AWS

AWS has made G7 instances available in Europe (Frankfurt) and Europe (Stockholm), featuring NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell Server Edition GPUs. These instances offer up to 4.6x better AI inference performance and 2.1x improved graphics capabilities compared to the previous G6 generation. The hardware accelerates workloads including language models, video analysis, real-time rendering, and data analytics.

• G7 instances are now live in EU-Frankfurt and EU-Stockholm regions for local latency needs.
• Powered by NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell GPUs for enhanced AI and graphics throughput.
• Delivers up to 4.6x AI inference and 2.1x graphics performance gains over G6 instances.
• Ideal for deploying LLMs, video transcoding, and spatial computing workloads in Europe.

Amazon S3 Express One Zone is now live in four new regions: Europe (London), Asia Pacific (Jakarta and Hong Kong), and Africa (Cape Town). This single-AZ storage class offers consistent single-digit millisecond latency, up to 10x faster access than S3 Standard, and up to 80% lower request costs. The service supports latency-sensitive workloads like ML training and AI search caching, bringing the total available regions to 19.

• S3 Express One Zone now covers London, Jakarta, Hong Kong, and Cape Town.
• Delivers single-digit millisecond latency for latency-sensitive applications.
• Performance is up to 10x faster than S3 Standard with 80% lower request costs.
• Ideal for ML training, interactive analytics, and AI search engine caching.
• Total global availability for this class has reached 19 AWS Regions.

Amazon OpenSearch Service now allows encrypting individual indexes at rest using distinct AWS KMS customer managed keys. This capability enables granular data protection for multi-tenant environments where different tenants require separate key ownership. Users can configure this by setting the encryption mode to Native during domain creation or via CLI, then registering additional keys to apply to specific indexes.

• Encrypt each OpenSearch index with a unique AWS KMS customer managed key.
• Ideal for multi-tenant architectures requiring strict data isolation and key ownership.
• Enable by setting encryption mode to Native when creating or updating the domain.
• Register multiple keys with the domain to assign them to specific indexes.

Amazon GuardDuty expands RDS Protection to identify data exfiltration and destruction attacks against Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL and RDS for PostgreSQL. This capability leverages machine learning and threat intelligence to monitor query patterns for anomalies, requiring no agents or configuration changes. The update addresses threats where attackers use valid credentials to steal or wipe data after initial compromise.

• Covers Aurora PostgreSQL and RDS for PostgreSQL specifically.
• Detects exfiltration and destruction, not just login anomalies.
• Agentless deployment with no infrastructure or config changes needed.
• Uses ML-based anomaly detection and integrated threat intelligence.
• Targets insiders or compromised accounts performing malicious queries.