AWS Storage Gateway makes it simpler and faster for you to start setting up and managing your hybrid-cloud storage workflows. Now, using the Storage Gateway console, you can easily create an Amazon EC2 instance for your cloud-based gateway in just a few clicks. In the updated Create Gateway wizard, simply enter the VPC network, VPC subnet, and key pair for your EC2 instance and select Launch instance to automatically create and launch an EC2 instance with minimally required settings including instance type, cache storage, upload buffer, and inbound security ports.

AWS Lambda functions powered by AWS Graviton2 processors are now available in 12 additional regions – Africa (Cape Town), Asia Pacific (Seoul), Asia Pacific (Jakarta), Asia Pacific (Hong Kong), Asia Pacific (Osaka), Canada (Central), Europe (Paris), Europe (Stockholm), Europe (Milan), Middle East (Bahrain), South America (Sao Paulo) and US West (N. California). With up to 34% better price-performance, functions running on AWS Graviton2 are ideal for powering mission critical Serverless applications.

Serverless application developers can now use the new AWS::Serverless::Connector resource available in AWS Serverless Application Model (AWS SAM) to simplify granting the appropriate level of access to the resources in their application’s infrastructure. With AWS::Serverless::Connector resources, developers describe how data and events need to flow between two resources and the type of access required. AWS SAM will compose purpose-built AWS Identity and Access Management (AWS IAM) policies in order to facilitate the interaction defined by the developer in the connector resource.

The AWS JDBC Driver for PostgreSQL is now generally available for use with your Amazon RDS or Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL-compatible edition database clusters. This wrapper driver is designed to work with the PostgreSQL community driver  and provide improved failover handling for clustered databases such as Aurora PostgreSQL. The AWS JDBC Driver for PostgreSQL is drop-in compatible with your existing applications because it adds failover functionality alongside the community driver, reducing the need for you to make application changes. This release replaces the standalone AWS JDBC Driver for PostgreSQL previously released as a preview.

Amazon AppStream 2.0 now supports real-time audio-video (AV) by seamlessly redirecting local webcam video input to Linux AppStream 2.0 streaming sessions. Previously, this feature is only available when streaming Windows applications and desktops. With real-time AV support available in Linux streaming sessions, your users can collaborate using webcams without having to leave their Linux AppStream 2.0 sessions.

Amazon Detective has improved it’s search capability by adding support for case insensitivity with security findings and entities. You can now conduct security investigations without having to search for exact upper or lowercase characters. For example, if you wanted to search for “Admin” or “admin” logins, you can use either term to show results for all admin logins across data sources that store text such as AWS CloudTrail, Amazon GuardDuty findings, and Amazon EKS audit logs.

Amazon AppStream 2.0 adds Graphical User Interface (GUI) support for the Linux Image Assistant tool. With this launch, you can now create Linux AppStream 2.0 images in the similar easy way you create Windows AppStream 2.0 images. The new tool gives you step-by-step visual guidance throughout the entire process, greatly reducing the complexity of creating Linux AppStream 2.0 images.

AWS Global Accelerator now supports traffic through two new AWS edge locations in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam and Kansas City in the United States. With the addition of these two edge locations, Global Accelerator is now available through 104 Points of Presence globally and supports application endpoints in 21 AWS Regions.

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