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Amazon S3 Vectors expanded availability to 17 additional AWS regions, enhancing vector data storage and retrieval for AI at large scale.
Amazon SES Mail Manager updated with optional TLS/mTLS support and new rule actions to improve email security and processing workflows.
Amazon ECS introduced Managed Daemons to centrally manage non-application software agents across container infrastructure independently of workloads.
SageMaker Data Agent added inference routing confined to Japan and Australia regions, addressing data sovereignty needs.
VPC Encryption Controls became available in AWS GovCloud to monitor and enforce encryption of in-transit network traffic within Amazon VPCs.
CloudFront enhanced security for access-restricted content by supporting SHA-256 hashing for signed URLs and cookies.
RDS for Oracle expanded snapshot sharing capabilities to support instances using multiple storage volumes up to 256 TiB total.
Structured outputs in Amazon Bedrock became generally available across AWS GovCloud regions, enhancing predictable AI response formats for regulated environments.
ODB@AWS launched high performance networking enabling consistent sub-millisecond roundtrip latency between EC2 and Oracle databases.
Multi-Region replication support for AWS Managed Microsoft AD extended to Opt-In regions, streamlining directory synchronization across geographies.
Amazon introduced integration allowing centralized ingestion of Security Hub CSPM findings into CloudWatch Logs, facilitating comprehensive security data analysis across AWS environments.
AWS launched a standalone Sustainability console enabling sustainability professionals to access detailed AWS usage carbon emissions data without requiring billing permissions.
Amazon OpenSearch Service introduced agentic AI features enabling natural language interaction and autonomous root cause analysis for log data within its Observability workspace.
AWS deployed IAM Identity Center in its European Sovereign Cloud (Germany Region), enabling centralized workforce access management while complying with EU sovereignty requirements.
AWS updated its Apache Flink managed service to version 2.2, bringing Java 17 support, improved RocksDB integration, and deprecating some older APIs for optimized streaming data processing.
SageMaker Unified Studio now consolidates Amazon CloudWatch metrics with AWS Glue job logs to improve diagnosis and operational efficiency for ETL pipelines.
AWS Organizations now returns full hierarchical paths for accounts and organizational units directly in API responses, enhancing efficiency in organizational structure management.
AWS Deadline Cloud introduced new controls allowing flexible management of rendering capacity via worker idle duration, standby count, and scale-out rates.
AWS Marketplace introduced streamlined seller-driven processes for refunds and cancellations, enhancing transparency and operational efficiency without manual support interventions.
AWS launched new Aurora DSQL connectors for .NET and Rust, automating token-based authentication and supporting optimistic concurrency control for robust application development.
AWS AppConfig introduced finer targeting controls for gradual feature flag and configuration deployments, enhancing deployment safety.
CloudWatch expanded log centralization capabilities to select logs across accounts and regions by data source name and type for improved security operations.
AWS Security Hub became available in AWS GovCloud, providing centralized cloud security risk insights compliant with government standards.
Kinesis Video Streams introduced low-latency WebRTC streaming for security-sensitive applications in AWS GovCloud regions.
HealthOmics introduced virtual private cloud connectivity, enabling cross-region bioinformatics pipelines without data migration.
MediaTailor's server-side ad insertion service launched in London, reducing latency for European video streaming customers.
Athena introduced dedicated serverless capacity reservations in additional commercial AWS regions for workload isolation.
OpenSearch Service integrated Cluster Insights access into the AWS Console and added EventBridge support for operational alerts.
Data Agent in SageMaker Unified Studio's Query Editor assists users in generating and debugging SQL from natural language queries.
AWS Direct Connect enhanced network visibility with new CloudWatch metrics tracking BGP session health and route advertisements.
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.
AWS introduced 7th generation High Memory U7i instances with custom Intel Xeon Sapphire Rapids processors in Europe’s Milan data center.
AWS broadened its Step Functions service to orchestrate over 220 AWS services including new AI and data vector integrations.
AWS broadened its Step Functions service to orchestrate over 220 AWS services including new AI and data vector integrations.
Writer's Palmyra Vision 7B, a vision-language AI model, became accessible on Amazon Bedrock to support image-text understanding applications.
AWS enabled remote connections from Kiro and Cursor IDEs to SageMaker Studio for streamlined AI/ML development workflows.
AWS expanded FIPS-certified deployment options to include Graviton-based and GPU-accelerated Amazon ECS Managed Instances in US government cloud regions.
The latest release of AWS Research and Engineering Studio added administrator flexibility and improved virtual desktop session handling.
The latest release of AWS Research and Engineering Studio added administrator flexibility and improved virtual desktop session handling.
AWS enhanced its Parallel Computing Service with extended Slurm configurations for advanced cluster accounting and resource management.
The X2idn instance family, featuring 3rd generation Intel Xeon processors and AWS Nitro System, launched to support SAP-certified memory-intensive applications.
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