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AWS – Amazon EC2 now enables you to delete underlying EBS snapshots when deregistering AMIs
Amazon EC2 now enables you to automatically delete underlying Amazon EBS snapshots when deregistering Amazon Machine Images (AMIs), allowing you to better manage your storage costs and simplify your AMI cleanup workflow. Previously, when deregistering an AMI, you had to separately delete its associated EBS snapshots, which required additional steps. This process could lead to […]

AWS – Amazon RDS for MariaDB now supports community MariaDB minor versions 10.11.13 and 11.4.7
Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for MariaDB now supports new community MariaDB minor versions 10.11.13 and 11.4.7. We recommend that you upgrade to the latest minor versions to fix known security vulnerabilities in prior versions of MariaDB, and to benefit from the bug fixes, performance improvements, and new functionality added by the MariaDB community. […]

AWS – AWS announces new AWS Direct Connect location and expansion in Taipei, Republic Of China (ROC)
Today, AWS announced the opening of a new AWS Direct Connect location within the Chief Telecom HD data center near Taipei, ROC. By connecting your network to AWS at the new location, you gain private, direct access to all public AWS Regions (except those in China), AWS GovCloud Regions, and AWS Local Zones. This site […]

AWS – Amazon MWAA now available in additional Region
Amazon Managed Workflows for Apache Airflow (MWAA) is now available in AWS Region Asia Pacific (Malaysia). Amazon MWAA is a managed service for Apache Airflow that lets you use the same familiar Apache Airflow platform as you do today to orchestrate your workflows and enjoy improved scalability, availability, and security without the operational burden of […]

AWS – Amazon Q Developer Eclipse IDE plugin is now generally available
Amazon Q Developer plugin for the Eclipse IDE is now generally available. With this launch, developers can leverage the power of Amazon Q Developer, the most capable generative AI-powered assistant for software development, within the Eclipse IDE. Within the Eclipse IDE, you’ll now be able to utilize Amazon Q Developer’s agentic coding experience to seamlessly […]

AWS – Pricing and usage model updates for Amazon EC2 instances accelerated by NVIDIA GPUs
AWS announces two updates to Amazon EC2 instances accelerated by NVIDIA GPUs. Availability of savings plans for Amazon EC2 P6-B200 instances which were available at launch only through EC2 Capacity Blocks for ML. Reduced pricing for Amazon EC2 P5 and P5en instances and Amazon EC2 P4d and P4de instances: The following pricing reductions apply to […]

AWS – Amazon Connect now supports external voice transfers in five additional AWS Regions
Amazon Connect external voice transfer is now available in the Asia Pacific (Sydney), Asia Pacific (Tokyo), Canada (Central), Europe (Frankfurt), and Europe (London) AWS Regions. Amazon Connect external voice transfer enables Amazon Connect to directly transfer voice calls and metadata to other voice systems without using the public telephone network. You can use Amazon Connect […]

AWS – Amazon OpenSearch Serverless now available in Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) and Asia Pacific (Osaka) regions
We are excited to announce that Amazon OpenSearch Serverless is now available in Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) and Asia Pacific (Osaka) regions. OpenSearch Serverless is a serverless deployment option for Amazon OpenSearch Service that makes it simple to run search and analytics workloads without the complexities of infrastructure management. OpenSearch Serverless’ compute capacity used for data […]

AWS – AWS HealthOmics now supports automatic detection of WDL workflow parameters
Today, AWS HealthOmics announces automatic parameter interpolation for Workflow Description Language (WDL) workflows to help streamline the workflow creation process. This new capability automatically identifies and extracts required and optional parameters along with their descriptions directly from WDL workflow definitions, eliminating the need for customers to manually create input parameter templates. AWS HealthOmics is a […]
AWS – AWS Wickr announces a Preview experience for files
AWS Wickr announces the launch of Wickr File Previews. This new feature empowers organizations to protect sensitive files and lower the risk of data loss, by allowing network administrators to configure a “view-only” mode in the Security Groups section of the AWS Management Console for Wickr. Users within these security groups will be restricted to […]