similar profiles, helping companies maintain accurate customer information and deliver more personalized customer interactions via agents and automated experiences.
Amazon EC2 M6a instances now available in Hyderabad region
Starting today, the general-purpose Amazon EC2 M6a instances are now available in Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) region. M6a instances are powered by third-generation AMD EPYC processors with an all-core turbo frequency of 3.6 GHz. M6a instances deliver up to 35% higher price performance compared to M5a instances, and offer 10% lower cost than comparable x86-based EC2 instances. These instances are built on the AWS Nitro System, a combination of dedicated hardware and lightweight hypervisor that delivers practically all of the compute and memory resources of the host hardware to your instances for better overall performance and security.
AWS Enterprise On-Ramp now available in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions
AWS Enterprise On-Ramp is now generally available in the AWS GovCloud (US-East and US-West) Regions. AWS customers and AWS Partners who operate in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions can now access an expanded support portfolio including Enterprise On-Ramp, enabling faster cloud adoption, accelerated application migration, and greater cost efficiencies.
Amazon MQ now supports customer managed configuration for RabbitMQ brokers
Amazon MQ now supports the ability for customers to create and apply configurations to their RabbitMQ broker on Amazon MQ. This feature allows you to define the RabbitMQ delivery acknowledgement timeout (consumer_timeout) value and enable operator policies using the RabbitMQ configuration format (Cuttlefish). You can now exert greater control over your RabbitMQ broker and fine tune the performance of your consumer applications or enable and manage high availability operator policies directly through configuration.
Amazon RDS for SQL Server supports minor version 2019 CU21
A New minor version of Microsoft SQL Server is now available on Amazon RDS for SQL Server, offering performance and security fixes. Amazon RDS for SQL Server supports a new minor version for SQL Server 2019 on the Express, Web, Standard, and Enterprise Editions.
Amazon EC2 G5g instances now available in Spain region
Starting today, the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) G5g instances powered by AWS Graviton2 processors and featuring NVIDIA T4G Tensor Core GPUs are available in Europe(Spain) region. G5g instances can be used for graphics intensive and machine learning workloads.
AWS Blogs
AWS Japan Blog (Japanese)
- How to Optimize Software Development with Amazon CodeWhisperer
- Operate an Apache Iceberg table with cross-account fine-grained access control using AWS Lake Formation with Amazon Athena
- [Video Release & Event Report] Data Center Cloud Migration Seminar Learned from Success Stories
- Detailed explanation: Delayed loading of container images in AWS Fargate using Seekable OCI
AWS News Blog
- New Amazon EC2 Instances (C7gd, M7gd, and R7gd) Powered by AWS Graviton3 Processor with Local NVMe-based SSD Storage
- New: AWS Local Zone in Phoenix, Arizona – More Instance Types, More EBS Storage Classes, and More Services
AWS Cloud Operations & Migrations Blog
AWS Big Data Blog
- Use AWS Glue DataBrew recipes in your AWS Glue Studio visual ETL jobs
- Find the best Amazon Redshift configuration for your workload using Redshift Test Drive
- Near-real-time analytics using Amazon Redshift streaming ingestion with Amazon Kinesis Data Streams and Amazon DynamoDB
- Improved scalability and resiliency for Amazon EMR on EC2 clusters