AWS Big Data Blog

Category: Technical How-to

Use trusted identity propagation for Apache Spark interactive sessions in Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio

In this post, we provide step-by-step instructions to set up Amazon EMR on EC2, EMR Serverless, and AWS Glue within SageMaker Unified Studio, enabled with trusted identity propagation. We use the setup to illustrate how different IAM Identity Center users can run their Spark sessions, using each compute setup, within the same project in SageMaker Unified Studio. We show how each user will see only tables or part of tables that they’re granted access to in Lake Formation.

Accelerate data governance with custom subscription workflows in Amazon SageMaker

Organizations need to efficiently manage data assets while maintaining governance controls in their data marketplaces. Although manual approval workflows remain important for sensitive datasets and production systems, there’s an increasing need for automated approval processes with less sensitive datasets. In this post, we show you how to automate subscription request approvals within SageMaker, accelerating data access for data consumers.

Implement fine-grained access control for Iceberg tables using Amazon EMR on EKS integrated with AWS Lake Formation

On February 6th 2025, AWS introduced fine-grained access control based on AWS Lake Formation for EMR on EKS from Amazon EMR 7.7 and higher version. You can now significantly enhance your data governance and security frameworks using this feature. In this post, we demonstrate how to implement FGAC on Apache Iceberg tables using EMR on EKS with Lake Formation.

Automate email notifications for governance teams working with Amazon SageMaker Catalog

In this post, we show you how to create custom notifications for events occurring in SageMaker Catalog using Amazon EventBridge, AWS Lambda, and Amazon SNS. You can expand this solution to automatically integrate SageMaker Catalog with in-house enterprise workflow tools like ServiceNow and Helix.

Stream mainframe data to AWS in near real time with Precisely and Amazon MSK

In this post, we introduce an alternative architecture to synchronize mainframe data to the cloud using Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK) for greater flexibility and scalability. This event-driven approach provides additional possibilities for mainframe data integration and modernization strategies.

Visualize data lineage using Amazon SageMaker Catalog for Amazon EMR, AWS Glue, and Amazon Redshift

Amazon SageMaker offers a comprehensive hub that integrates data, analytics, and AI capabilities, providing a unified experience for users to access and work with their data. Through Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio, a single and unified environment, you can use a wide range of tools and features to support your data and AI development needs, including […]

Building a real-time ICU patient analytics pipeline with AWS Lambda event source mapping

In this post, we demonstrate how to build a serverless architecture that processes real-time ICU patient monitoring data using Lambda event source mapping for immediate alert generation and data aggregation, followed by persistent storage in Amazon S3 with an Iceberg catalog for comprehensive healthcare analytics.