AWS Podcast #738: AWS News: Global Cross-Region Inference, Aurora Limitless and lots more.
19 snips
Sep 22, 2025 Simon and Jillian dive into the latest AWS innovations! They explore cross-region Bedrock inference and the new Aurora Limitless update. The discussion highlights enhancements in Cleanrooms and low-latency embeddings. There’s also a look at Amazon Connect reasons for disconnections, along with details on ECS exec console and Postgres 18 preview. Security updates include CloudFront TLS enhancements and WAF improvements. Wrapping up with governance and storage news, they keep you well-informed on all things AWS!
AI Snips
Chapters
Transcript
Episode notes
Global Cross-Region Inference Unlocks Capacity
- Amazon Bedrock now supports global cross-region inference for Anthropic Claude Sonnet 4, routing requests to any supported commercial AWS region for better throughput and availability.
- Simon Elisha notes this is a single configuration change that unlocks global capacity when you don't require region-specific processing.
Aurora Limitless Blends SQL With Serverless Scale
- Aurora Postgres Limitless adds Postgres 16.9 with serverless endpoints plus distributed query planning and transaction management.
- Jillian Forde and Simon Elisha highlight the hybrid nature that blends relational Postgres with key-value style scalability.
Control Bedrock API Key Lifetimes
- Use Bedrock API key condition keys to control generation, expiration, and type of keys for better security and lifecycle management.
- Configure short-term (up to 12 hours) or long-term IAM server-specific credentials based on your use case needs.