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AWS Unveils Fourth-Generation Graviton Processor with R8g EC2 Instances
During the recent re:Invent, AWS announced the preview of memory-optimized R8g instances powered by the fourth-generation Graviton processor. The new instances are designed for memory-intensive workloads, including databases, in-memory caches, and real-time big data analytics.
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The Frugal Architect: AWS Promotes Cost Awareness for Sustainability
Dr. Werner Vogels, AWS' CTO, dedicated the first part of his re:Invent keynote to discussing the laws of frugal architectures, cloud-native architectures aiming at delivering cost-aware, sustainable, and maintainable solutions. Vogels laid out seven simple laws based on his and AWS’ experience building and evolving cloud platform services, with cost implications as one of the primary drivers.
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AWS Announces Amazon Braket Direct: Reserve Dedicated Capacity on Different Quantum Devices
AWS recently announced the availability of Amazon Braket Direct, a new Amazon Braket program allowing quantum researchers to dive deeper into quantum computing.
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AWS Adds Automated Detection of Unused IAM Roles, Users, and Permissions
AWS recently added support for detecting unused access granted to IAM roles and users within their AWS IAM Access Analyzer tool. The new analyzer can identify unused roles, unused IAM user access keys and passwords, and unused permissions within a defined usage window. This analysis can be done across accounts within the organization and be controlled from a delegated administrator account.
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AWS Improves Kubernetes Monitoring with New Enhanced Observability for Amazon EKS
AWS has released several monitoring and observability-themed improvements. The releases include Amazon CloudWatch Container Insights with Enhanced Observability for Amazon EKS on EC2 a fully managed service that provides visibility into containerized workloads. Other releases include a new Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus collector and Amazon Managed Grafana community plugins.
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AWS Exposes Free Tier API to Help Developers Avoid Unexpected Bills
AWS has recently introduced a Free Tier API allowing developers to check their AWS Free Tier usage and monitor progress toward the free tier limits. This API can be accessed directly through the AWS CLI or integrated into applications using the SDKs, reducing the chance of unexpected bills.
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Amazon RDS Now Supports IBM Db2
During the recent re:Invent conference, AWS announced that Amazon RDS now offers support for IBM Db2, including both the Standard Edition and Advanced Edition. Db2 becomes the sixth engine supported by this managed database service, joining PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, SQL Server, and Oracle.
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Intuitive Application Resource Management with myApplications in the AWS Management Console
AWS recently announced at its re:Invent conference the general availability of myApplications. myApplications in the AWS Management Console can help customers manage and monitor the cost, health, security posture, and performance of their applications on AWS more effectively.
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Amazon ElastiCache Serverless: a New Option for Scaling Cache Capacity Instantly
AWS recently announced the general availability of Amazon ElastiCache Serverless, a new serverless option allowing users to quickly create a cache and instant scale capacity based on application traffic patterns. In addition, the serverless option is compatible with open-source caching solutions Redis and Memcached.
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Automated Horizontal Scaling with Amazon Aurora Limitless Database
AWS recently announced the preview of Amazon Aurora Limitless Database, a new capability supporting automated horizontal scaling to process millions of write transactions per second and manage petabytes of data in a single Aurora database.
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Amazon Unveils Titan AI Image Generator
Amazon unveiled Titan Image Generator, currently in preview for AWS customers on Bedrock, Amazon's AI development platform. As a member of Amazon's Titan family of generative AI models, Titan Image Generator has the capability to generate new images based on a text description or customize existing images.
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AWS Introduces Amazon CloudFront KeyValueStore: a Low Latency Datastore for CloudFront Functions
AWS recently announced Amazon CloudFront KeyValueStore, a secure global low-latency key-value datastore that allows read access from within CloudFront Functions, enabling advanced customizable logic at the CloudFront edge locations.
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Amazon S3 Introduces High-Performance Storage Class
During the recent re:Invent conference, AWS announced the general availability of S3 Express One Zone, a high-performance, single-AZ storage class that provides single-digit millisecond data access. Reducing request costs, the new storage class is designed for processing data in AI/ML training and financial modeling.
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AWS Announces Finch 1.0, an Open Source Client for Container Development
Recently, AWS announced the general availability of Finch, an open-source tool that aims to simplify container development on macOS. Finch allows users to build, run, and publish Linux containers on their macOS, and interact with container registries such as Amazon ECR.
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Recap of AWS re:Invent 2023: Amazon Q, Frugal Architectures, Database Upgrades
The 12th edition of re:Invent has just ended in Las Vegas. As expected, artificial intelligence was a key topic of the conference, with Amazon Bedrock and Amazon Q, a new type of generative AI-powered assistant, the main focus of Adam Selipsky’s keynote.