In this podcast, they bid farewell to a co-host and discuss updates on various AWS services including analytics capabilities, Amazon SNS and SQS improvements, updates in AWS Compute service, and enhancements to AWS services like Amazon EKS and DynamoDB. They also mention developer tool updates and a price reduction in Amazon location service.
Amazon Quicksite now allows business analysts to build visualizations using natural language, simplifying the process and eliminating the need for advanced calculation syntax.
AWS Lake Formation now supports hybrid access mode for the AWS Glue data catalog, providing flexibility without interrupting existing users or workloads.
Deep dives
Amazon Quicksite introduces generative BI dashboard authoring capabilities
Amazon Quicksite now offers business analysts the ability to build visualizations using natural language, allowing them to specify what they want to see and instantly generate the desired visualization. Additionally, complex calculations can be built in seconds using natural language, eliminating the need for advanced calculation syntax. Visualizations on dashboards can also be refined and tweaked using natural language prompts, making the process more intuitive and efficient.
Updates and improvements to Amazon Redshift, Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose, and Amazon EMR serverless
Amazon Redshift now supports role-based access control in workload management, enhancing the management of query queues and improving overall environment management. Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose has integrated with Amazon MSK to offer a fully managed solution for streaming data processing and delivery, simplifying the process of storing streaming data on Amazon S3. Amazon EMR serverless introduces application-wide default job configurations, allowing for easier and more efficient job execution.
Enhancements to AWS Lake Formation, AWS Glue, and Amazon OpenSearch service
AWS Lake Formation now supports hybrid access mode for the AWS Glue data catalog, providing the flexibility to enable Lake Formation for specific databases and tables without interrupting existing users or workloads. AWS Glue Studio has added support for custom icons and the ability to identify records that failed the custom SQL rule type. AWS Glue Interactive Sessions has released a new kernel and support for IAM conditionals. Amazon OpenSearch service now offers improved visibility into auto tune actions, enabling users to track recommended changes and monitor real-time tuning settings.
Updates in compute, game tech, machine learning, and more
Amazon EC2 introduces M2 Pro Mac instances, delivering faster performance for building and testing applications for Apple platforms. Amazon SageMaker Canvas offers a user-friendly interface for creating machine learning models for time series forecasting without writing code. Amazon Bedrock becomes generally available, providing an easier way to build and scale generative AI applications with high-performing foundation models. Other updates include improvements in AWS IoT Core for Lorentz, security recommendations in Amazon Macy, and additional capabilities in Amazon CloudFront for security and rate limiting.
We wish Hawn farewell on this episode as the moves to pastures new. And we share a HEAP of great updates.
Chapters:
01:57 Analytics
06:51 Application Integration
08:36 Business Applications
09:20 Compute
12:18 Customer Engagement
12:46 Databases
15:53 Developer Tools
17:13 Front End Web & Mobile
18:48 Game Tech
20:00 Internet of Things
21:43 Machine Learning
26:00 Management & Governance
28:13 Migration & Transfer
31:27 Security, Identity, & Compliance
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