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AWS – AWS Backup now supports Amazon Neptune in three new Regions
Today, we are announcing the availability of AWS Backup support for Amazon Neptune in the Asia Pacific (Jakarta, Osaka) and Africa (Cape Town) Regions. AWS Backup is a policy-based, fully managed and cost-effective solution that enables you to centralize and automate data protection of Amazon Neptune along with other AWS services (spanning compute, storage, and […]

AWS – Amazon Keyspaces (for Apache Cassandra) reduces prices by up to 75%
Amazon Keyspaces (for Apache Cassandra) is a scalable, serverless, highly available, and fully managed Apache Cassandra-compatible database service. Effective Today, Amazon Keyspaces (for Apache Cassandra) is reducing prices by up to 75% across several pricing dimensions. Amazon Keyspaces supports both on-demand and provisioned capacity modes for writing and reading data within a Region or across […]

AWS – Amazon DynamoDB reduces prices for on-demand throughput and global tables
Amazon DynamoDB is a serverless, NoSQL, fully managed database with single-digit millisecond performance at any scale. Starting today, we have made Amazon DynamoDB even more cost-effective by reducing prices for on-demand throughput by 50% and global tables by up to 67%. DynamoDB on-demand mode offers a truly serverless experience with pay-per-request pricing and automatic scaling […]

AWS – AWS launches user-based subscription of Microsoft Remote Desktop Services
Today, AWS announces the general availability of Microsoft Remote Desktop Services with AWS provided licenses. Customers can now purchase user-based subscription of Microsoft Remote Desktop Services licenses directly from AWS. This new offering provides licensing flexibility and business continuity for customers running graphical user interface (GUI) based applications on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) […]

AWS – Customize scope of IAM Access Analyzer unused access analysis
Customers use Identity and Access Management (IAM) Access Analyzer unused access findings to identify over permissive access granted to IAM roles and users in their accounts or AWS organization. Now, customers can optionally customize the analysis to meet their needs. Customers can select accounts, roles, and users to exclude from analysis and focus on specific […]

AWS – AWS Glue is now available in Asia Pacific (Malaysia)
We are happy to announce that AWS Glue, a serverless data integration service, is now available in the AWS Asia Pacific (Malaysia) Regions. AWS Glue is a serverless data integration service that makes it simple to discover, prepare, and combine data for analytics, machine learning, and application development. AWS Glue provides both visual and code-based […]

AWS – Announcing Infrastructure as Code template generation for AWS Step Functions
AWS Step Functions now supports exporting workflows as AWS CloudFormation or AWS Serverless Application Model (SAM) templates directly in the AWS console. This allows for centralized and repeatable provisioning and management of your workflow configurations. AWS Step Functions is a visual workflow service capable of orchestrating virtually any AWS service to automate business processes and […]

AWS – AWS Transit Gateway and AWS Cloud WAN enhance visibility metrics and Path MTU support
AWS Transit Gateway (TGW) and AWS Cloud WAN now support per availability zone (AZ) metrics delivered to CloudWatch. Furthermore, both services now support Path Maximum Transmission Unit Discovery (PMTUD) for effective mitigation against MTU mismatch issues in their global networks. TGW and Cloud WAN allow customers to monitor their global network through performance and traffic […]

AWS – Amazon Q Developer plugins for Datadog and Wiz now generally available
Today’s launch extends the abilities of Q Developer to access trusted AWS partner services that customers know and love. administrators on the Q Developer Pro Tier can enable plugins in the AWS Management Console by configuring the credentials to access these third party services. Builders can now easily query and interact with Datadog and Wiz […]
AWS – Three new Long-Form Voices
The Amazon Polly Long-Form engine now introduces two voices in Spanish and one in US English. Amazon Polly is a service that turns text into lifelike speech, allowing our customers to build speech-enabled products matching their business needs. Today, we add three new long-form voices to our premium Polly Text-to-Speech (TTS) line of products that […]