Osram Innovations and Osram Opto Semiconductors partnered to deliver a seven-channel SSL system to the horticultural department at Michigan State University to explore light recipes and sculpting of crop look and taste.

With AWS Elemental MediaPackage, you can now configure a live video channel with two input sources. This allows MediaPackage to switch between inputs if an issue is detected, supporting a highly available live channel output and a more reliable user experience for viewers. To learn more about how input redundancy works, visit the AWS Elemental MediaPackage documentation page .

You can now use Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) with encrypted queues in the AWS GovCloud (US) Region. The addition of server-side encryption (SSE) to SQS helps you to protect sensitive data with encrypted queues.  

You can now control the rate at which your application records the service requests through X-Ray console, AWS SDKs, and X-Ray API. This helps you control costs and adjust sampling rate during an operational event without the need to redeploy or restart your application. 

Starting today, AWS IoT Core is enabling customers to create additional AWS IoT Core endpoints for their account in each region that will serve an Amazon Trust Services (ATS) signed certificate instead of a VeriSign signed certificate. Using ATS endpoints will help customers avoid potential issues resulting from the upcoming distrust of Symantec Certificate Authorities (CAs) by Google (announcement ), Apple (announcement ), and Mozilla (announcement ) as the ATS root CAs are trusted by default in most popular browsers and operating systems. For more information on how to get started with ATS endpoints refer to this blog post .

AWS Direct Connect has added new locations in Paris at Interxion PAR7 and in Taipei at Chunghwa Telecom. In the Management Console, these sites can be found under their respective home regions of EU West (Paris) and Asia Pacific (Tokyo). With global access for AWS Direct Connect, these sites can reach AWS resources in any global AWS region using global public VIFs and Direct Connect Gateway. Customers connecting to any AWS region will not have their data hairpin via the home regions if it is not in the shortest path to their desired AWS region.

AWS Direct Connect is now live at its first location in the Middle East in Dubai, United Arab Emirates at Equinix DX1. In the Management Console, this location can be found under its home region of EU (Ireland). Customers in the Middle East can now establish a dedicated network connection from their premises to AWS. With global access for AWS Direct Connect, you can use this location and reach AWS resources in any global AWS region using global public VIFs and Direct Connect Gateway. When connecting to any AWS region, your data will not hairpin via the home region of EU (Ireland) if it is not in the shortest path to your desired AWS region.

Amazon WorkSpaces Web Access is now available for WorkSpaces running Windows 10, previously available only for Windows 7 . You can access your Windows 10 WorkSpaces via Chrome or Firefox web browsers running on Windows, Mac OS, Linux, or Chrome OS. With Web Access, you don’t have to download or install anything, and you can securely access your WorkSpace from a public computer without leaving any private or cached data behind.

Amazon FreeRTOS over-the-air (OTA) update feature is now generally available. You can use OTA updates to remotely deploy security updates, bug fixes, and new firmware images to microcontroller-based devices in the field.