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Recent Blog Posts

  • Top announcements of AWS re:Invent 2025
    We’re rounding up the most exciting and impactful announcements from AWS re:Invent 2025, which takes place November 30-December 4 in Las Vegas. This guide highlights the innovations that will help you build, scale, and transform your business in the cloud. We’ll update this roundup throughout re:Invent with our curation of the major announcements from each … Read more
  • Introducing Amazon Route 53 Global Resolver for secure anycast DNS resolution (preview)
    Today, we’re announcing Amazon Route 53 Global Resolver, a new Amazon Route 53 service that provides secure and reliable DNS resolution globally for queries from anywhere (preview). You can use Global Resolver to resolve DNS queries to public domains on the internet and private domains associated with Route 53 private hosted zones. Route 53 Global … Read more
  • AWS Clean Rooms launches privacy-enhancing synthetic dataset generation for ML model training
    Today, we’re announcing privacy-enhancing synthetic dataset generation for AWS Clean Rooms, a new capability that organizations and their partners can use to generate privacy-enhancing synthetic datasets from their collective data to train regression and classification machine learning (ML) models. You can use this feature to generate synthetic training datasets that preserve the statistical patterns of … Read more
  • AWS Partner Central now available in AWS Management Console
    Today, we’re announcing that AWS Partner Central is now available directly in the AWS Management Console, creating a unified experience that transforms how you engage with AWS as both customers and AWS Partners. As someone who has worked with countless AWS customers over the years, I’ve observed how organizations evolve in their AWS journey. Many … Read more
  • Introducing AWS Lambda Managed Instances: Serverless simplicity with EC2 flexibility
    Today, we’re announcing AWS Lambda Managed Instances, a new capability you can use to run AWS Lambda functions on your Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) compute while maintaining serverless operational simplicity. This enhancement addresses a key customer need: accessing specialized compute options and optimizing costs for steady-state workloads without sacrificing the serverless development experience … Read more
  • Simplify IAM policy creation with IAM Policy Autopilot, a new open source MCP server for builders
    Today, we’re announcing IAM Policy Autopilot, a new open source Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that analyzes your application code and helps your AI coding assistants generate AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) identity-based policies. IAM Policy Autopilot accelerates initial development by providing builders with a starting point that they can review and further refine. … Read more
  • Announcing Amazon EKS Capabilities for workload orchestration and cloud resource management
    Today, we’re announcing Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) Capabilities, an extensible set of Kubernetes-native solutions that streamline workload orchestration, Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud resource management, and Kubernetes resource composition and orchestration. These fully managed, integrated platform capabilities include open source Kubernetes solutions that many customers are using today, such as Argo CD, AWS … Read more
  • Cloud Backup: Why It’s Critical for Data Recovery and Business Resilience
    Key takeaways: Cloud backup is essential for data resilience. It ensures recovery when data is lost, corrupted, or unavailable due to outages or attacks. Native tools aren’t enough. Azure, AWS, and Google offer built‑in protection but may limit portability and cross‑platform recovery. Plan before deployment. Define where backups are stored, how quickly they can be … Read more
  • Amazon Route 53 launches Accelerated recovery for managing public DNS records
    Today, we’re announcing Amazon Route 53 Accelerated recovery for managing public DNS records, a new Domain Name Service (DNS) business continuity feature that is designed to provide a 60-minute recovery time objective (RTO) during service disruptions in the US East (N. Virginia) AWS Region. This enhancement ensures that customers can continue making DNS changes and … Read more
  • AWS Weekly Roundup: How to join AWS re:Invent 2025, plus Kiro GA, and lots of launches (Nov 24, 2025)
    Next week, don’t miss AWS re:Invent, Dec. 1-5, 2025, for the latest AWS news, expert insights, and global cloud community connections! Our News Blog team is finalizing posts to introduce the most exciting launches from our service teams. If you’re joining us in person in Las Vegas, review the agenda, session catalog, and attendee guides … Read more
  • New one-click onboarding and notebooks with a built-in AI agent in Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio
    Today we’re announcing a faster way to get started with your existing AWS datasets in Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio. You can now start working with any data you have access to in a new serverless notebook with a built-in AI agent, using your existing AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) roles and permissions. New updates … Read more
  • Build production-ready applications without infrastructure complexity using Amazon ECS Express Mode
    Deploying containerized applications to production requires navigating hundreds of configuration parameters across load balancers, auto scaling policies, networking, and security groups. This overhead delays time to market and diverts focus from core application development. Today, I’m excited to announce Amazon ECS Express Mode, a new capability from Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) that helps … Read more
  • Introducing VPC encryption controls: Enforce encryption in transit within and across VPCs in a Region
    Today, we’re announcing virtual private cloud (VPC) encryption controls, a new capability of Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) that helps you audit and enforce encryption in transit for all traffic within and across VPCs in a Region. Organizations across financial services, healthcare, government, and retail face significant operational complexity in maintaining encryption compliance across … Read more
  • Why Intune Policy Backup is Essential for Microsoft Entra ID
    Your Intune policies are the backbone of how Microsoft Entra ID enforces identity-based access and device compliance. But they’re not automatically protected by Microsoft. Losing them can break Conditional Access, device trust, and compliance enforcement across your tenant. In this blog, we’ll explore what these policies actually control, why they’re so critical, and how third-party … Read more
  • Introducing attribute-based access control for Amazon S3 general purpose buckets
    As organizations scale, managing access permissions for storage resources becomes increasingly complex and time-consuming. As new team members join, existing staff changes roles, and new S3 buckets are created, organizations must constantly update multiple types of access policies to govern access across their S3 buckets. This challenge is especially pronounced in multi-tenant S3 environments where … Read more
  • Simplify access to external services using AWS IAM Outbound Identity Federation
    When building applications that span multiple cloud providers or integrate with external services, developers face a persistent challenge: managing credentials securely. Traditional approaches require storing long-term credentials like API keys and passwords, creating security risks and operational overhead. Today, we’re announcing a new capability called AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) outbound identity federation that customers … Read more
  • Accelerate workflow development with enhanced local testing in AWS Step Functions
    Today, I’m excited to announce enhanced local testing capabilities for AWS Step Functions through the TestState API, our testing API. These enhancements are available through the API, so you can build automated test suites that validate your workflow definitions locally on your development machines, test error handling patterns, data transformations, and mock service integrations using … Read more
  • Streamlined multi-tenant application development with tenant isolation mode in AWS Lambda
    Multi-tenant applications often require strict isolation when processing tenant-specific code or data. Examples include software-as-a-service (SaaS) platforms for workflow automation or code execution where customers need to ensure that execution environments used for individual tenants or end users remain completely separate from one another. Traditionally, developers have addressed these requirements by deploying separate Lambda functions … Read more
  • New business metadata features in Amazon SageMaker Catalog to improve discoverability across organizations
    Amazon SageMaker Catalog, which is now built in to Amazon SageMaker, can help you collect and organize your data with the accompanying business context people need to understand it. It automatically documents assets generated by AWS Glue and Amazon Redshift, and it connects directly with Amazon Quick Sight, Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) buckets, … Read more
  • AWS Control Tower introduces a Controls Dedicated experience
    Today, we’re announcing a Controls Dedicated experience in AWS Control Tower. With this feature, you can use Amazon Web Services (AWS) managed controls without the need to set up resources you don’t need, which means you get started faster if you already have an established multi-account environment and want to use AWS Control Tower only … Read more
  • New AWS Billing Transfer for centrally managing AWS billing and costs across multiple organizations
    Today, we’re announcing the general availability of Billing Transfer, a new capability to centrally manage and pay bills across multiple organizations by transferring payment responsibility to other billing administrators, such as company affiliates and Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partners. This feature provides customers operating across multiple organizations with comprehensive visibility of cloud costs across their multi-organization … Read more
  • Monitor network performance and traffic across your EKS clusters with Container Network Observability
    Organizations are increasingly expanding their Kubernetes footprint by deploying microservices to incrementally innovate and deliver business value faster. This growth places increased reliance on the network, giving platform teams exponentially complex challenges in monitoring network performance and traffic patterns in EKS. As a result, organizations struggle to maintain operational efficiency as their container environments scale, … Read more
  • Obscura Ransomware: A Case Study in Ransomware Data Loss
    “If you pay a ransom, will you get your files back?” It’s a ubiquitous question that the majority of security blogs and vendor surveys fail to answer correctly. A quick search online will yield a dozen contradictory statistics. Why is this such a difficult question to answer? The truth is outcome statistics vary dramatically from case … Read more
  • Introducing Veeam Data Platform v13: Appliance Simplicity Without Limitations
    As budgets shrink, the cost of downtime and cybercrime continues to grow. Your CISO needs proven recoverability, your CIO needs simplicity at scale, and your IT team needs speed and reliability. Veeam Data Platform delivers automated protection, AI-driven insights, and built-in resiliency so that when disaster strikes, you’re not reacting — you’re recovering. Every day, … Read more
  • Unlock Unbeatable Value: Why Veeam Data Platform v13 is a Game-Changer for Partners
    As a Veeam partner, you know that data protection is a non-negotiable for your customers. With the release of Veeam Data Platform v13 (V13), there are more compelling reasons than ever to help your end users modernize, secure, and maximize their data while expanding your own business in the process. The V13 Advantage: What’s in … Read more
  • New Amazon Bedrock service tiers help you match AI workload performance with cost
    Today, Amazon Bedrock introduces new service tiers that give you more control over your AI workload costs while maintaining the performance levels your applications need. I’m working with customers building AI applications. I’ve seen firsthand how different workloads require different performance and cost trade-offs. Many organizations running AI workloads face challenges balancing performance requirements with … Read more
  • Accelerate large-scale AI applications with the new Amazon EC2 P6-B300 instances
    Today, we’re announcing the general availability of Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) P6-B300 instances, our next-generation GPU platform accelerated by NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra GPUs. These instances deliver 2 times more networking bandwidth, and 1.5 times more GPU memory compared to previous generation instances, creating a balanced platform for large-scale AI applications. With these improvements, … Read more
  • VEEAM AT AWS RE:INVENT 2025
    Dates: December 1–5, 2025Location: Las Vegas.Where: The Venetian Expo & Convention Center Introduction: The Countdown Begins Can you feel it? The neon lights, the hum of anticipation, and the unmistakable buzz of innovation—AWS re:Invent 2025 is almost here! Whether you are a seasoned AWS re:Invent explorer or about to take your first steps onto the … Read more
  • From Reactive to Proactive: Strengthen Security Posture in the Era of Cyberattacks
    There’s no surprise that cyberattacks are frequent and for most organizations they have become inevitable. According to the 2025 Veeam Ransomware Trends Report, 69% of organizations experienced at least one ransomware attack in the past year, and many suffered more than one. As cyberthreats become more frequent, sophisticated and pervasive, organizations face a stark reality: … Read more
  • Veeam Kasten v8.5 for Kubernetes: Modern Virtualization Meets Enterprise Scale
    Cloud-native container workloads are now deployed on a massive scale, and the adoption of virtual machines (VMs) on Kubernetes is accelerating, driven not only by traditional apps but also by new workloads like AI. As organizations innovate, the need for robust, scalable data protection has never been greater. Veeam Kasten is the only Leader and … Read more
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