Tag: SysAdmin

Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for Oracle now supports the Oracle January 2026 Release Update (RU) for Oracle Database versions 19c and 21c, and the corresponding Spatial Patch Bundle for Oracle Database version 19c. We recommend upgrading to the January 2026 RU as it includes security updates for Oracle database products. The Spatial Patch Bundle update delivers important fixes for Oracle Spatial and Graph functionality to provide reliable and optimal performance for spatial operations. You can apply the January 2026 RU from the Amazon RDS Management Console, or by using the AWS SDK or CLI. To automatically apply updates to your database instance during your maintenance window, enable Automatic Minor Version Upgrade. You can apply the Spatial Patch Bundle update for new database instances, or upgr

You can now deploy AWS IAM Identity Center in 38 AWS Regions, including Asia Pacific (New Zealand). IAM Identity Center is the recommended service for managing workforce access to AWS applications. It enables you to connect your existing source of workforce identities to AWS once and offer your users single sign on experience across AWS. It powers the personalized experiences offered by AWS applications, such as Amazon Q, and the ability to define and audit user-aware access to data in AWS services, such as Amazon Redshift. It can also help you manage access to multiple AWS accounts from a central place. IAM Identity Center is available at no additional cost in these AWS Regions. To learn more about IAM Identity Center, visit the product detail page. To get started, see the 

Starting today, Amazon EC2 G7e instances accelerated by NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition GPUs are now available in  Asia Pacific (Tokyo) region. G7e instances offer up to 2.3x inference performance compared to G6e. Customers can use G7e instances to deploy large language models (LLMs), agentic AI models, multimodal generative AI models, and physical AI models. G7e instances offer the highest performance for spatial computing workloads as well as workloads that require both graphics and AI processing capabilities. G7e instances feature up to 8 NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition GPUs, with 96 GB of memory per GPU, and 5th Generation Intel Xeon processors. They support up to 192 virtual CPUs (vCPUs) and up to 1600 Gbps of networking bandwidth. G7e instances support NVIDIA GPUDirect Peer to Peer (P2P) that boosts performance for multi-GPU workloads. Multi-GPU G7e instances also support NVIDIA GPUDirect Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) with EFA in EC2

Today we are announcing the release of Aurora DSQL Connectors for Go (pgx), Python (asyncpg), and Node.js (WebSocket for Postgres.js) that simplify IAM authentication for customers using standard PostgreSQL drivers to connect to Aurora DSQL clusters. These connectors act as transparent authentication layers that automatically handle IAM token generation, eliminating the need to write token generation code or manually supply IAM tokens. Tokens are automatically generated for each connection, ensuring valid tokens are always used while maintaining full compatibility with existing PostgreSQL driver features. The Postgres.js connector additionally supports WebSocket protocol, enabling customers to connect to DSQL clusters in environments where TCP connections are not available. These connectors streamline authentication and eliminate security risks associated with traditional user-generated passwords. All three connectors support custom IAM credential providers, giving customer

Amazon MQ now supports ActiveMQ minor version 5.19, which introduces several improvements and fixes compared to the previous version of ActiveMQ supported by Amazon MQ. Amazon MQ manages the patch version upgrades for your brokers. All brokers on ActiveMQ version 5.19 will be automatically upgraded to the next compatible and secure patch version in your scheduled maintenance window. If you are utilizing prior versions of ActiveMQ, such as 5.18, we strongly recommend you to upgrade to ActiveMQ 5.19. You can easily perform this upgrade with just a few clicks in the AWS Management Console. To learn more about upgrading, consult the ActiveMQ Version Management section in the Amazon MQ Developer Guide. To learn more about the changes in ActiveMQ 5.19, see the

Customers that use Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS) in the Asia Pacific (New Zealand) and Asia Pacific (Taipei) Regions can now send text messages (SMS) to subscribers in more than 200 countries and territories. Amazon SNS is a fully managed pub/sub messaging service that enables message delivery to multiple endpoints including AWS Lambda, Amazon SQS, Amazon Data Firehose, mobile devices, and email. With this launch, customers using SNS in these Regions can send SMS messages via AWS End User Messaging. Amazon SNS now supports the ability to send SMS in 32 AWS Regions. More information: To learn more about sending SMS messages with SNS, visit Mobile text messaging with Amazon SNS. For the list of supported

Starting today, Amazon EC2 M8i-flex instances are now available in Asia Pacific (Malaysia, Seoul, Singapore, Tokyo), Europe (Frankfurt) and Canada (Central) regions. These instances are powered by custom Intel Xeon 6 processors, available only on AWS, delivering the highest performance and fastest memory bandwidth among comparable Intel processors in the cloud. The M8i-flex instances offer up to 15% better price-performance, and 2.5x more memory bandwidth compared to previous generation Intel-based instances. They deliver up to 20% better performance than M7i-flex instances, with even higher gains for specific workloads. The M8i-flex instances are up to 30% faster for PostgreSQL databases, up to 60% faster for NGINX web applications, and up to 40% faster for AI deep learning recommendation models compared to M7i-flex instances. M8i-flex instances are the easiest way to get price performance benefits for a majority of general-purpose workloads like web and application server

Starting today, public certificates issued from AWS Certificate Manager (ACM) have a maximum validity period of 198 days, compared to previous validity period of 395 days. With this change, ACM-issued public certificates will be compliant with new Certification Authority Browser (CA/Browser) Forum mandate that certificates be no longer than 200 days starting 15th March 2026. No action is required from the customers to receive this change. All new and renewed public certificates will by default have a validity of 198 days. Existing certificates with 395 days validity continue to be valid and can be used until they renew or expire. All other certificate functionality remains in place. ACM will still continue to auto renew the certificates before expiry. The certificates are now renewed 45 days before expiry. Existing 398 day validity certificates will renew 60 days before expiry and will renew with 198 days validity period. We have reduced the pricing for ACM’s exp

Today, AWS announces Amazon Aurora DSQL integration with Kiro powers and AI agent skills, enabling developers to build Aurora DSQL-backed applications faster with AI agent-assisted development. These integrations bundle the Aurora DSQL Model Context Protocol (MCP) server with development best practices, so AI agents can help you with Aurora DSQL schema design, performance optimization, and database operations out of the box. Kiro powers is a registry of curated and pre-packaged MCP servers, steering files, and agent hooks to accelerate specialized software development and deployment use cases. With the Kiro power for Aurora DSQL, agents have instant access to specialized knowledge, so developers can work confidently without any prior context, reducing trial-and-error development cycles. The power is available within the Kiro IDE for one-click installation. The

Amazon Connect Cases now supports AWS Service Quotas, giving administrators a centralized way to view applied limits, monitor utilization, and scale case workloads without hitting unexpected service constraints. You can request quota increases directly from the Service Quotas console, and eligible requests are automatically approved without manual intervention. 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). To learn more and get started, visit the Amazon Connect Cases webpage and documentation.