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Category: Foundational (100)

GQL: The ISO standard for graphs has arrived

A joint letter to graph customers, the graph curious, and the Cypher community: Last week, the database world reached a significant milestone. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) published GQL, a new database language standard designed for property graphs. GQL, which stands for Graph Query Language, is the first new ISO database language since the […]

Configure an AWS DMS endpoint to access cross-account secrets from AWS Secrets Manager

AWS Database Migration Service (AWS DMS) provides integration with AWS Secrets Manager for storing the database credentials. This integration allows you to store, rotate, and retrieve credentials used in the AWS DMS endpoints. As a security best practice, customers use this integration for enhanced security control and also at times maintain a central account or […]

How Blocksee built a Web3 CRM with blockchain data from Amazon Managed Blockchain Query

Blocksee provides web3 customer relationship management (CRM) and user engagement solutions that deliver actionable insights for non-fungible token (NFT) and crypto marketers. Blocksee allows web3 product marketers to easily embed code snippets on their websites or access APIs to capture first-party data from users interested in digital memberships, event ticketing, and promotional assets. Powered by AWS […]

AWS positioned highest in execution in the 2023 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud Database Management Systems

AWS has been named a Leader for the ninth consecutive year in the 2023 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud Database Management Systems, and we have been positioned highest for ability to execute. We are honored to be recognized for delivering value for customers in a year where the possibilities of generative AI have captured all […]

Build Account Abstraction wallets with AWS and Alchemy

This post is co-authored with Alchemy. Alchemy builds APIs, SDKs, and tools that help developers build blockchain applications. Alchemy is actively involved in the Account Abstraction community and recently released Account Abstraction infrastructure APIs and SDKs. Ethereum wallets are used to manage access to Ethereum accounts and to the assets that are held by those […]

Solutions for building modern applications with Amazon ElastiCache and Amazon MemoryDB for Redis

In-memory databases are ideal for applications that require microsecond response times and high throughput, such as caching, gaming, session stores, geo-spatial services, queuing, real-time data analytics and feature stores for machine learning (ML). In this In-Memory Database Bluebook, we provide you with a list of Amazon ElastiCache and Amazon MemoryDB for Redis code samples and […]

The convergence of AI and digital assets: A new dawn for financial infrastructure

The financial landscape has been in a constant state of evolution. From stock ticker machines to algorithmic trading systems, innovation has always been at the core of finance. Yet, among these transformative changes, the confluence of artificial intelligence (AI) and digital assets like cryptocurrencies, central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), and tokenized assets has the potential […]

How VMware consolidated a multi-tenant cloud asset data store on Amazon Aurora MySQL with Amazon RDS Proxy

This post is co-written with Peter Fein, Staff Engineer 2 at VMware VMware Tanzu CloudHealth, consolidated a multi-tenant, self-managed, 166-node sharded MySQL databases to Amazon Aurora MySQL-Compatible Edition and Amazon RDS Proxy. The goal was to support long-term, continuous, multi-factor data growth on their platform while improving reliability and simplifying operations. VMware Tanzu CloudHealth is […]

IPFS on AWS, Part 1 – Discover IPFS on a virtual machine

IPFS (InterPlanetary File System) is a storage protocol that allows content to be stored in a decentralized manner on the global IPFS network, without relying on any central entity. IPFS-enabled applications can benefit from a high level of redundancy and low latency, because content can be replicated, looked up, and downloaded from nearby IPFS nodes. […]

Retrieve Bitcoin and Ethereum Public Blockchain Data with Amazon Managed Blockchain Query

Over the past two years, public blockchain adoption has been driven by three primary use cases: decentralized finance (DeFi), which provides an open financial system built using smart contracts on public blockchains non-fungible tokens (NFTs) that certify ownership of digital assets and enable broad transferability of those digital assets digital currency payments that enable value […]