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S3 Files and the changing face of S3

Photo credit: Ossewa Almost everyone at some point in their career has dealt with the deeply frustrating process of moving large amounts of data from one place to another, and if you haven’t, you probably just haven’t worked with large enough datasets yet. For Andy Warfield, one of those formative experiences was at UBC, working […]

The Flexibility Mandate: Balancing Cloud Innovation with On-Premise Security in Enterprise IT

The transition to cloud computing represents the most significant operational triumph of the twenty-first century. Over the past decade, the enterprise technology landscape has undergone a massive, fundamental transformation. Organizations across the globe have eagerly traded their ageing physical server racks for the limitless agility of the public cloud. For the vast majority of modern […]

Amazon Bedrock Guardrails supports cross-account safeguards with centralized control and management

Today, we’re announcing the general availability of cross-account safeguards in Amazon Bedrock Guardrails, a new capability that enables centralized enforcement and management of safety controls across multiple AWS accounts within an organization. With this new capability, you can specify a guardrail in a new Amazon Bedrock policy within the management account of your organization that automatically enforces […]

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 […]