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AWS – Amazon Inspector enhances container security by mapping ECR images to running containers
Amazon Inspector now automatically maps your Amazon Elastic Container Registry (Amazon ECR) images to specific tasks running on Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) or pods running on Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS), helping identify where the images are actively in use. This enables you to focus your limited resources on patching most critical […]
AWS – Amazon Bedrock Data Automation now supports generating custom insights from videos
Amazon Bedrock Data Automation (BDA) now supports video blueprints so you can generate tailored, accurate insights in a consistent format for your multimedia analysis applications. BDA automates the generation of insights from unstructured multimodal content such as documents, images, audio, and videos for your GenAI-powered applications. With video blueprints, you can customize insights — such […]
AWS – AWS CloudWatch Synthetics adds safe canary updates and automatic retries
Today, CloudWatch Synthetics, which allows monitoring of customer workflows on websites through periodically running custom code scripts, announces two new features: canary safe updates and automatic retries for failing canaries. The former allows you to test updates for your existing canaries before applying changes and the latter enables canaries to automatically attempt additional retries when […]
AWS – Amazon MSK adds support for Apache Kafka version 4.0
Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK) now supports Apache Kafka version 4.0, bringing the latest advancements in cluster management and performance to MSK Provisioned. Kafka 4.0 introduces a new consumer rebalance protocol, now generally available, that helps ensure smoother and faster group rebalances. In addition, Kafka 4.0 requires brokers and tools to use […]
AWS – Amazon MSK is now available in Asia Pacific (Thailand) and Mexico (Central) Regions
Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK) is now available in Asia Pacific (Thailand) and Mexico (Central) regions. Customers can create Amazon MSK Provisioned clusters in these regions starting today. Amazon MSK is a fully managed service for Apache Kafka and Kafka Connect that makes it easier for you to build and run applications […]
GCP – Oviva builds AI meal logging app with Google Cloud
Monitoring food intake is a key factor in maintaining a balanced diet, but traditional documentation can be cumbersome and ineffective. Oviva set out to change this. That’s why we developed an AI-powered meal logging app that simplifies the meal logging process and enhances the quality of feedback people receive, helping them make better dietary decisions. […]
AWS – Amazon Lightsail now supports IPv6 connectivity over AWS PrivateLink
Amazon Lightsail now supports IPv6-only and dual-stack PrivateLink interface VPC endpoints. AWS PrivateLink is a highly available, scalable service that allows you to privately connect your VPC to services and resources as if they were in your VPC. Previously, Lightsail supported private connectivity over PrivateLink using IPv4-only VPC endpoints. With today’s launch, customers can use […]
AWS – AWS Entity Resolution is now available in 2 additional regions
Starting today, AWS Entity Resolution is now available in AWS Canada (Central) and Africa (Cape Town) Regions. With AWS Entity Resolution, organizations can match and link related customer, product, business, or healthcare records stored across multiple applications, channels, and data stores. You can get started in minutes using matching workflows that are flexible, scalable, and […]
AWS – AWS Config rules now available in additional AWS Regions
Additional AWS Config rules are now available in 17 AWS Regions. AWS Config rules help you automatically evaluate your AWS resource configurations for desired settings, enabling you to assess, audit, and evaluate configurations of your AWS resources. When a resource violates a rule, an AWS Config rule evaluates it as non-compliant and can send you […]
AWS – AWS CodePipeline now supports deploying to AWS Lambda with traffic shifting
AWS CodePipeline now offers a new Lambda deploy action that simplifies application deployment to AWS Lambda. This feature enables seamless publishing of Lambda function revisions and supports multiple traffic-shifting strategies for safer releases. For production workloads, you can now deploy software updates with confidence using either linear or canary deployment patterns. The new action integrates […]