PostgreSQL read replicas on Amazon RDS now support Outbound Network Access and can execute queries using the postgres_fdw extension to access remote servers. The postgres_fdw extension lets you access and modify data stored in other PostgreSQL servers as if they were tables within the RDS for PostgreSQL DB instance. This is already supported on primary PostgreSQL instances, but offloading read only queries from remote servers to read replicas will reduce resource usage on the primary instance.

AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) now makes it easier for you to control access to your AWS resources by using the AWS organization of IAM principals (users and roles). You can use a new condition key , aws:PrincipalOrgID, in your permissions policy to require all IAM principals (users and roles) accessing your resources, to be from an account in your organization.  

In 2018, Strategies in Light will open with a new keynote session that addresses high-level concerns and brings insights to industry professionals on market opportunities, emerging applications, and areas of growth in LED and lighting. Bob Steele reports on the strategic speakers who will kickstart each session.

At Las Vegas consumer show, Osram and Swiss auto designer will show how shared, autonomous vehicles will use LEDs for everything including comfort, illumination, data connectivity, security, and more.

After rebranding its smart replacement lamp line Sylvania Smart+ in December, LEDvance starts the new year with new LED-based Bluetooth mesh alternatives in multiple form factors.

The countdown to Strategies in Light continues with a look at applications beyond circadian lighting in the health and wellbeing field. Doug Steel explains the strategy of applying a pharmaceutical-based process of inquiry.

In a hook-up with Razer, it’s offering “surround sound for your eyes,” an immersive Hue system in which colors and brightness dynamically change with the game’s action.

It’s the company’s second immersive lighting announcement in as many days at the CES consumer show. The lighting industry dives ever deeper into the IoT.

The Dutch luminaire maker joins Aurora and Feilo Sylvania as the third member of Gooee’s “platinum” program, aimed at jointly developing Internet-connected lighting and services.

A team of scientists from the UK and Australia has cut the growing time of wheat by 50% by using LED horticultural lighting.