10/6/2025, 12:00:00 AM ~ 10/7/2025, 12:00:00 AM (UTC)

Recent Announcements

Amazon EKS and Amazon EKS Distro now supports Kubernetes version 1.34

Kubernetes version 1.34 introduced several new features and bug fixes, and AWS is excited to announce that you can now use Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) and Amazon EKS Distro to run Kubernetes version 1.34. Starting today, you can create new EKS clusters using version 1.34 and upgrade existing clusters to version 1.34 using the EKS console, the eksctl command line interface, or through an infrastructure-as-code tool.\n Kubernetes version 1.34 introduces several key improvements, including projected service account tokens for kubelet image credential providers helping improve security for container image pulls, and Pod-level resource requests and limits for simplified multi-container resource management. The release also introduces Dynamic Resource Allocation (DRA) prioritized alternatives, enabling workloads to define prioritized device requirements for improved resource scheduling. To learn more about the changes in Kubernetes version 1.34, see our documentation and the Kubernetes project release notes. EKS now supports Kubernetes version 1.34 in all the AWS Regions where EKS is available, including the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. You can learn more about the Kubernetes versions available on EKS and instructions to update your cluster to version 1.34 by visiting EKS documentation. You can use EKS cluster insights to check if there any issues that can impact your Kubernetes cluster upgrades. EKS Distro builds of Kubernetes version 1.34 are available through ECR Public Gallery and GitHub. Learn more about the EKS version lifecycle policies in the documentation.

Amazon Connect launches new case APIs to link related cases, add custom related items, and search across them

Amazon Connect now allows you to programmatically enrich case data by linking related cases, attaching custom related items, and searching across them, so agents have the full context they need to resolve issues faster. For example, an airline can link all customer cases tied to a single flight cancellation to coordinate rebookings and send proactive updates, while a retailer can attach order and shipment details to a refund request to deliver faster resolutions and keep customers informed.\n Amazon Connect Cases is available in the following AWS regions: US East (N. Virginia), US West (Oregon), Canada (Central), Europe (Frankfurt), Europe (London), Asia Pacific (Seoul), Asia Pacific (Singapore), Asia Pacific (Sydney), Asia Pacific (Tokyo), and Africa (Cape Town) AWS regions. To learn more and get started, visit the Amazon Connect Cases webpage and documentation.

New Compute Optimized Amazon EC2 C8i and C8i-flex instances

AWS is announcing the general availability of new compute optimized Amazon EC2 C8i and C8i-flex instances. These instances are powered by custom Intel Xeon 6 processors, available only on AWS, delivering the highest performance and fastest memory bandwidth among comparable Intel processors in the cloud. These C8i and C8i-flex instances offer up to 15% better price-performance, and 2.5x more memory bandwidth compared to previous generation Intel-based instances. They deliver up to 20% better performance than C7i and C7i-flex instances, with even higher gains for some workloads. The C8i and C8i-flex instances are up to 60% faster for NGINX web applications, up to 40% faster for AI deep learning recommendation models, and 35% faster for Memcached stores compared to C7i and C7i-flex instances.\n C8i-flex are the easiest way to get price performance benefits for a majority of compute intensive workloads like web and application servers, databases, caches, Apache Kafka, Elasticsearch, and enterprise applications. They offer the most common sizes, from large to 16xlarge, and are a great first choice for applications that don’t fully utilize all compute resources. C8i instances are a great choice for all compute intensive workloads, especially for workloads that need the largest instance sizes or continuous high CPU usage. C8i instances offer 13 sizes including 2 bare metal sizes and the new 96xlarge size for the largest applications. C8i and C8i-flex instances are available in the following AWS Regions: US East (N. Virginia), US East (Ohio), US West (Oregon), and Europe (Spain). To get started, sign in to the AWS Management Console. Customers can purchase these instances via Savings Plans, On-Demand instances, and Spot instances. For more information about the new C8i and C8i-flex instances visit the AWS News blog.

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