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AWS Lambda enhances event processing with provisioned mode for SQS event-source mapping

AWS Lambda’s new provisioned mode for Amazon SQS event source mapping offers dedicated polling resources that provide 3x faster scaling and 10x higher concurrency, enabling lower latency processing, better handling of traffic spikes, and greater control over event processing resources.

AWS Heroes

Introducing Our Final AWS Heroes of 2025

With AWS re:Invent approaching, we’re celebrating three exceptional AWS Heroes whose diverse journeys and commitment to knowledge sharing are empowering builders worldwide. From advancing women in tech and rural communities to bridging academic and industry expertise and pioneering enterprise AI solutions, these leaders exemplify the innovative spirit that drives our community forward. Their stories showcase […]

AWS Weekly Roundup

AWS Weekly Roundup: OpenAI partnership, Jane Goodall Institute research archive, and more (November 10, 2025)

AWS re:Invent 2025 is only 3 weeks away and I’m already looking forward to the new launches and announcements at the conference. Last year brought 60,000 attendees from across the globe to Las Vegas, Nevada, and the atmosphere was amazing. Registration is still open for AWS re:Invent 2025. We hope you’ll join us in Las Vegas […]

Introducing AWS Capabilities by Region for easier Regional planning and faster global deployments

AWS Capabilities by Region is a new planning tool that provides detailed visibility into AWS services, features, APIs, and CloudFormation resources across different AWS Regions, helping customers make informed decisions for global deployments and prevent costly rework through side-by-side regional comparisons and forward-looking roadmap information.

AWS Weekly Roundup

AWS Weekly Roundup: Project Rainier online, Amazon Nova Web Grounding, MCP Proxy for AWS, and more (November 3, 2025)

Last week I met Jeff Barr at the AWS Shenzhen Community Day. Jeff shared stories about how builders around the world are experimenting with generative AI and encouraged local developers to keep pushing ideas into real prototypes. Many attendees stayed after the sessions to discuss model grounding, evaluation, and how to bring generative AI into […]