Amazon Aurora now supports post-quantum TLS key exchange
Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL-Compatible Edition now supports post-quantum TLS (PQ-TLS) key exchange for data in transit. This feature is available in versions 18 and higher.
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Monte Carlo's Terraform provider is now on the OpenTofu registry
Monte Carlo has published its Terraform provider and agent modules to the OpenTofu registry, enabling users to manage Monte Carlo infrastructure as code using OpenTofu.
REST API v2 (Public preview): onboard Monte Carlo from your AI tool, Terraform or a script
Monte Carlo's REST API v2 is now in public preview, enabling automated onboarding and deployment of collection agents via scripts, Terraform, or AI tools.
Gemini-powered Explore summaries in Looker are generally available
The ability to generate summaries of Looker Explores using Gemini assistance is now generally available.
Dashboard relationships are now generally available
Dashboard relationships, which enable multi-fact data models in AI/BI dashboards, are now generally available.
Looker bullet chart visualization is generally available
The bullet chart visualization type is now generally available in Looker, allowing users to evaluate metric performance against targets and thresholds.
Xero connector is available in Beta
The managed Xero connector is now available in beta for Databricks Lakeflow Connect, supporting incremental ingestion of accounting data.
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Public endpoints for Amazon ElastiCache Serverless now in AWS GovCloud (US)
Amazon ElastiCache Serverless for Valkey now supports public endpoints in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. A public endpoint lets you connect to your cache from a serverless function or any application running outside a VPC, without setting up a VPN, a bastion host, or an SSH tunnel.
Amazon Aurora serverless now supports up to 384 ACUs
Amazon Aurora serverless for PostgreSQL now supports up to 384 ACUs, a 50% increase in capacity. This allows for larger workloads while maintaining the ability to scale down to zero during idle periods, which is useful for agentic AI applications.
Amazon ElastiCache for Valkey now supports changing durability on existing clusters
Amazon ElastiCache for Valkey now allows users to enable or disable durability on existing clusters without creating new ones. This supports evolving use cases, such as transitioning from caching to persistent storage for AI agent memory.
Amazon Neptune now supports online index rebuild to reclaim storage
Amazon Neptune now supports online index rebuilds, allowing administrators to defragment indexes and reclaim storage space without taking the database offline.
Amazon ElastiCache expands data tiering to R8gd and R7gd nodes in Europe (Spain) and Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)
Amazon ElastiCache for Valkey data tiering is now available on Graviton4-based R8gd nodes in Europe (Spain) and Graviton3-based R7gd nodes in Europe (Spain) and Asia Pacific (Hyderabad). This allows for cost-effective scaling using SSDs.
Amazon Aurora and Amazon RDS now support On-Demand Capacity Reservations
Starting today, you can reserve compute capacity for your Amazon Aurora and Amazon RDS DB instances in one or more Availability Zones for as long as you need it. Reserving capacity helps ensure that DB instance create, restore, scale-compute, and start operations don't fail because of insufficient capacity.
Amazon DynamoDB global tables now support disassociating replicas
Amazon DynamoDB global tables now support disassociating a replica without deleting its table or data. Global tables provide fully managed, multi-Region, multi-active replication. You can now stop replication to and from a replica and continue using the same table as a single-Region table.
Amazon ElastiCache Serverless for Valkey now supports online migration with zero downtime
Amazon ElastiCache Serverless for Valkey now supports online migration from self-managed Valkey and Redis OSS on Amazon EC2 with zero downtime. Zero downtime means zero Errors returned to the client during migration, measured the same way the ElastiCache SLA measures availability.