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From Aurora DSQL to Amazon Nova: Highlights of re:Invent 2024
The 2024 edition of re:Invent has just ended in Las Vegas. As anticipated, AI was a key focus of the conference, with Amazon Nova and a new version of Sagemaker among the most significant highlights. However, the announcement that generated the most excitement in the community was the preview of Amazon Aurora DSQL, a serverless, distributed SQL database with active-active high availability.
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AWS Transfer Family Web Apps: Simplified S3 Data Access through the Browser
AWS Transfer Family's new web apps offer a user-friendly, no-code solution for secure access to Amazon S3 data. Designed for non-technical users, these fully managed portals simplify file management and enhance security with AWS IAM integration. Easily customizable and compliant with major standards, they streamline workflows and bridge gaps in traditional file transfer methods.
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Optimizing Amazon ECS with Predictive Scaling
Amazon Web Services (AWS) recently released Predictive Scaling for Amazon ECS, an advanced scaling policy that employs machine learning (ML) algorithms to anticipate demand surges, ensuring applications remain highly available and responsive while minimizing resource overprovisioning.
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Amazon Introduces Elastic VMware Service for VMware Workload Migration to AWS in Preview
AWS has unveiled the Amazon Elastic VMware Service (EVS), enabling seamless VMware Cloud Foundation integration within Amazon VPC. This innovative service simplifies VMware workload migration and management in the cloud, allowing swift deployment and optimized infrastructure while offering customers flexibility and control over their applications.
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AWS Launches Lambda SnapStart for Python and .NET Functions
AWS has unveiled Lambda SnapStart for Python and .NET, enhancing serverless app performance by reducing cold start latency. This feature builds on the success of Lambda SnapStart for Java, allowing faster initializations through early environment caching. Available in multiple global regions, it offers efficient management of caching costs with Python 3.12+ and .NET 8+.
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AWS Reveals Multi-Agent Orchestrator Framework for Managing AI Agents
AWS has introduced Multi-Agent Orchestrator, a framework designed to manage multiple AI agents and handle complex conversational scenarios. The system routes queries to the most suitable agent, maintains context across interactions, and integrates seamlessly with a variety of deployment environments, including AWS Lambda, local setups, and other cloud platforms.
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AWS Cloud Development Kit Vulnerability Enables Full AWS Account Takeover
A new vulnerability discovered in AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK) by security firm Aqua could lead to an attacker fully taking over a target AWS account due to manual deletion of artifact S3 buckets. While AWS fixed the vulnerability, you are still required to take action if you have used CDK version v2.148.1 or earlier.
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Aurora Serverless v2 Adds Zero-Capacity Scaling for True Serverless
Amazon Aurora Serverless v2 has recently announced that it now supports scaling to zero capacity, enabling the database to automatically pause after a period of inactivity based on database connections. The lack of the ability to scale to zero capacity for Aurora's on-demand automatic scaling configuration has been a contentious topic for many years.
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Microsoft Introduces Magentic-One, a Generalist Multi-Agent System
Microsoft has announced the release of Magentic-One, a new generalist multi-agent system designed to handle open-ended tasks involving web and file-based environments. This system aims to assist with complex, multi-step tasks across various domains, improving efficiency in activities such as software development, data analysis, and web navigation.
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Amazon Marks 10 Years of AWS Lambda by Releasing Initial Internal Document
Werner Vogels, Amazon’s CTO, recently unveiled the internal design narrative that initiated the AWS Lambda project. The release of the PR/FAQ that sparked the development of one of Amazon’s most popular services offers a “peek behind the curtain” and highlights the initial vision for serverless computing at Amazon.
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Stripe Rearchitects Its Observability Platform with Managed Prometheus and Grafana on AWS
Stripe replaced its observability platform, which used a third-party vendor solution, with a new architecture utilizing managed services on AWS. The company made the move due to scalability limits, reliability issues, and increasing costs while transitioning to microservices. The migration involved dual-writing metrics, translating assets, validation, and user training.
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Aurora Limitless: AWS Introduces New PostgreSQL Database with Automated Horizontal Scaling
AWS has announced the general availability of Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL Limitless Database, a relational database designed to provide automated horizontal scaling. This new option can handle millions of write transactions per second and manage petabytes of data, all within a single database environment.
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High-Performance Serverless with Rust: Insights from Benjamen Pyle’s Talk at QCon San Francisco
Benjamen Pyle's talk showcased the power of combining Rust with AWS Lambda for high-performance, scalable, serverless applications. He highlighted Rust's safety and efficiency and its ability to minimize cold start times and costs. Pyle emphasized best practices like multi-Lambda designs and infrastructure like code, enabling developers to build solutions that drive efficiency and sustainability.
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AWS Amplify and Amazon S3 Integration Simplifies Static Website Hosting
AWS has launched a seamless integration between Amplify Hosting and S3, revolutionizing static website deployment. This robust solution enables developers to quickly publish sites, configure custom domains, and manage updates effortlessly, all backed by Amazon's global CDN. Enjoy fast, secure hosting without complex setups—optimized for performance and efficiency.
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AWS CodeBuild Adds Support for Managed GitLab Runners
Recently, AWS CodeBuild introduced support for managed GitLab self-hosted runners, towards advancement in continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) capabilities. This new feature allows customers to configure their CodeBuild projects to receive and execute GitLab CI/CD job events directly on CodeBuild's ephemeral hosts.