10/16/2023, 12:00:00 AM ~ 10/17/2023, 12:00:00 AM (UTC)
Recent Announcements
Introducing Amazon EC2 R7i instances
AWS announces the general availability of Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) R7i instances powered by custom 4th Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors (code-named Sapphire Rapids). These custom processors are exclusive to AWS and offer the best performance among comparable Intel processors in the cloud – up to 15% faster than Intel processors utilized by other cloud providers.
Security analytics in OpenSearch Service now supports OCSF and custom logs
Security analytics in Amazon OpenSearch Service adds native support for Open Cybersecurity Schema Framework (OCSF) formatted data and provides security detection rules for OCSF data ingested from Amazon Security Lake. In addition, security analytics also supports ingesting virtually any custom log type and creating custom detection rules. Correlation engine helps reduce incident response time by analyzing and highlighting connections between potential security incidents.
Bitcoin Testnet and new Asset APIs now available for Amazon Managed Blockchain Query
Amazon Managed Blockchain (AMB) Query now supports the Bitcoin Testnet to develop and test applications without risking real funds, and Asset APIs for developers to get on-chain properties of smart contracts.
CloudWatch launches out-of-the-box alarm recommendations for AWS services
Amazon CloudWatch announces out-of-the box, best practice alarm recommendations for AWS service-vended metrics. It provides alarm recommendations and alarm configurations for key vended metrics, along with the ability to download pre-filled infrastructure-as-code templates for these alarms. Furthermore, you can now see in-line descriptions for AWS service metrics across the AWS console, which enables you to easily see metric details to help you troubleshoot or assess system health.
AWS Client VPN extends availability to three additional AWS Regions
Starting today, customers can use AWS Client VPN in three additional Asia Pacific (Osaka, Hyderabad, and Jakarta) Regions. Using AWS Client VPN customers can provide secure access to their resources in AWS or on-premises network for their remote workforce.
AWS Entity Resolution launches records matching with data service providers
Today, AWS Entity Resolution launches a new capability to help you link and enhance your records with trusted data service providers including LiveRamp, TransUnion, and Unified ID 2.0 (UID2) in a few steps. With this launch you can connect your records with trusted industry IDs including RampID, Unified ID 2.0, and TruAudience. You can also enhance your records with insights such as demographic attributes to better understand, reach, and engage your customers, while minimizing the movement of your data and eliminating the need to write custom code to map your records with these providers.
Introducing Recover into Existing Instance for AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery
Today, AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery (AWS DRS) announces the general availability of Recover Into Existing Instance, which allows you to recover into an original or pre-defined existing instance instead of spinning up a new Amazon EC2 instance.
AWS Blogs
AWS Japan Blog (Japanese)
AWS News Blog
- New – Seventh Generation Memory-optimized Amazon EC2 Instances (R7i)
- AWS Weekly Roundup – EBS Status Check, Textract Custom Queries, Amazon Linux 2, and more – October 16, 2023
AWS Cloud Operations & Migrations Blog
- Observe dynamic sites with Amazon CloudWatch Synthetics and AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store
- Centralize image administration for virtual machines and containers using EC2 Image Builder
AWS Big Data Blog
AWS Database Blog
- Deploy Amazon RDS Custom for Oracle using Terraform modules
- Visualize Ethereum ERC20 token data using Amazon Managed Blockchain Query and Amazon QuickSight
- Accelerate migrations to Amazon DocumentDB using AWS DMS
Front-End Web & Mobile
AWS for Industries
- University of Michigan student team develops an energy efficient solar car with High Performance Computing (HPC) on AWS
- Analyze Data Transfer and adopt cost optimized designs to realize cost savings
- AWS Entity Resolution Expands Data Matching Capabilities with LiveRamp, TransUnion, and Unified ID 2.0 Integrations
- Top 5 ways artificial intelligence and machine learning are changing retail
- Reimagining the customer experience with generative AI – part 2
- Reimagining the customer experience with generative AI – part 1
- Resilience in Retail
- Multimodal Data Analysis with AWS Health and Machine Learning Services