AWS Backup introduced a low-cost warm storage tier for Amazon S3 backup data that can reduce costs by up to 30%. After S3 backup data resides in a vault for 60 days (or longer based on your settings), you can…

Today, EC2 Auto Scaling is launching a new API, LaunchInstances, which gives customers more control and flexibility over how EC2 Auto Scaling provisions instances while providing instant feedback on capacity availability. Customers use EC2 Auto Scaling for automated fleet management.…

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is launching flat-rate pricing plans with no overages for website delivery and security. The flat-rate plans, available with Amazon CloudFront, combine global content delivery with AWS WAF, DDoS protection, Amazon Route 53 DNS, Amazon CloudWatch Logs…

Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) now supports R8gd and M8gd database instances for Optimized Reads on Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL and RDS for PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MariaDB. R8gd and M8gd database instances offer improved price-performance. For example, Optimized Reads on R8gd…

AWS Builder Center now provides access to the catalog of AWS Workshops, offering step-by-step instructions crafted by AWS experts that explain how to deploy and use AWS services effectively. These workshops cover a wide range of AWS services and use…

AWS Transfer Family Terraform module now supports deployment of automated malware scanning workflows for files transferred using Transfer Family resources. This release streamlines centralized provisioning of threat detection workflows using Amazon GuardDuty S3 Protection, helping you meet data security requirements…