AWS Database Blog

Data generated from various media applications is valuable for organizations to understand customer sentiments and product feedback. It can also be used to recommend new products and services to their customers. This type of data is highly connected and is challenging to ingest and store in a relational database. A relational database does not store […]

Amazon DynamoDB is a serverless database, and is responsible for the undifferentiated heavy lifting associated with operating and maintaining the infrastructure behind this distributed system. As a customer, you use APIs to capture operational data that you can use to monitor and operate your tables. This post describes a set of metrics to consider when […]

Today, Amazon DynamoDB introduced support for customer managed customer master keys (CMKs) to encrypt DynamoDB data. Often referred to as bring your own encryption (BYOE) or bring your own key (BYOK), this functionality lets you create, own, and manage encryption keys in DynamoDB, giving you full control over how you encrypt and manage the security […]

AWS offers purpose-built database services that solve specific problems our customers face, so that they never have to make trade-offs around functionality, performance, or scale. Now, AWS is offering the beta of a purpose-built certification for builders with significant expertise in both on-premises and AWS databases. Here are the details you need so that you […]

AWS re:Invent 2019 is almost here. This post includes a complete list of Amazon Managed Blockchain and Amazon Quantum Ledger Database (QLDB) breakouts, workshops, and chalk talks taking place at AWS re:Invent 2019. This year we have 22 total sessions on Amazon Managed Blockchain and Amazon QLDB including 7 breakouts, 5 chalk talks, 6 builders sessions, and 4 […]

AWS re:Invent 2019 is less than two weeks away. This post includes a complete list of Amazon Neptune sessions, workshops, and chalk talks at AWS re:Invent 2019. Use the information on this page to help schedule your week in Las Vegas and accelerate your knowledge of Amazon Neptune. Sessions, Workshops, and Chalk Talks ADM203 – Reimagining advertising analytics & identity […]

July 2023: This post was reviewed for accuracy. The first post in this series, Working with RDS and Aurora PostgreSQL Logs: Part 1, discussed the importance of PostgreSQL logs and how to tune various parameters to capture more database activity details. PostgreSQL logs provide useful information when troubleshooting database issues. This post focuses on different […]

July 2023: This post was reviewed for accuracy. PostgreSQL is one of the most popular open-source relational database systems. With more than 30 years of development work, PostgreSQL has proven to be a highly reliable and robust database that can handle a large number of complicated data workloads. AWS provides two managed PostgreSQL options: Amazon […]

Amazon DynamoDB had six new launches last week, and this post includes a brief summary of each launch to help you keep track of everything that’s new. These launches include region expansions and new and updated features. Ping us @DynamoDB on Twitter if you have questions about any of these launches Monday, November 11 Amazon […]

AWS re:Invent 2019 is almost here. This post includes a complete list of Amazon DocumentDB (with MongoDB compatibility) sessions, workshops, and chalk talks at AWS re:Invent 2019. Use the information on this page to help schedule your week in Las Vegas and accelerate your knowledge of Amazon DocumentDB. Sessions, Workshops, and Chalk Talks DAT326 – Amazon DocumentDB Deep Dive (Session) Developers […]