NICE DCV web client software development kit (SDK) version 1.0.4 introduces support for multiple concurrent connections. Developers can now use the web client SDK to build applications with multiple side-by-side streaming views that show different DCV sessions in a single webpage.

Now customers can use EC2 Image Builder to build custom images from their on-premise images in a single console-based experience. This capability makes it easier for customers to incorporate on-premise images stored in S3 (in OVA, VHD, VHDX, VMDK and raw format) in EC2 Image Builder pipelines. Those customers can now leverage existing EC2 Image Builder capabilities, such as process automation, build security and image distribution, to build images via an intuitive console.

Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for Oracle now supports additional use cases for Oracle Connection Manager (CMAN). CMAN is a proxy server that forwards connection requests to database servers or other proxy servers.

Amazon Connect Customer Profiles  is now Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI) compliant and in scope for System Organization Controls (SOC 1 and SOC 2). Customer Profiles is designed to automatically bring together customer information from multiple applications and surfaces it to a contact agent at the moment they begin interacting with a customer. 

Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK) now supports Apache Kafka version 2.7.2 for new and existing clusters. Apache Kafka 2.7.2 includes security improvements and bug fixes. To learn more about these fixes you can review the Apache Kafka release notes for 2.7.2 . 

Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK) now supports Apache Kafka version 2.6.3 for new and existing clusters. Apache Kafka 2.6.3  includes security improvements and bug fixes. To learn more about these fixes you can review the Apache Kafka release notes for 2.6.3 .

Starting today, customers can track Savings Plans Utilization and Coverage with hourly granularity in the AWS Cost Management Console. Savings Plans is a flexible pricing model that offers savings of up to 72% on your Amazon EC2, AWS Lambda, and Amazon ECS with AWS Fargate type usage, in exchange for a commitment to a consistent amount of compute usage (measured in $/hour) for a 1 or 3 year term. Savings Plans discounts are calculated and applied at hourly basis. Hourly granularity in Savings Plans Utilization report helps you to visualize and understand how well you are using your existing Savings Plans subscriptions per hour. Similarly, hourly granularity in Savings Plans Coverage report helps you visualize and understand how much of your total Savings Plans eligible spend is covered by Savings Plans per hour.

Amazon Chime SDK lets developers add real-time audio, video, and screen share to their web and mobile applications. Amazon Chime SDK meetings now support stereo audio, with 48kHz sampling and 128kbps encoding. These capabilities enable developers to capture live instruments or stereo microphone audio in their applications as well as sharing of pre-recorded music or other stereo content with stereo playback to users.

Starting today, AWS Elemental MediaConnect supports the Fujitsu Quality of Service (QoS) protocol. Fujitsu QoS is one of several transport protocols supported in MediaConnect, a list that includes Zixi, Reliable Internet Stream Transport (RIST), Secure Reliable Transport (SRT), and Real-Time Transport Protocol (RTP). Because MediaConnect translates between protocols, you can build a variety of reliable live video transport applications running inside and outside of AWS.

AWS Lambda now supports IPv6 endpoints for inbound connections, allowing customers to invoke Lambda functions over IPv6. This helps customers to meet IPv6 compliance requirements, and removes the need for expensive networking equipment to handle address translation between IPv4 and IPv6.