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AWS – Amazon EC2 now supports more bandwidth and jumbo frames to select destinations
Amazon EC2 now supports up to the full EC2 instance bandwidth for inter-region VPC peering traffic and to AWS Direct Connect. Additionally, EC2 supports jumbo frames up to 8500 Bytes for cross region VPC peering. Before today, the egress bandwidth for EC2 instances was limited to 50% of the aggregate bandwidth limit for instances with […]

AWS – Amazon SageMaker introduces metadata rules to enforce standards and improve data governance
The next generation of SageMaker brings together widely adopted AWS machine learning and analytics capabilities, delivering an integrated experience with unified access to all data. Amazon SageMaker Lakehouse supports unified data access, and Amazon SageMaker Catalog, built on Amazon DataZone, offers catalog and governance features to meet enterprise security needs. Amazon SageMaker Catalog now supports […]

AWS – Amazon DataZone now supports metadata rules for publishing
Amazon DataZone is a data management service that makes it faster and easier for customers to catalog, discover, share, and govern data stored across AWS, on premises, and third-party sources. Amazon DataZone now supports metadata rules for data publishing workflows, in addition to existing support for subscription workflows. This enhancement allows organizations to enforce metadata […]

AWS – Amazon ElastiCache now supports AWS PrivateLink in AWS Asia Pacific (Jakarta) and Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) Regions
You can now use AWS PrivateLink to privately access Amazon ElastiCache from your Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC). AWS PrivateLink provides private connectivity between VPCs, AWS services, and on-premises networks, without exposing traffic to the public internet and securing your network traffic. The Amazon ElastiCache API supports AWS PrivateLink in AWS Asia Pacific (Jakarta) […]

AWS – Amazon EC2 R8g instances now available in AWS US West (N. California)
Starting today, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) R8g instances are available in AWS US West (N. California) region. These instances are powered by AWS Graviton4 processors and deliver up to 30% better performance compared to AWS Graviton3-based instances. Amazon EC2 R8g instances are ideal for memory-intensive workloads such as databases, in-memory caches, and real-time […]

AWS – Amazon SageMaker AI is now available in Mexico (Central)
Starting today, you can build, train, and deploy machine learning (ML) models in Mexico (Central). Amazon SageMaker AI is a fully managed platform that provides every developer and data scientist with the ability to build, train, and deploy machine learning (ML) models quickly. SageMaker AI removes the heavy lifting from each step of the machine […]

AWS – Amazon SageMaker AI is now available in Asia Pacific (Thailand)
Starting today, you can build, train, and deploy machine learning (ML) models in Asia Pacific (Thailand). Amazon SageMaker AI is a fully managed platform that provides every developer and data scientist with the ability to build, train, and deploy machine learning (ML) models quickly. SageMaker AI removes the heavy lifting from each step of the […]

AWS – Amazon EC2 C8g instances now available in AWS Asia Pacific (Tokyo)
Starting today, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) C8g instances are available in AWS Asia Pacific (Tokyo) region. These instances are powered by AWS Graviton4 processors and deliver up to 30% better performance compared to AWS Graviton3-based instances. Amazon EC2 C8g instances are built for compute-intensive workloads, such as high performance computing (HPC), batch processing, […]

AWS – Amazon EBS launches gp3 and io1 volumes for AWS Dedicated Local Zones
You can now use Amazon EBS gp3 and io1 volumes in AWS Dedicated Local Zones. Dedicated Local Zones are a type of AWS infrastructure that are fully managed by AWS, built for exclusive use by you or your community, and placed in a location or data center specified by you to help you comply with […]
AWS – AWS CodeBuild now supports custom cache keys for S3 caching
AWS CodeBuild now supports an enhanced S3 caching experience. You can now define custom cache keys for more granular cache management and improved cache persistence across your builds. You can also share the cache keys across projects to use a common dependency cache to speed up your builds. AWS CodeBuild is a fully managed continuous […]