We are pleased to announce the preview release of AWS Common Runtime (CRT) HTTP Client – a new HTTP client supported in the AWS SDK for 2.x . AWS CRT HTTP Client is an asynchronous, non-blocking HTTP client built on top of the Java bindings of the AWS Common Runtime . Customers can choose to use the CRT HTTP client to benefit from features such as improved startup time, connection health checks, and post-quantum TLS support.

Amazon Connect has reduced five outbound telephony rates in Asia Pacific, including Australia by 50%. Starting September 1st, Amazon Connect, an easy to use contact center service, decreased the following outbound telephony rates: 

Today, AWS Marketplace announced that Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) can now use the self-service AWS Marketplace Management Portal to authorize their preferred consulting partners to resell their software to AWS Marketplace buyers. This launch enables ISVs and consulting partners to work together more efficiently to create a Consulting Partner Private Offer (CPPO) , which allows customers to purchase software solutions in AWS Marketplace directly from consulting partners. ISVs and consulting partners can simplify their operations and accelerate deliver to their customers.

AWS Certificate Manager (ACM) Private Certificate Authority (CA) is now available in the AWS Europe (Milan) and AWS Africa (Cape Town) regions. This regional expansion extends the availability of ACM PrivateCA across the globe, increasing the number of regions to 22, including AWS GovCloud (US) Regions.

Starting today, AWS Resource Groups is now available in the AWS China (Beijing) Region, operated by Sinnet, and the AWS China (Ningxia) Region, operated by NWCD. 

On September 30th, 2020, Amazon Pinpoint announced that customers can now trigger journeys based on an event generated by a user or endpoint. Journeys are multi-step campaigns that can be executed across channels like SMS, email, or push. Previously, journeys could only be triggered from a segment of your customers who shared the same attributes. Triggering a journey based on an application event, like adding a product to a cart or browsing to a specific page, enables organizations to create a more customized experience for users and improves the chance of them completing a high-value action.

AWS Transfer Family is now available in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. AWS Transfer Family provides fully managed support for Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP), File Transfer Protocol over SSL (FTPS), and FTP directly into and out of Amazon S3.  

We’re excited to announce Amazon SageMaker now supports Apache Spark as a pre-built big data processing container. You can now use this container with Amazon SageMaker Processing and take advantage of a fully managed Spark environment for data processing or feature engineering workloads.

AWS Security Hub is now integrated with Alcide, Blue Hexagon, Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, and RSA Archer. Vectra AI’s Cognito integration with Security Hub is now available in AWS GovCloud (US). This brings the total number of AWS and partner product integrations available in Security Hub to 55. Further, KPMG is now certified as Security Hub’s first consulting partner. To learn more, visit the Integration pages in the Security Hub console and click on the “Configuration” link for the partner to learn more about the integration and how to set it up.  

Starting today, Amazon EC2 On-Demand Capacity Reservations are now available in the AWS Local Zones in Los Angeles (LA), California. With On-Demand Capacity Reservations support for AWS Local Zones, customers can now reserve capacity for their Amazon EC2 instances for any duration.