Amazon IXD – VGT2 Las Vegas Week in Review – November 7, 2022

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With just three weeks remaining until AWS re:Invent kicks off in Las Vegas, the Amazon IXD Blog Team is diligently preparing blog entries to keep you informed of the latest service launches and previews. As always, we have a diverse array of new offerings and features, along with a couple of surprises.

Last Week’s Launches

Here are some noteworthy launches from the past week:

• Amazon SNS Data Protection and Masking – Following a brief public preview, this impressive feature is now generally available. It leverages pattern matching, machine learning models, and content policies to safeguard data at scale. The tool can identify various types of personally identifiable information (PII) and protected health information (PHI) within message bodies, allowing you to either block message delivery or mask sensitive data in real-time on a per-topic basis. For more details, check out this blog post, or explore the message data protection documentation.
• Amazon Textract Updates – This service is designed to extract text, handwriting, and data from any document or image. Recently, we enhanced the AnalyzeID function to include extraction of the machine-readable zone (MRZ) from U.S. passports, and we added comprehensive OCR output to the API response. Additionally, we’ve updated the machine learning models powering the AnalyzeDocument function, focusing on single-character boxed forms often found on tax and immigration documents. We also improved the AnalyzeExpense function, adding new fields and increasing accuracy for existing ones, bringing the total field count to over 40.
• Another Amazon Braket Processor – Our quantum computing service now features Aquila, a new 256-qubit quantum computer from QuEra, utilizing a programmable array of neutral Rubidium atoms. According to the What’s New announcement, Aquila supports the Analog Hamiltonian Simulation (AHS) paradigm, enabling it to analyze the static and dynamic properties of quantum systems comprised of multiple interacting particles.
• Amazon S3 on Outposts – This service now allows you to implement additional S3 Lifecycle rules to enhance capacity management. You can expire objects as they age or are replaced by newer versions, with control at the bucket level or for specific subsets defined by prefixes, object tags, or sizes. For more information, visit the What’s New page and the S3 documentation.
• AWS CloudFormation – Last week saw two significant updates: support for Amazon RDS Multi-AZ deployments with two readable standbys and improved access to detailed information regarding failed stack instances for operations on CloudFormation StackSets.
• Amazon MemoryDB for Redis – You can now utilize data tiering as a more cost-effective method to scale your clusters up to hundreds of terabytes. This new feature employs a combination of instance memory and SSD storage in each cluster node, ensuring durable data storage in a multi-AZ transaction log. Further information is available in the What’s New section and the blog post.
• Amazon EC2 – Users can now revoke launch permissions for Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) that have been shared directly with their AWS accounts.

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We have expanded existing AWS services and instance types into additional regions:

• AWS Outposts rack in Bangladesh
• Up to 10 GB of ephemeral storage for Lambda functions in AWS GovCloud (US) Regions
• Amazon MSK Serverless in Asia Pacific (Mumbai) and Canada (Central)
• Amazon EKS in Middle East (UAE)
• Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose in Middle East (UAE)
• RDS Custom for SQL Server in Asia Pacific (Seoul), Canada (Central), and South America (São Paulo)
• RDS Multi-AZ with 2x Faster Transaction Commit Latency in 12 Additional Regions

To view a complete list of AWS announcements, be sure to monitor the What’s New at AWS page.

Other AWS News

Here are some further news items that might pique your interest:

• AWS Open Source News and Updates – My colleague Lisa Tran has compiled highlights of new open source projects, tools, and demos from the AWS Community. Check out Installment 134 to see the latest developments!
• New Case Study – A fresh AWS case study illustrates how Taggle, an Australian company specializing in smart water solutions, built an IoT platform on AWS utilizing Amazon Kinesis Data Streams for real-time data storage and ingestion. This implementation enabled them to scale up and support an additional 80,000 sensors set to launch in 2022.
• Upcoming AWS Events re:Invent 2022 – AWS re:Invent is rapidly approaching! Join us live from November 28th to December 2nd for keynotes, training, certification opportunities, and over 1,500 technical sessions. If you can’t attend in Las Vegas, you can also participate online to view keynotes and leadership sessions live. Don’t forget to explore the re:Invent 2022 Attendee Guides, each curated by an AWS Hero, industry team, or AWS partner.
• PeerTalk – If you plan to attend re:Invent in person and wish to meet with me or any of our featured experts, be sure to look into PeerTalk, our new on-site networking initiative.

That’s all for this week! For more insights, you may find this another blog post engaging.

— Alex
This post is part of our Week in Review series. Return each week for a concise summary of noteworthy news and announcements from AWS.

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