All news in category “Vendor and Hyperscaler Watch”

🛡️ Amazon EKS Auto Mode now integrates with Amazon Application Recovery Controller (ARC) to provide zonal shift and autoshift support for clusters using EKS Auto Mode. This feature automatically protects compute during an ARC-initiated zonal shift by stopping new capacity provisioning and preventing voluntary disruptions in the impaired zone. Enable ARC zonal shift on your cluster to use this capability, which is available in all Regions where EKS Auto Mode is offered.

🚀 Amazon EC2 G7 instances powered by NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell Server Edition GPUs are available in US East (N. Virginia). G7 instances deliver up to 4.6x AI inference and up to 2.1x graphics performance versus G6, and improve GPU-accelerated data analytics. Configurations support up to 8 GPUs (32 GB each), 192 vCPUs, 768 GiB memory, 7.6 TB NVMe, and 700 Gbps networking. G7 is available in US East (N. Virginia, Ohio) and US West (Oregon) and can be purchased On-Demand, Spot, or via Savings Plans.

🛡️ AWS DMS Schema Conversion now supports Offline Source for Microsoft SQL Server, letting users extract metadata locally and upload it for conversion without direct database connectivity. This prevents firewall or VPN changes and simplifies security approvals while producing the same conversion results as connected workflows. Offline Source is suited for environments with strict access controls and is available for all DMS Schema Conversion targets at no extra conversion charge.

🚀 AWS has launched Amazon EC2 I7ie instances in the Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) region. These high-density, storage-optimized instances use 5th Gen Intel Xeon processors and 3rd generation AWS Nitro SSDs to deliver higher compute and storage I/O performance than previous generations. I7ie instances provide up to 120TB local NVMe storage, improved latency and variability, and increased vCPU and memory options across nine sizes. They also offer up to 100 Gbps network and 60 Gbps EBS bandwidth for demanding workloads.

🚀 Amazon DocumentDB (with MongoDB compatibility) now supports R8g.24xlarge and R8g.48xlarge instances powered by AWS Graviton4 processors with DDR5 memory. These instance sizes—R8g.24xlarge (96 vCPUs, 768 GiB) and R8g.48xlarge (192 vCPUs, 1,536 GiB)—deliver higher throughput and larger in-memory working sets for demanding workloads. Available for DocumentDB 5.0+ on Standard and IO-Optimized storage; customers can modify clusters via the Console, CLI, or SDK.

📧 Check Point Research observed a large phishing campaign that used legitimate school accounts and Google Forms to recruit students into a likely money-mule scheme. The emails passed SPF/DKIM/DMARC and contained no malware or fake login pages, making them appear benign. Check Point Email Security evaluates context, sender behavior, message intent, and hosted-form usage to detect such threats before they reach users.

🔧 Smart Tiered Cache now supports public cloud regions by accepting a user-provided region hint. Cloudflare maps ambiguous anycast or regional unicast origins to the correct cloud region so it can select optimal primary and fallback upper tiers, improving cache efficiency and reducing hairpin latency. The feature is available via dashboard, API, and Terraform and initially supports AWS, GCP, Azure, and Oracle Cloud.

🛡️ Microsoft says it is deploying AI-driven analysis to uncover more zero-day vulnerabilities across the Windows codebase, warning customers to expect an increased number of security updates. The company described a multi-model agentic scanning harness (MDASH) and a separate prove pipeline to validate findings, aiming to reduce false positives and shorten review windows. Microsoft also plans to update its Secure Development Lifecycle to address AI-enabled attack techniques while retaining human oversight to ensure update quality.

🔐 AWS Organizations now applies core security controls by default when you create a new organization via the AWS Organizations console. The service automatically attaches service control policies (SCPs) that prevent member accounts from leaving or closing themselves, giving CloudOps and central security teams immediate protection from day one. These defaults are intentionally lightweight and fully editable or disableable to avoid disrupting legitimate operations while establishing governance for new or migrating enterprises.

🧭 AWS Database Migration Service (DMS) Schema Conversion now integrates AI agent automation via the AWS MCP Server. Agents like Kiro, Claude Code, and Cursor can connect and run migration workflows from IDEs using natural language, performing tasks such as creating projects, browsing source metadata, converting schemas, and exporting results. The dms-schema-conversion skill provides predefined procedures and operational sequencing to guide agents and reduce trial-and-error, and agents can assist with converting stored procedures, functions, and triggers. This capability is available for all existing DMS Schema Conversion engine pairs at no additional charge; regional availability is listed on the Supported AWS Regions page.

🔔 AWS Partner Central now lets partners share qualifications across connected partner and seller accounts, enabling consolidation of partnership standing beyond revenue attribution. Partners can share Associate qualifications including specializations, certifications, and select program enrollments across subsidiary and primary accounts, with subsidiary display names updated to show affiliation and tier recalculated using combined scorecard metrics. Partner Revenue Measurement (PRM) continues to attribute combined revenue, while qualification sharing yields a unified public profile and consolidated scorecard. This capability is available today in all commercial AWS Regions and can be self-serviced through AWS Partner Central under Account Connections.

🔐 AWS Sign-In now supports OAuth for connecting agents to the AWS MCP Server, enabling browser-based and headless authentication that leverages existing IAM, IAM Identity Center, and federated sign-in methods. The update includes dynamic client registration, token introspection and revocation, new CloudTrail elements, global condition keys, and a headless OAuth API. Agents discover OAuth endpoints, register via DCR, and use authorization code or client credentials flows to obtain short-lived tokens. Administrators can govern OAuth access using standard IAM policies plus OAuth-specific condition keys and monitor activity via CloudTrail.

🔐 You can now connect AI agents directly to the AWS MCP Server using AWS Sign-In and industry-standard OAuth. Agents may authenticate without extra software and reuse existing AWS identities, sign-in methods, IAM permissions, and governance controls. Developers can authorize agents interactively via a browser or programmatically with headless flows, while administrators govern access with IAM policies and new OAuth features.

🚀 Amazon EC2 C8id, M8id, and R8id instances are now available in additional regions, including Asia Pacific (Mumbai) and multiple Europe Regions (London, Stockholm). Powered by custom Intel Xeon 6 processors, they deliver up to 43% higher performance and 3.3x more memory bandwidth versus the prior generation. These instances offer up to 384 vCPUs, 3 TiB memory, and 22.8 TB NVMe SSD storage, and support Instance Bandwidth Configuration for flexible network and EBS allocation. Customers can purchase them via Savings Plans, On-Demand, and Spot offerings.

🚀 Amazon EC2 M8gd and R8gd instances are now available in AWS GovCloud (US-East) and (US-West). These Graviton4-powered instances provide up to 11.4 TB of local NVMe SSD storage, up to 50 Gbps network and 40 Gbps EBS bandwidth, and up to 30% better performance versus Graviton3. Customers can adjust network and EBS bandwidth by 25% using instance bandwidth weighting and use EFA on the largest sizes.

🚀 Amazon Web Services has announced general availability of Amazon EC2 Storage Optimized I8g instances in AWS GovCloud (US East, US West). These instances, powered by AWS Graviton4 processors and third-generation AWS Nitro SSDs, deliver significant gains in compute and storage performance, lower latency, and reduced variability. I8g targets I/O-intensive, real-time workloads like transactional databases, analytics, and AI LLM pre-processing.

🔄 Today AWS introduces the ability to replace an Amazon EC2 instance's root volume using an existing EBS volume. This new option complements existing replacement methods from a snapshot or an AMI and targets customers running stateful workloads that require preconfigured metadata or software on the root volume. The feature removes the need to capture a snapshot or register an AMI first, reducing operational steps and speeding patching where downtime is costly. It is available in all commercial AWS Regions and AWS GovCloud (US) regions.

🔔 Amazon Timestream for InfluxDB now publishes lifecycle events to Amazon EventBridge for instance and cluster state changes, including creation, deletion, scaling, parameter updates, maintenance, and reboots. Events cover both successes and failures and are sent to the default event bus with source aws.timestream-influxdb. This enables programmatic automation, alerting, and audit/event routing to targets like AWS Lambda, Step Functions, SQS, SNS, and cross-account buses.

🔒 AWS Client VPN is now available in Canada West (Calgary), Mexico (Central), New Zealand, and Taipei. The fully managed service lets remote workers securely connect to AWS and on-premises resources without hardware VPN appliances. It uses a pay-as-you-go model and provides centralized management and monitoring through a single console. Customers can consult AWS product, documentation, and pricing pages for details.

🚀 Microsoft announces general availability updates to Microsoft Foundry, combining frontier models, a production agent runtime, enterprise identity and security controls, and Microsoft 365 distribution into one platform. The release includes GPT-5.6 models across global regions and the new Asia-Pacific Data Zone for regional data processing. Developers can build in GitHub Copilot or VS Code and deploy agents using Foundry toolkits and SDKs.