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Amazon Bedrock launched AgentCore Evaluations to enable continuous, automated monitoring and testing of AI agent performance in production environments.
AWS introduced a native search feature in ACM to quickly locate certificates by parameters such as domain name and expiration status.
Route 53 Resolver endpoints now support DNS subdomain delegation for private hosted zones within AWS GovCloud, enhancing hybrid DNS management.
SageMaker HyperPod integrated gang scheduling to coordinate distributed AI training pods, preventing resource waste and deadlocks.
Amazon IVS added redundant ingest support to safeguard live video streams against encoder and network failures through automated failover.
AWS enhanced EKS managed node groups with Auto Scaling warm pools to reduce latency when scaling out Kubernetes clusters.
AgentCore Browser extended capabilities to control OS-level interactions like mouse, keyboard, and system dialogs beyond browser protocols.
AWS introduced WorkSpaces Advisor using generative AI to analyze and resolve configuration issues in Amazon WorkSpaces Personal environments.
Amazon OpenSearch introduced i8ge instances powered by AWS Graviton4 for enhanced compute and storage performance in search workloads.
Oracle Database@AWS extended its service from seven to twelve AWS regions, increasing on-premises Oracle migration options with local data residency.
AWS expanded Lambda response streaming to all commercial Regions, enabling incremental data delivery for lower latency.
Amazon Q generative AI powers natural language queries directly within AWS Cost Explorer for enhanced cost analysis.
Amazon Lightsail's cloud services launched in Malaysia, improving local latency and data residency compliance.
Claude Mythos Preview brings advanced cybersecurity, coding, and reasoning capabilities within Amazon Bedrock’s generative AI platform.
SageMaker Unified Studio extends Serverless Workflows support to Identity Center domains for orchestrated data tasks without infrastructure management.
S3 Files bridges cloud object storage and file system paradigms, enabling direct, performant file-based access to S3 data.
New Intel Xeon 6 processor-based M8i and R8i instances enhance Oracle database performance and memory bandwidth.
Cepheus-1-108Q QPU introduces modular multi-chip design and CZ gates to Amazon Braket for advanced quantum workloads.
Transfer Family now supports IPv6, facilitating file transfers with modern internet protocols for broader connectivity.
Aurora PostgreSQL-compatible editions support recent community minor versions, improving security and performance.
AWS declared that numerous services will transition to maintenance mode or be sunset, affecting new customer access and support timelines starting mid-2026.
AWS enhanced Amazon ECS Managed Instances to leverage Amazon EC2 instance store volumes for container workload storage, improving cost and latency efficiency.
Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio enhanced notebooks with capabilities for importing/exporting and developer-oriented features to streamline data science workflows.
New features in Amazon Verified Permissions facilitate easier authorization management for multi-tenant applications through human-readable policy store aliases and named policies.
Amazon WorkSpaces Personal introduced unique, publicly resolvable DNS names for AWS PrivateLink VPC endpoints to prevent DNS collisions in multi-account deployments.
Amazon FSx for OpenZFS, a managed shared file system with ZFS features, became available in the AWS Melbourne Region to support high-performance workloads.
Smithy-Java became generally available, offering Java developers a production-grade framework for SDK generation from Smithy models with performance and protocol flexibility.
The new AWS IoT Greengrass SDK offers a compact solution enabling complex edge applications on resource-constrained devices using native bindings.
Amazon S3 initiated a rollout defaulting to disabling server-side encryption with customer-provided keys for new buckets and various existing buckets to improve security.
Amazon RDS for Oracle integrated support for Oracle Management Agent version 24.1.0.0.v1 to enhance database monitoring capabilities via Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 24aiR1.
AI-powered troubleshooting and upgrade agents integrated into the Kiro IDE streamline Apache Spark management on Amazon EMR, reducing operational times significantly.
Custom vocabulary support in Amazon Bedrock Data Automation enhances transcription accuracy for specialized terms across diverse industries and multiple languages.
AWS Glue Schema Registry availability extends to new regions, facilitating centralized schema management for streaming data validation and evolution.
New features in Amazon SageMaker Data Agent enrich data analysis by enabling interactive visualization and query performance optimization across AWS and Snowflake data.
Amazon Bedrock Guardrails introduces cross-account safeguards to enforce safety policies across entire AWS organizations automatically.
AWS Partners can now embed unique user agent strings to track AWS service usage tied to their solutions across accounts and environments.
New integration automatically tracks AWS service consumption from AWS Marketplace AMI and ML products to inform partner revenue insights.
Users can now specify external AWS KMS keys via ARN in Secrets Manager console to simplify cross-account secret encryption.
Embedded sparklines in Amazon QuickSight tables allow quick visual identification of trends within tabular data.
Query Studio provides a unified interface for PromQL and Metric Insights querying and visualization in Amazon CloudWatch.
AWS launched End User Messaging Notify to accelerate delivery of one-time passcode messages globally with built-in fraud protection.
ElastiCache Serverless expanded connectivity options to include IPv6 and dual stack, enhancing compatibility and compliance.
CloudWatch introduced Container Insights with OpenTelemetry metrics to enhance visibility into Amazon EKS cluster health and performance.
Deadline Cloud added flexible queue scheduling modes to optimize distributed render workload management for creative projects.
Lightsail introduced high-CPU instance bundles supporting various OS and app blueprints for compute-intensive workloads.
CloudWatch expanded its automatic telemetry enablement to CloudFront access logs and Security Hub findings for streamlined monitoring.
The AWS Direct Connect site in Auckland gained 100 Gbps dedicated connections with encryption, enhancing private network speeds.
CloudWatch added native ingestion and querying of OpenTelemetry metrics, simplifying observability across hybrid environments.
WorkSpaces Applications introduced a drain mode allowing seamless maintenance by stopping new logins on instances while preserving active sessions.
Location Service expanded map customization with configurable contour density, traffic filtering, and immersive 3D visualization options.
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