AWS Direct Connect has added new locations in Paris at Interxion PAR7 and in Taipei at Chunghwa Telecom. In the Management Console, these sites can be found under their respective home regions of EU West (Paris) and Asia Pacific (Tokyo). With global access for AWS Direct Connect, these sites can reach AWS resources in any global AWS region using global public VIFs and Direct Connect Gateway. Customers connecting to any AWS region will not have their data hairpin via the home regions if it is not in the shortest path to their desired AWS region.

AWS Direct Connect is now live at its first location in the Middle East in Dubai, United Arab Emirates at Equinix DX1. In the Management Console, this location can be found under its home region of EU (Ireland). Customers in the Middle East can now establish a dedicated network connection from their premises to AWS. With global access for AWS Direct Connect, you can use this location and reach AWS resources in any global AWS region using global public VIFs and Direct Connect Gateway. When connecting to any AWS region, your data will not hairpin via the home region of EU (Ireland) if it is not in the shortest path to your desired AWS region.

Amazon WorkSpaces Web Access is now available for WorkSpaces running Windows 10, previously available only for Windows 7 . You can access your Windows 10 WorkSpaces via Chrome or Firefox web browsers running on Windows, Mac OS, Linux, or Chrome OS. With Web Access, you don’t have to download or install anything, and you can securely access your WorkSpace from a public computer without leaving any private or cached data behind.

Amazon FreeRTOS over-the-air (OTA) update feature is now generally available. You can use OTA updates to remotely deploy security updates, bug fixes, and new firmware images to microcontroller-based devices in the field.

Amazon RDS Performance Insights, an advanced database performance monitoring feature that makes it easy to diagnose and solve database performance challenges, is now generally available for Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) for MySQL. This release supports MySQL version 5.7.22 and higher.

Amazon WorkDocs users can now share files from Microsoft Windows with a single click.

AWS Systems Manager, which provides a unified user interface and allows you to automate operational tasks across your AWS resources, now supports calling a broad range of AWS APIs in your Systems Manager Automation workflows. You can author workflows using three new AWS API Actions – Execute, Assert, and Wait, while utilizing the benefits of Automation service such as safe at-scale operation with approvals.

The AWS Serverless Application Repository enables developers across teams and organizations to discover, deploy, store, and share serverless apps. Today, we added sorting functionality and launched improvements to our search ranking algorithm so you can find pre-built applications that match your use case faster than before.

Amazon SageMaker now supports version 1.9 in its pre-built TensorFlow containers. This makes it easier to run TensorFlow scripts, while taking advantage of the capabilities Amazon SageMaker offers, including a library of high-performance algorithms, managed and distributed training with automatic model tuning, one-click deployment, and managed hosting.  

Available today, in addition to a JavaScript library, AWS Amplify now provides a complete CLI (Command Line Interface) Toolchain for developing mobile and web applications in the cloud with Serverless backend components. These features allow developers to build, customize, and deploy applications in a familiar, category-based style with architectural best-practices built in.