Today, AWS announces the general availability (GA) of Data Exports for FOCUS 1.0, which has been in public preview since June 2024. FOCUS 1.0 is an open-source cloud cost and usage specification that provides standardization to simplify cloud financial management across multiple sources. Data Exports for FOCUS 1.0 enables customers to export their AWS cost […]

Today, AWS Control Tower added AWS Backup to the list of AWS services you can optionally configure with prescriptive guidance. This configuration option allows you to select from a range of recommended backup plans, seamlessly integrating data backup and recovery workflows into your Control Tower landing zone and organizational units. A landing zone is a […]

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 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 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 […]

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) […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]