A whirlwind tour of over 160 updates highlights the latest in AWS services. Innovations in analytics reveal enhancements in Amazon Redshift and Amazon EMR. Application integration sees major advancements with Amazon Kinesis and EventBridge. Exciting features for data management in Amazon S3 and EFS boost scalability and performance. There's also a dive into quantum technologies and improvements in AI. Plus, security and cost management upgrades offer peace of mind for developers. It's a big finale packed with fresh developments!
Amazon Redshift's new data sharing capabilities enhance data accessibility while improving security measures by disabling public access by default.
AWS Lambda's updates, including customer-managed key encryption and enhanced monitoring with CloudWatch, significantly improve the management and performance of event-driven architectures.
Deep dives
Enhancements in Amazon Redshift
Amazon Redshift now allows data sharing across multiple data warehouses, enabling efficient writing to databases with immediate accessibility for committed data. The service has improved security measures by disabling public accessibility by default for newly provisioned clusters and restore snapshots, as well as enforcing SSL connections. Additionally, the Query Editor v2 has significantly increased the maximum result set and export size from 5 megabytes to 100 megabytes, enhancing user experience for data queries. Support for Confluent Cloud and Apache Kafka further expands the capabilities of Redshift, accommodating diverse user requirements.
Amazon QuickSight Updates
Amazon QuickSight has introduced several new features to improve reporting and visualization, including support for prompted reports and schedule creation for pixel-perfect reports. Enhancements such as the HighCharts Visual allow users to create customized visualizations beyond traditional charts, while the new import visual capability streamlines the dashboard creation process. Customization options have also expanded with font and brand modifications, enabling organizations to tailor their interface and visual elements to match branding guidelines. The introduction of layer maps further enhances data visualization, allowing users to represent data using customized geographic boundaries.
Improvements in AWS Glue and EMR
AWS Glue Data Catalog now offers support for Apache Iceberg Automatic Table Optimization and expanded connectivity to numerous enterprise application connectors, which improves data handling capabilities. Additionally, Amazon EMR has released version 7.4, introducing advanced scaling for managed clusters that optimizes resource allocation based on user-defined performance levels. Both updates ensure users can enhance their data processing and management operations efficiently while maintaining up-to-date technology. These updates facilitate more intelligent resource utilization and simplify integration with popular platforms.
Advancements in AWS Lambda and EC2
AWS Lambda now supports customer-managed key encryption for function code artifacts and introduces provision mode for Kafka event source mappings, improving event-driven architectures. The service also enhances monitoring by integrating application performance tracking via CloudWatch, making it easier for developers to troubleshoot and optimize performance. Similarly, Amazon EC2 has introduced instant start times and capacity reservation options that streamline resource management. With the ability to reserve capacity blocks for extended periods, customers can better predict and manage their compute resources.
In the final episode of the year Simon takes you through over 160 new updates! It is "pre:Invent"!
Chapters:
00:50 Analytics
05:03 Application Integration
09:47 Artificial Intelligence
12:20 AWS Marketplace
12:48 Business Applications
14:05 Compute
16:34 Cost Management
17:53 Databases
20:09 Developer Tools
21:43 End User Computing
22:18 Front End Web & Mobile
22:27 Game Tech
22:34 Internet of Things
22:55 Management & Governance
24:09 Media Services
24:53 Migration & Modernization
28:10 Quantum Technologies
25:35 Networking & Content Delivery
28:09 Quantum Technologies
28:31 Security, Identity, & Compliance
29:31 Storage
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