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AWS – AWS CodePipeline is now available in AWS GovCloud (US-East)
Today, AWS announces the general availability of AWS CodePipeline in the AWS GovCloud (US-East) Region. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon EMR on EKS now supports self-hosted notebooks for managed endpoints
We are excited to announce the addition of self-hosted Jupyter notebooks as another mechanism to run interactive workloads via managed endpoints. Amazon EMR on EKS enables customers to run open-source big data frameworks such as Apache Spark on Amazon EKS. Amazon EMR on EKS customers setup and use a managed endpoint (available in preview) to […]

AWS – Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics is now available in the Asia Pacific (Melbourne) region
Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics makes it easier to transform and analyze streaming data in real time with Apache Flink. Apache Flink is an open source framework and engine for processing data streams. Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics reduces the complexity of building and managing Apache Flink applications. Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics for Apache Flink integrates with […]

AWS – New in AWS Security Hub: detailed tracking of finding changes with finding history feature
AWS Security Hub, a cloud security posture management service that performs security best practice checks, aggregates alerts, and facilitates automated remediation, now features a detailed history of changes that have occurred for each finding in your environment. This view provides an immutable trail of changes, indicating what fields were changed, by whom, and when. You […]

AWS – Amazon EMR on EKS launches vertical autoscaling to auto-tune application resources
We are excited to announce that Amazon EMR on EKS now supports vertical autoscaling, a feature to automatically tune the memory and CPU resources of EMR Spark Applications to adapt to the needs of the provided workload, offering a simplified mechanism for customers to tune resources, enhance reliability and optimize costs. Amazon EMR on EKS […]

AWS – AWS Elemental MediaConvert now supports video passthrough
AWS Elemental MediaConvert now supports video passthrough for mezzanine video formats. You can now run MediaConvert jobs that preserve the original video essence without re-encoding for intra-frame-only video formats such as AVC Intra, Apple ProRes, VC3, and JPEG2000. Read More for the details.

AWS – AWS Resilience Hub expands AWS Trusted Advisor and Amazon DynamoDB support
AWS Resilience Hub has expanded support for AWS Trusted Advisor and applications using Amazon DynamoDB. Resilience Hub provides a single place to define, validate, and track the resilience of your applications so that you can avoid unnecessary downtime caused by software, infrastructure, or operational disruptions. Read More for the details.

AWS – Zonal shift for Amazon Route 53 Application Recovery Controller now available in 18 additional Regions
Zonal shift for Amazon Route 53 Application Recovery Controller is now available in all standard AWS Regions. Read More for the details.

AWS – AWS Batch now includes dashboard customization on the console
Today, we are excited to announce the launch of the customizable dashboard feature on the AWS Batch console, providing a single view that displays resource metrics based on your specific needs. This feature allows you to redesign and target different types of widgets in your preferred order, making it easier to troubleshoot issues using widgets […]
AWS – Amazon MSK adds support for Apache Kafka version 3.4.0
Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK) now supports Apache Kafka version 3.4.0 for new and existing clusters. Apache Kafka 3.4.0 includes several bug fixes and new features that improve performance. Key features include a fix to improve stability to fetch from the closest replica. Amazon MSK will continue to use and manage Zookeeper […]