Amazon RDS Performance Insights, an advanced database performance monitoring feature that makes it easy to diagnose and solve performance challenges on Amazon RDS databases, is now generally available on Amazon RDS for SQL Server. It offers a free tier with 7 days of data retention and a paid long-term data retention option.
Amazon Corretto 11 is Now Available as a Release Candidate
You can now download the Amazon Corretto 11 release candidate. Corretto 11 is the distribution of Amazon Corretto corresponding to OpenJDK 11.
AWS Elemental MediaLive Adds Support for Encrypted HLS and VPC Inputs
You can now configure an AWS Elemental MediaLive channel with encrypted HLS inputs. MediaLive will support the #EXT-X-KEY tag specification . This lets you encrypt the input source for a live channel and have MediaLive decrypt and then encode it into channel outputs.
AWS Systems Manager now supports on-premises instance management for large hybrid environments
You can now use AWS Systems Manager to manage large hybrid environments with over 1,000 instances through a new advanced on-premises instance management tier. The new advanced tier also enables advanced functionality, such as using interactive shell access with Systems Manager Session Manager to connect to on-premises instances. Session Manager removes the need to open inbound ports, manage SSH keys, or use bastion hosts.
It’s not just about lighting services: GE’s Current introduces more LED luminaires
Whatever you call ‘em — troffers, fixtures, luminaires — Current is happy to sell you one, even if you don’t want all that newfangled digital energy management stuff. Meanwhile, acquisition by AIP still to close.
Eaton’s LED-centric lighting unit will become independent company
Broad power-management company Eaton said during its annual investor conference that it will spin out the lighting business unit that was once called Cooper Lighting with that new business becoming an independent publicly-traded company.
Lumileds appoints Jonathan Rich as new CEO succeeding Mark Adams
Long-time major-business executive Jonathan Rich has taken the helm at Lumileds after previously working primarily for plastics, chemicals, and other materials companies.
AWS Elemental MediaConvert is Now Available in the EU (Paris) Region
AWS Elemental MediaConvert is now available in the EU (Paris) region.
Amazon Aurora with MySQL Compatibility Supports R5 Instance Types
The MySQL-compatible edition of Amazon Aurora has added support for R5 instances, the next generation of Amazon EC2 memory-optimized instances.
Amazon QuickSight Supports Row Level Security Enabled Email Reports, New Analytical Capabilities and More
Amazon QuickSight now supports emailing of dashboards with Row Level Security (RLS) enabled. You can send dashboard snapshots as emails to groups of readers, with each reader receiving customer reports as per the Row Level Security configurations set on the dashboard. See here to learn more.