AWS News Blog
Category: Announcements
AWS Weekly Roundup: 20 years of AWS News Blog, Express brokers for Amazon MSK, Windows Server 2025 images on EC2, and more (Nov 11, 2024)
Happy 20th Anniversary of the AWS News Blog! 🎉🥳🎊 On November 9, 2004, Jeff Barr published his first blog post. At the time, he started a personal blog site using TypePad. He wanted to speak to his readers with his personal voice, not the company or team. On April 29, 2014, we created a new […]
Announcing new APIs for Amazon Location Service Routes, Places, and Maps
Amazon Location unveils 17 new APIs with enhanced route optimization, toll cost calculations, GPS trace snapping, proximity search, predictive suggestions, and static/dynamic map rendering – streamlining developer experiences across a wide range of location-based applications.
Introducing Express brokers for Amazon MSK to deliver high throughput and faster scaling for your Kafka clusters
With 3x throughput, 20x faster scaling, and 90% reduced recovery time, Express brokers deliver unmatched performance for Apache Kafka on AWS, streamlining operations while cutting infrastructure costs by 50%.
Introducing the last cohort of AWS Heroes this year – November 2024
As we gear up ahead of AWS re:Invent 2024, we’re thrilled to announce our final cohort of new AWS Heroes! These individuals exemplify expertise and dedication to leveraging AWS technologies and sharing knowledge. Their contributions to the AWS community are greatly appreciated, and today we’re excited to celebrate them. Ayyanar Jeyakrishnan – Bengaluru, India Machine […]
AWS Weekly Roundup: AWS Lambda, Amazon Bedrock, Amazon Redshift, Amazon CloudWatch, and more (Nov 4, 2024)
The spooky season has come and gone now. While there aren’t any Halloween-themed releases, AWS has celebrated it in big style by having a plethora of exciting releases last week! I think it’s safe to say that we have truly entered the ‘pre’ re:Invent stage as more and more interesting things are being released every […]
Unlock the potential of your supply chain data and gain actionable insights with AWS Supply Chain Analytics
Uncover hidden insights with AWS Supply Chain Analytics, powered by Amazon QuickSight, enabling custom reporting and data visualization for smarter supply chain management.
Simplify and enhance Amazon S3 static website hosting with AWS Amplify Hosting
Deploy static sites with streamlined configuration, custom domains, SSL, CDN, and one-click updates using Amazon S3 with AWS Amplify Hosting.
AWS Weekly Roundup: New code editor in AWS Lambda console, Amazon Q Business analytics, Claude 3.5 upgrades, and more (October 28, 2024)
Two weeks ago, I had the wonderful opportunity to host subject matter experts from across Asia Pacific in the global 24 Hours of Amazon Q live stream event. This continuous 24-hour stream offered insights from AWS experts on Amazon Q Developer and Amazon Q Business, featuring use cases, product demos, and Q&A sessions. The highlight for […]






