Category: Launch

AWS introduces specialized Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers for Amazon ECS, EKS, Finch and AWS Serverless, providing real-time contextual responses and service-specific guidance to guide AI assisted application development.

Amazon Aurora DSQL is the fastest serverless distributed SQL database with virtually unlimited scale, the highest availability, and zero infrastructure management for always available applications. You can remove the operational burden of patching, upgrades, and maintenance downtime and count on an easy-to-use developer experience to create a new database in a few quick steps.

As the tech community we continue to have many opportunities to learn and network with other like-minded folks. This past week AWS customers attended the AWS Summit Dubai for an action-packed day featuring live demos, hands-on experiences with cutting-edge AI/ML tools, and more. Right here in South Africa I attended the Data & AI Community […]

Claude Opus 4 is now available on Amazon Bedrock for developers to build advanced AI agents with improved reasoning and coding capabilities, as well as expanded context for building more autonomous AI agents that can handle complex, multistep workflows across software development and enterprise operations. Claude Sonnet 4, which is optimized for high-volume production workloads is coming soon.

EKS Dashboard provides cloud architects and cluster administrators with a centralized view to monitor and govern Kubernetes clusters across multiple AWS Regions and accounts, offering insights into clusters, managed node groups, and EKS add-ons through a unified interface in the AWS Console.

Amazon EC2 Mac developers can now programmatically disable System Integrity Protection (SIP) through API and command line to modify core system files and settings that are typically restricted for security purposes.

Amazon ECR image-to-container mapping that shows which images are actively running in containers and how widely they’re deployed, and extended vulnerability scanning support for minimal base images including scratch, distroless, and Chainguard containers.

Many events are taking place in this period! Last week I was at the AI Week in Italy. This week I’ll be in Zurich for the AWS Community Day – Switzerland. On May 22, you can join us remotely for AWS Cloud Infrastructure Day to learn about cutting-edge advances across compute, AI/ML, storage, networking, serverless […]