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AWS – Amazon MemoryDB for Valkey adds new CloudWatch metrics to monitor server-side response time
Amazon MemoryDB for Valkey now supports server-side write request latency and read request latency metrics. With this launch, you can now measure the server-side response time for Valkey commands and troubleshoot latency spikes in your MemoryDB cluster. Monitoring latency is critical to improving end user experience by tracking application trends and adjusting cluster configurations, as […]

AWS – Amazon ElastiCache for Valkey adds new CloudWatch metrics to monitor server-side response time
ElastiCache for Valkey self-designed (node-based) clusters now support server-side write request latency and read request latency metrics. With this launch, you can now measure the server-side response time for Valkey commands and troubleshoot latency spikes in your ElastiCache for Valkey cluster. Monitoring response time is critical to improving end user experience by tracking application trends […]

AWS – Amazon RDS now supports M7i and R7i database instances
Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MariaDB now supports M7i and R7i database (DB) instances. M7i and R7i are the latest Intel based offering and are available with a new maximum instance size of 48xlarge, which brings 50% more vCPU and memory than the maximum size of M6i and R6i instance […]

AWS – Amazon OpenSearch Service now supports dedicated coordinator nodes
Amazon OpenSearch Service now offers customers the option to provision a dedicated coordinator node. Dedicated coordinator nodes relieve data nodes from the responsibilities of traffic coordination and hosting of OpenSearch Dashboards, enabling better resource utilization, and improving overall efficiency of the cluster. In addition, coordinator nodes help reduce the number of private IP addresses that […]

AWS – AWS CodeBuild now supports retrying builds automatically
AWS CodeBuild now enables customers to configure automatic retries for their builds, reducing manual intervention upon build failures. AWS CodeBuild is a fully managed continuous integration service that compiles source code, runs tests, and produces software packages ready for deployment. With this new feature, you can configure a retry limit on your CodeBuild projects, and […]

AWS – Amazon EC2 Mac instances now support Apple macOS Sequoia
Starting today, customers can run Apple macOS Sequoia (version 15) as Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) on Amazon EC2 Mac instances. Apple macOS Sequoia is the latest major macOS version, and introduces multiple new features and performance improvements over prior macOS versions including running Xcode version 16.0 or later (which includes the latest SDKs for iOS, […]

GCP – Gemini models are coming to GitHub Copilot
Today, we’re announcing that GitHub will make Gemini models – starting with Gemini 1.5 Pro – available to developers on its platform for the first time through a new partnership with Google Cloud. Developers value flexibility and control in choosing the best model suited to their needs — and this partnership shows that the next […]

AWS – Amazon Q Developer announces support for inline chat to streamline the developer experience
Today, Amazon Q Developer announces an enhanced chat experience that allows you to seamlessly initiate chat within the inline coding experience. With this capability, you can select a section of code that you need assistance with and initiate chat within the editor to request actions such as “Optimize this code”, “Add comments”, or “Write tests”. […]

AWS – AWS Trust & Safety Center is now available on AWS re:Post
Starting today, the AWS Trust & Safety Center is available on AWS re:Post. The AWS Trust & Safety Center provides AWS customers with information on how to report activity or content on AWS that they suspect is abusive, and how to handle abuse notices sent by AWS Trust & Safety. In addition, it details AWS […]
AWS – VPC DNS Query Logging now available in the Asia Pacific (Malaysia) Region
Today, we are announcing the availability of Route 53 Resolver Query Logging in the Asia Pacific (Malaysia) Region. Route 53 Resolver Query Logging enables you to log DNS queries that originate in your Amazon Virtual Private Clouds (Amazon VPCs). With query logging enabled, you can see which domain names have been queried, the AWS resources […]