All news with #product launch tag

🚀 Amazon EC2 C9g and C9gd instances powered by AWS Graviton5 are now available in Asia Pacific (Tokyo). These instances offer up to 25% better compute performance versus Graviton4-based C8g/C8gd, and deliver significant gains for databases, web apps, and ML workloads. Built on the sixth-generation AWS Nitro System and introducing the Nitro Isolation Engine, they provide mathematically assured workload isolation and local NVMe storage options on C9gd.

🚀 Starting today, Amazon EC2 M9g and M9gd instances powered by AWS Graviton5 processors are available in Europe (Ireland) and Asia Pacific (Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo). These instances deliver up to 25% better performance versus Graviton4-based M8g/M8gd and up to 30% faster database performance. Built on the sixth-generation AWS Nitro System, they introduce the Nitro Isolation Engine for mathematically assured workload isolation. M9gd adds local NVMe SSD storage for low-latency needs and both instance families are available via standard purchasing options.

🚀 GPT-6 Astra is now generally available to Microsoft Foundry customers, positioned to move enterprise AI from chat experiences to agentic work that reasons, plans, and executes across applications and systems. Foundry integrates identity, networking, governance, and monitoring to help organizations deploy Astra with scoped credentials, human checkpoints, and activity records. Deployment options include Standard and Provisioned Throughput across Global and US Data Zone geographies, with pricing tiers for short and long contexts.

🛡️ Amazon Web Services has launched the public preview of Amazon Linux 2027 (AL2027), a cloud-native OS built on AL2023 for web, database, container, and AI/ML workloads. AL2027 uses kernel 7.1+, enables SELinux enforcing by default, and boosts crypto performance with AWS-LC. Preview AMIs and container images are available across commercial regions for x86-64 and ARM, with feedback accepted via the AL2027 GitHub repository.

🚀 AWS Transform now supports Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP as a general available target for block storage migrations. This enables customers to migrate block workloads directly to FSx for ONTAP alongside compute and network migrations, removing the need for intermediate storage platforms or separate migration tools. Workloads maintain existing data access patterns and operational processes while running on a managed, production-ready shared storage service that combines ONTAP enterprise features with AWS scalability and resiliency. The capability is available in all Regions supported by AWS Transform and FSx for ONTAP.

🧭 Amazon Connect Customer announces general availability of the agentic CX designer, a no-code canvas for designing and deploying AI-powered voice and digital self-service experiences. The tool combines flowchart-style visual logic with LLM-driven natural conversation while letting teams enforce deterministic workflows for eligibility, approvals, routing, and compliance. Users can build, test, and launch production-ready experiences without code, shortening delivery from months to weeks.

🛡️ Anthropic introduced Enterprise Frontier Safeguards (EFS), a framework that combines zero data retention (ZDR) privacy with automated misuse detection while keeping monitoring data in customer-controlled cloud storage. The phased rollout begins this fall and will cover multiple Claude and third-party platforms, with interim ZDR on Fable 5 and 5.1 models. EFS automates detection and routes alerts to customer teams with no Anthropic human review, shifting operational triage and retention responsibilities to enterprises. The feature is free, though standard cloud storage costs apply.

🛠️ Amazon Quick is now generally available, enabling users to create custom applications by describing them in natural language. It connects to existing systems like Salesforce, Jira, Microsoft 365, databases, and data warehouses while honoring identity and access controls. Apps update automatically as source data changes and can be published to specific users or an entire organization. Available to Plus, Professional, and Enterprise customers starting September 1, 2026.

🤖 Claude Fable 5.1 is now generally available on AWS, bringing Anthropic's most capable frontier model to customers for advanced coding, scientific research, and enterprise workflows. This release improves reasoning on difficult tasks, reduces confident errors, and better acknowledges when it is uncertain. The corresponding Claude Mythos 5.1 with retained cyber and bio capabilities is available with limited access, and Covered Model designation introduces additional safeguards and data policies.

🆕 Amazon Timestream for InfluxDB is now available in eight additional AWS Regions including Cape Town, Bangkok, Hong Kong, Hyderabad, Melbourne, Seoul, Zurich, and Tel Aviv. Timestream for InfluxDB provides fully managed InfluxDB databases with Multi-AZ high availability, read replicas, enhanced durability, and multi-node scaling to support real-time time-series applications. You can deploy and manage databases via the console, AWS CLI, or AWS SDKs.

🚀 Amazon EC2 R9g and R9gd instances powered by AWS Graviton5 processors are now generally available, targeting memory-intensive workloads such as databases, in-memory caches, real-time analytics, and containerized applications. R9gd adds local NVMe SSD storage for block-level needs. These instances claim up to 25% better compute performance versus Graviton4-based R8g/R8gd and offer enhanced cache and memory speeds. They run on the sixth-generation AWS Nitro System with the new Nitro Isolation Engine to improve workload isolation and are available in multiple US and EU regions.

🔗 Azure Multicloud Interconnect simplifies private connectivity between Azure and AWS by providing high-bandwidth, cloud-native links that abstract multicloud networking complexity. It extends to Azure Private Link for an end-to-end private path and offers features such as MACsec security, four-nines availability, and scalable capacities up to 100 Gbps at GA. The collaboration with AWS implements a standardized Open API to enable faster provisioning, operational simplicity, and potential wider interoperability across hyperscalers and carriers.

🔎 AWS Agent Registry is now generally available, offering a private, governed catalog and discovery layer for agents, skills, tools, MCP servers, and custom resources across organizations. It provides semantic and keyword search, a browse experience, and access via the console, AWS CLI, and AWS SDK. Registry integrates with Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, Amazon Quick, and Kiro IDE, and exposes an MCP server interface for IDE queries. New enterprise features include infrastructure-as-code support, tagging, AWS RAM sharing, auto-discovery of AgentCore runtimes, and a Quick Connectors integration.

🔗 AWS has announced the public preview of AWS Interconnect – multicloud, enabling managed private connections between AWS and Microsoft Azure. The preview expands the multicloud interoperability framework first introduced at re:Invent 2025, which includes an open specification for network interoperability. Azure adoption of the specification provides a single managed experience for customers connecting workloads across AWS and Azure in selected regions.

📧 Brave 1.94 adds an Email Aliases feature that generates disposable addresses for signups, keeping users' real emails hidden while forwarding messages. The feature requires a free Brave Account and stores primary and alias addresses encrypted; forwarded messages are delivered then deleted from Brave servers within seconds. Up to five aliases are free, with a paid Premium tier planned, and forwarded mail may initially hit spam folders.

🚀Starting today, Amazon EC2 C8gn instances powered by AWS Graviton4 processors are available in the AWS Europe (Paris) region. These instances deliver up to 30% better compute performance versus Graviton3-based C7gn instances and include 6th generation AWS Nitro Cards with up to 600 Gbps network bandwidth. C8gn supports sizes up to 48xlarge, up to 384 GiB memory, EFA on select sizes, and up to 120 Gbps EBS bandwidth for network-intensive workloads.

🛡️ This post introduces BotBase for Operators, a new Cloudflare dashboard experience that gives bot operators visibility and control over their submissions. Operators can now find the submission form under Protect & Connect → Application Security → BotBase, view submission history and statuses, edit or cancel entries, and filter "My bots." The intake form asks operators to declare what the bot does, how it uses content, and who runs it, aligning with the Content Signals model. Automated checks speed up reviews by validating identifiers, IP lists, reverse DNS, or Web Bot Auth, routing only ambiguous cases to human reviewers. The goal is better transparency and ongoing operator participation in the bot ecosystem.

🔧 Microsoft released PowerToys 0.101.2362.0, introducing a new utility called Window Hopper that lets users cycle through windows of the currently focused app using a configurable Alt + backtick shortcut. The update also brings a compact Command Palette mode, PowerDisplay linked control support for shortcuts, DemoMirror for ZoomIt, and a Mouse Highlighter ripple mode. PowerToys remains open source on GitHub with a detailed changelog.

🚀 Starting today, Amazon EC2 M8i and M8i‑flex instances are available in Canada West (Calgary). Powered by custom Intel Xeon 6 processors exclusive to AWS, they deliver higher performance and memory bandwidth, offering up to 15% better price-performance and significant workload-specific boosts versus previous generations. M8i‑flex targets common general-purpose sizes, while M8i supports larger, SAP‑certified sizes including a new 96xlarge.

🛠️ AWS ParallelCluster 3.16 is now generally available and introduces pcluster-diag, an on-node diagnostics tool included in ParallelCluster AMIs that produces structured reports to simplify issue identification. The release also improves cluster lifecycle resilience with more robust creation, updates, and image builds. The HPC and AI/ML software stack receives updates to NVIDIA drivers, CUDA, EFA installer, and Slurm.