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AWS – AWS Lambda announces JSON logging support for .NET managed runtime
AWS Lambda now enables you to natively capture application logs in JSON structured format for Lambda functions that use .NET Lambda managed runtime. JSON format allows logs to be structured as a series of key-value pairs, enabling you to quickly search, filter, and analyze large volumes of logs to easily troubleshoot failures and understand the […]

AWS – Amazon Bedrock Prompt Management is now generally available
Earlier this year, we launched Amazon Bedrock Prompt Management in preview to simplify the creation, testing, versioning, and sharing of prompts. Today, we’re announcing its general availability and adding several new key features. First, we are introducing the ability to easily run prompts stored in your AWS account. Amazon Bedrock Runtime APIs Converse and InvokeModel […]

AWS – AWS Mainframe Modernization achieves FedRAMP Moderate and SOC compliance
AWS Mainframe Modernization has added approval for Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) Moderate and System and Organization Controls (SOC) reports. AWS Mainframe Modernization has achieved Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) Moderate authorization, listed on the FedRAMP marketplace, approved by the FedRAMP Joint Authorization Board (JAB) for the AWS US East / […]

AWS – Amazon OpenSearch Service announces Extended Support for engine versions
Today, we announce end of Standard Support and Extended Support timelines for legacy Elasticsearch versions and OpenSearch Versions. Standard Support ends on Nov 7, 2025, for legacy Elasticsearch versions up to 6.7, Elasticsearch versions 7.1 through 7.8, OpenSearch versions from 1.0 through 1.2, and OpenSearch versions 2.3 through 2.9. With Extended Support, for an incremental […]

AWS – Amazon SNS supports message archiving and replay for FIFO topics in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions
Amazon SNS now supports in-place message archiving and replay for SNS FIFO topics in the AWS GovCloud (US-East) and AWS GovCloud (US-West) Regions. Topic owners can now set an archive policy, which defines a retention period for the messages published to their topic. Subscribers can then set a replay policy to an individual subscription, which […]

AWS – AWS Clean Rooms ML supports privacy-enhanced model training and inferencing
Today, AWS announces AWS Clean Rooms ML custom modeling, which enables organizations to generate predictive insights with their partners running their own machine-learning (ML) models and using their data in a clean rooms collaboration. With this launch, companies and their partners can train ML models and run inference on collective datasets without having to share […]

AWS – Amazon OpenSearch Service launches next-gen UI for enhanced data exploration and collaboration
Amazon OpenSearch Service launches a modernized operational analytics experience that enables users gain insights cross data spanning managed domains and serverless collections from a single endpoint. The launch also includes Workspaces to enhance collaboration and productivity, allowing teams to create dedicated spaces. Discover is revamped to provide a unified log exploration experience supporting languages such […]

AWS – Amazon Bedrock now available in the Europe (Zurich) Regions
Beginning today, customers can use Amazon Bedrock in the Europe (Zurich) 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 fully managed service that offers a choice of high-performing large language models (LLMs) and […]

AWS – Configure Route53 CIDR blocks rules based on Internet Monitor suggestions
With Amazon CloudWatch Internet Monitor’s new traffic optimization suggestions feature, you can configure your Amazon Route 53 CIDR blocks to map your application’s client users to an optimal AWS Region based on network behavior. Internet Monitor now provides actionable suggestions to help you optimize your Route 53 IP-based routing configurations. By leveraging the new traffic […]
AWS – Amazon Verified Permissions launches new API to get multiple policies
Amazon Verified Permissions has launched a new API called batchGetPolicies. Customers can now make a single API call that returns multiple policies, for example to populate a list of policies that apply to a specific principal or resource. Amazon Verified Permissions is a permissions management and fine-grained authorization service for the applications that you build. […]