Amazon EC2 Systems Manager can now be used to report and take action on configuration compliance for Patch Manager, State Manager, and custom compliance types.
Integration App for AWS Managed Services is available for ServiceNow
The AWS Managed Services (AMS) Integration App for ServiceNow provides an out-of-the-box integration between ServiceNow and AMS. By installing the app, customers can interact with AMS from ServiceNow without a custom API integration. This app makes it easier for enterprise users to manage their operational processes via a single interface and get a unified view of AMS resources in their enterprise configuration management database (CMDB).
AWS Server Migration Service is now available in Canada (Central) Region
AWS Server Migration Service (SMS) is now available to customers in the Canada (Central) region. AWS Server Migration Service is an agentless service which makes it easier and faster for you to migrate thousands of on-premises workloads to AWS. AWS SMS allows you to automate, schedule, and track incremental replications of live server volumes, making it easier for you to coordinate large-scale server migrations.
Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) now allows customers to expand their existing VPCs
Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) now allows customers to expand their VPCs by adding secondary IPv4 address ranges (CIDRs) to their VPCs. Customers can add the secondary CIDR blocks to the VPC directly from the console or by using the CLI after they have created the VPC with the primary CIDR block. Similar to the primary CIDR block, secondary CIDR blocks are also supported by all the AWS services including Elastic Load Balancing and NAT Gateway.
AWS X-Ray SDK for Go (Beta)
AWS X-Ray adds support for Go (beta).
Now Generally Available: Amazon EC2 Elastic GPUs
We are excited to announce the general availability of Amazon EC2 Elastic GPUs. Elastic GPUs allow you to easily attach low-cost graphics acceleration to a wide range of EC2 instances over the network. Simply choose an instance with the right amount of compute, memory, and storage for your application, and then use Elastic GPUs to add the GPU resources needed to accelerate the graphics performance of your application for a fraction of the cost of standalone graphics instances.
Amazon Aurora Supports Fast Database Cloning
Amazon Aurora MySQL users can now create quick, efficient database clones. Following on the heels of the original database cloning announcement in June 2017, copy operation time has been substantially reduced so entire multi-terabyte database clusters can be cloned in minutes.
Long Island wastewater treatment plant upgrades heating, cooling with natural gas
Four Tecopower units will utilize natural gas from the local gas distribution system as opposed to biogas produced on-site.
SUEZ to supply Petrobas with mobile desalination units in Brazil
SUEZ will provide seven mobile reverse osmosis desalination units for offshore oil platforms in Brazil…
Government funding upgrades water treatment facility in Town of Eastend, Saskatchewan
Work includes expanding the existing building over a new underground water storage reservoir.