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AWS – Amazon Bedrock now available in the Asia Pacific (Thailand, Malaysia, and Taipei) Regions
Beginning today, customers can use Amazon Bedrock in the Asia Pacific (Thailand), Asia Pacific (Malaysia), and Asia Pacific (Taipei) regions to easily build and scale generative AI applications using a variety of foundation models (FMs) as well as powerful tools to build generative AI applications. Amazon Bedrock is a comprehensive and secure service for building […]

AWS – AWS Network Firewall adds Reject and Alert actions for stateful domain list rule groups
Today, AWS Network Firewall introduces Reject and Alert action support for stateful domain list rule groups, providing customers with more granular control over their network traffic. This enhancement allows customers to create Reject and Alert actions in stateful domain list rule groups using the AWS Network Firewall console, offering more flexible and precise traffic management […]

AWS – Amazon Bedrock now available in the Middle East (UAE) Region
Beginning today, customers can use Amazon Bedrock in the Middle East (UAE) region to easily build and scale generative AI applications using a variety of foundation models (FMs) as well as powerful tools to build generative AI applications. Amazon Bedrock is a comprehensive and secure service for building generative AI applications and agents. Amazon Bedrock […]

AWS – Amazon Neptune Analytics is now available in AWS Asia Pacific (Mumbai) Region
Amazon Neptune Analytics is now available in the Asia Pacific (Mumbai) Region. You can now create and manage Neptune Analytics graphs in the Asia Pacific (Mumbai) Region and run advanced graph analytics. Neptune Analytics is a memory-optimized graph database engine for analytics. With Neptune Analytics, you can get insights and find trends by processing large […]

AWS – Local file redirection is now available on Amazon AppStream 2.0 multi-session fleets
Amazon AppStream 2.0 is enhancing the end-user experience by introducing support for local files redirection on multi-session fleets. While this feature is already available on single-session fleets, this launch extends it to multi-session fleets, helping administrators to leverage the cost benefits of the multi-session model while providing an enhanced end-user experience. Local file redirection on […]

AWS – Amazon MSK Connect is now available in five additional AWS Regions
Amazon MSK Connect is now available in five additional AWS Regions: Asia Pacific (Thailand), Asia Pacific (Taipei), Mexico (Central), Canada West (Calgary), and Europe (Spain). MSK Connect enables you to run fully managed Kafka Connect clusters with Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK). With a few clicks, MSK Connect allows you to easily […]

AWS – AWS Clean Rooms supports incremental ID mapping with AWS Entity Resolution
AWS Clean Rooms now supports incremental processing of rule-based ID mapping workflows with AWS Entity Resolution. This helps you perform real-time data synchronization across collaborators’ datasets with the privacy-enhancing controls of AWS Clean Rooms. With this launch, you can populate ID mapping tables in a Clean Rooms collaboration with only the new, modified, or deleted […]

AWS – AWS Compute Optimizer now supports 99 new Amazon EC2 instance types
AWS Compute Optimizer now supports 99 additional Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instance types. These enhancements help you identify additional savings opportunities across your EC2 instances without specialized knowledge or manual analysis. Compute Optimizer has expanded support to include the latest generation Compute Optimized (C8gn, C8gd), General Purpose (M8i, M8i-flex, M8gd), Memory Optimized (R8i, […]

AWS – Amazon EBS increases the maximum size and provisioned performance of General Purpose (gp3) volumes
Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) now supports higher volume-level limits for its General Purpose (gp3) volumes. With this update, gp3 volumes can scale up to 64 TiB in size (4X the previous 16 TiB limit), up to 80,000 IOPS (5X the previous 16,000 IOPS limit), and up to 2,000 MiB/s throughput (2X the previous […]
AWS – Amazon RDS for Db2 now offers Reserved Instances
Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) for Db2 now offers Reserved Instances with up to 47% cost savings compared to On-Demand prices. The option to use Reserved Instances is available for all supported instance types. Amazon RDS for Db2 Reserved Instances provide size flexibility for both Bring Your Own License (BYOL) and Db2 license purchased through […]