I have a very vague memory of a 2013-era meeting with my then-colleague Tim Wagner. The term serverless did not exist, but we chatted about various ways to allow developers to focus on code instead of on infrastructure. At some I recall throwing my arms skyward and indicating that it would be cool to simply […]
0 CommentsThis week, we wrapped up the final 2024 Latin America Amazon Web Services (AWS) Community Days of the year in Brazil, with multiple parallel events taking place. In Goiânia, we had Marcelo Palladino, senior developer advocate, and Marcelo Paiva, AWS Community Builder, as keynote speakers. Florianópolis feature Ana Cunha, senior developer advocate, and in Santiago […]
0 CommentsToday, we’re announcing the availability, in preview, of a new capability in Amazon Data Firehose that captures changes made in databases such as PostgreSQL and MySQL and replicates the updates to Apache Iceberg tables on Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3). Apache Iceberg is a high-performance open-source table format for performing big data analytics. Apache […]
0 CommentsAWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) is launching a new capability allowing security teams to centrally manage root access for member accounts in AWS Organizations. You can now easily manage root credentials and perform highly privileged actions. Managing root user credentials at scale For a long time, Amazon Web Services (AWS) accounts were provisioned with highly […]
0 CommentsToday, I am happy to introduce resource control policies (RCPs) – a new authorization policy managed in AWS Organizations that can be used to set the maximum available permissions on resources within your entire organization. They are a type of preventative control that help you establish a data perimeter in your AWS environment and restrict […]
0 CommentsI have been following the progress of AWS BuilderCards for several years. Players of all skill levels use the cards to learn about AWS in a fun and engaging way, competing (in a friendly fashion) to combine their cards to form architectures, gaining knowledge and scoring points as they play: To date, more than 15,000 […]
0 CommentsHappy 20th Anniversary of the AWS News Blog! On November 9, 2004, Jeff Barr published his first blog post. At the time, he started a personal blog site using TypePad. He wanted to speak to his readers with his personal voice, not the company or team. On April 29, 2014, we created a new AWS […]
0 CommentsToday, Amazon Location Service released 17 new and enhanced APIs that expand and improve capabilities for the Routes, Places, and Maps functionalities, creating a more cohesive and streamlined experience for developers. By introducing enhanced features and offering simplified migration, these updates make Amazon Location Service more accessible and useful for a wide range of applications. […]
0 CommentsToday, we’re announcing the general availability of Express brokers, a new broker type for Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK). It’s designed to deliver up to three times more throughput per-broker, scale up to 20 times faster, and reduce recovery time by 90 percent as compared to Standard brokers running Apache Kafka. Express […]
0 CommentsAs we gear up ahead of AWS re:Invent 2024, we’re thrilled to announce our final cohort of new AWS Heroes! These individuals exemplify expertise and dedication to leveraging AWS technologies and sharing knowledge. Their contributions to the AWS community are greatly appreciated, and today we’re excited to celebrate them. Ayyanar Jeyakrishnan – Bengaluru, India Machine […]
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