After launching Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) memory-optimized R8i and R8i-flex instances and general-purpose M8i and M8i-flex instances, I am happy to announce the general availability of compute-optimized C8i and C8i-flex instances powered by custom Intel Xeon 6 processors available only on AWS with sustained all-core 3.9 GHz turbo frequency and feature a 2:1 […]

Starting today, you can use your own AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS) keys to encrypt identity data, such as user and group attributes, stored in AWS IAM Identity Center organization instances. Many organizations operating in regulated industries need complete control over encryption key management. While Identity Center already encrypts data at rest using AWS-owned […]

Last week, Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 4.5—the world’s best coding model according to SWE-Bench – became available in Amazon Q command line interface (CLI) and Kiro. I’m excited about this for two reasons: First, a few weeks ago I spent 4 intensive days with a global customer delivering an AI-assisted development workshop, where I experienced firsthand […]

For all enterprises operating in the Cloud, with the promise of agility and efficiency, comes a new challenge: managing sprawling, dynamic, and often unpredictable cloud environments. As organizations adopt multi-cloud or hybrid strategies, the complexity of managing resources, costs, compliance, and security increases greatly. This is where Cloud Management Platforms (CMPs) come in. Success on […]

He has heard the whispers, “he is getting older, who will replace him?” People asking him with a straight face, “when will you retire?” After close to 25 years at Amazon, where each year has been different and amazing, He feels as young as the day he decided to leave academia and join Amazon. The […]

Today, we’re announcing Amazon ECS Managed Instances, a new compute option for Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) that enables developers to use the full range of Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) capabilities while offloading infrastructure management responsibilities to Amazon Web Service (AWS). This new offering combines the operational simplicity of offloading infrastructure with […]

Since announcing second-generation AWS Outposts racks in April with breakthrough performance and scalability, we’ve continued to innovate on behalf of our customers at the edge of the cloud. Today, we’re expanding AWS Outposts third-party storage integration program to include Dell PowerStore and HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 systems, joining our list of existing integrations with NetApp […]

Enterprise integration has reached a turning point. The average company still uses a wide range of SaaS applications, with this number increasing for larger enterprises. Adoption is no longer the hurdle—the challenge lies in ensuring these systems operate seamlessly together. Integration remains one of the most persistent operational barriers. Modern organizations require integration strategies that […]

Today, we’re excited to announce that Claude Sonnet 4.5, powered by Anthropic, is now available in Amazon Bedrock, a fully managed service that offers a choice of high- performing foundation models from leading AI companies. This new model builds upon Claude 4’s foundation to achieve state-of-the-art performance in coding and complex agentic applications. Claude Sonnet […]

Wow, can you all believe it? We’re nearing the end of the year already. Next thing you know, AWS re:Invent will be here! This is our biggest event that takes place every year in Las Vegas from December 1st to December 5th where we reveal and release many of the things that we’ve been working […]