Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK) can now automatically expand storage of a MSK cluster, making it easier for you to continuously right-size the storage provisioned. Using Application Auto Scaling policies you set and control both the target cluster storage utilization threshold and a maximum storage limit. These policies will automatically trigger cluster-wide storage expansion by a required amount when the storage utilization threshold is exceeded. Automatic storage expansion is offered at no additional cost and can be used in all AWS regions where MSK is available excluding AWS Europe (Milan).

Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK) now supports Apache Kafka version 2.5.1 for new and existing clusters. Apache Kafka 2.5.1 includes several bug fixes and new features, including encryption in-transit support for Apache ZooKeeper and admin clients (KIP-515 ). For a complete list of improvements and bug fixes, see the Apache Kafka release notes for 2.5.0 and 2.5.1 .

AWS CodePipeline Source Actions for GitHub.com, GitHub Enterprise Server, and Bitbucket.org now support cloning of your git repositories. With the new feature, when you create a connection to an external source provider in the Source Action, CodePipeline will clone the git repository to fetch the commit history and metadata.

Amazon QLDB launches index improvements to create indexes on non-empty tables. QLDB Indexes accelerate data retrieval and previously, all indexes needed to be created at the time of table creation. As customer data volumes grow, new data access patterns are required to meet business and performance requirements. Now, customers can utilize QLDB’s index improvements to build new indexes on their existing tables, providing greater flexibility.

Amazon S3 on Outposts delivers object storage to your on-premises AWS Outposts environment to meet local data processing and data residency needs. Using the S3 APIs and features, S3 on Outposts makes it easy to store, secure, tag, retrieve, report on, and control access to the data on your Outpost. AWS Outposts is a fully managed service that extends AWS infrastructure, services, and tools to virtually any data center, co-location space, or on-premises facility for a truly consistent hybrid experience.  

You can now use your GitHub Enterprise Server source repository to build, test, and deploy code changes using AWS CodePipeline.

AWS IoT Core now supports a new IoT rule action to stream time-series data from devices connected to AWS IoT Core directly to your Amazon Timestream database, without writing a single line of code.

Starting today, if you have live, 24×7 video distribution workflows, you can take advantage of discounted outbound data transfer pricing using AWS Elemental MediaConnect. With discounted outbound bandwidth, you can reduce outbound data transfer costs by as much as 70% based on current pricing. With a 12-month commitment to MediaConnect, you reserve outbound bandwidth in 50, 150, 500, and 1500 Mbps tiers in any region where MediaConnect is supported. Reserved outbound bandwidth covers traffic sent by MediaConnect to the internet. You are billed hourly for the reservation and any excess usage is billed at on-demand rates. For more information, see the MediaConnect pricing webpage.

Amazon Timestream is a new time series database for IoT, edge, and operational applications that can scale to process trillions of time series events per day up to 1,000 times faster than relational databases, and at as low as 1/10th the cost. Amazon Timestream saves customers effort and expense by keeping recent data in memory and moving historical data to a cost-optimized storage tier based upon user-defined policies. Its purpose-built query processing engine gives customers the ability to access and combine recent and historical data transparently across tiers with a single query, without needing to specify explicitly in the query whether the data resides in the in-memory or cost-optimized tier. 

Amazon CloudFront announces its first edge locations in two new countries: Mexico and New Zealand. In Mexico, our two new edge locations in Querétaro will provide viewers as much as a 30% reduction in p90 latency measures. These new edge locations are priced within CloudFront’s North America geographic region. In New Zealand, our two new edge locations in Auckland will provide viewers as much as a 50% reduction in p90 latency measures. These new edge locations are priced within CloudFront’s Australia geographic region. For more information about CloudFront’s global infrastructure, see Amazon CloudFront Infrastructure .