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AWS IoT SiteWise Edge on Siemens Industrial Edge is now generally available

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Today, AWS announces the general availability of AWS IoT SiteWise Edge on Siemens Industrial Edge, offering customers a seamless way to bridge the gap between OT (Operational Technology) and IT (Information Technology) to solve industrial operational challenges. This new offering allows customers to easily connect and collect data from their industrial equipment using Siemens Industrial Edge connectivity applications and send it to the cloud using AWS IoT SiteWise Edge. Users such as process engineers and maintenance technicians can use applications on Siemens Industrial Edge to gain insights or send the data to AWS IoT SiteWise to organize, standardize, and store data for driving critical use cases such as asset monitoring, predictive maintenance, energy monitoring, and building industrial data lakes.

Within minutes, customers can collect data from their industrial equipment using Siemens connectivity applications such as OPC-UA, MQTT, Siemens S7, Modbus TCP, Profinet IO, and third-party connectors available on Siemens Industrial Edge Marketplace. They can use AWS IoT SiteWise Edge to seamlessly send this data to AWS. In the cloud, AWS IoT SiteWise enables industrial customers to improve operational efficiency and optimize asset performance by providing purpose-built, hybrid cloud-edge capabilities for analysis, storage, and enterprise-wide monitoring for industrial use cases.

AWS IoT SiteWise Edge is available in all regions where AWS IoT SiteWise is supported.

To start, visit AWS IoT SiteWise console to create a gateway, and AWS IoT SiteWise user guide to learn more.
 

Amazon AppStream 2.0 introduces Red Hat Enterprise Linux Application and Desktop streaming

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Amazon AppStream 2.0 now offers support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux, enabling ISVs and central IT organizations to stream Red Hat Enterprise Linux apps and desktops to users while leveraging the flexibility, scalability, and cost-effectiveness of the AWS Cloud. With this launch, customers have the flexibility to choose from a broader set of operating systems including Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Amazon Linux 2, and Microsoft Windows.

This launch enables organizations operating in highly regulated industries to accelerate time to market, scale resources up or down with demand, and manage the entire fleet centrally through the AWS Console by streaming Red Hat Enterprise Linux apps from AppStream 2.0. Red Hat Enterprise Linux on AppStream 2.0 also enables traditional desktop apps to be converted to a SaaS delivery model without the cost of refactoring, while pay-as-you-go billing and license-included images ensure you only pay for the resources you use.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux is currently supported in all AWS Regions where AppStream 2.0 is available. Red Hat Enterprise Linux-based instances use per second billing (with a minimum of 15 minutes). For more information, see Amazon AppStream 2.0 Pricing .

To get started, log into the AppStream 2.0 console and select a Region. Next, launch a Red Hat Enterprise Linux-based Image Builder to install your applications, and create a custom image for your end users.
 

Create an AWS Account using your bank account available in Germany

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Customers in Germany can now create an AWS Account using their bank account. Upon signup, customers with a Germany billing address can now securely connect their bank account which supports the Single Euro Payment Area (SEPA) standard. Until today, signing up for an AWS account was only permitted with a debit or credit card. With this release, customers in Germany can choose to use their card or securely connect their bank account.

To link your bank account, sign up for AWS, and enter your address and billing country in Germany. When prompted to add a payment method click “Bank Account” followed by “Link your bank account”. Select your bank from the list of available banks and sign in to your bank using your online banking credentials. Signing in to your bank allows you to securely add your bank account to your AWS account and verifies that you are the owner of the bank account. By default, this bank account will be used when paying for your future AWS invoices. Signup with Bank Account is available in Germany, the first country where this feature is available.

Amazon Connect now supports Inbound DID calling in Vietnam

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Amazon Connect has expanded availability to support Inbound Direct Dial (DID) telephone numbers and guaranteed number presentation for in-country calling for Vietnam from the Asia Pacific (Singapore), Asia Pacific (Sydney), Asia Pacific (Tokyo), and Asia Pacific (Seoul) regions.

The new Telephony Rates are now available as part of the standard pricing for Amazon Connect service usage for Asia Pacific (Singapore), Asia Pacific (Sydney), Asia Pacific (Tokyo), and Asia Pacific (Seoul) regions. To see all AWS Regions where Amazon Connect is available, see the AWS Region table . Visit the Amazon Connect website for more information.

Amazon Neptune Analytics now introduces new smaller capacity units

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Today, we are excited to announce that Amazon Neptune Analytics now offers 32 and 64 m-NCU (Neptune Memory Capacity Units) capacity units, expanding beyond the current range of 128 to 1024 m-NCUs. This enhancement provides greater flexibility and cost efficiency for smaller graph sizes, making it easier and more affordable to get started with vector search, graph algorithms, and graph RAG. Data Scientists and developers can now start with the smaller capacity units, significantly reducing costs while meeting their specific needs during the initial stages of development.

Many organizations require customized setups for their specific needs, particularly during proof of concept (POC) and testing phases where graph sizes are typically small. Previously, the smallest capacity unit available in Amazon Neptune Analytics was 128 m-NCU, often providing more capacity than needed and resulting in higher costs for smaller-scale operations. With the introduction of 32 and 64 m-NCU capacity units, now users can start with smaller capacity units, significantly reducing expenses while maintaining the performance they expect from Neptune Analytics. This enhancement allows organizations to efficiently run analytics, graph vector search, and graph algorithms at a lower cost. Once they are satisfied with the results of their POC, they can scale up to larger capacity units for production to fully leverage the benefits of Neptune Analytics.

You can create a Neptune Analytics graph via new capacity units from the Amazon Neptune console , AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI), or SDK. To learn more about Neptune Analytics, visit the features page , user guide , and pricing page .
 

AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery now supports Flexible Instance Types launch setting

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AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery (AWS DRS) introduces Flexible Instance Types, a new capability that reduces the likelihood of failed recovery attempts or prolonged downtime due to capacity shortage. This feature allows you to create a list of optional instance types that can be used during a launch, based on specific attributes. By defining a range of acceptable instance types upfront, you can increase the chances of finding available resources, even in situations where capacity is constrained.

AWS DRS minimizes downtime and data loss with fast, reliable recovery of on-premises and cloud-based applications using affordable storage, minimal compute, and point-in-time recovery. Prior to this release, customers could only define a single instance type or rely on automatic right-sizing to select the most relevant instance type. However, this approach risked instance unavailability during a disaster or drill scenario. Now, with the launch of Flexible Instance Types, AWS DRS empowers you to tailor your disaster recovery strategy, by defining a range of acceptable instance attributes, so you can maximize the chances of successful provisioning, even in situations where many resource types are unavailable due to high demand.

This new capability is available in all AWS Regions where AWS DRS is available. See the AWS Regional Services List for the latest availability information.

To learn more about AWS DRS, visit our product page or documentation . To get started, sign in to the AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery Console .

AWS Graviton-based EC2 instances now support hibernation

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Starting today, customers can hibernate their EC2 instances powered by AWS Graviton processors. Hibernation helps lower costs and achieve faster startup times by enabling customers to pause and resume their running instances at scale.

When customers hibernate an instance, EC2 signals the operating system to perform hibernation (suspend-to-disk). This process saves the contents of the instance’s memory (RAM) to the associated Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) root volume. EC2 then persists the instance’s EBS root volume and any attached EBS data volumes. When a hibernated instance resumes, EC2 restores the root volume to its previous state, along with the RAM contents and any previously attached data volumes.

AWS offers hibernate capability across a variety of EC2 instance types , with support for additional instance types added regularly. This feature is available in commercial AWS Regions and in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. While an instance is hibernated, customers pay only for the storage of EBS volumes, including the saved content from the instance memory. There are no charges for instance usage or data transfer during hibernation.

Customers can hibernate their EC2 instances through AWS CloudFormation, the AWS Management Console, AWS SDKs, AWS Tools for Powershell, and the AWS Command Line Interface (CLI). To learn more, visit the news blog on hibernation. For information about enabling hibernation for your EC2 instances, refer to the hibernation FAQs and User Guide .

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