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AWS – Amazon Q Developer now transforms embedded SQL from Oracle to PostgreSQL
When you use AWS Database Migration Service (DMS) and DMS Schema Conversion to migrate a database, you might need to convert the embedded SQL in your application to be compatible with your target database. Rather than converting it manually, you can use Amazon Q Developer in the IDE to automate the conversion. Amazon Q Developer […]

AWS – AWS Marketplace introduces AI-powered product summaries and comparisons
AWS Marketplace now provides AI-powered product summaries and comparisons for popular software as a service (SaaS) products, helping you make faster and more informed software purchasing decisions. Use this feature to compare similar SaaS products across key evaluation criteria such as customer reviews, product popularity, features, and security credentials. Additionally, you can gain AI-summarized insights […]

AWS – AWS DMS now supports Data Masking
AWS Database Migration Service (AWS DMS) now supports Data Masking, enabling customers to transform sensitive data at the column level during migration, helping to comply with data protection regulations like GDPR. Using AWS DMS, you can now create copies of data that redacts information at a column level that you need to protect. AWS Data […]

AWS – AWS Backup now supports Amazon Timestream in Asia Pacific (Mumbai)
Today, we are announcing the availability of AWS Backup support for Amazon Timestream for LiveAnalytics in the Asia Pacific (Mumbai) Region. AWS Backup is a policy-based, fully managed and cost-effective solution that enables you to centralize and automate data protection of Amazon Timestream for LiveAnalytics along with other AWS services (spanning compute, storage, and databases) […]

AWS – Amazon EC2 Capacity Blocks now supports instant start times and extensions
Today, Amazon Web Services announces three new features for Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) Capacity Blocks for ML that enable you to get near-instantaneous access to GPU and ML chip instances through Capacity Blocks, extend the durations of your Capacity Blocks, and reserve Capacity Blocks for longer periods of up to six months. With these […]

AWS – Amazon Q Developer Pro tier introduces a new, improved dashboard for user activity
Amazon Q Developer Pro tier now provides a detailed usage activity dashboard that gives administrators greater visibility into how their subscribed users are leveraging Amazon Q Developer features and improving their productivity. The dashboard offers insights into user activity metrics, including the number of AI-generated code lines and the acceptance rate of individual features such […]

AWS – Amazon SageMaker introduces Scale Down to Zero for AI inference to help customers save costs
We are excited to announce Scale Down to Zero, a new capability in Amazon SageMaker Inference that allows endpoints to scale to zero instances during periods of inactivity. This feature can significantly reduce costs for running inference using AI models, making it particularly beneficial for applications with variable traffic patterns such as chatbots, content moderation […]

AWS – Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink now supports Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus as a destination
Today, AWS announced support for a new Apache Flink connector for Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus. The new connector, contributed by AWS for the Apache Flink open source project, adds Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus as a new destination for Apache Flink. You can now manage your Prometheus metrics data cardinality by pre-processing raw data […]

AWS – AWS CodePipeline now supports publishing ECR image and AWS InspectorScan as new actions
AWS CodePipeline introduces the ECRBuildAndPublish action and the AWS InspectorScan action in its action catalog. The ECRBuildAndPublish action enables you to easily build a docker image and publish it to ECR as part of your pipeline execution. The InspectorScan action enables you to scan your source code repository or docker image as part of your […]
AWS – AWS Artifact enhances agreements with improved access control and tracking
We are excited to announce enhancements to the agreement functionality on AWS Artifact that will improve how you manage and track agreement execution. You can now provide fine-grained access to agreements in AWS Artifact at the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) Action and Resource level. To make it easy for you to configure IAM […]