7/15/2024, 12:00:00 AM ~ 7/16/2024, 12:00:00 AM (UTC)

Recent Announcements

Amazon QuickSight improves controls performance

Currently in Amazon QuickSight when readers interact with controls they need to wait for all relevant controls to reload after each change is made. With this new release readers will see most controls immediately accessible as loading has been moved to the background. Readers may see a loading indicator in the sample value list, but we prioritize the control being interacted with to reduce the loading time experienced.\n Readers can start interacting with controls right away when the dashboard loads. As more controls are added to the dashboard or if controls previously loaded slowly, it will be more clear that this update has sped up the ability to interact with controls on the dashboard. This improvement to controls is supported in all Amazon QuickSight regions - US East (Ohio and N. Virginia), US West (Oregon), Asia Pacific (Mumbai, Seoul, Singapore, Sydney and Tokyo), Canada (Central), Europe (Frankfurt, Ireland and London), South America (São Paulo) and AWS GovCloud (US-West). See here for QuickSight regional endpoints.

AWS Cloud Control API now supports IPv6

AWS Cloud Control API now allows customers to use Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) addresses for their new and existing service endpoints. Customers moving to IPv6 can simplify their network stack by running their AWS Cloud Control API endpoints on a network that supports both IPv4 and IPv6.\n The continued growth of the Internet, particularly in the areas of mobile applications, connected devices, and IoT, has spurred an industry-wide move to IPv6. IPv6 increases the number of available addresses by several orders of magnitude so customers will no longer need to manage overlapping address spaces in their VPCs. Customers can standardize their applications on the new version of Internet Protocol by moving their AWS Cloud Control API endpoints to IPv6 with AWS CLI. Support for IPv6 on AWS Cloud Control API is available in all Regions where AWS Cloud Control API is available. See here for a full listing of our Regions. To learn more about AWS Cloud Control API, please refer to our user guide.

Amazon OpenSearch Serverless levels up speed and efficiency with smart caching

We are excited to announce the new smart caching feature for indexing in Amazon OpenSearch Serverless. This innovative caching mechanism automatically fetches and intelligently manages data, leading to faster data retrieval, efficient storage usage, and cost savings.\n OpenSearch Serverless has a built-in caching tier for indexing and search compute, measured in OpenSearch Compute Units (OCU). Prior to this feature, the OCUs consumed by indexing was predominantly determined by the size of the workload. The new caching feature optimizes data management on the indexing compute by keeping only the most recently or frequently used data readily available in the cache. Instead of basing the OCU consumption primarily on the total data size, the new caching feature ensures that the cost is determined by the rate of data ingestion. When data requested is not in the cache, it automatically fetches from the data stored in Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3). This approach reduces overall OCU usage, making the indexing process more efficient and cost-effective while ensuring faster data retrieval. The support for the new smart caching feature in OpenSearch Serverless is automatically enabled for all collections and is now available in 13 regions globally: US East (Ohio), US East (N. Virginia), US West (Oregon), Asia Pacific (Singapore), Asia Pacific (Sydney), Asia Pacific (Tokyo), Europe (Frankfurt), Europe (Ireland), Europe West (Paris), Europe West (London), Asia Pacific South (Mumbai), South America (Sao Paulo), and Canada (Central). Please refer to the AWS Regional Services List for more information about Amazon OpenSearch Service availability. To learn more about OpenSearch Serverless, see the documentation.

Amazon RDS for MariaDB supports Long-Term Support version 11.4 in Amazon RDS Database Preview Environment

Amazon RDS for MariaDB now supports version 11.4 in the Amazon RDS Database Preview Environment, allowing you to evaluate the latest Long-Term Support Release on Amazon RDS for MariaDB. You can deploy MariaDB 11.4 in the Amazon RDS Database Preview Environment that has the benefits of a fully managed database, making it simpler to set up, operate, and monitor databases.\n MariaDB 11.4 is the latest Long-Term Support Release from the MariaDB community. MariaDB Long-Term Support Releases include bug fixes, security patches, as well as new features. Please refer to the MariaDB 11.4 release notes for more details about this release. The Amazon RDS Database Preview Environment supports both Single-AZ and Multi-AZ deployments on the latest generation of instance classes. Amazon RDS Database Preview Environment database instances are retained for a maximum period of 60 days and are automatically deleted after the retention period. Amazon RDS database snapshots that are created in the preview environment can only be used to create or restore database instances within the preview environment. Amazon RDS Database Preview Environment database instances are priced the same as production RDS instances created in the US East (Ohio) Region.

AWS Elemental MediaConnect supports individual output stopping capability

You can now disable individual outputs on an AWS Elemental MediaConnect flow, temporarily stopping them from transmitting data. This makes it easier to manage content sharing by allowing you to suspend and restart distribution of live video to a single destination without having to delete and then reconfigure output settings or flows.\n To learn more about stopping individual flow outputs, visit the AWS Elemental MediaConnect documentation page. AWS Elemental MediaConnect is a reliable, secure, and flexible transport service for live video that enables broadcasters and content owners to build live video workflows and securely share live content with partners and customers. MediaConnect helps customers transport high-value live video streams into, through, and out of the AWS Cloud. MediaConnect can function as a standalone service or as part of a larger video workflow with other AWS Elemental Media Services, a family of services that form the foundation of cloud-based workflows to transport, transcode, package, and deliver video. Visit the AWS Region Table for a full list of AWS Regions where MediaConnect is available. To learn more about MediaConnect, please visit here.

Amazon FSx for OpenZFS now supports additional deployment options in two AWS Regions

Customers can now create Amazon FSx for OpenZFS Single-AZ 2 file systems in two additional AWS Regions: Canada (Central) and Asia Pacific (Mumbai). Customers can now also create new Multi-AZ file systems in these two regions with higher throughput capacity than they could previously, up to a new maximum of 10,240 MBps.\n Amazon FSx for OpenZFS provides fully managed, cost-effective, shared file storage powered by the popular OpenZFS file system, and is designed to deliver sub-millisecond latencies and multi-GB/s of throughput along with rich ZFS-powered data management capabilities (like snapshots, data cloning, and compression). It offers two deployment types: Single-AZ (built in a single AZ) and Multi-AZ (built with storage volumes in two different AZs with automatic replication for data resiliency across AZs). Within the Single-AZ deployment type, the latest generation, Single-AZ 2, offers double the performance scalability as compared to the previous generation (Single-AZ 1), and delivers a high-speed NVMe read cache that automatically caches your most recently-accessed data, making it suitable for high-performance workloads such as media processing and rendering, financial analytics, and machine learning. Starting today, customers can launch Single-AZ 2 file systems, as well as Multi-AZ file systems with up to 10,240 MBps of throughput, in the two additional AWS Regions mentioned above. To learn more about Amazon FSx for OpenZFS, visit our product page, and see the AWS Region Table for complete regional availability information.

AWS Security Hub launches 24 new security controls

AWS Security Hub has released 24 new security controls, increasing the number of controls offered to 418. Security Hub now supports controls for additional AWS services such as Amazon Inspector, Amazon Data Firehose and AWS Service Catalog. Security Hub also released new controls against previously supported services like Amazon GuardDuty and Amazon DynamoDB. For the full list of recently released controls and the AWS Regions in which they are available, visit the Security Hub user guide.\n To use the new controls, turn on the standard they belong to. Security Hub will then start evaluating your security posture and monitoring your resources for the relevant security controls. You can use central configuration to do so across all your organization accounts and linked Regions with a single action. If you are already using the relevant standards and have Security Hub configured to automatically enable new controls, these new controls will run without taking any additional action. To get started, consult the following list of resources:

Learn more about Security Hub capabilities and features in the AWS Security Hub user guide

Subscribe to the Security Hub SNS topic to receive notifications about new Security Hub features and controls

Try Security Hub at no cost for 30 days on the AWS Free Tier

AWS Application Migration Service achieves FedRAMP High authorization

Starting today, you can use AWS Application Migration Service with workloads that require FedRAMP High categorization level in the AWS GovCloud (US-East and US-West) Regions.\n In addition to achieving FedRAMP High authorization in the AWS GovCloud (US-East and US-West) Regions, AWS Application Migration Service is in scope for numerous compliance programs and standards, including HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act), PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry – Data Security Standard), ISO (International Organization for Standardization), SOC 1, 2, and 3 (System and Organization Controls). To learn more about AWS Application Migration Service compliance validation, visit the documentation here. Application Migration Service minimizes time-intensive, error-prone manual processes by automating the conversion of your source servers to run natively on AWS. It also helps simplify modernization of your migrated applications by allowing you to select preconfigured and custom optimization options during migration. To start using Application Migration Service for free, sign in through the AWS Management Console. For more information, visit the Application Migration Service product page.

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