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Category: Launch
AWS Lambda SnapStart for Python and .NET functions is now generally available
AWS Lambda SnapStart boosts Python and .NET functions’ startup times to sub-second levels, often with minimal code changes, enabling highly responsive and scalable serverless apps.
Build and modify apps using natural language with AWS App Studio, now generally available
Unleash your inner developer with AWS App Studio, the generative AI-powered application builder. Turn your idea into fully-fledged, intelligent, custom, secure, and scalable software in minutes.
AWS Lambda turns ten – looking back and looking ahead
Explore the journey of AWS Lambda, the pioneering serverless computing service, from its 2013 inception to powering over two million users and tens of trillions of function invocations monthly.
Replicate changes from databases to Apache Iceberg tables using Amazon Data Firehose (in preview)
Amazon Data Firehose introduces a new capability that captures database changes and streams updates to a data lake or warehouse, supporting PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, SQL Server, and MongoDB, with automatic scaling and minimal impact on transaction performance.
Centrally managing root access for customers using AWS Organizations
Eliminate long-term root credentials, perform privileged tasks via short-lived sessions, and centrally manage root access – aligning with security best practices.
Introducing resource control policies (RCPs), a new type of authorization policy in AWS Organizations
New Resource Control Policies let you centrally restrict AWS service access across accounts, bolstering security with preventative controls that supersede permissive policies – even for external users. See how these powerful governance tools complement Service Control Policies and integrate with AWS services.
AWS BuilderCards second edition at re:Invent 2024
AWS BuilderCards 2nd Edition: Gamify AWS learning with enhanced design, new mission cards, generative AI deck, and improved game mechanics for seamless architecturing fun.
AWS Weekly Roundup: 20 years of AWS News Blog, Express brokers for Amazon MSK, Windows Server 2025 images on EC2, and more (Nov 11, 2024)
Happy 20th Anniversary of the AWS News Blog! 🎉🥳🎊 On November 9, 2004, Jeff Barr published his first blog post. At the time, he started a personal blog site using TypePad. He wanted to speak to his readers with his personal voice, not the company or team. On April 29, 2014, we created a new […]