Starting today, you can copy Amazon RDS Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) encrypted database snapshots across AWS Regions. This includes databases encrypted with Oracle Transparent Data Encryption (TDE), Microsoft SQL Server TDE, and snapshots created from SQL Server Multi-AZ instances.

The AWS Partner Network (APN) and AWS World Wide Public Sector Partner Program is thrilled to announce the addition of the AWS Education Competency to the Competency program. The AWS Competency Program is designed to highlight APN Partners who have demonstrated industry expertise and readily implemented solutions that align with AWS architectural best practices.

AWS X-Ray now supports visualizing client and server latency distributions for services in your application. You can visually isolate performance outliers, identify trends, and understand patterns impacting your application performance.

Amazon EC2 Systems Manager now supports instances running SUSE Linux.

AWS CodeStar is now integrated with AWS CloudTrail, enabling you to access the log of AWS CodeStar API calls through AWS CloudTrail. AWS CloudTrail records API calls for your account and delivers log files to your Amazon S3 bucket. CloudTrail logs can be used to enable security analysis, track changes to your AWS resources, and aid in compliance auditing. Integrating CodeStar and CloudTrail lets you determine which requests were made to the CodeStar APIs, the source IP address from which each request was made, who made the request, when it was made, and more. You can turn on CloudTrail from the AWS Management Console in two clicks. To learn more about CloudTrail, visit the CloudTrail user guide .

You can now use Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) First-in, First-out (FIFO) queues in the US East (N. Virginia) region. FIFO queues are designed to ensure that the order in which messages are sent and received is strictly preserved and that each message is processed exactly once. Amazon SQS is a fully managed message queuing service that makes it easy to decouple and scale microservices, distributed systems, and serverless applications. Building applications from individual components that each perform a discrete function improves scalability and reliability. Using SQS, you can send, store, and receive messages between software components at any volume, without losing messages or requiring other services to be always available.

Starting today, when you create a new DynamoDB table using the AWS Management Console, the table will have Auto Scaling enabled by default. DynamoDB Auto Scaling automatically adjusts read and write throughput capacity, in response to dynamically changing request volumes, with zero downtime.

The City of Greeley, Colo., has won the thirteenth annual “Best of the Best” Tap Water Taste Test at this year’s ACE…

Utility Thames Water has been fined £8.55 million by industry regulator Ofwat for missing leakage reduction targets in 2016-2017…

Israel Chemicals Limited (ICL) has sold its 50 per cent stake in desalination company IDE Technologies for $177.7 million in cash.