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Author: Sébastien Stormacq
Seb has been writing code since he first touched a Commodore 64 in the mid-eighties. He inspires builders to unlock the value of the AWS cloud, using his secret blend of passion, enthusiasm, customer advocacy, curiosity and creativity. His interests are software architecture, developer tools and mobile computing. If you want to sell him something, be sure it has an API. Follow him on Twitter @sebsto.
New – HAQM EC2 M1 Mac Instances
Last year, during the re:Invent 2021 conference, I wrote a blog post to announce the preview of EC2 M1 Mac instances. I know many of you requested access to the preview, and we did our best but could not satisfy everybody. However, the wait is over. I have the pleasure of announcing the general availability […]
New – High Volume Outbound Communication with HAQM Connect Outbound Campaigns
The new high volume outbound communication capability in HAQM Connect which was announced at Enterprise Connect last year, is now generally available to all. It is named HAQM Connect outbound campaigns. If you haven’t heard about HAQM Connect, it is an easy-to-use cloud contact center service that helps companies of any size deliver superior customer […]
Modernize Your Mainframe Applications & Deploy Them In The Cloud
Today, we are launching AWS Mainframe Modernization service to help you modernize your mainframe applications and deploy them to AWS fully-managed runtime environments. This new service also provides tools and resources to help you plan and implement migration and modernization. Since the introduction of System/360 on April 7 1964, mainframe computers have enabled many industries […]
New – HAQM EC2 C7g Instances, Powered by AWS Graviton3 Processors
I am excited to announce that HAQM Elastic Compute Cloud (HAQM EC2) C7g instances powered by the latest AWS Graviton3 processors that have been available in preview since re:Invent last year are now available for all. Let’s decompose the name C7g: the “C” instance family is designed for compute-intensive workloads. This is the 7th generation […]
AWS Week In Review – May 23, 2022
This post is part of our Week in Review series. Check back each week for a quick roundup of interesting news and announcements from AWS! This is the right place to quickly learn about recent AWS news from last week, in just about five minutes or less. This week, I have collected a couple of […]
HAQM EC2 Now Supports NitroTPM and UEFI Secure Boot
In computing, Trusted Platform Module (TPM) technology is designed to provide hardware-based, security-related functions. A TPM chip is a secure crypto-processor that is designed to carry out cryptographic operations. There are three key advantages of using TPM technology. First, you can generate, store, and control access to encryption keys outside of the operating system. Second, […]
AWS Week in Review – April 4, 2022
This post is part of our Week in Review series. Check back each week for a quick round up of interesting news and announcements from AWS! Welcome to the April 4 edition of the AWS Week in Review. This week, alongside the main launches, I also captured a couple of new capabilities, such as a […]
New HAQM RDS for MySQL & PostgreSQL Multi-AZ Deployment Option: Improved Write Performance & Faster Failover
Today, we are announcing a new HAQM Relational Database Service (HAQM RDS) Multi-AZ deployment option with up to 2x faster transaction commit latency, automated failovers typically under 35 seconds, and readable standby instances. HAQM RDS offers two replication options to enhance availability and performance: Multi-AZ deployments gives high availability and automatic failover. HAQM RDS creates […]