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Announcing managed daemon support for Amazon ECS Managed Instances

Today, we’re announcing managed daemon support for Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) Managed Instances. This new capability extends the managed instances experience we introduced in September 2025, by giving platform engineers independent control over software agents such as monitoring, logging, and tracing tools, without requiring coordination with application development teams, while also improving reliability […]

Building Intelligent Cloud-Based Systems for Real Estate: Architectural Challenges and Engineering Best Practices

Is it possible to build a real estate platform where people can actually know ahead of time what type of property they are interested in? This is an example of how real estate has changed. The field is no longer simply about transactions and listings. It is evolving into a data-driven ecosystem driven by smart […]

Announcing the AWS Sustainability console: Programmatic access, configurable CSV reports, and Scope 1–3 reporting in one place

As many of you are, I’m a parent. And like you, I think about the world I’m building for my children. That’s part of why today’s launch matters for many of us. I’m excited to announce the launch of the AWS Sustainability console, a standalone service that consolidates all AWS sustainability reporting and resources in […]

Building a Future-Ready Digital Enablement Layer

Disclaimer: This article has been updated to reflect 2026 trends in digital service delivery, including cloud-native microservices, AI-driven orchestration, edge computing, and predictive personalization.  Most Digital Service Providers (DSPs) aim to provide digital capabilities to customers but struggle to transform with legacy O/BSS systems. According to McKinsey research, 70% of digital transformation projects don’t reach […]

AWS Weekly Roundup: AWS AI/ML Scholars program, Agent Plugin for AWS Serverless, and more (March 30, 2026)

Last week, what excited me most was the launch of the 2026 AWS AI & ML Scholars program by Swami Sivasubramanian, VP of AWS Agentic AI, to provide free AI education to up to 100,000 learners worldwide. The program has two phases: a Challenge phase where you’ll learn foundational generative AI skills, followed by a […]

The Credentialed Ghost: Why 2026’s Biggest Breaches Won’t Trigger Your Alarms

Cybersecurity in 2026 is defined by a quiet but profound shift: the collapse of trust in identity as a security boundary. For decades, enterprise defense strategies were built on a simple premise to keep attackers out, and trust what gets in. That model is no longer holding. Across industries, recent incidents are converging on the […]

Customize your AWS Management Console experience with visual settings including account color, region and service visibility

In August 2025, we introduced AWS User Experience Customization (UXC) capability to tailor user interfaces (UIs) to meet your specific needs and complete your tasks efficiently. With this capability, your account administrator can customize some UI component of AWS Management Console, such as assigning a color to an AWS account for easier identification. Today, we’re announcing […]

Announcing Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL serverless database creation in seconds

At re:Invent 2025, Colin Lazier, vice president of databases at AWS, emphasized the importance of building at the speed of an idea—enabling rapid progress from concept to running application. Customers can already create production-ready Amazon DynamoDB tables and Amazon Aurora DSQL databases in seconds. He previewed creating an Amazon Aurora serverless database with the same […]