THE TECHNOLOGY BRIEFING
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AWS introduced the Well-Architected Agent preview, an AI-driven tool enhancing infrastructure assessment and automation for cost, security, performance, and reliability.
Amazon Redshift expanded support to query S3 data lakes across AWS Regions securely using integrated engine and VPC-level traffic routing.
AWS enhanced Amazon Q Developer with interactive visualizations, health dashboards, and faster responses within the AWS Management Console.
DynamoDB's new filtered export enables selective data export using expressions, supporting precise analytics and compliance needs.
AWS expanded Amazon DynamoDB Accelerator availability to additional global Regions, accelerating read-heavy workloads with microsecond latency.
GuardDuty introduced declarative policies in AWS Organizations for unified threat detection enablement across accounts and Regions.
Amazon patched Corretto 8 with release 8u504, updating tzdata and maintaining its position as a free, multi-platform OpenJDK distribution.
AWS GovCloud Regions gained support for S3 Object Lock’s variable retention with event holds, aiding regulatory data retention compliance.
Security Hub introduced remediation plans grouping related security findings to streamline prioritization and automated fixes.
AWS Transfer Family enhanced logging by allowing custom CloudWatch log groups per managed workflow, aiding monitoring and analysis.
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