1/10/2024, 12:00:00 AM ~ 1/11/2024, 12:00:00 AM (UTC)

Recent Announcements

Amazon ElastiCache now supports additional sizes of network-optimized C7gn nodes

Amazon ElastiCache now supports additional sizes of the Graviton3-based network-optimized C7gn node type. ElastiCache C7gn nodes feature the new 5th generation AWS Nitro Cards and enable you to achieve the highest network bandwidth across ElastiCache node families for network-intensive workloads. With this launch, ElastiCache C7gn nodes are available in 7 different node sizes (large to 16xlarge) for increased scalability. ElastiCache C7gn nodes offer up to 200 Gbps network bandwidth.

Amazon Route 53 Resolver DNS Firewall now supports query type filtering

Starting today, you can enable Route 53 Resolver DNS Firewall to filter DNS traffic based on the query type (QTYPE) contained in the question section of the DNS query format.

Amazon OpenSearch Service now supports hybrid query score normalization

OpenSearch Service 2.11 now supports hybrid query score normalization. It is now easier than ever for search practitioners to leverage a combination of lexical and semantic search to improve their search relevance with OpenSearch.

Amazon Route 53 expands geoproximity routing

Starting today, Amazon Route 53 supports geoproximity routing as an additional routing policy for DNS records in public and private hosted zones. Geoproximity routing improves application responsiveness for your end users and helps organizations apply data residency preferences by routing traffic to the geographically nearest resource. With this release, you can add geoproximity routing to your DNS records via the Route 53 Console, API, SDK, and CLI.

Amazon Location Service now supports additional places content in Maps

Amazon Location Service has updated the Maps service to include a richer set of places, such as shops, services, restaurants, attractions, and other points of interest, in one of our map styles. The updated Esri Navigation style now provides developers the option to display a detailed map with global places content for reference or navigation purpose.

Amazon EC2 M7i-flex and M7i instances now available in additional AWS regions

Starting today, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) M7i-flex and M7i instances powered by custom 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors (code-named Sapphire Rapids) are available in Asia Pacific (Singapore, Tokyo) regions. These custom processors, available only on AWS, offer up to 15% better performance over comparable x86-based Intel processors utilized by other cloud providers.

Amazon Connect now supports audio optimization for Citrix cloud desktops

Amazon Connect now makes it easier to deliver high-quality voice experiences in Citrix Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) environments. Amazon Connect automatically optimizes audio by redirecting media from your agent’s local desktop to Connect, simplifying the agent experience and improving audio quality by reducing network hops. Agents can simply log into their Citrix remote desktop application (e.g., Citrix Workspaces) and start accepting calls using your custom agent user interface (i.e., custom Contact Control Panel) using APIs in the Amazon Connect open source JavaScript libraries.

Kinesis Data Firehose supports delivering data to Splunk clusters using ALB

Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose (Firehose) enables customers to capture, transform, and deliver data streams into Amazon S3, Redshift, OpenSearch, Splunk, and 10+ other destinations for analytics. With this new feature, customers can now use Firehose to deliver streams to their Splunk cluster configured with either an Application Load Balancer (ALB) or a Classic Load Balancer (CLB).

Amazon EC2 R7iz instances are now available in additional AWS Regions

Starting today, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) R7iz instances are available in AWS Region US East (Ohio) and AWS Region Europe (Ireland). R7iz instances are powered by 4th generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors (code named Sapphire Rapids) with an all core turbo frequency up to 3.9 GHz, and built on the AWS Nitro System, a collection of AWS-designed hardware and software innovations that enables the delivery of efficient and flexible cloud services with enhanced security, isolated multi-tenancy, private networking, and fast local storage.

Amazon Virtual Private Cloud Prefix Lists now available in Canada West (Calgary) Region

Starting today, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) customers can create their own Prefix Lists in Canada West (Calgary) Region.

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