Tag: SysAdmin

Amazon Athena now supports CREATE TABLE AS SELECT (CTAS) statements with Amazon S3 Tables. Using CTAS statements makes it simple to create a new table and populate it with data using the results of a SELECT query. You can now use CTAS statements in Athena to query existing datasets and create a new table in S3 Tables with the query results, all in a single SQL statement. S3 Tables deliver the first cloud object store with built-in Apache Iceberg support and streamline storing tabular data at scale. With today’s launch, you can quickly and efficiently convert existing datasets stored in Parquet, CSV, JSON, and other formats, including Apache Iceberg, Hudi, and Delta Lake, into fully-managed tables that are continually optimized for performance and cost. Once created, use Athena to analyze your data, JOIN it with other datasets, and evolve it

Starting today, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) R8g instances are available in AWS Asia Pacific (Jakarta)region. These instances are powered by AWS Graviton4 processors and deliver up to 30% better performance compared to AWS Graviton3-based instances. Amazon EC2 R8g instances are ideal for memory-intensive workloads such as databases, in-memory caches, and real-time big data analytics. These instances are built on the AWS Nitro System, which offloads CPU virtualization, storage, and networking functions to dedicated hardware and software to enhance the performance and security of your workloads. AWS Graviton4-based Amazon EC2 instances deliver the best performance and energy efficiency for a broad range of workloads running on Amazon EC2. AWS Graviton4-based R8g instances offer larger instance sizes with up to 3x more vCPU (up to 48xlarge) and memory (up to 1.5TB) than Graviton3-based R7g instances. These

DynamoDB now supports more granular throttling exceptions along with their corresponding Amazon CloudWatch metrics. The additional fields in the new throttling exceptions identify the specific resources and reasons for throttling events, making it easier to understand and diagnose throttling-related issues. You can see the new Amazon CloudWatch metrics immediately, and upon upgrading your SDK to the newest version, you will also see the new granular throttling exceptions. Every throttling exception now contains a list of reasons why the request was throttled, as well as the Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the table or index that was throttled. These new throttle exception reasons help you understand why you were throttled and enable you to take corrective actions like adjusting your configured throughput, switching your table to on-demand capacity mode, or optimizing data access patterns. The more granular throttling exceptions and their respective metrics are availa

DynamoDB now supports the ability to selectively emit events for throttled keys to CloudWatch Contributor Insights, enabling you to monitor throttled keys without emitting events for all accessed keys. By emitting events for throttled keys exclusively, you no longer need to pay for all of your successful request events. Cloudwatch Contributor Insights for DynamoDB can help you understand your traffic patterns by providing information about your most accessed and throttled keys in a table or global secondary index. This information can be used to understand your application usage patterns or diagnose throttling-related issues. By choosing to only emit events for throttled keys, you can reduce the amount you spend to receive these insights. The new mode to exclusively emit throttled key events to CloudWatch Contributor Insights is available in all commercial AWS Regions, the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions, and the China Regions. To get started, see the following

AWS Certificate Manager (ACM) now supports AWS PrivateLink so that you can access ACM APIs from your Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) without traversing the public internet. This feature can help you meet compliance requirements by allowing you to access and use ACM APIs entirely within the AWS network. ACM simplifies the process of provisioning and managing public and private TLS certificates, wherever you need to securely terminate traffic; Whether it’s with integrated AWS services such as Amazon CloudFront, Load Balancing or with hybrid workloads. You can now create interface endpoints in AWS Private Link to connect your VPC to ACM. Communication between your VPC and ACM is then conducted entirely within the AWS network, providing a secure pathway for your data. To get started, you can create an AWS PrivateLink to connect to ACM using the AWS Management Console or AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI) commands

Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus, a fully managed Prometheus-compatible monitoring service, now supports resource-based policies, making it easier to build applications that work across accounts. With resource-based policies, you can specify which Identity and Access Management (IAM) principals have access to ingest or query your Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus workspace. To allow cross-account ingestion into an Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus workspace or query the metrics using PromQL from a different account, customers so far had to assume an IAM role in the workspace owner account. With this launch, you now can attach a resource-based policy to an Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus workspace and allow-list non-workspace owner to perform any actions using Prometheus-compatible APIs. This feature is now available in all regions

Starting today, customers can view 6 new recommended actions added to the existing list of 15 recommended actions available in the AWS Billing and Cost Management Console recommended actions widget. These recommended actions include notifications across AWS payments and tax settings, such as an expired payment method or if tax registration numbers are invalid. All recommended actions are now categorized as critical, advisory, or informational, enabling customers to prioritize and timely resolve any identified billing issues.  Using recommended actions on the AWS Billing and Cost Management Console, customers can quickly learn of and mitigate AWS billing or payment issues, identify cost saving opportunities, and avoid surprises by acting on time-sensitive information. Each recommended action includes a specific call-to-action, which allows customers to optimize their AWS spend and prevent any disruptions to their AWS account and billing status. Customers can access thes

Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) for Db2 now supports cross-region automated backups for encrypted databases, providing customers with an additional layer of data protection while safeguarding their mission critical Db2 workloads against regional outages. Customers can now securely copy encrypted database snapshots to regions outside of their primary AWS region for improved disaster recovery. The feature can be enabled by simply turning on encryption for RDS for Db2 instances, and configuring backup replication to the desired AWS region. To learn more about Amazon RDS for Db2 cross-region automated backups and the supported destination regions, visit the documentation page. Amazon RDS for Db2 makes it simple to set up, operate, and scale Db2 deployments in the cloud.

Today, we’re announcing the integration of Amazon Neptune Analytics with Cognee, a leading agentic memory framework designed to help AI agents structure, retrieve, and reason over information. With this launch, customers can use Neptune as the graph store behind Cognee’s memory layer, enabling long-term memory and reasoning capabilities for agentic AI applications. This integration allows Cognee users to store and query memory graphs at scale, unlocking advanced use cases where AI agents become more personalized and effective over time by learning from ongoing interactions. Neptune supports multi-hop graph reasoning and hybrid retrieval across graph, vector, and keyword modalities—helping Cognee deliver richer, more context-aware AI experiences. Cognee enables a self-improving memory system that helps developers build cost-efficient, personalized generative AI applications. To learn more about the Neptune–Cognee integration, visit the

Amazon Connect Cases now supports Contact Lens Rules that automatically update cases when created, streamlining case workflows and reducing manual tasks. For example, you can configure rules to auto-assign refund cases to the billing team, auto-close cases that don’t require follow-up, or automatically set priority based on case reason. Amazon Connect Cases is available in the following AWS regions: US East (N. Virginia), US West (Oregon), Canada (Central), Europe (Frankfurt), Europe (London), Asia Pacific (Seoul), Asia Pacific (Singapore), Asia Pacific (Sydney), Asia Pacific (Tokyo), and Africa (Cape Town) AWS regions. To learn more and get started, visit the Amazon Connect Cases webpage and documentation.