Amazon RDS for Oracle now offers Reserved Instances for R8i and M8i instances
AWS now offers Reserved Instances for Amazon RDS for Oracle on R8i and M8i instances, delivering up to 53% cost savings compared to On-Demand pricing.
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Amazon CloudWatch announces managed Prometheus collectors
Amazon CloudWatch now offers managed Prometheus collectors to gather metrics from AWS services like EKS, EC2, and ECS without self-managed agents, simplifying monitoring and reducing operational overhead.
AWS CodeDeploy now available in five additional AWS regions
AWS CodeDeploy expands to five new regions, including Malaysia and Mexico, enabling faster, localized deployments for customers while supporting data residency needs.
Amazon EC2 C7i-flex instances now available in Europe (Milan) region
AWS has launched Amazon EC2 C7i-flex instances in Europe (Milan) region, featuring custom 4th Gen Intel Xeon processors with up to 15% better performance than comparable x86-based Intel processors in other clouds.
Amazon EC2 C7i instances now available in additional regions
AWS has expanded availability of EC2 C7i instances, powered by custom 4th Gen Intel Xeon processors, to Europe (Milan) and Canada West (Calgary) regions, offering up to 15% better price-performance for compute-intensive...
Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio brings richer Git version control to all project tools
AWS announced Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio now offers Git version control across Query Editor, Visual ETL, Workflows, and Notebooks, replacing prior automatic sync with file-level control.
IAM Policy Simulator moves to the IAM console and adds additional capabilities
AWS IAM Policy Simulator has moved into the IAM console and now supports testing service control policies, with new scenario modeling and cross-account reporting features.
Amazon Bedrock announces up to 80% lower prices for OpenAI GPT‑5.6 models
Amazon Bedrock will reduce prices for OpenAI’s GPT‑5.6 Luna and Terra models by up to 80% starting July 30, 2026, aligning with OpenAI’s pricing changes.
Amazon MSK Express brokers now deliver data to streaming tables for Apache Iceberg
Amazon MSK Express brokers now stream data directly to Apache Iceberg tables on Amazon S3, cutting ingestion costs by up to 60% and reducing downstream query costs by up to 30%.
Amazon MSK Express brokers now delivers Apache Kafka data to Amazon S3
Amazon MSK Express now streams Apache Kafka data directly to Amazon S3 general purpose buckets, reducing ingestion costs by up to 60% compared to self-managed connectors.
Gemma 4 models are now available on Amazon Bedrock in AWS GovCloud (US-West)
Amazon Web Services announced the availability of Google DeepMind’s Gemma 4 family of open-weight models on Amazon Bedrock in AWS GovCloud (US-West).
Grok 4.3 from xAI is now available on Amazon Bedrock in AWS GovCloud (US-West)
xAI’s Grok 4.3 reasoning-first model is now accessible on Amazon Bedrock within AWS GovCloud (US-West), expanding generative AI options for U.S. government and enterprise workloads.
Amazon OpenSearch Service now supports OpenSearch version 3.7
Amazon OpenSearch Service now supports OpenSearch version 3.7, introducing vector search optimizations, improved search relevance tools, and enhanced Query Insights for performance analysis.
Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling now supports Instance Refresh in CloudFormation
AWS CloudFormation now integrates EC2 Auto Scaling Instance Refresh, enabling automated instance replacement during updates without service disruption or additional cost.
AWS announces AWS Interconnect
AWS has launched AWS Interconnect — multicloud, enabling private, scalable connections between AWS and other cloud providers, starting with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and Google Cloud.
Amazon Connect Customer now automatically finds example agent evaluations for tailored coaching
Amazon Connect Customer now automatically provides managers with relevant agent evaluation examples to support targeted coaching, reducing manual search time and improving feedback quality.
Amazon EFS now supports cross-account Replication in AWS GovCloud (US)
AWS GovCloud (US) customers can now replicate Amazon EFS file systems across AWS accounts to meet disaster recovery and compliance needs without custom synchronization.
AWS Console Home now supports the Cost and Usage widget in the AWS European Sovereign Cloud (Germany) Region
AWS Console Home now includes the Cost and Usage widget in the AWS European Sovereign Cloud (Germany) Region, enabling customers to monitor and analyze cloud spending directly from their dashboard.
AWS DataSync Enhanced mode now supports Amazon EFS and Amazon FSx for Lustre
AWS DataSync Enhanced mode now supports Amazon EFS and Amazon FSx for Lustre as source or destination locations, enabling faster, parallel data transfers with detailed metrics.
Amazon GameLift Streams now supports Custom Aspect Ratio and Dynamic Resolution
Amazon GameLift Streams introduces Custom Aspect Ratio and Dynamic Resolution to improve streaming flexibility and quality across devices and network conditions.
AWS Security Hub MCP App brings exposure findings into your AI-assisted workflow (Preview)
AWS launched a preview of the AWS Security Hub MCP App, a local MCP server integrating Security Hub exposure findings into AI workflows like Claude Desktop to streamline security investigations.
AWS Elemental MediaTailor adds configurable ad timeout and concurrency controls for improved ad fill and faster startup
AWS Elemental MediaTailor now allows users to configure ad server timeout and concurrency settings directly, eliminating the need to contact AWS Support for adjustments.
Amazon Connect now supports audio optimization for Azure Virtual Desktop and Windows 365 Cloud PC
Amazon Connect now enables audio optimization for calls from Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop and Windows 365 Cloud PC, improving audio quality through local media redirection.
Amazon Kinesis Data Streams now supports scaling down ingest capacity with warm throughput
AWS adds warm throughput scaling-down to Kinesis Data Streams On-demand Advantage, letting users reduce ingest capacity to cut costs while maintaining sufficient throughput for current traffic.
AWS Lambda now publishes logs for Lambda Managed Instances capacity providers
AWS Lambda now logs Lambda Managed Instances capacity provider activities in CloudWatch Logs, enabling monitoring of scaling and instance lifecycle events for troubleshooting and optimization.
Amazon SES simplifies sending emails over SMTP using Mail Manager
Amazon SES has introduced a guided setup in Mail Manager to simplify SMTP email sending, reducing configuration steps to a few clicks and providing immediate production-ready credentials.
Claude Opus 5 is now available on AWS
AWS now provides access to Anthropic’s Claude Opus 5 model via Amazon Bedrock and the Claude Platform, with zero data retention by default on Bedrock.
AWS announces aws-bench, an open-source benchmark for AI agents on AWS
AWS has released aws-bench, an open-source benchmarking tool for evaluating AI agents on AWS infrastructure tasks, aimed at improving accuracy and efficiency in real-world cloud operations.
Amazon ECS Service Connect now supports Zone-Aware routing
Amazon ECS Service Connect now supports zone-aware routing to reduce cross-AZ data transfer costs and latency by prioritizing intra-zone service traffic, with automatic failover to maintain availability.
Gemma-4-E2B-it for is now available in Amazon SageMaker JumpStart
AWS has made the Gemma-4-E2B-it model from Google DeepMind available in Amazon SageMaker JumpStart, expanding multimodal AI capabilities for AWS customers.