Cloud Managed Services

Today’s signal AWS What’s New recently reported Announcing metal-48xl and metal-96xl for Amazon EC2 network/EBS instances. Published context: June 9, 2026. AWS is announcing the general availability of metal-48xl and metal-96xl sizes for Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) M8in, M8ib, M8idn, M8idb, R8in, R8ib, R8idn, and R8idb instances. These instances are powered by custom sixth generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors, available only on AWS and feature the latest sixth generation AWS Nitro cards. Thes ...

Today’s signal AWS What’s New recently reported Amazon Aurora now supports PostgreSQL major version 18. Published context: June 11, 2026. Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL-Compatible Edition now supports PostgreSQL major version 18, starting with version 18.3. This release brings community improvements to query performance and database management, and introduces support for pg_roaringbitmap, a new extension that performs fast, memory-efficient set operations on large collections of integers. This enabl The reason this matters is simple: buyers are paying attention to speed, operational resilience, and credible technical execution. A trending story can create awareness, but the business question is what a team should do with that attention. ...

Today’s signal AWS What’s New recently reported Amazon EC2 M9g and M9gd general purpose instances are now available. Published context: June 10, 2026. Starting today, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) M9g and M9gd instances , powered by AWS Graviton5 processors, are generally available. AWS Graviton5 processors are the fifth generation of custom-designed AWS processors, delivering the best price performance for general purpose workloads running on Amazon EC2 . ​​M9g instances serve a broad range of ...

Today’s signal Hacker News recently reported AWS Bedrock to require sharing data with Anthropic for Mythos and future models. Published context: June 10, 2026. For Fable 5, Mythos 5, and future models on Bedrock with similar or higher capability levels, Anthropic will require 30-day retention for all traffic on Mythos-class models. Retaining data for a limited period allows Anthropic to detect patterns of misuse that are not visible from a single exchange. Once you opt into data retention, your data will leave AW ...

Today’s signal AWS What’s New recently reported Amazon RDS for SQL Server migration cost assessment capabilities now available in AWS Transform. Published context: June 8, 2026. Amazon RDS for SQL Server now offers TCO assessment in AWS Transform, so you can estimate costs when migrating on-premises SQL Server databases to RDS for SQL Server. Using AI-powered agents, AWS Transform analyzes your on-premises SQL Server environment and provides optimal database instance recommendations that meet your workload requirements and reduce co ...

Today’s signal AWS What’s New recently reported Amazon EC2 M8i and M8i-flex instances are now available in Asia Pacific (New Zealand) Region. Published context: June 1, 2026. Starting today, Amazon EC2 M8i and M8i-flex instances are now available in Asia Pacific (New Zealand) Region. These instances are powered by custom Intel Xeon 6 processors, available only on AWS, delivering the highest performance and fastest memory bandwidth among comparable Intel processors in the cloud. The M8i and M8i-flex instances offer up to 15% bette ...

Today’s signal AWS What’s New recently reported Amazon Keyspaces (for Apache Cassandra) now provides CDC iterator position. Published context: June 3, 2026. Amazon Keyspaces (for Apache Cassandra) now returns an iterator position in the GetRecords response for change data capture (CDC) streams, indicating whether a consumer has reached the tip of the stream or whether additional records may be available. Amazon Keyspaces is a scalable, serverless, and managed Apache Cassandra-compatible database service that let ...

Today’s signal AWS What’s New recently reported Amazon OpenSearch UI is now available in GovCloud regions. Published context: June 5, 2026. Amazon OpenSearch Service expands its modernized operational analytics experience to GovCloud regions, including AWS GovCloud (US-East) and AWS GovCloud (US-West), enabling users to gain insights across data spanning managed domains and serverless collections from a single endpoint. The expansion includes Workspaces to enhance collaboration and productivity, The reason this matters is simple: buyers are paying attention to speed, operational resilience, and credible technical execution. A trending story can create awareness, but the business question is what a team should do with that attention. ...

Today’s signal AWS What’s New recently reported Amazon SageMaker AI launches multi-turn reinforcement learning for AI agent model customization. Published context: June 3, 2026. Amazon SageMaker AI now offers multi-turn reinforcement learning (RL), a new serverless model customization technique for fine-tuning models on multi-step, agentic tasks. SageMaker AI model customization lets you adapt foundation models using techniques such as supervised fine-tuning, reinforcement learning from verifiable rewards (RLVR), and reinforcement l The reason this matters is simple: buyers are paying attention to speed, operational resilience, and credible technical execution. A trending story can create awareness, but the business question is what a team should do with that attention. ...

Today’s signal AWS What’s New recently reported AWS Compute Optimizer now supports 32-day lookback for EBS volume and ECS service rightsizing recommendations. Published context: June 3, 2026. AWS Compute Optimizer now lets you extend the lookback period of your Amazon EBS volume and Amazon ECS rightsizing recommendations from the default 14 days to 32 days, at no additional cost. A longer lookback period allows Compute Optimizer to account for monthly utilization patterns, such as month-end processing, when generating rightsizing recommendations. ...

Today’s signal AWS What’s New recently reported Amazon RDS for SQL Server supports Bring Your Own Media. Published context: June 2, 2026. Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for SQL Server launches Bring Your Own Media (BYOM) for Microsoft SQL Server. With BYOM, customers who migrate SQL Server applications from on-premises environments can adopt a managed database service on AWS and reuse their existing Microsoft SQL Server licenses, including Software Assurance, through Microsoft ...

Today’s signal AWS What’s New recently reported Amazon SageMaker adds permissions boundaries for SCP compliance. Published context: June 1, 2026. Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio now supports custom IAM permissions boundaries, so organizations that enforce Service Control Policies (SCPs) requiring permissions boundaries on all IAM roles can adopt SageMaker Unified Studio without modifying their security posture. When a user creates a project, SageMaker Unified Studio provisions three IAM roles: a proje ...