by Brad Bebee on August 26, 2025 at 6:36 pm

In this post we are announcing the strengthening of the partnership between AWS and InfluxData as Timestream adopts InfluxDB as the main purpose-built time series database.

by Esteban Serna Parra on August 26, 2025 at 6:32 pm

Amazon DynamoDB delivers consistent single-digit millisecond performance at any scale, making it ideal for mission-critical workloads. However, as with any distributed system, a small percentage of requests may experience significantly longer response times than the average. This phenomenon, known as tail latency, refers to these slower outliers that can be seen by looking at metrics such as the 99th or 99.9th percentile of response times. In this post, we explore how Global Payments Inc. (GPN) reduced their tail latency by 30% using request hedging. We review the technical details and challenges they faced, providing insights into how you can optimize your own latency-sensitive applications. In a next post we’ll share detailed implementation examples.

by Channy Yun (윤석찬) on August 26, 2025 at 4:06 pm

Amazon Prime Day 2025 achieved record-breaking sales with enhanced AI shopping features, while AWS infrastructure handled unprecedented volumes of data—including 1.7 trillion Lambda invocations per day, DynamoDB peaking at 151 million requests per second, and a 77% increase in Fargate container tasks—showcasing the massive scalability required to power the four-day shopping event.

by Daniel Yu on August 25, 2025 at 9:24 pm

Users implement multi-account strategies to support multiple teams to deploy workloads. This post is for Amazon Web Services (AWS) administrators and network engineers who need to manage DNS permissions across multiple teams with shared Amazon Route 53 private hosted zone or public hosted zones. There may be situations where multiple teams shared the same hosted

by Tekena Orugbani on August 25, 2025 at 8:59 pm

Introduction We recently announced that Amazon Route 53 Resolver Endpoint supports Domain Name System (DNS) delegation, allowing you to delegate authority for a subdomain from your on-premises infrastructure to Route 53 and vice versa. Previously, to implement DNS delegation and maintain a unified private DNS namespace across on-premises and in Amazon Web Services (AWS) environments,

by Dave Bechberger on August 25, 2025 at 5:15 pm

Amazon Neptune version 1.4.5 introduces engine improvements and support for AWS Graviton-based r8g instances. In this post, we show you how these updates can improve your graph database performance and reduce costs. We walk you through the benchmark results for Gremlin and openCypher comparing Neptune v1.4.5 on r8g instances against previous versions. You’ll see performance improvements of up to 4.7x for write throughput and 3.7x for read throughput, along with the cost implications.

by Lee Hannigan on August 25, 2025 at 5:06 pm

In this post, we show how to capture and retain failed stream events for later analysis or replay using Amazon S3 as a durable destination. We compare this approach with the traditional Amazon SQS dead-letter queue (DLQ) pattern, and explain when and why Amazon S3 is a preferred option.

by Betty Zheng (郑予彬) on August 25, 2025 at 4:30 pm

As I was preparing for this week’s roundup, I couldn’t help but reflect on how database technology has evolved over the past decade. It’s fascinating to see how architectural decisions made years ago continue to shape the way we build modern applications. This week brings a special milestone that perfectly captures this evolution in cloud

by Konala McGrath on August 22, 2025 at 8:31 pm

In this post, we dive deeper into database optimization for your Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS), exploring how you can use AWS Compute Optimizer recommendations to make cost-aware resource configuration decisions for your MySQL and PostgreSQL databases.

by Pavlos Kaimakis on August 21, 2025 at 11:00 pm

Introduction Optimized failover times in hybrid connectivity are critical for meeting availability Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) in modern enterprise workloads. This is particularly important when implementing overlay tunnels over Amazon Web Services (AWS) Direct Connect, such as AWS Site-to-Site VPN using IPSec tunnels, or Connect Attachments using Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) tunnels. Proper configuration can

by Pablo Sánchez Carmona on August 21, 2025 at 10:43 pm

Under RISE with SAP, establishing network connectivity to the RISE with SAP Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) on Amazon Web Services (AWS) is your responsibility. Traditionally, users have relied on AWS Site-to-Site VPN, AWS Direct Connect, Amazon VPC peering, or AWS Transit Gateway to connect their on-premises networks and existing AWS accounts to the

by Salman Ahmed on August 21, 2025 at 10:39 pm

Introduction As cloud adoption grows, software-as-a-service (SaaS) providers on AWS are increasingly using Amazon Web Services (AWS) PrivateLink to securely deliver services to their customers. PrivateLink enables seamless, private connectivity between VPCs without exposing applications to the public internet, which makes sure of strong security and consistent network performance. However, what if you want to offer this

by Mokshith Kumar on August 21, 2025 at 10:31 pm

This post is published in collaboration with Chris Cabel, Senior Director, Global Cloud Solutions at Megaport. As enterprises migrate mission-critical workloads to the cloud, network performance has become a fundamental business requirement. Amazon Web Services (AWS) Direct Connect provides dedicated network connections between on-premises data centers and AWS. This bypasses the public internet to deliver

by Riccardo Freschi on August 21, 2025 at 6:18 pm

In this post, we demonstrate how to use Karpenter and KWOK to simulate Kubernetes migrations to Amazon EKS, enabling organizations to estimate compute costs before actual migration. The solution involves creating a test environment, backing it up with Velero, restoring it in a new EKS cluster, and analyzing Karpenter’s node provisioning decisions to build accurate cost estimates.

by Stuart Lupton on August 20, 2025 at 6:17 pm

Enterprises today face significant challenges securing backup data during incidents. When backup systems share authentication with production environments, compromised credentials can block access to both environments, leaving enterprises vulnerable during recovery. Enterprises with interconnected environments face heightened risk, where single-approval frameworks provide inadequate protection. The integration of the Multi-party approval capability with AWS Backup provides

by Jason Schamp on August 19, 2025 at 11:15 pm

In the Retail and Healthcare industries, critical connectivity through highly resilient networks are required to serve customers and run operations. Customers in these sectors often need to connect their corporate enterprise networks to stores, contact centers, distribution centers, or in the case of Best Buy Health: customer care contact centers. Best Buy Health provides care

by Ed McLaughlin on August 19, 2025 at 10:01 pm

We are announcing the end-of-support for the AWS SDK for .NET v3.x starting on March 1, 2026, in accordance with the SDK and Tools maintenance policy.  On April 28, 2025, the next major version of the AWS SDK for .NET, version 4.x, became generally available (blog post). Version 4.x of the SDK includes bug fixes,

by Ed McLaughlin on August 19, 2025 at 10:01 pm

We are announcing the end-of-support for the AWS Tools for PowerShell v4.x starting on March 1, 2026, in accordance with the SDK and Tools maintenance policy. On June 23, 2025, the next major version of the AWS Tools for PowerShell, version 5.x, became generally available (blog post). Version 5.x of the AWS Tools for PowerShell

by Veliswa Boya on August 19, 2025 at 7:16 pm

R8i and R8i-flex instances powered by Intel Xeon processors offer up to 15% better price performance, 20% higher performance, and 2.5 times more memory throughput compared to previous generations.

by Tariro Dongo on August 19, 2025 at 5:07 pm

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is pleased to announce its successful completion of the NHS Data Security and Protection Toolkit (NHS DSPT) assessment audit and achieving a status of Standards Exceeded. The NHS DSPT is an assessment that allows organizations to measure their performance against the National Data Guardian’s 10 data security standards. All organizations that