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Amazon EC2 I8ge instances powered by AWS Graviton4 processors expanded availability to multiple AWS regions, offering improved compute and storage performance.
The Aurora DSQL Connector for Ruby simplifies secure authentication and connection management for Ruby applications on Aurora DSQL databases.
AWS Lambda raised the file descriptor limit fourfold to 4,096 for functions running on Lambda Managed Instances, enabling higher concurrency and I/O intensive workloads.
Amazon Timestream for InfluxDB added Advanced Metrics capability to deliver automatic performance and health monitoring via Amazon CloudWatch.
Amazon Connect enhanced security by enabling tag-based access control for quick response assignments tied to routing profiles.
CloudWatch Logs added support for OpenSearch PPL/SQL queries and data protection to the Infrequent Access ingestion class, improving analytics and security for infrequently queried logs.
AWS Lambda increased resource limits for functions on Managed Instances, allowing up to 32 GB of memory and 16 virtual CPUs to handle compute-intensive workloads.
AWS introduced settings allowing accounts to customize which services and regions appear in the Management Console for their users, streamlining navigation.
Amazon GameLift expanded support to EC2 5th through 8th generation instances, providing developers with diverse, next-generation hardware options for game server hosting.
AWS HealthImaging enhanced security by enabling study- and series-level access control for DICOM medical imaging data via IAM policies and temporary credentials.
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