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AWS – Amazon Q Developer for the Eclipse IDE is now in public preview
The Amazon Q Developer plugin for the Eclipse IDE is now in public preview. With this launch, developers can leverage the power of Q Developer, the most capable generative AI-powered assistant for software development, within the Eclipse IDE. Eclipse developers can now chat with Amazon Q Developer about their project and code faster with inline […]

AWS – Neptune Analytics Adds Support for Customer Managed PrivateLink endpoints
Today, we’re introducing a new feature for Neptune Analytics that allows customers to easily provision Amazon VPC interface endpoints (interface endpoints) in their Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC). These endpoints provide direct access from on-premises applications over VPN or AWS Direct Connect, and across AWS Regions via VPC peering. With this feature, network engineers can […]

AWS – Amazon Q Java transformation launches Step-by-Step and Library Upgrades
Amazon Q Developer Java upgrade transformation now offers step-by-step upgrades, and library upgrades for Java 17 applications. This new feature allows developers to review and accept code changes in multiple diffs, and to test proposed changes in each diff step-by-step. Additionally, Amazon Q can now upgrade libraries for applications already on Java 17, enabling continuous […]

AWS – Amazon Q Apps introduces data collection (Preview)
Amazon Q Apps, the generative AI-powered app creation capability of Amazon Q Business, now offers a new data collection feature in public preview. This enhancement enables users to collate data across multiple users within their organization, further enhancing the collaborative quality of Amazon Q Apps for various business needs. With the new ability to collect […]

AWS – Amazon Bedrock Agents now supports custom orchestration
Amazon Bedrock Agents now supports custom orchestration, allowing developers to control how agents handle multistep tasks, make decisions, and execute complex workflows. This capability enables developers to define custom orchestration logic for their agents using AWS Lambda, providing them flexibility to tailor agent’s behavior to fit specific use cases. With Custom Orchestration, developers can implement […]

AWS – Introducing Amazon Q Apps with private sharing
Amazon Q Apps, a capability within Amazon Q Business to create lightweight, generative AI-powered apps, now supports private sharing. This new feature enables app creators to restrict app access to select Amazon Q Business users, providing more granular control over app visibility and usage within organizations. Previously, Amazon Q Apps could only be kept private […]

AWS – AWS Amplify introduces passwordless authentication with Amazon Cognito
AWS Amplify is excited to announce support for Amazon Cognito’s new passwordless authentication features, enabling developers to implement secure sign-in methods using SMS one-time passwords, email one-time passwords, and WebAuthn passkeys in their applications with Amplify client libraries for JavaScript, Swift, and Android. This update simplifies the implementation of passwordless authentication flows, addressing the growing […]

AWS – Valkey GLIDE 1.2 adds new features from Valkey 8.0, including AZ awareness
AWS adds support for Availability Zone (AZ) awareness in the open-source Valkey General Language Independent Driver for Enterprise (GLIDE) client library. Valkey GLIDE is a reliable, high-performance, and highly available client, and it’s pre-configured with best practices from over a decade of operating Amazon ElastiCache. Valkey GLIDE is compatible with versions 7.2 and 8.0 of […]

AWS – Amazon Q Developer can now provide more personalized chat answers based on console context
Today, AWS announces the general availability of console context awareness for the Amazon Q Developer chat within the AWS Management Console. This new capability allows Amazon Q Developer to dynamically understand and respond to inquiries based on the specific AWS service you are currently viewing or configuring and the region you are operating within. For […]
AWS – AWS PrivateLink now supports cross-region connectivity
AWS PrivateLink now supports native cross-region connectivity. Until now, Interface VPC endpoints only supported connectivity to VPC endpoint services in the same region. This launch enables customers to connect to VPC endpoint services hosted in other AWS Regions in the same AWS partition over Interface endpoints. As a service provider, you can enable access to […]