4/24/2026, 12:00:00 AM ~ 4/27/2026, 12:00:00 AM (UTC)
Recent Announcements
Amazon EC2 High Memory U7i instances now available in additional regions
Amazon EC2 High Memory U7i-8TB instances (u7i-8tb.112xlarge) are now available in AWS Europe (Stockholm, Zurich) regions, U7in-16TB instances (u7in-16tb.224xlarge) are now available in the AWS US East (Ohio) region, and U7in-24TB instances (u7in-24tb.224xlarge) are now available in the AWS Europe (Stockholm) region. U7i instances are part of the AWS 7th generation and are powered by custom fourth-generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors (Sapphire Rapids). U7i-8TB instances offer 8 TiB of DDR5 memory, U7in-16TB instances offer 16 TiB of DDR5 memory, and U7in-24TB instances offer 24 TiB of DDR5 memory, enabling customers to scale transaction processing throughput in a fast-growing data environment.\n U7i-8TB instances deliver 448 vCPUs and support up to 100 Gbps of Amazon EBS bandwidth, 100 Gbps of network bandwidth, and ENA Express. Both U7in-16TB and U7in-24TB instances deliver 896 vCPUs and support up to 100 Gbps of Amazon EBS bandwidth for faster data loading and backups, 200 Gbps of network bandwidth, and ENA Express. U7i instances are ideal for customers running mission-critical in-memory databases like SAP HANA, Oracle, and SQL Server.
To learn more about U7i instances, visit the High Memory instances page.
Amazon Connect now provides eight new metrics to measure and improve AI agent performance
Amazon Connect now provides eight new metrics to measure and improve AI agent performance, including goal success rate, faithfulness score, and tool selection accuracy. These metrics offer visibility into the quality of AI-driven customer interactions, enabling measurement and continuous improvement of AI agent outcomes. With this launch, you can monitor whether AI agents successfully resolved customer requests, assess faithfulness and detect contextual hallucinations. You can also evaluate tool selection and utilization accuracy, and capture customer feedback through thumbs up/down ratings when enabled. \n You can access these new metrics through Amazon Connect’s AI Agent Performance dashboard, or through the GetMetricDataV2 API and zero-ETL data lake for custom reporting or integration with your existing analytics workflows.
This feature is available in all AWS Regions where Amazon Connect AI Agents is supported. For more information, see the Amazon Connect Administrator Guide. To learn more about Amazon Connect, an AI-native solution that turns every customer interaction into a moment worth remembering, visit the Amazon Connect website
AWS Marketplace Management Portal now supports bank account deletion
AWS Marketplace sellers can now delete bank accounts directly from the Payment Settings page in the AWS Marketplace Management Portal (AMMP). This new self-service capability addresses a long-standing gap in payment account management, allowing sellers to remove ACH-type and SWIFT-type bank accounts without contacting customer service. This enhancement is particularly valuable for global enterprises and ISVs managing multiple currencies and banking relationships.\n With this update, sellers gain complete control over their payment account management. Key benefits include the ability to clean up unused accounts, remove failed or outdated banking relationships, and reduce payment routing risks. The feature also includes Last Updated timestamps to help differentiate between modified bank accounts.
To learn more, see the AWS Marketplace Seller Guide.
AWS Blogs
AWS Japan Blog (Japanese)
- AUMOVIO enhances software development with an agent-based coding assistant powered by Amazon Bedrock
- AI for Science — A new era of research brought about by AI
- AWS Weekly Roundup: Claude Opus 4.7 on Amazon Bedrock, GA on AWS Interconnect, etc. (April 20, 2026)
Artificial Intelligence
Networking & Content Delivery
AWS Security Blog
AWS Storage Blog
- Migrate to Amazon S3 account regional namespaces
- Enabling AI-powered analytics on enterprise file data: Configuring S3 Access Points for Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP with Active Directory