AWS News Feb 02 - Feb 08

This week: DynamoDB global tables now replicate across multiple AWS accounts for stronger fault isolation, IAM Identity Center adds multi-region replication for resilient single sign-on, and new EC2 C8id, M8id, and R8id instances deliver up to 43% higher performance. Plus CloudFront mutual TLS for origins, Connect voice testing APIs, and cost reductions for Network Firewall. Compute EC2 C8id/M8id/R8id: GA, 43% faster, 3x memory bandwidth vs gen6 Lightsail: Memory-optimized bundles up to 512GB RAM Containers & Orchesttic ECS: Linear/canary deployments for NLB (TCP/UDP workloads) EKS: Pod Identity integration for add-ons in GovCloud Batch: Unmanaged compute on EKS; array job status in ListJobs API Database DynamoDB: Global tables replicate across accounts (not just regions) Aurora DSQL: Indexes on NUMERIC columns RDS MySQL: 8.0.45 and 8.4.8 support RDS Console: Redesigned with code snippets, CloudShell access Security & Identity IAM Identity Center: Multi-region replication for SSO resilience STS: Validates OIDC claims from Google, GitHub, CircleCI, OCI Multi-party approval: OTP verification required for votes CloudFront: Mutual TLS for origin authentication Security Groups: Single tab shows all dependent resources AI/ML SageMaker JumpStart: 4 NVIDIA NIMs (ProteinMPNN, Cosmos), DeepSeek OCR, MiniMax M2.1, Qwen3 VL, Cartesia Sonic 3 TTS EC2 Capacity Blocks: Cross-account sharing via RAM Analytics Redshift: Autonomics work across multi-cluster environments Glue: Native REST API connector QuickSight: Fix ambiguous map locations in-visual Networking Network Firewall: NAT Gateway discounts expanded; TLS inspection charges removed End User & Developer WorkSpaces: 12 new G6 graphics bundles WorkSpaces Secure Browser: Custom domain support Builder ID: Apple Account sign-in Console: Account name in nav bar Other HealthImaging: JPEG XL lossy compression Connect: Voice testing APIs; agent evaluation appeals Config: 30 new resource types Bedrock AgentCore Browser: Reusable browser profiles AWS News Feed: Whats new at AWS For help with your AWS Infrastructure check out flomotlik.me or email [email protected] For detailed show notes check out awsnewsweekly.com