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AWS – Amazon Lightsail announces support for domain registration and DNS autoconfiguration
You can now register domain names and auto-configure domain name systems (DNS) on Amazon Lightsail. Amazon Lightsail is the easiest way to get started with AWS for users who need a secure, high-performance and reliable virtual private server (VPS) solution with a simple management interface and predictable pricing. With the addition of domain registration, Lightsail users are […]

AWS – AWS Firewall Manager can now import existing AWS Network Firewall resources
Starting today, AWS Firewall Manager supports Import Existing Network Firewall feature that enables customers to discover existing AWS Network Firewalls and bring them under the central management of AWS Firewall Manager. With this feature, you can see your security coverage provided by existing firewalls across AWS organizations and manage those firewalls without having to instantiate […]

AWS – Amazon Athena announces Query Result Reuse to accelerate queries
You can now accelerate repeat queries in Amazon Athena with Query Result Reuse, a new caching feature released today. Repeat queries are SQL queries submitted within a short period of time and produce the same results as one or more previously run queries. In use cases like business intelligence, where interactive analysis in a dashboard […]

AWS – Amazon EC2 placement groups can now be shared across multiple AWS accounts
You can now share Amazon EC2 placement groups across multiple AWS accounts using AWS Resource Access Manager (RAM). When a placement group is shared, instances launched by one AWS account can utilize a placement group created by another account. RAM helps you securely share your resources across AWS accounts, within your organization or organizational units (OUs) in AWS […]

AWS – AWS Certificate Manager now supports Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm TLS certificates
You can now use AWS Certificate Manager (ACM) to request and use Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA) P-256 and P-384 Transport Layer Security (TLS) certificates to secure your network traffic. TLS certificates are used to secure network communications and to establish the identity of websites over the internet as well as resources on private networks. […]

AWS – Amazon CloudWatch Logs now supports export to SSE-KMS encrypted S3 buckets
Amazon CloudWatch Logs now supports exporting logs to Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) buckets encrypted using Server side encryption with KMS (SSE-KMS) keys. Read More for the details.

AWS – Announcing AWS Resource Explorer
Today, AWS announces AWS Resource Explorer, a managed capability that simplifies the search and discovery of resources, such as Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instances, Amazon Kinesis streams, and Amazon DynamoDB tables, across AWS Regions in your AWS account. AWS Resource Explorer is available at no additional charge to you. Read More for the […]

AWS – Amazon ElastiCache adds support for Redis 7
Amazon ElastiCache for Redis now supports Redis 7. This release brings several new features to Amazon ElastiCache for Redis: Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon OpenSearch Service announces support for cross-VPC connectivity powered by AWS PrivateLink
Amazon OpenSearch Service now supports managed VPC endpoints (powered by AWS PrivateLink) to connect to your Amazon OpenSearch Service VPC-enabled domain in a Virtual Private Cloud (VPC). With an Amazon OpenSearch Service managed endpoint, you can now privately access your OpenSearch Service domain within your VPC from your client applications in other VPCs, within the same […]
AWS – Amazon Polly adds neural support for Swedish, Norwegian and Finnish
Today Amazon Polly, a service that turns text into lifelike speech, announced the general availability of three new neural Text-to-speech (NTTS) voices: Elin for Swedish, Ida for Norwegian and Suvi for Finnish. Read More for the details.