Category: Database

Thousands of customers use HAQM DynamoDB to build popular applications for Gaming (Battle Camp), Mobile (The Simpsons Tapped Out), Ad-tech (AdRoll), Internet-of-Things (Earth Networks) and Modern Web applications (SmugMug). We have made some improvements to DynamoDB in order to make it more powerful and easier to use. Here’s what’s new: You can now add, edit, […]

I’ve got good news for users of HAQM Relational Database Service (HAQM RDS).  You can now launch Database Instances that run Oracle Database 12c (version 12.1.0.1.v1 to be precise). This version of Oracle Database introduces over 500 new features! Here are a few  that I found interesting: Data Redaction – You can mask sensitive data […]

You can now encrypt your HAQM RDS for SQL Server and HAQM RDS for Oracle databases using keys that you manage through AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS) (this feature was already available for HAQM RDS for MySQL and HAQM RDS for PostgreSQL). The encryption applies to data at rest on the underlying storage for […]

HAQM Relational Database Service (HAQM RDS) makes it easy for you to set up, operate, and scale a MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, or Oracle relational database in the cloud. Today we are adding support for version 9.4.1 of PostgreSQL to RDS. Among other features, this version allows you to store JSON data in a compact, […]

April 30, 2018: We’ve discontinued HAQM Mobile Analytics. HAQM Pinpoint now provides the analytics features that HAQM Mobile Analytics previously offered. If you’re new to Mobile Analytics, you can integrate the mobile analytics features of HAQM Pinpoint into your app. If you currently use HAQM Mobile Analytics, you can migrate to HAQM Pinpoint.   The […]

A few months ago, I discussed 20 new features from HAQM Redshift, our petabyte-scale, fully managed data warehouse service that lets you get started for free and costs as little as $1,000 per TB per year. The HAQM Redshift team has released over 100 new features since the launch, with a focus on price, performance, […]

Let’s say you are building a data-intensive application. It might be for gaming, mobile, Internet of Things (IoT) or simply a modern web application.  You are customer-driven and you derive satisfaction from being able to rapidly respond to the ever-changing needs of your users. Their requirements are quickly evolving and the application needs to evolve […]

Developers all over the world are using HAQM DynamoDB to build applications that take advantage of its ability to provide consistent low-latency performance. The developers that I have talked to enjoy the flexibility provided by DynamoDB’s schemaless model, along with the ability to scale capacity up and down as needed.  They also benefit from the […]