Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL adds support for the pg_bigm extension for faster full text search of languages that require multi-byte character sets such as Japanese, Chinese, and Korean.

AWS Data Exchange now gives customers an easy way to set up export jobs upon subscribing to products. Instead of navigating to separate screens, subscribers can use the AWS Data Exchange console to configure export jobs that will begin automatically after their subscription is completed. This functionality reduces friction and time to value for customers. For subscribers just getting started on AWS Data Exchange, setting up data exports to Amazon S3 is a critical first step towards downstream analysis in a variety of AWS services.

Amazon Elasticsearch Service now supports integrating with Microsoft Power BI , a business analytics service that delivers insights to enable fast, informed decisions. Powered by the Open Distro for Elasticsearch ODBC Driver you can now integrate your Microsoft Power BI environment with you Amazon Elasticsearch Service domains using the Open Distro for Elasticsearch SQL Engine.

AWS CloudShell is now generally available in the Asia Pacific (Mumbai), Asia Pacific (Sydney), and Europe (Frankfurt) regions.

AWS CodeCommit is now available in the Asia Pacific (Osaka) region. AWS CodeCommit is a secure, highly scalable, managed source control service that hosts private Git repositories. CodeCommit eliminates the need for you to manage your own source control system or worry about scaling its infrastructure. You can use CodeCommit to store anything from code to binaries. It supports the standard functionality of Git, so it works seamlessly with your existing Git-based tools.

AQUA (Advanced Query Accelerator) for Amazon Redshift is generally available now. AQUA provides a new distributed and hardware accelerated cache that brings compute to the storage layer for Amazon Redshift and delivers up to 10x faster query performance than other enterprise cloud data warehouses.

Amazon Connect now gives contact center managers the ability to change the visibility of the options that appear on the Settings page of the Contact Control Panel (CCP) when using the the Amazon Connect Streams API. For example, contact center managers may want to hide the “Phone Type” setting to prevent users from selecting a phone type that might increase costs or go against company policy. Alternatively, contact center managers can make the new “Audio Device” setting visible , which allows agents to select which speaker, microphone, and ringer device they want to use. This enables agents to complete work away from their computer and still hear the inbound ringtone through the speaker when contacts come in.

Amazon Connect now allows agents to select which speaker, microphone, and ringer device to use in the Contact Control Panel (CCP). For example, agents can change the ringer device from their headset to their speaker if they need to step away from their desk. Then, when a call comes in, the agent will hear the ring from speakers even if they are away from their computer.

AWS Training and Certification has launched Getting Started with Data Analytics on AWS, a new self-paced digital course available on Coursera and edX. In this one-week course, you’ll learn how to go from raw data to meaningful insights using AWS services such as AWS CloudTrail, Amazon Athena, and Amazon QuickSight. This course is intended for business analysts, business intelligence analysts, data scientists, and SysOps administrators who are new to AWS data and analytics services.

Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL can now make calls to AWS Lambda functions. AWS Lambda lets you run code without provisioning or managing servers, and without worrying about scalability.