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AWS – AWS DataSync now supports IPv6
AWS DataSync announces Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) support for storage resources. With this launch, customers can now use DataSync to connect to storage resources located on premises or in other clouds, using either IPv4 or IPv6 addresses. AWS DataSync is a secure, high-speed file transfer service that simplifies moving data over networks. Customers can […]

AWS – Amazon Bedrock Data Automation is now available in 5 additional AWS Regions
Amazon Bedrock Data Automation (BDA) is now generally available in Europe (Frankfurt), Europe (London), Europe (Ireland), Asia Pacific (Mumbai) and Asia Pacific (Sydney). BDA is a feature of Amazon Bedrock that enables developers to automate the generation of valuable insights from unstructured multimodal content such as documents, images, video, and audio to build GenAI-based applications. […]

AWS – Amazon SageMaker streamlines S3 Tables workflow experience
Amazon SageMaker has simplified the process of creating, querying, and joining Amazon S3 Tables with data in Amazon S3 general purpose buckets, Amazon Redshift data warehouses, and third-party data sources by allowing customers to create S3 table buckets and the related catalogs without having to navigate between multiple AWS consoles. Users can now create tables, […]

AWS – AWS Glue now supports zero-ETL integrations from Amazon DynamoDB and eight applications to S3 Tables
AWS Glue now supports zero-ETL integration (managed ingestion) from Amazon DynamoDB and eight applications to Amazon S3 Tables, automating the extraction and loading of data into S3 Tables from DynamoDB and applications like Salesforce, SAP, ServiceNow, and Zendesk. S3 Tables are purpose-built for storing tabular data at scale, with built-in Apache Iceberg support. You can […]

AWS – Amazon EBS now provides visibility into EBS volume initialization status
Amazon EBS now provides visibility into the EBS volume initialization status for volumes created from EBS snapshots. You can use this status to determine when your volume becomes fully initialized when restoring from a snapshot and is fully ready to support latency-sensitive applications. EBS volumes that are created from EBS snapshots undergo volume initialization, in […]

AWS – Image-to-video generation support for Luma AI’s Ray2 now in Amazon Bedrock
Today, we are excited to announce that Luma AI’s Ray2 model on Amazon Bedrock now supports image-to-video generation. This new feature expands upon the text-to-video generation capabilities introduced in January, providing developers with even more powerful tools for creating dynamic video content. With this update, customers can now transform static .jpeg and .png images of […]

AWS – Introducing AWS AI League
Today, AWS introduces the AWS AI League, a program that helps organizations upskill their workforce by combining a fun competition with hands-on learning using AWS AI services such as Amazon SageMaker AI and Amazon Bedrock. The program offers a unique opportunity for both enterprises and developers to gain valuable and practical skills in fine-tuning, model […]

AWS – Announcing on-demand deployment for custom Amazon Nova models in Amazon Bedrock
Starting today, customers can use the on-demand deployment option in Amazon Bedrock for Nova models that have been fine-tuned or distilled in Bedrock, or customized in SageMaker AI. Models customized on or after 7/16/2025 will be eligible. This enables Bedrock customers to reduce costs by processing requests in real-time without requiring pre-provisioned compute resources. Customers […]

AWS – Amazon CloudWatch adds generative AI observability (Preview)
Amazon CloudWatch now helps you observe generative AI applications and workloads, including agents deployed and operated with Amazon Bedrock AgentCore (Preview), providing insights into AI performance, health, and accuracy. You get an out-of-the-box view into latency, usage, and errors of your AI workloads to detect issues faster in components like model invocations and agents. You […]
AWS – Amazon Bedrock AgentCore now available in preview
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore enables developers to deploy and operate AI agents with the scale, reliability, and security critical to real-world applications. It provides purpose-built infrastructure to scale agents securely, powerful tools to enhance agent capabilities, and essential controls to ensure trustworthy operations. AgentCore services are modular and composable, allowing them to be used together or […]