AWS Launches EC2 I8g.metal-48xl Instances with Graviton4 Processors
Amazon’s EC2 I8g.metal-48xl instances offer improved compute and storage performance aimed at I/O intensive workloads.
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Amazon’s EC2 I8g.metal-48xl instances offer improved compute and storage performance aimed at I/O intensive workloads.
Amazon SNS introduced push notification capabilities in the Spain region, broadening its global message delivery reach.
AWS launched a developer preview of a new Java SDK to build fault-tolerant, checkpointed workflows using Lambda durable functions.
AWS’s Oracle Database@AWS offering expands to Ireland, allowing run of Oracle Exadata instances with AWS service integrations.
AWS updated Amazon RDS PostgreSQL support to latest minor versions to address security and stability concerns.
IAM Identity Center completed global IPv6 dual-stack support, enhancing endpoint connectivity across all available regions.
SageMaker Unified Studio enables automated synchronization of AI and data asset metadata with Atlan, Collibra, and Alation catalogs.
SageMaker Unified Studio supports latest AWS Glue 5.1 runtime, enhancing Spark and open table format capabilities.
Kiro IDE users gain integrated access to SageMaker Unified Studio’s scalable cloud resources for AI/ML workflows.
AgentCore’s Policy feature provides fine-grained, centralized governance of agent-tool interactions using natural language policies.
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