AWS News Blog
Now Available: R5, R5d, and z1d Instances
Just last week I told you about our plans to launch EC2 Instances with Faster Processors and More Memory. Today I am happy to report that the R5, R5d, and z1d instances are available now and you can start using them today. Let’s take a look at each one! R5 Instances The memory-optimized R5 instances […]
Amazon SageMaker Adds Batch Transform Feature and Pipe Input Mode for TensorFlow Containers
At the New York Summit a few days ago we launched two new Amazon SageMaker features: a new batch inference feature called Batch Transform that allows customers to make predictions in non-real time scenarios across petabytes of data and Pipe Input Mode support for TensorFlow containers. SageMaker remains one of my favorite services and we’ve […]
Amazon Polly Update – Time-Driven Prosody and Asynchronous Synthesis
I hope that you are enjoying the Polly-powered audio that is available for the newest posts on this blog, including the DeepLens Challenge and the Storage Gateway Recap. As part of my blogging process, I now listen to the synthesized speech for my draft blog posts in order to get a better sense for how […]
Amazon EC2 Instance Update – Faster Processors and More Memory
Last month I told you about the Nitro system and explained how it will allow us to broaden the selection of EC2 instances and to pick up the pace as we do so, with an ever-broadening selection of compute, storage, memory, and networking options. This will allow us to give you access to the latest […]
New – EC2 Compute Instances for AWS Snowball Edge
I love factories and never miss an opportunity to take a tour. Over the years, I have been lucky enough to watch as raw materials and sub-assemblies are turned into cars, locomotives, memory chips, articulated buses, and more. I’m always impressed by the speed, precision, repeat-ability, and the desire to automate every possible step. On […]
Amazon Translate Adds Support for Japanese, Russian, Italian, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, and Czech
Today I’m excited to announce that Amazon Translate has added support for Japanese, Russian, Italian, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, and Czech! Amazon Translate is a translation API that delivers fast, high-quality, and affordable language translation. Translate was originally released in preview at AWS re:Invent in 2017 and my colleague, Tara, wrote about the service in depth. Since […]
Amazon Kinesis Video Streams Adds Support For HLS Output Streams
Today I’m excited to announce and demonstrate the new HTTP Live Streams (HLS) output feature for Amazon Kinesis Video Streams (KVS). If you’re not already familiar with KVS, Jeff covered the release for AWS re:Invent in 2017. In short, Amazon Kinesis Video Streams is a service for securely capturing, processing, and storing video for analytics […]
New – Lifecycle Management for Amazon EBS Snapshots
It is always interesting to zoom in on the history of a single AWS service or feature and watch how it has evolved over time in response to customer feedback. For example, Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) launched a decade ago and has been gaining more features and functionality every since. Here are a few […]