Tag: SysAdmin

AWS Glue 5.1 is now available in the Asia Pacific (New Zealand), AWS GovCloud (US-West) and AWS GovCloud (US-East) Regions. AWS Glue is a serverless, scalable data integration service that simplifies discovering, preparing, moving, and integrating data from multiple sources. AWS Glue 5.1 upgrades core engines to Apache Spark 3.5.6, Python 3.11, and Scala 2.12.18, bringing performance and security enhancements. This release also updates support for open table format libraries, including Apache Hudi 1.0.2, Apache Iceberg 1.10.0, and Delta Lake 3.3.2. Additionally, AWS Glue 5.1 introduces support for Apache Iceberg format version 3.0, adding default column values, deletion vectors for merge-on-read tables, multi-argument transforms, and row lineage tracking. This release extends AWS Lake Formation fine-grained access control to write operations - both DML and DDL - for Spark DataFra

AWS Cost Optimization Hub now supports direct CSV download in the console, enabling you to export your cost optimization recommendations to your local machine with a single click. This capability provides a one click export option directly from the console and complements the existing Data Export feature for automated exports to Amazon S3. With CSV download, you can instantly export recommendations that use your current console filters, sorting preferences, and grouping settings. The download begins immediately, making it easy to analyze recommendations in spreadsheet applications, share with stakeholders who don't have AWS console access, or work with recommendations offline in your preferred tools. This feature is available now in all regions where AWS Cost Optimization Hub is offered. To learn more, visit the Cost Optimization Hub page.

Amazon WorkSpaces Personal now provides an enhanced experience for administrators migrating WorkSpaces from PCoIP to DCV protocol, including a guided console action for protocol modification, checkpoint snapshots for rollback support, and session blocking during migration. Amazon DCV is a high-performance streaming protocol built by AWS that powers Amazon WorkSpaces services. By migrating to DCV, customers gain access to broader operating system support including Windows 11 and Windows Server 2025, enhanced security features such as certificate-based authentication and WebAuthN, and improved streaming performance. Administrators can now modify a WorkSpace's streaming protocol directly from the AWS Management Console through a single-click action, in addition to the existing command line interface (CLI) and API methods. Before migration begins, WorkSpaces automatically takes a checkpoint snapshot, enabling administrators to restore to a known-good state if migration fails, e

Starting today, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) C8gn instances, powered by the latest-generation AWS Graviton4 processors, are available in the AWS Europe (Milan) and Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) regions. The new instances provide up to 30% better compute performance than Graviton3-based Amazon EC2 C7gn instances. Amazon EC2 C8gn instances feature the latest 6th generation AWS Nitro Cards, and offer up to 600 Gbps network bandwidth, the highest network bandwidth among network optimized EC2 instances.  Take advantage of the enhanced networking capabilities of C8gn to scale performance and throughput, while optimizing the cost of running network-intensive workloads such as network virtual appliances, data analytics, CPU-based artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) inference.  For increased scalability, C8gn instances offer instance sizes up to 48xlarge, up to 384 GiB of memory, and up to 120 Gbps of bandwidth to Am

Amazon Connect Talent is now available in Preview, giving talent acquisition leaders an AI-powered hiring solution that accelerates candidate selection at scale. Informed by decades of Amazon's hiring science, Amazon Connect Talent uses AI agents to conduct structured voice interviews, administer science-backed assessments, and score candidates consistently — freeing recruiters to focus on strategic decisions. Candidates interview 24/7 from any device. Recruiters review scores, transcripts, and detailed candidate evaluations generated by their AI teammate — empowering them to make faster hiring decisions with consistent objectivity. Preview capabilities include AI-driven skills assessments, AI-led voice interviews with adaptive questioning, a brand-customizable mobile-first candidate portal, a comprehensive recruiter dashboard, system admin onboarding tools, and Applicant Tracking System (ATS) integrations for quick deployment. Amazon Connect Talent scales to handle hir

AWS and OpenAI are expanding their partnership to bring frontier intelligence to the infrastructure millions of organizations already trust. Enterprises want the most capable AI models and agents, with the security, operational maturity, and data governance that production workloads demand. Today, we’re bringing those together with three new offerings on Amazon Bedrock, all in limited preview: the latest OpenAI models, Codex, and Managed Agents powered by OpenAI. First, the latest OpenAI models are available on Amazon Bedrock. For the first time, AWS customers can access OpenAI frontier models through the same Bedrock services they already use for model access, fine-tuning, and orchestration. OpenAI models on Bedrock inherit the enterprise controls customers depend on, including IAM, AWS PrivateLink, guardrails, encryption, and CloudTrail logging. Se

Amazon Quick is now available as a native desktop application for MacOS and Windows in preview. The desktop application extends Quick beyond your browser and utilizes the capabilities on your computer– including direct access to local files, proactive OS-level notifications, and native desktop control. Teams and individuals who want an AI assistant that understands their full work context across files, calendar, communications, and applications can now run Quick directly on their desktop. With Quick on your desktop, you can read and work with files on your computer without uploading them, receive notifications when action items, calendar conflicts, or messages need your attention, and automate browser-based tasks and desktop applications. Quick builds a personal knowledge graph that learns your people, projects, and relationships across every interaction–compounding context over time. For builders, the desktop application supports local Model Context Protocol (MCP) conn

Today, AWS announces new features in preview for Amazon Quick, allowing users to create custom web applications in minutes using natural language. Creating internal tools and web applications typically requires developer resources or technical skills, but with this new capability, any user can simply describe what they need and get a fully interactive application—no coding required. These applications connect to live data sources, implement complex workflows, embed AI-powered features, and can be published and shared with your team in one click. Whether you’re a sales leader wanting to create an application for pipeline review by pulling data from a CRM and other business applications in real time, or a finance manager looking to simplify monthly close by aggregating information from QuickBooks, Excel, and internal systems, Quick allows anyone to create applications that will drive their b

Today, AWS announces the general availability of Amazon Connect Decisions, an agentic AI planning and intelligence solution that helps supply chain teams shift from firefighting to proactive operations. Combining 30 years of Amazon operational science and 25+ specialized supply chain tools, AI teammates adapt to your business, learn from your team's decisions, and continuously improve operations. Amazon Connect Decisions can be used by businesses across retail, CPG, automotive, and industrial manufacturing industries, among others, that want to transform their supply chain operations without having to replace their existing systems.  AI teammates work 24/7 to harmonize demand signals into consensus forecasts, generate constraint-aware supply plans, and monitor operations across your supply chain — detecting variances, performing automated root cause analysis, and triaging thousands of exceptions, surfacing only what matters most based on your business priorities as ac

Amazon Quick is expanding integrations with 13 new built-in action connectors, all supporting managed authentication so users can securely connect their accounts in just a few clicks without manual credentials setup. Amazon Quick is an AI assistant that turns questions into answers, answers into actions, and actions into outcomes—for you and your entire team. Quick brings all your tools and data together in one place. It learns what matters to you and your team, grounds every answer in your real business data, and goes beyond answers: scheduling, building deliverables, creating dashboards, and acting on your behalf. With Quick, business users can now take action directly across Gmail, Google Sheets, Google Docs, Google Calendar, Google Drive, Google Slides, Google Meet, Google Analytics, Zoom, QuickBooks, Airtable, and Dropbox. For example, you can draft and send emails in Gmail, update a Google Sheet with the latest data, schedule a meeting in Google Calendar, share file