AWS Database Migration Service (AWS DMS) has expanded functionality by adding support for Db2 LUW version 11.5 as a source. Using AWS DMS, you can now perform live migrations from Db2 LUW version 11.5 databases to any AWS DMS supported targets .
AWS IoT Core’s Apache Kafka action now supports username and password authentication for Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK)
Customers using the AWS IoT Core Apache Kafka action to connect their IoT applications to Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK) clusters can now use usernames and passwords to authenticate their rules. The Apache Kafka action for AWS IoT Core evaluates inbound messages and delivers them to your Amazon MSK or self managed Apache Kafka cluster.
Sellers can now manage versions and update information of their AMI and Container products through the AWS Marketplace Catalog API
Today, AWS Marketplace announced that sellers can now manage versions and update product information for AMI and Container products through the AWS Marketplace Catalog API. This launch builds upon a prior release for self-service listing updates through the AWS Marketplace Management Portal. Now, sellers can use the Catalog API to automate their workflows for making new versions available to customers.
AWS Client VPN announces expanded presence inside six AWS Regions
AWS Client VPN has expanded the number of Availability Zones supported inside the US East (Northern Virginia), US West (Oregon), Asia Pacific (Mumbai), Asia Pacific (Seoul), Asia Pacific (Sydney), and Canada (Central) regions. This expansion gives you more zones to choose from and additional flexibility when associating subnets. This change also increases the number of concurrent connections you can make per endpoint in these Regions.
Amazon EC2 now supports UEFI boot when migrating virtual machines to EC2
Amazon EC2 now supports Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) boot when migrating virtual machines from on-premise to EC2 without having to convert them to Legacy BIOS. UEFI is a modern firmware that initializes your operating system.
Amazon RDS for Oracle now supports January 2021 Patch Set Update (PSU) for Oracle Database 12.1
Amazon RDS for Oracle now supports the January 2021 Patch Set Update (PSU) for Oracle Database 12.1. January 2021 Release Update (RU) for Oracle Database 12.2, 18c, and 19c have already been launched.
AWS Solutions Implementation – The Discovering Hot Topics Using Machine Learning solution adds the capability to filter and visualize Twitter topics based on geographical coordinates
AWS Solutions has updated Discovering Hot Topics using Machine Learning, an AWS Solutions Implementation that ingests text, image and video (video: upcoming feature) from online discourse in order to perform topic modeling, sentiment analysis on plain text and text embedded within images as well as detection of unsafe content in images. In this updated version, the solution allows customers to use geographical coordinates as parameters to filter ingested Twitter data and to narrow visual results. With this capability, organizations can now analyze tweets originating from geographic locations that are relevant to their business and use case.
AWS Proton introduces deletion protection for in-use templates
AWS Proton introduces delete validations for templates in-use, ensuring that dependent resources are not orphaned if a template version is inadvertently deleted.
Amazon EKS reduces control plane creation time for EKS clusters by 40%
Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) has reduced control plane creation time by 40%, enabling you to create a new EKS cluster control plane in 9 minutes or less, on average.
AWS Gateway Load Balancer is now available in additional 9 regions
Starting today, AWS Gateway Load Balancer is available in the following 9 regions:
- US West (N. California)
- EU (London)
- EU (Paris)
- EU (Milano)
- Africa (Cape Town)
- Middle East (Baharain)
- Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)
- Asia Pacific (Singapore)
- Asia Pacific (Mumbai)