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AWS – Announcing ASN match support for AWS WAF
AWS WAF now supports matching incoming request against Autonomous System Numbers (ASNs). By monitoring and restricting traffic from specific ASNs, you can mitigate risks associated with malicious actors, comply with regulatory requirements, and optimize the performance and availability of your web applications. This new ASN Match Statement integrates seamlessly with existing WAF rules, making it […]

AWS – AWS Invoice Summary API is now generally available
Today, AWS announces the general availability of the Invoice Summary API. This allows you to retrieve your AWS invoice summary details programmatically via SDK. You can retrieve multiple invoice summary details by making a single API call that accepts input parameters like AWS Account ID, AWS Invoice ID, billing period, or a date range as […]

AWS – Amazon Q Developer agentic coding experience is now available within JetBrains and Visual Studio
Today, Amazon Q Developer announces support for the agentic coding experience within the JetBrains and Visual Studio IDEs. This experience, already available in Visual Studio Code and the Amazon Q Developer CLI, redefines how you write, modify, and maintain code by leveraging natural language understanding to seamlessly run complex workflows. Agentic coding provides intelligent task […]

AWS – Amazon EC2 now enables you to delete underlying EBS snapshots when deregistering AMIs
Amazon EC2 now enables you to automatically delete underlying Amazon EBS snapshots when deregistering Amazon Machine Images (AMIs), allowing you to better manage your storage costs and simplify your AMI cleanup workflow. Previously, when deregistering an AMI, you had to separately delete its associated EBS snapshots, which required additional steps. This process could lead to […]

AWS – Amazon RDS for MariaDB now supports community MariaDB minor versions 10.11.13 and 11.4.7
Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for MariaDB now supports new community MariaDB minor versions 10.11.13 and 11.4.7. We recommend that you upgrade to the latest minor versions to fix known security vulnerabilities in prior versions of MariaDB, and to benefit from the bug fixes, performance improvements, and new functionality added by the MariaDB community. […]

AWS – AWS announces new AWS Direct Connect location and expansion in Taipei, Republic Of China (ROC)
Today, AWS announced the opening of a new AWS Direct Connect location within the Chief Telecom HD data center near Taipei, ROC. By connecting your network to AWS at the new location, you gain private, direct access to all public AWS Regions (except those in China), AWS GovCloud Regions, and AWS Local Zones. This site […]

AWS – Amazon MWAA now available in additional Region
Amazon Managed Workflows for Apache Airflow (MWAA) is now available in AWS Region Asia Pacific (Malaysia). Amazon MWAA is a managed service for Apache Airflow that lets you use the same familiar Apache Airflow platform as you do today to orchestrate your workflows and enjoy improved scalability, availability, and security without the operational burden of […]

AWS – Amazon Q Developer Eclipse IDE plugin is now generally available
Amazon Q Developer plugin for the Eclipse IDE is now generally available. With this launch, developers can leverage the power of Amazon Q Developer, the most capable generative AI-powered assistant for software development, within the Eclipse IDE. Within the Eclipse IDE, you’ll now be able to utilize Amazon Q Developer’s agentic coding experience to seamlessly […]

AWS – Pricing and usage model updates for Amazon EC2 instances accelerated by NVIDIA GPUs
AWS announces two updates to Amazon EC2 instances accelerated by NVIDIA GPUs. Availability of savings plans for Amazon EC2 P6-B200 instances which were available at launch only through EC2 Capacity Blocks for ML. Reduced pricing for Amazon EC2 P5 and P5en instances and Amazon EC2 P4d and P4de instances: The following pricing reductions apply to […]
AWS – Amazon Connect now supports external voice transfers in five additional AWS Regions
Amazon Connect external voice transfer is now available in the Asia Pacific (Sydney), Asia Pacific (Tokyo), Canada (Central), Europe (Frankfurt), and Europe (London) AWS Regions. Amazon Connect external voice transfer enables Amazon Connect to directly transfer voice calls and metadata to other voice systems without using the public telephone network. You can use Amazon Connect […]