Author: Jeff Barr

I’ve got good news for users of Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS).  You can now launch Database Instances that run Oracle Database 12c (version 12.1.0.1.v1 to be precise). This version of Oracle Database introduces over 500 new features! Here are a few  that I found interesting: Data Redaction – You can mask sensitive data […]

You can now encrypt your Amazon RDS for SQL Server and Amazon RDS for Oracle databases using keys that you manage through AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS) (this feature was already available for Amazon RDS for MySQL and Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL). The encryption applies to data at rest on the underlying storage for […]

Amazon WorkSpaces is a managed desktop computing service that runs in the AWS cloud. Administrators can easily provision cloud-based desktops that users can access using the desktop or mobile device of their choice. Today I would like to recap a series of updates and improvements that we have made to WorkSpaces over the last couple […]

We have made two additions to the AWS Console mobile app (available on Amazon Appstore, Google Play, and iTunes). You can view the status of your AWS CloudFormation stacks and you can edit the min, max, and desired capacities of your Auto Scaling groups. Here’s the main screen of the newly revised console: CloudFormation Features […]

Perhaps you, like many other AWS users, store and process  huge amounts of data in the cloud. Today we are announcing a new generation of Dense-storage instances that will provide you additional options for processing multi-terabyte data sets. New D2 Instances The new D2 instances are designed to provide you with additional compute power and […]

`Let’s take a quick look at what happened in AWS-land last week: Monday, March 23 A post on the AWS Java Blog provided a helpful pointer to some new documentation on Amazon S3 Client-side Crypto Meta Information. The AWS Security Blog disclosed the availability of a New Security and Compliance Workbook: IT-Grundschultz. Tuesday, March 24 […]

Many AWS customers use tags (key/value pairs) to organize their AWS resources. A recent Reddit thread (Share with us your AWS Tagging standards) provides a nice glimpse into some popular tagging strategies and practices. Late last year we launched Resource Groups and Tag Editor. We gave you the ability to use Resource Groups to create, […]

Following up on his recent guest post, my colleague Peter Moon has more news for Go developers! — Jeff;   Since our initial kickoff announcement in January, we have been revamping the internals of the AWS SDK for Go in the project’s ‘develop’ branch on GitHub, laying out a solid foundation for a well-tested, robustly […]