Amazon DynamoDB made it easier for you to perform a variety of queries by increasing the number of global secondary indexes you can create per table to 20. If you need more than 20 global secondary indexes, you can request an increase .
Amazon MQ Now Supports ActiveMQ Minor Version 5.15.8
You can now launch Apache ActiveMQ 5.15.8 brokers on Amazon MQ. This minor update to ActiveMQ contains several fixes and new features compared to the previously supported version, ActiveMQ 5.15.6.
AWS CloudHSM is now available in the AWS GovCloud (US-East) Region
AWS CloudHSM is now available in the AWS GovCloud (US-East) region.
CloudHSM provides fully managed hardware security module (HSM) instances in the AWS Cloud. With CloudHSM, you can manage and use your own encryption keys using FIPS 140-2 Level 3 validated HSMs. Applications can be built using using industry-standard APIs, such as PKCS#11, Java Cryptography Extensions (JCE) and Windows Cryptography API: Next Generation (CNG).
Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL Supports New Minor Versions 10.6, 9.6.11, 9.5.15, and 9.4.20
Following the recent announcement of updates to the PostgreSQL database
, we have updated Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL
to support PostgreSQL minor versions 10.6, 9.6.11, 9.5.14, and 9.4.20. This release fixes PostgreSQL security vulnerabilities included in the current
minor release by the PostgreSQL community and contains additional bug fixes and improvements.
With this update , a new Restricted Password Management feature is introduced in PostgreSQL 10.6. Using a new parameter and a special role, you can limit database user password changes to members of the role, thereby enabling greater control over password management on the client side (e.g. expiry requirements, complexity requirements). The logical decoding plugin wal2json has been updated in PostgreSQL 10.6 and 9.6.11.
Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL makes it easy to set up, operate, and scale PostgreSQL deployments in the cloud. Learn more about upgrading your database instances from the Amazon RDS User Guide . See Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL Pricing for pricing details and regional availability.
Amazon WorkDocs Tasks Helps Create and Manage Action Items
Starting today, you can easily review your action items in Amazon WorkDocs with ‘Tasks.’ With Amazon WorkDocs Tasks, you can review action items that are pending, assigned, or resolved in one place. You can manually create new tasks by clicking on the ‘Tasks’ tab on the top navigation bar, or by clicking ‘Request feedback’ when inviting other users as contributors to your file. Types of tasks include sending content out for review, requesting access to a file, transfering ownership of a file, or requesting action from your site administrator. Amazon WorkDocs Tasks can help you and your teams collaborate more efficiently by highlighting critical action items for the day.
To see your tasks, you can access Amazon WorkDocs in your browser and click on ‘Tasks’ in the top navigation bar. On the ‘Tasks’ tab, you can review ‘My tasks’ to see action items assigned to you, ‘Sent’ tasks to see items that you have assigned to others, and ‘Archive’ to access a full list of completed tasks.
Amazon WorkDocs Tasks is available immediately to all Amazon WorkDocs customers. No user or administrator action is required to activate it. Discover more about WorkDocs, or sign up for a 30-day trial today
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Osram taps powerline communications to deliver IoT lighting at Berlin supermarket
A pilot deployment of the company’s Lightelligence system at an Edeka store could boost powerline communications for connected smart lighting. Nokia’s involved, too.
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Amazon API Gateway Simplifies Building Real-Time Two-Way Communication Applications with WebSocket APIs
You can now use WebSocket APIs to build real-time two-way communication applications in Amazon API Gateway—all without having to provision and manage any servers.
Introducing the Media Services Application Mapper
The Media Services Application Mapper is a solution that enables customers to display the logical connections between media services, visualize error messages and counts, and produce a list of confidence-ranked root causes for problematic workflows. The solution is easy to deploy and currently monitors AWS Elemental MediaLive, AWS Elemental MediaPackage, Amazon CloudFront, and Amazon Simple Storage Service.
Major Slice Workflow Improvements come to Lumberyard Beta 1.17 – Now Available
We’re excited to announce the availability of Lumberyard Beta 1.17, which features over 70 slice workflow updates to help game developers get more done, faster. This release includes:
AWS Glue is now available in the US West (N. California) AWS Region
You can now use AWS Glue in the US West (N. California) AWS Region.