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AWS – Amazon VPC IP Address Manager (IPAM) is now available in two additional AWS Regions
Amazon VPC IP Address Manager (IPAM) makes it easier for you to plan, track, and monitor IP addresses for your AWS workloads. Amazon VPC IPAM is now available in two additional Regions: Asia Pacific (Hyderabad), and Asia Pacific (Jakarta). Read More for the details.

AWS – SageMaker announces ml.inf2 and ml.trn1 instances for model deployment
We are excited to announce the availability of ml.inf2 and ml.trn1 family of instances on Amazon SageMaker for deploying machine learning (ML) models for Real-time and Asynchronous inference. You can use these instances on SageMaker to achieve high performance at a low cost for generative artificial intelligence (AI) models, including large language models (LLMs) and […]

AWS – AWS VSS application-consistent backups now supports PowerShell logging
AWS VSS application-consistent backups now allows customers to take application-consistent backups while PowerShell Logging is enabled. AWS VSS application-consistent backups now incorporates a parallel processing ability that enables its EC2 Windows customers achieve successful VSS backups in a broader range of environments. With this launch, customers will see improved compatibility between VSS and applications such […]

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.