AWS Weekly News Roundup Issue #200 ??
Karl Robinson
CEO & Co-Founder at Logicata, an AWS Partner | AWS Community Builder | AWS User Group Leader | AWS Certified
Good afternoon,
Happy Friday, and welcome to my weekly?AWS News Round-Up! A quick nod to the fact that this is the?200th edition?of the weekly AWS News Roundup! That's a lot of news I've shared?over the last 3-4 years. It's also been a very busy week with the 6th meeting of the?AWS Brighton User Group , and my AWS Community Builder Year 2 swag arrival!
Season 3 Episode 28?of the LogiCast AWS News Podcast is now live?- Simplified OIDC, Redshift Serverless, and AI Content Localisation?with guest AWS Community Builder,?Joshua Walker.
You can?listen?here ?or?watch here ?or find us on all major podcast distribution platforms.
If you're new to the Round-Up, every week?I handpick the most interesting AWS-related?articles from across the Internet and share them directly into your inbox. No marketing, just useful and informative?content (I hope).??Read on for?new AWS product or feature releases,?technical how-to?articles, and?general business updates. What’s New??
- AWS Lambda now supports SnapStart for Java functions on ARM64 architecture, providing up to 10x faster startup performance and up to 34% better price performance compared to x86, enhancing scalability and cost-efficiency for Java applications ?on Amazon Web Services (AWS)?
- AWS Certification exams now include new question types designed to enhance the assessment of candidates' skills and knowledge, offering a more comprehensive evaluation of their abilities in real-world scenarios ? via Alex Kassidis on Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- The new Amazon Neptune engine version significantly boosts OpenCypher query performance, offering up to 9 times faster execution and 10 times higher throughput, enhancing the efficiency and scalability of graph database applications ?via Andrea Nassisi on Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Amazon Bedrock now features Meta's latest Llama 3 models, including the 405B, 70B, and 8B versions, enhancing its generative AI capabilities for more advanced and efficient natural language processing applications? via Channy Yun (???) on Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Mistral Large 2 is now available on Amazon Bedrock, offering powerful capabilities for advanced natural language processing and AI model development ?via Niithiyn Vijeaswaran, Armando Diaz, and Preston Tuggle on Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Technical How-To
- Achieve near real-time analytics with Amazon DynamoDB and Amazon OpenSearch Service through a zero-ETL solution that synchronizes data seamlessly without custom code or infrastructure management ?via Lee Hannigan and Praveen Kadipikonda on Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Learn how to leverage the AWS Secrets Manager Agent to securely retrieve and manage secrets locally, enhancing your application's security with streamlined access control ? via Eduardo Patrocinio and Akshay Aggarwal on Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Enhance your database performance with Amazon RDS's new dedicated log volumes, designed to improve I/O throughput and optimize resource allocation for more efficient and reliable database operations ?via Jeff Tillery and Wanda He on Amazon Web Services (AWS)
?Business Updates?
That’s all for this week! Tune in next week for another round-up of everything I think you should know about what’s happening in the world of?AWS. If you find this useful, please share it with friends and colleagues via the social links below, or?send them to our website to sign up.
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Kind regards,
Karl Robinson
CEO & Co-Founder
AWS Community Builder
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