Amazon WorkMail now supports multi-factor authentication (MFA) through integration with AWS IAM Identity Center. MFA adds an extra layer of security to WorkMail sign-ins, reducing the risk of unauthorized access. Administrators can connect IAM Identity Center to Active Directory or external identity providers, such as Okta or Microsoft Entra ID. Mailbox users can authenticate and […]

Amazon Redshift announces the general availability of auto-copy, which simplifies data ingestion from Amazon S3 into Amazon Redshift. This new feature enables you to set up continuous file ingestion from your Amazon S3 prefix and automatically load new files to tables in your Amazon Redshift data warehouse without the need for additional tools or custom […]

AWS announces the integration of Amazon Redshift with Amazon Bedrock, a fully managed service offering high-performing foundation models (FMs) making it simpler, and faster for you to build generative AI applications. This integration enables you to leverage large language models (LLMs) from simple SQL commands alongside your data in Amazon Redshift. With this new feature, […]

Amazon Redshift now supports incremental refresh of Materialized Views (MVs) on data lake tables. This capability helps customers improve query performance for their data lake queries in a cost effective and efficient manner. By enabling incremental refresh for MVs, customers can maintain up-to-date data in a more efficient and affordable way. Customers leverage data lake […]

AWS Deadline Cloud now sends budget-related events via Amazon EventBridge, helping provide you with real-time updates on Deadline Cloud project spend. Deadline Cloud is a fully managed service that simplifies render management for teams creating computer-generated 2D/3D graphics and visual effects for films, TV shows, commercials, games, and industrial design. Rendering is a computationally intense […]

Today, we are excited to announce the general availability of Amazon EMR 7.3. With Amazon EMR 7.3, you get enhanced data protection by encrypting data in-transit for distributed applications. This helps you run workloads that meet strict regulatory or compliance requirements by protecting the confidentiality and integrity of your data. Amazon EMR enables in-transit encryption […]

Today, Amazon Redshift Serverless introduces the next generation of AI-driven scaling and optimization in cloud data warehousing. Amazon Redshift Serverless uses AI techniques to automatically scale with workload changes across all key dimensions—such as data volume changes, number of concurrent users, and query complexity—to meet and maintain your price-performance targets. Amazon internal tests demonstrate that […]

AWS Amplify Hosting now integrates with Amazon S3 to seamlessly host static website content stored on S3 with just a few clicks. Amplify Hosting is a fully managed service that makes it easy to deploy your websites on a globally available content delivery network (CDN) powered by Amazon CloudFront, allowing secure and performant static website […]

Today, Amazon announces the general availability of two new Amazon CloudWatch metrics to give insight into when your application is attempting to drive higher than your Amazon EBS volume’s provisioned performance. These two metrics, Volume IOPS Exceeded Check and Volume Throughput Exceeded Check, monitor if the driven IOPS or throughput is exceeding the provisioned performance […]

Amazon Redshift Serverless, which allows you to run and scale analytics without having to provision and manage data warehouse clusters, is now generally available in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. With Amazon Redshift Serverless, all users, including data analysts, developers, and data scientists, can use Amazon Redshift to get insights from data in seconds. Amazon […]