AWS Weekly News Roundup Issue #212

Good morning,

Happy Saturday, and welcome to my weekly?AWS News Round-Up! ?

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 has increased quotas and enhanced CloudWatch Logs anomaly detection, adding improved pattern analysis to help users detect and respond to unusual log activity with greater precision and scale?on Amazon Web Services (AWS)?
• AWS Firewall Manager now supports retrofitting existing AWS WAF web ACLs, simplifying security management by allowing users to apply consistent rules across pre-existing web access controls in their environments?on Amazon Web Services
• AWS has launched Amazon CodeWhisperer’s in-line "Q" AI coding assistant, aiming to compete with GitHub Copilot by offering developers real-time coding suggestions, automation of routine tasks, and improved productivity directly within their development environmentsvia Carl Franzen on VentureBeat
• AWS has launched Amazon CodeWhisperer’s in-line "Q" AI coding assistant, aiming to compete with GitHub Copilot by offering developers real-time coding suggestions, automation of routine tasks, and improved productivity directly within their development environmentsvia Carl Franzen on VentureBeat
• Amazon OpenSearch Service now supports dedicated coordinator nodes, improving query performance and load management by separating coordination tasks from data nodes, enhancing scalability and efficiency for search workloads?on Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• Amazon VPC now supports security group sharing, allowing users to apply consistent security policies across multiple accounts and VPCs, simplifying network management and improving security collaboration?on Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• AWS Network Firewall now supports configurable TCP idle timeout settings, allowing users to customize connection durations for improved control over long-lived TCP sessions in network traffic management?on Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL has introduced its "Limitless" edition, now generally available, offering enhanced scalability and storage capabilities to support demanding, high-growth applications?on Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• AWS Lambda now supports AWS Fault Injection Simulator actions, enabling users to test the resilience of serverless applications by injecting faults and simulating failures to improve reliability and robustness?on Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Technical How-To

• Learn how to mitigate unwanted bot traffic in AWS by implementing challenge actions within AWS WAF custom rules, enhancing security and control over site access?via Javier Sánchez Navarro on Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Business Updates?

• AWS disrupted a major Russian phishing operation, successfully dismantling infrastructure used to conduct large-scale cyber attacks, highlighting AWS’s commitment to cybersecurity and proactive measures against online threats?via Shaun Nichols on SC Media?
• Amazon ECS celebrates its 10th anniversary, marking a decade of innovation in containerized applications that has empowered countless organizations to deploy and scale containerized workloads with ease on AWS?via Matheus Guimaraes on Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• Amazon workers have expressed strong disapproval of AWS CEO Adam Selipsky's recent comments supporting a return-to-office policy, urging the company to reconsider in favor of remote flexibility?via Greg Bensinger on Reuters
• Amazon's latest quarterly earnings report reveals strong revenue growth driven by AWS and advertising, despite a mixed economic outlook, reflecting the company's resilience and strategic investment successes?on The Guardian

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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Karl Robinson

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