In just a few clicks, you can now quickly re-execute a previous command using AWS Systems Manager Run Command. Run Command provides safe, secure remote management of your compute nodes at-scale and with safety controls. You can now re-execute a previous command exactly as before by using the new rerun command feature, or first make a few edits by using the new copy-to-new command feature. Simply select the desired command from your command history and click either rerun or copy-to-new, in both cases saving valuable time and effort by automatically copying all of the parameters and controls from the selected command into the new command.

We are excited to announce AWS Client VPN for desktop, an application which runs on Mac and Windows devices and provides access to Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) and on premise networks through AWS Client VPN endpoints. 

AWS Ground Station is a fully managed service that lets you control satellite communications, process satellite data, and scale your satellite operations. Ground Station is pleased to announce the availability of Cross Region Data Delivery, enabling customers to deliver satellite data received through AWS Ground Station into the AWS Region of their choice.

Starting today, Redshift will be billed in one-second increments for on-demand clusters. Pricing is still listed on a per-hour basis, but bills are now calculated down to the second and show usage in decimal form.  

Amazon Polly is a service that turns text into lifelike speech, and offers over 60 publicly available voices in 29 languages. AWS is excited to announce a new feature in Amazon Polly called Brand Voice, a feature where customers can engage the Amazon Polly team to build custom high-quality Neural Text-to-Speech (NTTS) voices that represent the customer’s brand persona. Polly’s Brand Voices are created for the exclusive use of the customer, allowing them to differentiate themselves by incorporating a unique vocal identity into the products and services that they offer to their end users.

AWS Config now supports multi-account, multi-region data aggregation capability in AWS GovCloud (US). This feature enables you to aggregate resource configuration and Config rule compliance data into a single account and Region, which reduces the time and overhead needed to gather an enterprise-wide view of your resource inventory and compliance status for governance. The data aggregation capability is also integrated with AWS Organizations, so you can centrally retrieve this data for any account within your organization.  

The AWS Storage Gateway service now includes the Linux Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) hypervisor as a deployment option for all gateway types. If you use KVM hypervisor-based on-premises infrastructure, you can now deploy Storage Gateway in your environment to access virtually unlimited cloud storage.

Amazon Translate – a fully managed neural machine translation service that delivers high-quality, and affordable language translation in fifty-four languages and seventeen regions – has been added to the list of AWS Services in Scope for the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) High baseline. Amazon Translate is also included on the list of AWS Services in Scope for the FedRAMP Moderate baseline. Additional information and resources regarding FedRAMP and AWS are available here.

AWS RoboMaker announces the support for sudo access inside robot and simulation applications at runtime. Customers now have additional flexibility to modify their robot and simulation application environment at runtime so as to align with the environment they have on their robot. With sudo access, customers can install custom software, make changes to the root filesystem, update file permissions, and troubleshoot issues.  

AWS Trusted Advisor is an application that draws upon best practices learned from AWS’ aggregated operational history of serving millions of AWS customers. Trusted Advisor inspects your AWS environment and makes recommendations for saving money, improving system performance, and closing security gaps.