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🚀 Amazon has expanded availability of Amazon EC2 M8i instances to the Europe (Frankfurt) and Asia Pacific (Malaysia) regions. Powered by custom Intel Xeon 6 processors exclusive to AWS, the M8i offers up to 15% better price-performance and 2.5x higher memory bandwidth than prior Intel-based instances. AWS reports up to 20% better performance versus M7i, with workload-specific gains—up to 30% for PostgreSQL, 60% for NGINX, and 40% for deep learning recommendation models. The SAP-certified family includes 13 sizes, two bare-metal options and a new 96xlarge for very large workloads.

🛡️AWS describes an automated active threat defense that translates MadPot honeypot intelligence into AWS Network Firewall protections within 30 minutes. The offering integrates with Amazon GuardDuty to surface detections while Network Firewall enforces multi-layered blocks across DNS, HTTP host headers, TLS SNI, and direct IP connections. Using a Swiss cheese model, it stacks inspection points so that if one layer is bypassed, others still interrupt reconnaissance, malware downloads, and C2 communications.

🚀 AWS Lambda now supports creating serverless applications using .NET 10 as both a managed runtime and a container base image, with AWS automatically applying updates to the managed runtime and base image as they become available. .NET 10 is a long-term support release with security and bug fix coverage through November 2028, and it brings features such as file-based apps. The release also adds support for Lambda Managed Instances, enabling functions to run on Amazon EC2 while retaining serverless operational simplicity, and Powertools for AWS Lambda (.NET) supports the new runtime. The runtime is available in all Regions, including AWS GovCloud (US) and China, and you can deploy using the Lambda console, AWS CLI, AWS SAM, AWS CDK, and CloudFormation.

🛡️ The new BSI portal lets companies register as NIS2 entities and report significant IT security incidents to the Federal Office for Information Security. Launched after NIS2 took effect in Germany in early December, the platform provides risk-analysis tools, legal guidance for registrants and access to the Alliance for Cyber Security. Hosted on AWS, it aims to deliver real-time data, daily situation reports and anonymous vulnerability reporting, though the cloud choice has attracted criticism over digital sovereignty.

🛡️ AWS has introduced a simplified onboarding Quickstart for AWS Client VPN that reduces endpoint setup to three required inputs: IPv4 CIDR, server certificate ARN, and subnet selection. The Quickstart provides pre-defined default configurations so teams can create endpoints quickly and immediately download the client configuration to connect. It is offered alongside the existing Standard Setup and is suggested automatically when a VPC is created. The workflow is available at no additional cost in Regions where Client VPN is generally available.

🌐 AWS now enables IPv6 connectivity to IAM Identity Center via newly introduced dual‑stack endpoints. Clients can connect using IPv6, IPv4, or dual‑stack, while existing IPv4-only endpoints remain available for backward compatibility. Dual‑stack endpoints resolve to an IPv4 or IPv6 address based on the client and network, helping organizations meet IPv6 compliance and reduce NAT complexity. Support is available in all Regions where the service operates, except AWS GovCloud (US) and Taipei.

☁️Amazon Managed Workflows for Apache Airflow (MWAA) now supports creating Apache Airflow 2.11 environments and offers support for Python 3.12. Airflow 2.11 introduces trigger-based scheduling for delta intervals and consistent metric reporting in milliseconds to help prepare for an upgrade to Airflow 3. You can launch new 2.11 environments from the AWS Management Console in all currently supported MWAA regions.

🚀 AWS today announced that Amazon EC2 I7ie instances are now available in Asia Pacific (Mumbai), Canada West (Calgary), and Europe (Paris). Designed for large storage I/O–intensive workloads, these high-density, storage-optimized instances use 5th Gen Intel Xeon processors and 3rd gen AWS Nitro SSDs to deliver higher compute performance, lower storage I/O latency, and increased local NVMe capacity up to 120TB. They come in nine sizes with up to 100 Gbps networking and significant EBS bandwidth, targeting low-latency, high-throughput applications.

🚀 Starting today, Amazon EC2 C8i and C8i‑flex instances are available in Asia Pacific (Mumbai), Asia Pacific (Seoul), and Asia Pacific (Tokyo). Powered by AWS-exclusive custom Intel Xeon 6 processors, these instances deliver up to 15% better price‑performance and 2.5x higher memory bandwidth compared with prior Intel-based instances. AWS reports up to 20% higher general performance versus the C7i family, with workload-specific gains — up to 60% for NGINX, 40% for deep learning recommendation models, and 35% for Memcached. C8i‑flex targets common sizes (large to 16xlarge) for cost-efficient compute, while C8i offers 13 sizes including two bare-metal and a new 96xlarge for memory‑intensive or continuous high‑CPU workloads.

📊 AWS announced collection visibility in AWS Marketplace Seller Reporting, adding up-to-date payment collection status to the Billed Revenue Dashboard and Billing Event Data Feed. The update lets sellers distinguish invoiced, collected, and disbursed amounts to close the gap between invoice creation and disbursement. Available in all Regions where Seller Reporting is offered; access via the Marketplace Management Portal → Insights → Finance Operations.

🔐 Amazon MQ now supports delegating RabbitMQ authentication and authorization to an HTTP endpoint. The capability is provided as a plugin for RabbitMQ 4.2 and later on Amazon MQ and is enabled by updating the broker configuration file. When provisioning, choose RabbitMQ 4.2 with the m7g instance type via the AWS Console, CLI, or SDKs, then edit the configuration to enable the plugin. The feature is available in all regions where Amazon MQ RabbitMQ 4 instances are offered.

🔔 AWS Config now supports 21 additional AWS resource types across services such as Amazon EC2, Amazon SageMaker, and Amazon S3 Tables, enabling broader visibility into resource state and drift. If you have recording enabled for all resource types, these additions are tracked automatically and are available to use in Config rules and Config aggregators. The change helps teams discover, assess, and remediate resources more comprehensively.

🚀 Amazon Web Services has launched Amazon EC2 G5 instances powered by NVIDIA A10G Tensor Core GPUs in the Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) region to support graphics-intensive and machine learning workloads. These instances scale to eight A10G GPUs with 2nd-generation AMD EPYC processors, up to 192 vCPUs, 100 Gbps networking and 7.6 TB of NVMe local storage across eight size options. Customers can tune performance with NVIDIA drivers for compute, gaming, or workstation workloads and purchase capacity as On-Demand or Reserved Instances to meet cost and operational needs.

🔍 AWS Resource Explorer is now available in the Asia Pacific (New Zealand) Region. This rollout lets customers search for and discover AWS resources across Regions and accounts using the console, AWS CLI, SDKs, or the unified search bar in the Management Console. Administrators can enable the service in the AWS Resource Explorer console to centralize asset discovery and streamline operations across their organization. AWS also provides documentation and region availability guidance to assist setup and adoption.

📢 AWS Transfer Family is now available in AWS Asia Pacific (New Zealand), providing fully managed, production-ready file transfer endpoints for Amazon S3 and Amazon EFS. It supports SFTP, FTP, FTPS and AS2, and enables event-driven automation for common managed file transfer (MFT) workflows. Customers can modernize business-to-business transfers, reduce operational overhead, and address latency and data residency requirements.

📊 AWS has added Spot interruption metrics to EC2 Capacity Manager, giving cloud teams clearer visibility into Spot instance behavior across accounts, regions, and availability zones. The feature introduces three metrics—Spot Usage Total Count, Spot Total Interruptions, and Spot Interruption Rate—showing how many Spot instances or vCPUs ran, how many were interrupted, and the interruption percentage. This capability is enabled by default in all commercial AWS Regions at no additional cost.

🔒 A Qualys survey and analysis of roughly 44 million public-cloud VMs highlights widespread misconfiguration: 45% of AWS, 63% of GCP and 70% of Azure instances showed issues. Respondents reported breaches and identified misconfigured services as a leading cloud risk. Experts cite neglected logging, monitoring and MFA, rushed M&A integrations and understaffed small firms as common causes. The piece recommends concrete controls — from Infrastructure as Code and continuous scanning to private networking and least-privilege — to reduce exposure.

🔍 AWS Clean Rooms now publishes detailed SQL query metrics to CloudWatch for collaborations. Collaboration creators, analysis runners, or configured payors can enable detailed monitoring to capture query performance and resource utilization. This capability improves operational observability for workloads at scale and helps teams identify performance issues and optimize costs. For example, advertisers can monitor campaign lift analysis queries to tune performance and control spend.

🔁 Amazon Connect now supports storing and referencing nested JSON objects and lists directly within contact flows, enabling developers to save complete records and target specific elements such as an individual order. Flows can automatically iterate through arrays and maintain loop position, making it easy to present item-level details in sequence. Use cases include guiding callers through itineraries or recent transactions without repeated backend calls. These features are documented in the Amazon Connect Administrator Guide and available across all AWS regions where the service is offered.

📊 Amazon Connect dashboards now support filtering metrics by custom business dimensions such as business divisions, product lines, and customer segments. Using predefined attributes, administrators can create business dimensions to tailor dashboard views and compare key metrics across segments. This enables focused analysis of handle times, service levels, and other KPIs to identify training or staffing needs. Dashboards are available in all AWS commercial and GovCloud regions where Amazon Connect is offered.