The latest articles on DEV Community by Manikandan (@manikandansn). https://dev.to/manikandansn https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F486750%2F49352b0d-e230-4570-9198-1eb4d3172254.jpg https://dev.to/manikandansn en Manikandan Mon, 22 Jun 2026 22:28:13 +0000 https://dev.to/manikandansn/aws-daily-digest-june-22-2026-262d https://dev.to/manikandansn/aws-daily-digest-june-22-2026-262d <blockquote> <p>☁️ <strong>AWS Daily Digest · June 22, 2026</strong><br> Auto-generated · Groq (Llama 3.3 70B) · Free &amp; Open-Source</p> </blockquote> <p><em>7 highlights · ~2 min read · Quick AI briefing per item</em></p> <h2> 1. AWS IAM Identity Center now supports separate quotas for AWS accounts and applications </h2> <blockquote> <p><strong>Security</strong> &nbsp;·&nbsp; <em>AWS What's New</em></p> </blockquote> <p>AWS IAM Identity Center now supports separate quotas for AWS accounts and applications, allowing for up to 7,000 AWS accounts and 7,000 applications to be configured independently. This update benefits organizations managing thousands of AWS accounts, enabling them to onboard applications without consuming account quota capacity. Quotas can be further increased by submitting a quota increase request through AWS Service Quotas console.</p> <p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/06/aws-identity-center-separate-quotas/" rel="noopener noreferrer">→ Read full article</a></p> <h2> 2. Announcing Amazon EC2 G7 instances accelerated by NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell Server Edition GPUs </h2> <blockquote> <p><strong>Compute</strong> &nbsp;·&nbsp; <em>AWS Blog</em></p> </blockquote> <p>Amazon EC2 G7 instances are now available, accelerated by NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell Server Edition GPUs, delivering high performance GPU acceleration for AI inference, graphics, and data analytics workloads. This update benefits customers running AI and graphics-intensive workloads, providing up to 4.6x AI inference performance and up to 2.1x graphics performance compared to G6 instances. G7 instances are available with custom sixth-generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors.</p> <p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/announcing-amazon-ec2-g7-instances-accelerated-by-nvidia-rtx-pro-4500-blackwell-server-edition-gpus/" rel="noopener noreferrer">→ Read full article</a></p> <h2> 3. Introducing self-service lifecycle management capabilities for AWS Outposts </h2> <blockquote> <p><strong>Compute</strong> &nbsp;·&nbsp; <em>AWS What's New</em></p> </blockquote> <p>AWS Outposts now provides self-service lifecycle management capabilities, allowing customers to configure, quote, order, manage subscriptions, and decommission Outposts directly from the AWS Management Console, CLI, and API. This update benefits customers by providing more control and flexibility over their Outposts lifecycle, with a new configuration and quoting tool generating real-time cost estimates. Quotes can be converted to orders directly in the console.</p> <p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/06/aws-outposts-self-service-lifecycle-management" rel="noopener noreferrer">→ Read full article</a></p> <h2> 4. AWS Network Firewall updates default drop action for improved connection reliability </h2> <blockquote> <p><strong>Networking</strong> &nbsp;·&nbsp; <em>AWS What's New</em></p> </blockquote> <p>AWS Network Firewall has updated its default drop action to 'Application drop established (server-directed only)' for improved connection reliability, replacing the previous default of 'Application drop established (bidirectional)'. This update benefits customers by reducing intermittent connection failures caused by silently dropped legitimate server-to-client TCP packets. No action is required to benefit from this change when creating new policies.</p> <p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/06/aws-network-firewall-updates-default-drop-action" rel="noopener noreferrer">→ Read full article</a></p> <h2> 5. Announcing the general availability of a new AWS Local Zone in Hanoi, Vietnam </h2> <blockquote> <p><strong>Networking</strong> &nbsp;·&nbsp; <em>AWS What's New</em></p> </blockquote> <p>A new AWS Local Zone is now available in Hanoi, Vietnam, bringing AWS infrastructure closer to end users and supporting Amazon S3 and Amazon EBS Local Snapshots. This update benefits customers in the Asia Pacific region, enabling them to meet data residency requirements by storing and backing up data locally. The new Local Zone helps achieve single-digit millisecond latency for end-user workloads.</p> <p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/06/aws-local-zones-hanoi-vietnam/" rel="noopener noreferrer">→ Read full article</a></p> <h2> 6. AWS Batch now supports customer-ordered instance allocation strategies </h2> <blockquote> <p><strong>Compute</strong> &nbsp;·&nbsp; <em>AWS What's New</em></p> </blockquote> <p>AWS Batch now supports customer-ordered instance allocation strategies, including Best Fit Progressive Ordered (BFPO) and Spot Capacity Optimized Prioritized (SCOP), giving customers more control over instance type prioritization. This update benefits customers by enabling them to manually define instance type ordering based on workload-specific performance characteristics. BFPO and SCOP can be specified via the AWS Batch API.</p> <p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/06/batch-ordered-allocation-strategies/" rel="noopener noreferrer">→ Read full article</a></p> <h2> 7. Amazon ECS introduces new high-resolution metrics for faster service auto scaling </h2> <blockquote> <p><strong>Compute</strong> &nbsp;·&nbsp; <em>AWS Blog</em></p> </blockquote> <p>Amazon ECS has introduced new high-resolution metrics for faster service auto scaling, allowing customers to choose from proactive scaling options, including predictive scaling and scheduled scaling, or reactive scaling using target tracking. This update benefits customers by enabling them to scale their services more efficiently and effectively, using comprehensive scaling policies and real-time metrics. Amazon ECS service auto scaling adjusts task counts based on Amazon CloudWatch metrics.</p> <p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/amazon-ecs-introduces-new-high-resolution-metrics-for-faster-service-auto-scaling/" rel="noopener noreferrer">→ Read full article</a></p> <p><em>#aws #cloud #ec2 #gpus</em></p> aws cloud ec2 gpus Manikandan Sun, 21 Jun 2026 20:59:45 +0000 https://dev.to/manikandansn/aws-daily-digest-june-21-2026-4gi7 https://dev.to/manikandansn/aws-daily-digest-june-21-2026-4gi7 <blockquote> <p>☁️ <strong>AWS Daily Digest · June 21, 2026</strong><br> Auto-generated · Groq (Llama 3.3 70B) · Free &amp; Open-Source</p> </blockquote> <p><em>7 highlights · ~2 min read · Quick AI briefing per item</em></p> <h2> 1. Amazon EC2 G7 instances are now generally available </h2> <blockquote> <p><strong>Compute</strong> &nbsp;·&nbsp; <em>AWS What's New</em></p> </blockquote> <p>Amazon EC2 G7 instances are now generally available, featuring up to 8 NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell Server Edition GPUs. This matters for customers running AI inference and graphics workloads, as G7 instances deliver up to 4.6x AI inference performance and up to 2.1x graphics performance compared to G6. G7 instances are suitable for workloads such as language translation, video analysis, and game streaming.</p> <p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/06/amazon-ec2-g7-generally-available" rel="noopener noreferrer">→ Read full article</a></p> <h2> 2. Amazon ECS announces faster service auto scaling </h2> <blockquote> <p><strong>Compute</strong> &nbsp;·&nbsp; <em>AWS What's New</em></p> </blockquote> <p>Amazon ECS service auto scaling now detects and responds to load changes faster with support for high-resolution metrics. This benefits customers by improving responsiveness to workload demand fluctuations, enabling reduced baseline capacity and lower compute costs. Faster auto scaling also maintains service reliability and performance.</p> <p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/06/amazon-ecs-faster-autoscaling/" rel="noopener noreferrer">→ Read full article</a></p> <h2> 3. Announcing the general availability of a new AWS Local Zone in Hanoi, Vietnam </h2> <blockquote> <p><strong>Storage</strong> &nbsp;·&nbsp; <em>AWS What's New</em></p> </blockquote> <p>A new AWS Local Zone is now available in Hanoi, Vietnam, bringing AWS infrastructure closer to end users. This benefits customers in the region by enabling single-digit millisecond latency for end-user workloads and meeting data residency requirements. The new Local Zone supports Amazon S3 and Amazon EBS Local Snapshots.</p> <p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/06/aws-local-zones-hanoi-vietnam/" rel="noopener noreferrer">→ Read full article</a></p> <h2> 4. Amazon CloudWatch Synthetics now supports multilocation canaries </h2> <blockquote> <p><strong>Networking</strong> &nbsp;·&nbsp; <em>AWS What's New</em></p> </blockquote> <p>Amazon CloudWatch Synthetics now supports multilocation canaries, allowing developers to run the same canary across multiple AWS Regions simultaneously. This benefits developers and site reliability engineers by simplifying monitoring and reducing operational overhead. Multilocation canaries consolidate run data, metrics, and artifacts in a single primary Region.</p> <p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/06/amazon-cloudwatch-synthetics-multilocation/" rel="noopener noreferrer">→ Read full article</a></p> <h2> 5. Optimize EC2 costs with AWS Compute Optimizer right sizing </h2> <blockquote> <p><strong>FinOps</strong> &nbsp;·&nbsp; <em>AWS Compute Blog</em></p> </blockquote> <p>AWS Compute Optimizer provides right sizing recommendations to optimize EC2 costs. This matters for customers looking to improve their ROI on EC2 investments by matching instance types and sizes to actual resource demands. Compute Optimizer analyzes resource configuration and utilization metrics to provide recommendations.</p> <p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/compute/optimize-ec2-costs-with-aws-compute-optimizer-right-sizing/" rel="noopener noreferrer">→ Read full article</a></p> <h2> 6. Introducing Amazon Bedrock Managed Knowledge Base for faster, more accurate enterprise AI applications </h2> <blockquote> <p><strong>AI/ML</strong> &nbsp;·&nbsp; <em>AWS Blog</em></p> </blockquote> <p>Amazon Bedrock Managed Knowledge Base enables developers to build enterprise-grade generative AI applications with proprietary data in minutes. This benefits organizations by providing secure, reliable, and up-to-date access to enterprise-wide data for accurate AI outcomes. Managed Knowledge Base abstracts away the complexity of building and managing retrieval-augmented generation pipelines.</p> <p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/introducing-amazon-bedrock-managed-knowledge-base-for-faster-more-accurate-enterprise-ai-applications/" rel="noopener noreferrer">→ Read full article</a></p> <h2> 7. Amazon MSK Express brokers now support Intelligent Rebalancing on existing clusters </h2> <blockquote> <p><strong>Database</strong> &nbsp;·&nbsp; <em>AWS What's New</em></p> </blockquote> <p>Amazon MSK Express brokers now support Intelligent Rebalancing on existing clusters, maximizing capacity utilization and eliminating manual partition management. This benefits customers by optimizing Kafka resource allocation for better performance. Intelligent Rebalancing is available at no additional cost on all MSK Provisioned clusters running Express brokers.</p> <p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/06/amazon-msk-express-intelligent/" rel="noopener noreferrer">→ Read full article</a></p> <p><em>#aws #cloud #ec2 #g7</em></p> aws cloud ec2 g7 Manikandan Sat, 20 Jun 2026 20:55:21 +0000 https://dev.to/manikandansn/aws-daily-digest-june-20-2026-d9f https://dev.to/manikandansn/aws-daily-digest-june-20-2026-d9f <blockquote> <p>☁️ <strong>AWS Daily Digest · June 20, 2026</strong><br> Auto-generated · Groq (Llama 3.3 70B) · Free &amp; Open-Source</p> </blockquote> <p><em>7 highlights · ~2 min read · Quick AI briefing per item</em></p> <h2> 1. Amazon EC2 G7 instances are now generally available </h2> <blockquote> <p><strong>Compute</strong> &nbsp;·&nbsp; <em>AWS What's New</em></p> </blockquote> <p>Amazon EC2 G7 instances are now generally available, accelerated by NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell Server Edition GPUs. This matters for developers and engineers working with AI inference and graphics workloads, as G7 instances deliver up to 4.6x AI inference performance and up to 2.1x graphics performance compared to G6. G7 instances are available with up to 8 NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell Server Edition GPUs.</p> <p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/06/amazon-ec2-g7-generally-available" rel="noopener noreferrer">→ Read full article</a></p> <h2> 2. Amazon ECS announces faster service auto scaling </h2> <blockquote> <p><strong>Compute</strong> &nbsp;·&nbsp; <em>AWS What's New</em></p> </blockquote> <p>Amazon ECS service auto scaling now detects and responds to load changes faster with support for high resolution metrics and metric publishing optimizations. This benefits developers and engineers working with containerized applications, as faster service auto scaling enables reduced baseline capacity and lower compute costs while maintaining service reliability and performance. </p> <p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/06/amazon-ecs-faster-autoscaling/" rel="noopener noreferrer">→ Read full article</a></p> <h2> 3. Announcing the general availability of a new AWS Local Zone in Hanoi, Vietnam </h2> <blockquote> <p><strong>Storage</strong> &nbsp;·&nbsp; <em>AWS What's New</em></p> </blockquote> <p>A new AWS Local Zone is now generally available in Hanoi, Vietnam, bringing AWS infrastructure closer to end users. This benefits customers in the Asia Pacific region, as the new Local Zone enables them to meet data residency requirements by storing and backing up data locally. </p> <p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/06/aws-local-zones-hanoi-vietnam/" rel="noopener noreferrer">→ Read full article</a></p> <h2> 4. Amazon CloudWatch Synthetics now supports multilocation canaries </h2> <blockquote> <p><strong>Networking</strong> &nbsp;·&nbsp; <em>AWS What's New</em></p> </blockquote> <p>Amazon CloudWatch Synthetics now supports multilocation canaries, allowing developers to run the same canary across multiple AWS Regions simultaneously. This matters for developers and site reliability engineers, as multilocation canaries simplify monitoring application availability from multiple geographic locations. </p> <p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/06/amazon-cloudwatch-synthetics-multilocation/" rel="noopener noreferrer">→ Read full article</a></p> <h2> 5. Upgrading Lambda function runtimes at scale with AWS Transform custom </h2> <blockquote> <p><strong>Compute</strong> &nbsp;·&nbsp; <em>AWS Compute Blog</em></p> </blockquote> <p>AWS Transform custom enables upgrading Lambda function runtimes at scale, helping teams modernize their code and configurations. This benefits teams managing hundreds or thousands of functions, as upgrading runtimes is a significant engineering effort that competes with feature work. </p> <p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/compute/upgrading-lambda-function-runtimes-at-scale-with-aws-transform-custom/" rel="noopener noreferrer">→ Read full article</a></p> <h2> 6. Optimize EC2 costs with AWS Compute Optimizer right sizing </h2> <blockquote> <p><strong>FinOps</strong> &nbsp;·&nbsp; <em>AWS Compute Blog</em></p> </blockquote> <p>AWS Compute Optimizer provides right sizing recommendations to optimize EC2 costs, analyzing resource configuration and utilization metrics. This benefits FinOps teams, as rightsizing helps reduce cost while maintaining performance and capacity requirements. </p> <p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/compute/optimize-ec2-costs-with-aws-compute-optimizer-right-sizing/" rel="noopener noreferrer">→ Read full article</a></p> <h2> 7. Build RAG-powered AI solutions at the edge with AWS Local Zones and Outposts </h2> <blockquote> <p><strong>AI/ML</strong> &nbsp;·&nbsp; <em>AWS Compute Blog</em></p> </blockquote> <p>AWS Local Zones and Outposts enable building RAG-powered AI solutions at the edge, deploying self-managed Small Language Models on premises or in adjacent metros. This matters for organizations in regulated industries, as SLMs can achieve accuracy comparable to large models for specific use cases while keeping data strictly on-premises or within specific geographic boundaries. </p> <p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/compute/build-rag-powered-ai-solutions-at-the-edge-with-aws-local-zones-and-outposts/" rel="noopener noreferrer">→ Read full article</a></p> <p><em>#aws #cloud #ec2 #g7</em></p> aws cloud ec2 g7 Manikandan Fri, 19 Jun 2026 20:57:09 +0000 https://dev.to/manikandansn/aws-daily-digest-june-19-2026-fa2 https://dev.to/manikandansn/aws-daily-digest-june-19-2026-fa2 <blockquote> <p>☁️ <strong>AWS Daily Digest · June 19, 2026</strong><br> Auto-generated · Groq (Llama 3.3 70B) · Free &amp; Open-Source</p> </blockquote> <p><em>7 highlights · ~2 min read · Quick AI briefing per item</em></p> <h2> 1. Amazon EC2 G7 instances are now generally available </h2> <blockquote> <p><strong>Compute</strong> &nbsp;·&nbsp; <em>AWS What's New</em></p> </blockquote> <p>Amazon EC2 G7 instances are now generally available, featuring up to 8 NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell Server Edition GPUs. This matters for developers working with AI inference and graphics workloads, as G7 instances deliver up to 4.6x AI inference performance and up to 2.1x graphics performance compared to G6. G7 instances are suitable for workloads such as language translation, video analysis, and game streaming.</p> <p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/06/amazon-ec2-g7-generally-available" rel="noopener noreferrer">→ Read full article</a></p> <h2> 2. Amazon ECS announces faster service auto scaling </h2> <blockquote> <p><strong>Compute</strong> &nbsp;·&nbsp; <em>AWS What's New</em></p> </blockquote> <p>Amazon ECS service auto scaling now detects and responds to load changes faster with support for high resolution metrics. This benefits developers who need to quickly adjust to changing workload demands, enabling them to reduce baseline capacity and lower compute costs. Faster auto scaling improves service reliability and performance.</p> <p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/06/amazon-ecs-faster-autoscaling/" rel="noopener noreferrer">→ Read full article</a></p> <h2> 3. Announcing the general availability of a new AWS Local Zone in Hanoi, Vietnam </h2> <blockquote> <p><strong>Storage</strong> &nbsp;·&nbsp; <em>AWS What's New</em></p> </blockquote> <p>A new AWS Local Zone is now available in Hanoi, Vietnam, bringing AWS infrastructure closer to end users. This benefits customers in the Asia Pacific region who require low latency and need to meet data residency requirements. The new Local Zone supports Amazon S3 and Amazon EBS Local Snapshots.</p> <p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/06/aws-local-zones-hanoi-vietnam/" rel="noopener noreferrer">→ Read full article</a></p> <h2> 4. Amazon CloudWatch Synthetics now supports multilocation canaries </h2> <blockquote> <p><strong>Networking</strong> &nbsp;·&nbsp; <em>AWS What's New</em></p> </blockquote> <p>Amazon CloudWatch Synthetics now supports multilocation canaries, allowing developers to run the same canary across multiple AWS Regions simultaneously. This benefits developers who need to monitor application availability from multiple geographic locations, reducing operational overhead and configuration drift. Multilocation canaries consolidate run data, metrics, and artifacts in a single primary Region.</p> <p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/06/amazon-cloudwatch-synthetics-multilocation/" rel="noopener noreferrer">→ Read full article</a></p> <h2> 5. Optimize EC2 costs with AWS Compute Optimizer right sizing </h2> <blockquote> <p><strong>FinOps</strong> &nbsp;·&nbsp; <em>AWS Compute Blog</em></p> </blockquote> <p>AWS Compute Optimizer provides rightsizing recommendations to optimize EC2 costs. This matters for developers who want to improve their ROI on EC2 investments by matching instance types and sizes to actual resource demands. Compute Optimizer analyzes resource configuration and utilization metrics to provide recommendations.</p> <p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/compute/optimize-ec2-costs-with-aws-compute-optimizer-right-sizing/" rel="noopener noreferrer">→ Read full article</a></p> <h2> 6. Introducing Amazon Bedrock Managed Knowledge Base for faster, more accurate enterprise AI applications </h2> <blockquote> <p><strong>AI/ML</strong> &nbsp;·&nbsp; <em>AWS Blog</em></p> </blockquote> <p>Amazon Bedrock Managed Knowledge Base enables developers to build enterprise-grade generative AI applications with proprietary data in minutes. This benefits organizations building agentic AI applications that require secure and reliable access to enterprise-wide data. Managed Knowledge Base abstracts away the complexity of building and managing retrieval-augmented generation pipelines.</p> <p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/introducing-amazon-bedrock-managed-knowledge-base-for-faster-more-accurate-enterprise-ai-applications/" rel="noopener noreferrer">→ Read full article</a></p> <h2> 7. Amazon MSK Express brokers now support Intelligent Rebalancing on existing clusters </h2> <blockquote> <p><strong>Database</strong> &nbsp;·&nbsp; <em>AWS What's New</em></p> </blockquote> <p>Amazon MSK Express brokers now support Intelligent Rebalancing on existing clusters, maximizing capacity utilization and eliminating the need for manual partition management. This benefits customers who want to optimize the performance of their MSK Express-based clusters when scaling up or down. Intelligent Rebalancing is available at no additional cost on all MSK Provisioned clusters running Express brokers.</p> <p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/06/amazon-msk-express-intelligent/" rel="noopener noreferrer">→ Read full article</a></p> <p><em>#aws #cloud #ec2 #g7</em></p> aws cloud ec2 g7 Manikandan Thu, 18 Jun 2026 23:20:49 +0000 https://dev.to/manikandansn/aws-daily-digest-june-18-2026-17ob https://dev.to/manikandansn/aws-daily-digest-june-18-2026-17ob <blockquote> <p>☁️ <strong>AWS Daily Digest · June 18, 2026</strong><br> Auto-generated · Groq (Llama 3.3 70B) · Free &amp; Open-Source</p> </blockquote> <p><em>7 highlights · ~2 min read · Quick AI briefing per item</em></p> <h2> 1. Amazon EC2 G7 instances are now generally available </h2> <blockquote> <p><strong>Compute</strong> &nbsp;·&nbsp; <em>AWS What's New</em></p> </blockquote> <p>Amazon EC2 G7 instances are now generally available, featuring up to 8 NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell Server Edition GPUs. This benefits customers running AI inference and graphics workloads, such as language translation and game streaming. G7 instances deliver up to 4.6x AI inference performance and up to 2.1x graphics performance compared to G6 instances.</p> <p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/06/amazon-ec2-g7-generally-available" rel="noopener noreferrer">→ Read full article</a></p> <h2> 2. Amazon ECS announces faster service auto scaling </h2> <blockquote> <p><strong>Compute</strong> &nbsp;·&nbsp; <em>AWS What's New</em></p> </blockquote> <p>Amazon ECS service auto scaling now detects and responds to load changes faster with support for high resolution metrics. This improvement benefits customers who need to quickly adjust to changing workload demands, enabling them to reduce baseline capacity and lower compute costs. Faster service auto scaling improves time to trigger scale-out by 76% and total time to scale and provision new tasks by 72%.</p> <p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/06/amazon-ecs-faster-autoscaling/" rel="noopener noreferrer">→ Read full article</a></p> <h2> 3. Nested virtualization is now available on additional Intel platforms and US Gov Cloud regions </h2> <blockquote> <p><strong>Compute</strong> &nbsp;·&nbsp; <em>AWS What's New</em></p> </blockquote> <p>Nested virtualization is now available on additional Intel platforms, including C7i, R7i, and M7i instances, and in US GovCloud regions. This expansion benefits customers who need to create nested environments for use cases such as running emulators for mobile applications. Nested virtualization capabilities are now available in all commercial regions and US GovCloud (US-East) and US GovCloud (US-West).</p> <p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/06/nested-virtualization-intel-us-gov-cloud/" rel="noopener noreferrer">→ Read full article</a></p> <h2> 4. Amazon MQ for RabbitMQ now supports private networking connectivity </h2> <blockquote> <p><strong>Networking</strong> &nbsp;·&nbsp; <em>AWS What's New</em></p> </blockquote> <p>Amazon MQ for RabbitMQ now supports private networking connectivity, enabling brokers to connect to private resources in a VPC without exposing them publicly. This benefits customers who need to meet security and compliance requirements when connecting to private identity providers or other brokers. Amazon MQ establishes this connectivity using Amazon VPC Lattice, AWS Resource Access Manager, and AWS PrivateLink.</p> <p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/05/amazon-mq-private-network-connectivity/" rel="noopener noreferrer">→ Read full article</a></p> <h2> 5. Optimize EC2 costs with AWS Compute Optimizer right sizing </h2> <blockquote> <p><strong>FinOps</strong> &nbsp;·&nbsp; <em>AWS Compute Blog</em></p> </blockquote> <p>AWS Compute Optimizer now provides right sizing recommendations for EC2 instances, helping customers optimize costs by matching instance types and sizes to actual resource demands. This benefits customers who want to improve their ROI on EC2 investments without manually analyzing hundreds or thousands of instances. AWS Compute Optimizer analyzes configuration and utilization metrics to provide recommendations.</p> <p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/compute/optimize-ec2-costs-with-aws-compute-optimizer-right-sizing/" rel="noopener noreferrer">→ Read full article</a></p> <h2> 6. Introducing Amazon Bedrock Managed Knowledge Base for faster, more accurate enterprise AI applications </h2> <blockquote> <p><strong>AI/ML</strong> &nbsp;·&nbsp; <em>AWS Blog</em></p> </blockquote> <p>Amazon Bedrock Managed Knowledge Base is a new capability that enables developers to build enterprise-grade generative AI applications with proprietary data in minutes. This benefits organizations building agentic AI applications that need secure and reliable access to enterprise-wide data. Managed Knowledge Base abstracts away the complexity of building and managing retrieval-augmented generation pipelines.</p> <p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/introducing-amazon-bedrock-managed-knowledge-base-for-faster-more-accurate-enterprise-ai-applications/" rel="noopener noreferrer">→ Read full article</a></p> <h2> 7. Amazon Connect Customer launches the ability to interrupt an agent with an urgent contact </h2> <blockquote> <p><strong>Database</strong> &nbsp;·&nbsp; <em>AWS What's New</em></p> </blockquote> <p>Amazon Connect Customer now supports the ability to interrupt an agent with an urgent contact, overriding their usual routing configuration. This benefits customers who need to prioritize time-sensitive work, such as urgent callbacks or critical customer service issues. Agents can now receive urgent calls even if they are already on another call.</p> <p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/06/amazon-connect-interrupt-agent-with-urgent-contact/" rel="noopener noreferrer">→ Read full article</a></p> <p><em>#aws #cloud #ec2 #gpus</em></p> aws cloud ec2 gpus Manikandan Wed, 17 Jun 2026 22:28:06 +0000 https://dev.to/manikandansn/aws-daily-digest-june-17-2026-21a6 https://dev.to/manikandansn/aws-daily-digest-june-17-2026-21a6 <blockquote> <p>☁️ <strong>AWS Daily Digest · June 17, 2026</strong><br> Auto-generated · Groq (Llama 3.3 70B) · Free &amp; Open-Source</p> </blockquote> <p><em>7 highlights · ~2 min read · Quick AI briefing per item</em></p> <h2> 1. Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MariaDB now supports M9g database instances </h2> <blockquote> <p><strong>Database</strong> &nbsp;·&nbsp; <em>AWS What's New</em></p> </blockquote> <p>Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MariaDB now supports M9g database instances, providing up to 30% performance improvement. This benefits customers seeking better database performance and price/performance improvements. The M9g instances are available with new 24xlarge and 48xlarge sizes, offering up to 192 vCPU.</p> <p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/06/amazon-rds-postgresql-mysql-mariadb-m9g-instances/" rel="noopener noreferrer">→ Read full article</a></p> <h2> 2. Amazon Aurora and RDS for MySQL expand Extended Support for MySQL 5.7 through June 2029 </h2> <blockquote> <p><strong>Database</strong> &nbsp;·&nbsp; <em>AWS What's New</em></p> </blockquote> <p>Amazon Aurora and RDS for MySQL have extended support for MySQL 5.7 through June 2029, giving customers more time to plan upgrades. This benefits customers who require additional time to transition to a supported major version while still receiving critical security patches and bug fixes. There is no price increase with this extension.</p> <p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/06/rds-mysql-es-extension/" rel="noopener noreferrer">→ Read full article</a></p> <h2> 3. Optimize EC2 costs with AWS Compute Optimizer right sizing </h2> <blockquote> <p><strong>FinOps</strong> &nbsp;·&nbsp; <em>AWS Compute Blog</em></p> </blockquote> <p>AWS Compute Optimizer now offers right sizing for EC2 instances, helping customers optimize costs by matching instance types and sizes to actual resource demands. This benefits customers seeking to reduce EC2 costs while maintaining performance and capacity requirements. AWS Compute Optimizer analyzes resource configuration and utilization metrics to provide rightsizing recommendations.</p> <p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/compute/optimize-ec2-costs-with-aws-compute-optimizer-right-sizing/" rel="noopener noreferrer">→ Read full article</a></p> <h2> 4. Integrating Event Source Mappings with AWS Lambda tenant isolation mode </h2> <blockquote> <p><strong>Compute</strong> &nbsp;·&nbsp; <em>AWS Compute Blog</em></p> </blockquote> <p>AWS Lambda now integrates Event Source Mappings with tenant isolation mode, addressing trade-offs between security, operational complexity, and cost efficiency. This benefits customers building event-driven multi-tenant SaaS applications requiring compute isolation between tenants. The integration reduces operational overhead and costs.</p> <p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/compute/integrating-event-source-mappings-with-aws-lambda-tenant-isolation-mode/" rel="noopener noreferrer">→ Read full article</a></p> <h2> 5. AWS Nitro Isolation Engine: Formally verifying the hypervisor in the AWS Nitro System </h2> <blockquote> <p><strong>Security</strong> &nbsp;·&nbsp; <em>AWS Compute Blog</em></p> </blockquote> <p>The AWS Nitro Isolation Engine provides formal verification of the hypervisor in the AWS Nitro System, enhancing security for customer workloads. This benefits millions of customers using the AWS Nitro System to protect sensitive workloads. The Nitro System is purpose-built hardware and software for data isolation and protection.</p> <p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/compute/aws-nitro-isolation-engine-formally-verifying-the-hypervisor-in-the-aws-nitro-system/" rel="noopener noreferrer">→ Read full article</a></p> <h2> 6. AWS Glue Interactive Sessions now support Spark Connect for interactive workloads </h2> <blockquote> <p><strong>AI/ML</strong> &nbsp;·&nbsp; <em>AWS What's New</em></p> </blockquote> <p>AWS Glue Interactive Sessions now support Spark Connect for interactive workloads, enabling development and running of Apache Spark applications from preferred environments. This benefits customers seeking to develop and run Spark applications on AWS Glue's serverless infrastructure without managing clusters. Spark Connect uses a thin client architecture for Spark job submission.</p> <p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/06/aws-glue-interactive-sessions-spark-connect-smus-notebooks" rel="noopener noreferrer">→ Read full article</a></p> <h2> 7. Reducing costs by 50% while processing population-scale genomics with Mountpoint for Amazon S3 and AWS Batch </h2> <blockquote> <p><strong>Storage</strong> &nbsp;·&nbsp; <em>AWS HPC Blog</em></p> </blockquote> <p>Mountpoint for Amazon S3 and AWS Batch has helped Oxford Nanopore Technologies reduce costs by 50% while processing population-scale genomics. This benefits customers seeking to process large-scale genomics data reliably and securely while reducing computational costs. The solution uses AWS Batch and Nextflow to build a managed compute environment.</p> <p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/hpc/reducing-costs-by-50-while-processing-population-scale-genomics-with-mountpoint-for-amazon-s3-and-aws-batch/" rel="noopener noreferrer">→ Read full article</a></p> <p><em>#aws #cloud #database #compute</em></p> aws cloud database compute Manikandan Tue, 16 Jun 2026 22:57:39 +0000 https://dev.to/manikandansn/aws-daily-digest-june-16-2026-5b2 https://dev.to/manikandansn/aws-daily-digest-june-16-2026-5b2 <blockquote> <p>☁️ <strong>AWS Daily Digest · June 16, 2026</strong><br> Auto-generated · Groq (Llama 3.3 70B) · Free &amp; Open-Source</p> </blockquote> <p><em>7 highlights · ~2 min read · Quick AI briefing per item</em></p> <h2> 1. AWS Sign-in now supports resource-based policies and resource control policies </h2> <blockquote> <p><strong>Security</strong> &nbsp;·&nbsp; <em>AWS What's New</em></p> </blockquote> <p>AWS Sign-in now supports resource-based policies and resource control policies for the AWS Management Console. This matters for security teams and organizations looking to restrict console sign-in to expected networks. Resource-based policies and RCPs are available at no additional cost in all AWS commercial Regions.</p> <p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/06/aws-sign-in/" rel="noopener noreferrer">→ Read full article</a></p> <h2> 2. Now available: Amazon EC2 M9g and M9gd instances powered by new AWS Graviton5 processors </h2> <blockquote> <p><strong>Compute</strong> &nbsp;·&nbsp; <em>AWS Blog</em></p> </blockquote> <p>Amazon EC2 M9g and M9gd instances powered by new AWS Graviton5 processors are now available. This benefits customers who need improved compute performance, price-performance, and energy efficiency, such as those running databases or observability workloads. M9g instances have shown significant performance boosts in testing, with some customers seeing up to 60% improvements.</p> <p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/now-available-amazon-ec2-m9g-and-m9gd-instances-powered-by-new-aws-graviton5-processors/" rel="noopener noreferrer">→ Read full article</a></p> <h2> 3. Amazon Redshift RG instances powered by AWS Graviton now available in additional regions </h2> <blockquote> <p><strong>Compute</strong> &nbsp;·&nbsp; <em>AWS What's New</em></p> </blockquote> <p>Amazon Redshift RG instances powered by AWS Graviton are now available in additional regions, including Africa, Asia Pacific, and Mexico. This expansion benefits customers in these regions who need high-performance data warehouse capabilities with better price-performance. RG instances deliver up to 4.2X better price-performance and cost 30% less per vCPU compared to other data warehouses.</p> <p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/06/amazon-redshift-rg-instances-3-additional-regions/" rel="noopener noreferrer">→ Read full article</a></p> <h2> 4. Optimize EC2 costs with AWS Compute Optimizer right sizing </h2> <blockquote> <p><strong>FinOps</strong> &nbsp;·&nbsp; <em>AWS Compute Blog</em></p> </blockquote> <p>AWS Compute Optimizer now offers right sizing recommendations for EC2 instances to help optimize costs. This matters for customers looking to reduce their EC2 spend without sacrificing performance, as rightsizing can be time-consuming and error-prone to do manually. Compute Optimizer analyzes resource configuration and utilization metrics to provide personalized recommendations.</p> <p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/compute/optimize-ec2-costs-with-aws-compute-optimizer-right-sizing/" rel="noopener noreferrer">→ Read full article</a></p> <h2> 5. Integrating Event Source Mappings with AWS Lambda tenant isolation mode </h2> <blockquote> <p><strong>Compute</strong> &nbsp;·&nbsp; <em>AWS Compute Blog</em></p> </blockquote> <p>AWS Lambda now supports integrating Event Source Mappings with tenant isolation mode, enabling secure and isolated execution of multi-tenant SaaS applications. This benefits developers who need to prevent data leakage and maintain security boundaries between tenants without introducing operational overhead. The integration reduces the trade-offs between security, complexity, and cost efficiency.</p> <p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/compute/integrating-event-source-mappings-with-aws-lambda-tenant-isolation-mode/" rel="noopener noreferrer">→ Read full article</a></p> <h2> 6. AWS WAF adds AI traffic monetization capability to help content owners charge AI bots for content access </h2> <blockquote> <p><strong>Networking</strong> &nbsp;·&nbsp; <em>AWS Blog</em></p> </blockquote> <p>AWS WAF has added an AI traffic monetization capability, allowing content owners to charge AI bots for access to protected web content. This matters for digital content owners and publishers who want to set per-request pricing for AI bot access without modifying their infrastructure. The capability helps content owners collect payments and monitor revenue and bot activity from a single dashboard.</p> <p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/aws-waf-adds-ai-traffic-monetization-capability-to-help-content-owners-charge-ai-bots-for-content-access/" rel="noopener noreferrer">→ Read full article</a></p> <h2> 7. Anthropic Claude Fable 5 on AWS: Mythos-class capabilities with built-in safeguards now available </h2> <blockquote> <p><strong>AI/ML</strong> &nbsp;·&nbsp; <em>AWS Blog</em></p> </blockquote> <p>Anthropic Claude Fable 5 is now available on AWS, offering Mythos-class capabilities with built-in safeguards for broader use. This benefits customers who need advanced AI capabilities with strong safety features, although access to Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5 has been revoked due to US Government export control directives. Other Anthropic models, such as Opus4.8, remain available for use.</p> <p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/anthropic-claude-fable-5-on-aws-mythos-class-capabilities-with-built-in-safeguards-now-available/" rel="noopener noreferrer">→ Read full article</a></p> <p><em>#aws #cloud #graviton #ec2</em></p> aws cloud graviton ec2 Manikandan Mon, 15 Jun 2026 23:20:29 +0000 https://dev.to/manikandansn/aws-daily-digest-june-15-2026-1kjc https://dev.to/manikandansn/aws-daily-digest-june-15-2026-1kjc <blockquote> <p>☁️ <strong>AWS Daily Digest · June 15, 2026</strong><br> Auto-generated · Groq (Llama 3.3 70B) · Free &amp; Open-Source</p> </blockquote> <p><em>7 highlights · ~2 min read · Quick AI briefing per item</em></p> <h2> 1. Now available: Amazon EC2 M9g and M9gd instances powered by new AWS Graviton5 processors </h2> <blockquote> <p><strong>Compute</strong> &nbsp;·&nbsp; <em>AWS Blog</em></p> </blockquote> <p>Amazon EC2 now offers M9g and M9gd instances powered by AWS Graviton5 processors, delivering improved compute performance and energy efficiency. This benefits customers running a wide range of workloads, with examples including ClickHouse and Honeycomb seeing significant performance boosts. The M9g instances are generally available in multiple regions.</p> <p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/now-available-amazon-ec2-m9g-and-m9gd-instances-powered-by-new-aws-graviton5-processors/" rel="noopener noreferrer">→ Read full article</a></p> <h2> 2. Amazon Route 53 Resolver DNS Firewall now supports Palo Alto Networks Advanced DNS Security (Preview) </h2> <blockquote> <p><strong>Security</strong> &nbsp;·&nbsp; <em>AWS What's New</em></p> </blockquote> <p>Amazon Route 53 Resolver DNS Firewall now supports Palo Alto Networks Advanced DNS Security in preview, allowing security administrators to enforce DNS threat protections directly on Route 53 DNS Firewall rules. This benefits security teams by simplifying the deployment of DNS threat protections without requiring separate firewalls or VPC configuration changes. </p> <p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/06/amazon-route-53-resolver-dns/" rel="noopener noreferrer">→ Read full article</a></p> <h2> 3. Amazon FSx for OpenZFS now supports on-demand data replication across AWS opt-in Regions </h2> <blockquote> <p><strong>Storage</strong> &nbsp;·&nbsp; <em>AWS What's New</em></p> </blockquote> <p>Amazon FSx for OpenZFS now supports on-demand data replication across AWS opt-in Regions, enabling easy transfer of incremental point-in-time snapshots of volumes. This benefits customers by providing a simple and resilient way to implement disaster recovery and replicate production data to different regions or accounts. </p> <p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/06/on-demand-cross-region-replication/" rel="noopener noreferrer">→ Read full article</a></p> <h2> 4. Amazon ECS Express Mode is now available in AWS GovCloud (US) Regions </h2> <blockquote> <p><strong>Compute</strong> &nbsp;·&nbsp; <em>AWS What's New</em></p> </blockquote> <p>Amazon ECS Express Mode is now available in AWS GovCloud (US) Regions, empowering developers to rapidly launch containerized applications. This benefits developers by making it easy to orchestrate and manage cloud architecture while maintaining full control over infrastructure resources. </p> <p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/06/amazon-ecs-express-mode-govcloud/" rel="noopener noreferrer">→ Read full article</a></p> <h2> 5. Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Memory now supports strictly consistent metadata for long-term memory </h2> <blockquote> <p><strong>AI/ML</strong> &nbsp;·&nbsp; <em>AWS What's New</em></p> </blockquote> <p>Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Memory now supports strictly consistent metadata for long-term memory, allowing metadata values to be attached directly from applications. This benefits customers by ensuring metadata values pass through extraction and consolidation unchanged, providing more accurate and reliable information. </p> <p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/05/agentcore-memory-scmetadata" rel="noopener noreferrer">→ Read full article</a></p> <h2> 6. Amazon CloudWatch introduces Log Analytics for unified log analysis </h2> <blockquote> <p><strong>Networking</strong> &nbsp;·&nbsp; <em>AWS What's New</em></p> </blockquote> <p>Amazon CloudWatch introduces Log Analytics for unified log analysis, bringing together CloudWatch Logs Insights, Live Tail, and Contributor Insights in one console experience. This benefits customers by providing a single location for querying, analyzing, and streaming log data, making it easier to identify and troubleshoot issues. </p> <p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/06/amazon-cloudwatch-log-analytics/" rel="noopener noreferrer">→ Read full article</a></p> <h2> 7. Optimize EC2 costs with AWS Compute Optimizer right sizing </h2> <blockquote> <p><strong>FinOps</strong> &nbsp;·&nbsp; <em>AWS Compute Blog</em></p> </blockquote> <p>AWS Compute Optimizer now offers right sizing recommendations for EC2 instances, analyzing resource configuration and utilization metrics to identify cost-saving opportunities. This benefits customers by helping them match instance types and sizes to actual workload demands, reducing costs while maintaining performance and capacity requirements. </p> <p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/compute/optimize-ec2-costs-with-aws-compute-optimizer-right-sizing/" rel="noopener noreferrer">→ Read full article</a></p> <p><em>#aws #cloud #graviton #ec2</em></p> aws cloud graviton ec2 Manikandan Sun, 14 Jun 2026 20:51:20 +0000 https://dev.to/manikandansn/aws-daily-digest-june-14-2026-4f4 https://dev.to/manikandansn/aws-daily-digest-june-14-2026-4f4 <blockquote> <p>☁️ <strong>AWS Daily Digest · June 14, 2026</strong><br> Auto-generated · Groq (Llama 3.3 70B) · Free &amp; Open-Source</p> </blockquote> <p><em>7 highlights · ~2 min read · Quick AI briefing per item</em></p> <h2> 1. Now available: Amazon EC2 M9g and M9gd instances powered by new AWS Graviton5 processors </h2> <blockquote> <p><strong>Compute</strong> &nbsp;·&nbsp; <em>AWS Blog</em></p> </blockquote> <p>Amazon EC2 M9g and M9gd instances are now available, powered by new AWS Graviton5 processors. This matters for customers who need improved compute performance, price-performance, and energy efficiency. A key caveat is that these instances have been tested by customers like ClickHouse and Honeycomb, who saw significant performance boosts.</p> <p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/now-available-amazon-ec2-m9g-and-m9gd-instances-powered-by-new-aws-graviton5-processors/" rel="noopener noreferrer">→ Read full article</a></p> <h2> 2. Amazon EC2 I7i instances now available in AWS Europe (Paris) Region </h2> <blockquote> <p><strong>Compute</strong> &nbsp;·&nbsp; <em>AWS What's New</em></p> </blockquote> <p>Amazon EC2 I7i instances are now available in the AWS Europe (Paris) region, offering up to 23% better compute performance and 10% better price performance. This benefits customers who need high-performance storage-optimized instances. The I7i instances are powered by 5th Gen Intel Xeon Processors and 3rd generation AWS Nitro SSDs.</p> <p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/06/amazon-ec2-i7i-instances-europe-paris-region/" rel="noopener noreferrer">→ Read full article</a></p> <h2> 3. Amazon EC2 High Memory U7i-8TB instances now available in AWS Europe (Paris) region </h2> <blockquote> <p><strong>Compute</strong> &nbsp;·&nbsp; <em>AWS What's New</em></p> </blockquote> <p>Amazon EC2 High Memory U7i-8TB instances are now available in the AWS Europe (Paris) region, offering 8 TiB of DDR5 memory and up to 45% better price performance. This matters for customers who need to scale transaction processing throughput in fast-growing data environments. The U7i-8TB instances deliver 448 vCPUs and support up to 100 Gbps of Amazon EBS bandwidth.</p> <p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/06/amazon-ec2-u7i-8tb-europe-paris/" rel="noopener noreferrer">→ Read full article</a></p> <h2> 4. SageMaker AI now supports serverless fine-tuning for NVIDIA Nemotron models </h2> <blockquote> <p><strong>AI/ML</strong> &nbsp;·&nbsp; <em>AWS What's New</em></p> </blockquote> <p>SageMaker AI now supports serverless fine-tuning for NVIDIA Nemotron models, enabling customers to adapt these models to their specific domains and workflows. This benefits customers who need to tailor foundation models with their proprietary data. Model customization can improve accuracy on domain-specific tasks and enhance performance on new tasks.</p> <p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/05/amazon-sagemaker-ft-nemotron-3/" rel="noopener noreferrer">→ Read full article</a></p> <h2> 5. AWS Nitro Isolation Engine: Formally verifying the hypervisor in the AWS Nitro System </h2> <blockquote> <p><strong>Security</strong> &nbsp;·&nbsp; <em>AWS Compute Blog</em></p> </blockquote> <p>The AWS Nitro Isolation Engine has been formally verified to secure the hypervisor in the AWS Nitro System, protecting customer data. This matters for millions of customers who use the AWS Nitro System to protect their sensitive workloads. The Nitro System is purpose-built hardware and software that provides the foundation for all modern Amazon EC2 instances.</p> <p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/compute/aws-nitro-isolation-engine-formally-verifying-the-hypervisor-in-the-aws-nitro-system/" rel="noopener noreferrer">→ Read full article</a></p> <h2> 6. Optimize EC2 costs with AWS Compute Optimizer right sizing </h2> <blockquote> <p><strong>FinOps</strong> &nbsp;·&nbsp; <em>AWS Compute Blog</em></p> </blockquote> <p>AWS Compute Optimizer provides rightsizing recommendations to optimize EC2 costs, helping customers match instance types and sizes to actual resource demands. This benefits customers who want to reduce costs while maintaining performance and capacity requirements. Compute Optimizer analyzes resource configuration and utilization metrics to provide recommendations.</p> <p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/compute/optimize-ec2-costs-with-aws-compute-optimizer-right-sizing/" rel="noopener noreferrer">→ Read full article</a></p> <h2> 7. Improve your application resilience with Amazon Cognito multi-Region replication </h2> <blockquote> <p><strong>Security</strong> &nbsp;·&nbsp; <em>AWS Blog</em></p> </blockquote> <p>Amazon Cognito now offers multi-Region replication to improve application resilience, maintaining consistent user authentication in the event of a regional service interruption. This matters for developers who need to handle user and machine-to-machine authentication. The update also includes support for customer-managed keys for more control over encryption.</p> <p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/improve-your-application-resilience-with-amazon-cognito-multi-region-replication/" rel="noopener noreferrer">→ Read full article</a></p> <p><em>#aws #cloud #ec2 #graviton</em></p> aws cloud ec2 graviton Manikandan Sat, 13 Jun 2026 20:52:14 +0000 https://dev.to/manikandansn/aws-daily-digest-june-13-2026-442p https://dev.to/manikandansn/aws-daily-digest-june-13-2026-442p <blockquote> <p>☁️ <strong>AWS Daily Digest · June 13, 2026</strong><br> Auto-generated · Groq (Llama 3.3 70B) · Free &amp; Open-Source</p> </blockquote> <p><em>7 highlights · ~2 min read · Quick AI briefing per item</em></p> <h2> 1. Now available: Amazon EC2 M9g and M9gd instances powered by new AWS Graviton5 processors </h2> <blockquote> <p><strong>Compute</strong> &nbsp;·&nbsp; <em>AWS Blog</em></p> </blockquote> <p>Amazon EC2 M9g and M9gd instances are now available, powered by new AWS Graviton5 processors. This matters for customers who need improved compute performance, price-performance, and energy efficiency. A key caveat is that these instances have been tested by customers like ClickHouse and Honeycomb, who saw significant performance boosts.</p> <p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/now-available-amazon-ec2-m9g-and-m9gd-instances-powered-by-new-aws-graviton5-processors/" rel="noopener noreferrer">→ Read full article</a></p> <h2> 2. Amazon EC2 I7i instances now available in AWS Europe (Paris) Region </h2> <blockquote> <p><strong>Compute</strong> &nbsp;·&nbsp; <em>AWS What's New</em></p> </blockquote> <p>Amazon EC2 I7i instances are now available in the AWS Europe (Paris) region, offering up to 23% better compute performance and 10% better price performance. This benefits customers who need high-performance storage-optimized instances. The I7i instances are powered by 5th Gen Intel Xeon Processors and 3rd generation AWS Nitro SSDs.</p> <p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/06/amazon-ec2-i7i-instances-europe-paris-region/" rel="noopener noreferrer">→ Read full article</a></p> <h2> 3. Amazon EC2 High Memory U7i-8TB instances now available in AWS Europe (Paris) region </h2> <blockquote> <p><strong>Compute</strong> &nbsp;·&nbsp; <em>AWS What's New</em></p> </blockquote> <p>Amazon EC2 High Memory U7i-8TB instances are now available in the AWS Europe (Paris) region, offering 8 TiB of DDR5 memory and up to 45% better price performance. This matters for customers who need to scale transaction processing throughput in fast-growing data environments. The U7i instances are powered by custom fourth-generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors.</p> <p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/06/amazon-ec2-u7i-8tb-europe-paris/" rel="noopener noreferrer">→ Read full article</a></p> <h2> 4. SageMaker AI now supports serverless fine-tuning for NVIDIA Nemotron models </h2> <blockquote> <p><strong>AI/ML</strong> &nbsp;·&nbsp; <em>AWS What's New</em></p> </blockquote> <p>SageMaker AI now supports serverless fine-tuning for NVIDIA Nemotron models, enabling customers to adapt these models to their specific domains and workflows. This benefits customers who need to tailor foundation models with their proprietary data. Serverless customization allows SageMaker AI to handle infrastructure provisioning and training orchestration.</p> <p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/05/amazon-sagemaker-ft-nemotron-3/" rel="noopener noreferrer">→ Read full article</a></p> <h2> 5. Optimize EC2 costs with AWS Compute Optimizer right sizing </h2> <blockquote> <p><strong>FinOps</strong> &nbsp;·&nbsp; <em>AWS Compute Blog</em></p> </blockquote> <p>AWS Compute Optimizer now offers right sizing recommendations to help customers optimize EC2 costs by matching instance types and sizes to actual resource demands. This matters for customers who want to improve their ROI on EC2 investments. Compute Optimizer analyzes resource configuration and utilization metrics to provide recommendations.</p> <p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/compute/optimize-ec2-costs-with-aws-compute-optimizer-right-sizing/" rel="noopener noreferrer">→ Read full article</a></p> <h2> 6. Improve your application resilience with Amazon Cognito multi-Region replication </h2> <blockquote> <p><strong>Security</strong> &nbsp;·&nbsp; <em>AWS Blog</em></p> </blockquote> <p>Amazon Cognito now offers multi-Region replication to improve application resilience in the event of a regional service interruption. This benefits customers who rely on Cognito for user and machine-to-machine authentication. Multi-Region replication helps maintain consistent authentication across regions.</p> <p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/improve-your-application-resilience-with-amazon-cognito-multi-region-replication/" rel="noopener noreferrer">→ Read full article</a></p> <h2> 7. AWS Nitro Isolation Engine: Formally verifying the hypervisor in the AWS Nitro System </h2> <blockquote> <p><strong>Security</strong> &nbsp;·&nbsp; <em>AWS Compute Blog</em></p> </blockquote> <p>The AWS Nitro Isolation Engine provides formal verification of the hypervisor in the AWS Nitro System, enhancing security and data protection for customers. This matters for customers who need to protect their most sensitive workloads. The Nitro System is purpose-built hardware and software that provides a foundation for modern Amazon EC2 instances.</p> <p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/compute/aws-nitro-isolation-engine-formally-verifying-the-hypervisor-in-the-aws-nitro-system/" rel="noopener noreferrer">→ Read full article</a></p> <p><em>#aws #cloud #ec2 #graviton</em></p> aws cloud ec2 graviton Manikandan Fri, 12 Jun 2026 22:15:33 +0000 https://dev.to/manikandansn/aws-daily-digest-june-12-2026-1m0k https://dev.to/manikandansn/aws-daily-digest-june-12-2026-1m0k <blockquote> <p>☁️ <strong>AWS Daily Digest · June 12, 2026</strong><br> Auto-generated · Groq (Llama 3.3 70B) · Free &amp; Open-Source</p> </blockquote> <p><em>7 highlights · ~2 min read · Quick AI briefing per item</em></p> <h2> 1. Now available: Amazon EC2 M9g and M9gd instances powered by new AWS Graviton5 processors </h2> <blockquote> <p><strong>Compute</strong> &nbsp;·&nbsp; <em>AWS Blog</em></p> </blockquote> <p>Amazon EC2 M9g and M9gd instances, powered by AWS Graviton5 processors, are now available, offering improved compute performance, price-performance, and energy efficiency. This benefits customers running a wide range of workloads, with reported performance boosts of up to 36% and query duration drops of up to 60%. The M9g instances are generally available in multiple regions.</p> <p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/now-available-amazon-ec2-m9g-and-m9gd-instances-powered-by-new-aws-graviton5-processors/" rel="noopener noreferrer">→ Read full article</a></p> <h2> 2. Amazon EC2 I7i instances now available in AWS Europe (Paris) Region </h2> <blockquote> <p><strong>Compute</strong> &nbsp;·&nbsp; <em>AWS What's New</em></p> </blockquote> <p>Amazon EC2 I7i instances are now available in the AWS Europe (Paris) region, delivering up to 23% better compute performance and more than 10% better price performance over previous generation I4i instances. This benefits customers requiring high-performance storage-optimized instances, such as those running databases and data analytics workloads. The I7i instances are powered by 5th Gen Intel Xeon Processors.</p> <p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/06/amazon-ec2-i7i-instances-europe-paris-region/" rel="noopener noreferrer">→ Read full article</a></p> <h2> 3. Amazon EC2 High Memory U7i-8TB instances now available in AWS Europe (Paris) region </h2> <blockquote> <p><strong>Compute</strong> &nbsp;·&nbsp; <em>AWS What's New</em></p> </blockquote> <p>Amazon EC2 High Memory U7i-8TB instances are now available in the AWS Europe (Paris) region, offering 8 TiB of DDR5 memory and up to 45% better price performance over existing U-1 instances. This benefits customers running mission-critical applications requiring large amounts of memory, such as in-memory databases and real-time analytics. The U7i-8TB instances support up to 100 Gbps of Amazon EBS bandwidth.</p> <p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/06/amazon-ec2-u7i-8tb-europe-paris/" rel="noopener noreferrer">→ Read full article</a></p> <h2> 4. Amazon EC2 Capacity Blocks for ML is now available in AWS GovCloud (US) Regions </h2> <blockquote> <p><strong>Compute</strong> &nbsp;·&nbsp; <em>AWS What's New</em></p> </blockquote> <p>Amazon EC2 Capacity Blocks for ML is now available in AWS GovCloud (US) regions, enabling government and regulated-industry customers to reserve GPU capacity for machine learning workloads. This benefits customers requiring assured access to accelerated compute for short-duration pre-training, fine-tuning, and inference demand surges. Capacity Blocks can be reserved up to eight weeks in advance for durations up to 6 months.</p> <p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/06/amazon-ec2-capacity-blocks-ml-govcloud/" rel="noopener noreferrer">→ Read full article</a></p> <h2> 5. Optimize EC2 costs with AWS Compute Optimizer right sizing </h2> <blockquote> <p><strong>FinOps</strong> &nbsp;·&nbsp; <em>AWS Compute Blog</em></p> </blockquote> <p>AWS Compute Optimizer now offers right sizing recommendations for Amazon EC2 instances, helping customers optimize costs by matching instance types and sizes to actual resource demands. This benefits customers seeking to reduce costs while maintaining performance and capacity requirements. The optimizer analyzes resource configuration and utilization metrics to provide personalized recommendations.</p> <p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/compute/optimize-ec2-costs-with-aws-compute-optimizer-right-sizing/" rel="noopener noreferrer">→ Read full article</a></p> <h2> 6. SageMaker AI now supports serverless fine-tuning for NVIDIA Nemotron models </h2> <blockquote> <p><strong>AI/ML</strong> &nbsp;·&nbsp; <em>AWS What's New</em></p> </blockquote> <p>SageMaker AI now supports serverless fine-tuning for NVIDIA Nemotron models, enabling customers to customize models using supervised and reinforcement fine-tuning. This benefits customers seeking to adapt foundation models to their specific domains and workflows, improving accuracy and performance. Serverless customization handles all infrastructure provisioning and training orchestration.</p> <p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/05/amazon-sagemaker-ft-nemotron-3/" rel="noopener noreferrer">→ Read full article</a></p> <h2> 7. Improve your application resilience with Amazon Cognito multi-Region replication </h2> <blockquote> <p><strong>Security</strong> &nbsp;·&nbsp; <em>AWS Blog</em></p> </blockquote> <p>Amazon Cognito now offers multi-Region replication, improving application resilience by maintaining consistent user authentication in the event of a regional service interruption. This benefits developers building high-availability applications, particularly those using microservices, automation, and service accounts. The update also includes support for customer-managed keys for encryption control.</p> <p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/improve-your-application-resilience-with-amazon-cognito-multi-region-replication/" rel="noopener noreferrer">→ Read full article</a></p> <p><em>#aws #cloud #ec2 #graviton</em></p> aws cloud ec2 graviton Manikandan Thu, 11 Jun 2026 23:00:10 +0000 https://dev.to/manikandansn/aws-daily-digest-june-11-2026-26m4 https://dev.to/manikandansn/aws-daily-digest-june-11-2026-26m4 <blockquote> <p>☁️ <strong>AWS Daily Digest · June 11, 2026</strong><br> Auto-generated · Groq (Llama 3.3 70B) · Free &amp; Open-Source</p> </blockquote> <p><em>7 highlights · ~2 min read · Quick AI briefing per item</em></p> <h2> 1. Now available: Amazon EC2 M9g and M9gd instances powered by new AWS Graviton5 processors </h2> <blockquote> <p><strong>Compute</strong> &nbsp;·&nbsp; <em>AWS Blog</em></p> </blockquote> <p>Amazon EC2 now offers M9g and M9gd instances powered by AWS Graviton5 processors, which deliver improved compute performance, price-performance, and energy efficiency. This benefits customers who require high-performance computing for workloads like databases and analytics. The M9g instances are now generally available in multiple regions.</p> <p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/now-available-amazon-ec2-m9g-and-m9gd-instances-powered-by-new-aws-graviton5-processors/" rel="noopener noreferrer">→ Read full article</a></p> <h2> 2. Amazon Aurora now supports PostgreSQL major version 18 </h2> <blockquote> <p><strong>Database</strong> &nbsp;·&nbsp; <em>AWS What's New</em></p> </blockquote> <p>Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL-Compatible Edition now supports PostgreSQL major version 18, which brings community improvements to query performance and database management. This upgrade benefits customers who require improved query performance and database management capabilities. The new version introduces support for pg_roaringbitmap, a new extension for fast set operations.</p> <p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/06/amazon-aurora-postgresql-major-version-18/" rel="noopener noreferrer">→ Read full article</a></p> <h2> 3. Build RAG-powered AI solutions at the edge with AWS Local Zones and Outposts </h2> <blockquote> <p><strong>Security</strong> &nbsp;·&nbsp; <em>AWS Compute Blog</em></p> </blockquote> <p>AWS Local Zones and Outposts now support building RAG-powered AI solutions at the edge, enabling organizations to utilize generative AI while keeping data on-premises or within specific geographic boundaries. This benefits organizations in regulated industries with strict information security requirements. The solution utilizes self-managed Small Language Models (SLMs) for specific use cases.</p> <p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/compute/build-rag-powered-ai-solutions-at-the-edge-with-aws-local-zones-and-outposts/" rel="noopener noreferrer">→ Read full article</a></p> <h2> 4. Optimize EC2 costs with AWS Compute Optimizer right sizing </h2> <blockquote> <p><strong>FinOps</strong> &nbsp;·&nbsp; <em>AWS Compute Blog</em></p> </blockquote> <p>AWS Compute Optimizer now offers right sizing for EC2 instances, which helps customers optimize costs by matching instance types and sizes to actual resource demands. This benefits customers who want to reduce costs while maintaining performance and capacity requirements. The optimizer analyzes resource configuration and utilization metrics to provide rightsizing recommendations.</p> <p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/compute/optimize-ec2-costs-with-aws-compute-optimizer-right-sizing/" rel="noopener noreferrer">→ Read full article</a></p> <h2> 5. Anthropic Claude Fable 5 on AWS: Mythos-class capabilities with built-in safeguards now available </h2> <blockquote> <p><strong>AI/ML</strong> &nbsp;·&nbsp; <em>AWS Blog</em></p> </blockquote> <p>Anthropic Claude Fable 5 is now available on AWS, offering Mythos-class capabilities with built-in safeguards for state-of-the-art performance in software engineering, knowledge work tasks, and vision. This benefits customers who require high-performance AI capabilities with strong safeguards. Fable 5 is available on Amazon Bedrock and Claude Platform on AWS.</p> <p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/anthropic-claude-fable-5-on-aws-mythos-class-capabilities-with-built-in-safeguards-now-available/" rel="noopener noreferrer">→ Read full article</a></p> <h2> 6. Improve your application resilience with Amazon Cognito multi-Region replication </h2> <blockquote> <p><strong>Security</strong> &nbsp;·&nbsp; <em>AWS Blog</em></p> </blockquote> <p>Amazon Cognito now supports multi-Region replication, which improves application resilience by maintaining consistent user authentication in the event of a regional service interruption. This benefits developers who require high availability for user authentication and machine-to-machine authentication. The update also includes support for customer-managed keys for encryption control.</p> <p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/improve-your-application-resilience-with-amazon-cognito-multi-region-replication/" rel="noopener noreferrer">→ Read full article</a></p> <h2> 7. Reducing costs by 50% while processing population-scale genomics with Mountpoint for Amazon S3 and AWS Batch </h2> <blockquote> <p><strong>Storage</strong> &nbsp;·&nbsp; <em>AWS HPC Blog</em></p> </blockquote> <p>Mountpoint for Amazon S3 and AWS Batch has helped Oxford Nanopore Technologies reduce computational costs by 50% while processing population-scale genomics. This benefits customers who require cost-effective and reliable processing of large genomic datasets. The solution utilizes AWS Batch and Nextflow for a managed compute environment.</p> <p><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/hpc/reducing-costs-by-50-while-processing-population-scale-genomics-with-mountpoint-for-amazon-s3-and-aws-batch/" rel="noopener noreferrer">→ Read full article</a></p> <p><em>#aws #cloud #ec2 #graviton</em></p> aws cloud ec2 graviton