3/21/2025, 12:00:00 AM ~ 3/24/2025, 12:00:00 AM (UTC)

Recent Announcements

Amazon S3 Tables are now available in three additional AWS Regions

Amazon S3 Tables are now available in three additional AWS Regions: Asia Pacific (Mumbai), Canada (Central), and South America (São Paulo).\n S3 Tables deliver the first cloud object store with built-in Apache Iceberg support, and the easiest way to store tabular data at scale. S3 Tables are specifically optimized for analytics workloads, resulting in up to 3x faster query performance through continual table optimization compared to unmanaged Iceberg tables, and up to 10x higher transactions per second compared to Iceberg tables stored in general purpose S3 buckets. You can use S3 Tables with AWS analytics services through the integration with Amazon SageMaker Lakehouse, as well as Apache Iceberg-compatible open source engines like Apache Spark and Apache Flink. Additionally, S3 Tables perform continual table maintenance to automatically expire old snapshots and related data files to reduce storage cost over time. S3 Tables are now generally available in fourteen AWS Regions. For pricing details, visit the S3 pricing page. To learn more, visit the product page, and documentation.

Amazon Connect Contact Lens now enables you to capture agent acknowledgements of performance evaluations

You can now capture and review agent acknowledgements of performance evaluations within Contact Lens, ensuring that agents have reviewed evaluation feedback and understand performance expectations. Today, agents receive automated email notifications or tasks to review their performance evaluations. With this launch, agents can acknowledge their review of performance evaluations within the Connect UI, and add optional notes (e.g., “reviewed and accepted feedback on being more empathetic towards angry customers”). Managers can then track agent acknowledgements, to confirm that agents are regularly reviewing the feedback on performance evaluations for improving their performance.\n This feature is available in all regions where Contact Lens performance evaluations are already available. To learn more, please visit our documentation and our webpage. For information about Contact Lens pricing, please visit our pricing page.

Amazon SES announces Vade advanced email security Add On for Mail Manager

Today, Amazon SES announces the availability of the Vade Add On for Mail Manager, a sophisticated content filter that enhances email security for both incoming and outgoing messages. This new Add On, developed in collaboration with HornetSecurity, combines heuristics, behavioral analysis, and machine learning to provide robust protection against evolving communication threats such as spam, phishing attempts, and malware.\n Now available as a rule property in Mail Manager, the Vade Add On empowers users with automated, real-time defense against email-based threats for safer communication. Its AI-powered technology employs a multi-layered approach, analyzing messages in real-time using advanced techniques like natural language processing. This integration allows customers to strengthen their email platforms by configuring ongoing protection against evolving cyber threats alongside existing Mail Manager rules, offering flexibility in managing their email security. The Vade Add On for Amazon SES Mail Manager is available in the following AWS Regions: US East (N. Virginia), US West (Oregon), Europe (Ireland), Europe (Frankfurt), Asia Pacific (Tokyo), and Asia Pacific (Sydney), US East (Ohio), US West (San Francisco), Asia Pacific (Mumbai), Asia Pacific (Osaka), Asia Pacific (Seoul), Canada Central (Montreal), Europe (London), Europe (Paris), Europe (Stockholm), and South America (São Paulo). To learn more about this new feature and how it can enhance your email security, visit the documentation for Email Add Ons in Mail Manager. You can easily activate the Vade Advanced Email Security Add On directly from the Amazon SES console to start protecting your email communications today.

AWS Directory Service for Microsoft AD and AD Connector available in Mexico and Thailand

AWS Directory Service for Microsoft Active Directory, also known as AWS Managed Microsoft AD, and AD Connector are now available in the AWS Mexico - Central and in Thailand region.\n Built on actual Microsoft Active Directory (AD), AWS Managed Microsoft AD enables you to migrate AD-aware applications while reducing the work of managing AD infrastructure in the AWS Cloud. You can use your Microsoft AD credentials to domain join EC2 instances, and also manage containers and Kubernetes clusters. You can keep your identities in your existing Microsoft AD or create and manage identities in your AWS managed directory. AD Connector is a proxy that enables AWS applications to use your existing on-premises AD identities without requiring AD infrastructure in the AWS Cloud. You can also use AD Connector to join Amazon EC2 instances to your on-premises AD domain and manage these instances using your existing group policies. Please see all AWS Regions where AWS Managed Microsoft AD and AD Connector are available. To learn more, see AWS Directory Service.

AWS Deadline Cloud now supports Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6)

AWS Deadline Cloud customer can now use Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) to call Deadline Cloud’s public service endpoints. AWS Deadline Cloud is a fully managed service that helps customers render visual effects, animation, and other complex graphics workloads in the cloud. With the addition of IPv6 support, AWS Deadline Cloud enhances its networking capabilities, providing you with improved compatibility with modern network infrastructures.\n The transition to IPv6 is essential due to the continued growth of the internet, which is exhausting available Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) addresses. By adopting IPv6 in AWS Deadline Cloud, you can ensure your rendering workflows are prepared for the future of internet connectivity, while still leveraging current IPv4-based setups. IPv6 support is now available in all regions where the AWS Deadline Cloud is offered. To learn more about IPv6 support in AWS Deadline Cloud, see the AWS Deadline Documentation or visit the AWS Deadline product page.

AWS adds currency selection to Payment Profiles

AWS has enhanced Payment Profiles to allow customers to select their preferred currency for each AWS service provider (seller of record). This new capability builds upon the existing ability to set different payment methods per service provider, giving you more control over your currency preferences.\n With Payment Profiles you can now customize both payment methods and currencies for each AWS service provider. For example, you can select to pay one AWS service provider in USD and another in EUR, aligning your AWS payment preferences with your business needs. If you prefer not to create specific Payment Profiles, AWS will continue using your default payment preferences. This feature is now generally available to all AWS customers worldwide. To start managing your currency preferences with Payment Profiles, visit the Payment Preferences page in the AWS Billing and Cost Management Console. For more information about configuring Payment Profiles, visit Using payment profiles.

AWS announces expanded service support in the AWS Console Mobile App

Today, AWS announced support for 24 additional AWS services in the AWS Console Mobile App. AWS customers using the AWS Console Mobile App can now access 24 additional AWS services including Service Quotas, CloudFront, Amazon SES, AWS Cloud9, and AWS Batch via an integrated mobile web browser experience in the AWS Console Mobile App.\n AWS customers who are on-the-go can use the AWS Console Mobile App to access a select set of native and in-app browser supported services. Customers benefit from the AWS Console Mobile App’s biometric authentication (sign-in), and mobile optimized customer experience. For AWS services not available natively, customers can access the AWS Management Console via an in-app browser to access service pages without additional authentication, manual navigation, or need to switch from the app to a browser. Visit the product page for more information about the Console Mobile App, including a full list of supported services and regions.

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