Topic: aws
Open Source Summit: AWS open sources Cedar, SPDX Release Candidate 3.0, and OpenSSF updates
Open Source Summit North America is taking place this week in Vancouver. The event, hosted by the Linux Foundation, is a celebration of the open source community. It has the support of many major players in the industry, with news announced during the event coming from AWS, Meta, and more. Here are highlights of the … continue reading
Amazon CodeWhisperer brings AI-assisted development to AWS
The newly launched CodeWhisperer is a tool that uses AI-generated suggestions to help developers maintain their focus and stay productive by allowing them to write code quickly and securely without disrupting their workflow by leaving their IDE to look up information. The tool is especially useful for creating code for routine and time-consuming tasks, and … continue reading
Zendesk and AWS announce partnership to offer more personalized customer service at scale
Cloud-based customer service company Zendesk today announced a five-year strategic collaboration agreement with AWS in order to help organizations offer personalized customer experiences at scale. The partnership is geared at assisting businesses in providing users with accelerated, tailored, and conversational experiences spanning every channel while also working to enhance support operations with AI tools, bots, … continue reading
AWS Clean Rooms enables analysis of data from multiple entities
Amazon is attempting to make it easier to analyze data while preserving privacy. It has announced the release of AWS Clean Rooms, which allows multiple parties to pull in their collective data and analyze it. According to Amazon, there are many reasons why different parties would need to do this. For example, in marketing, brands, … continue reading
AWS releases Amazon Linux 2023 to offer heightened security and cloud optimization
AWS recently announced the release of Amazon Linux 2023, the third generation of AWS’s Linux operating systems. According to the company, this release is geared at offering users enhanced security, optimization for the cloud, and long-term AWS support. With this release, users gain heightened security standards with new preconfigured policies that simplify the process of … continue reading
AWS re:Invent: Amazon CodeCatalyst, AWS Step Functions distributed map, and more
AWS re:Invent is coming to a close today, but the company hasn’t stopped making announcements. Check here for recaps from the previous days: Day 1 Day 2 Here are the latest updates from the event: Amazon previews CodeCatalyst CodeCatalyst is a platform for software developers to plan, develop, collaborate on, build, and deliver applications on … continue reading
AWS re:Invent: OpenSearch Serverless, AWS DataZone, and more
Amazon’s annual technology event AWS re:Invent kicked off on Monday, and throughout the week the company has been making exciting announcements at the event. The latest highlights from the event include: Amazon previews OpenSearch Serverless This new offering will enable customers to do analytics on their data without having to manage any of the underlying … continue reading
AWS re:Invent: AWS Glue 4.0 released, enhanced Amazon CodeWhisperer preview, ECS Service Connect for better microservices communication, and more
AWS re:Invent kicked off today with many new releases in the analytics, AI, compute, database, and more spaces. The event will last through December 1st. AWS Glue 4.0 released The new version of the scalable serverless tool built to accelerate the development and execution of data integration and ETL workloads received updated engines, support for … continue reading
AWS announces visual embedding powered by QuickSight
The team at AWS recently announced Fine-Grained Visual Embedding powered by Amazon QuickSight. With this, individual visualizations from Amazon QuickSight dashboards can be embedded into high-traffic webpages and apps. Users are also enabled to provide rich insights for their own end-users where they are most needed, without server or software setup or any infrastructure management. … continue reading
SD Times Open-Source Project of the Week: Cloudscape
Amazon announced it is open sourcing the Cloudscape Design System, which is a solution for building web applications. Cloudscape consists of a set of guidelines to create web applications, along with the design resources and front-end components to streamline implementation. AWS created it in 2016 to improve the user experience across AWS web applications and … continue reading
AWS increases its commitment to OpenSSF by $10 million
To address the ongoing concerns in the industry regarding supply chain security, AWS has announced it is increasing its investment in the Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) by $10 million over the next three years. “Security is our top priority at AWS,” said Mark Ryland, director of the Office of the CISO at AWS. “As … continue reading
AWS Amplify Studio now generally available
AWS recently announced the general availability of Amplify Studio, a visual interface that works to simplify front and backend development for web and mobile applications. The platform was first presented as a preview during AWS re:Invent 2021. With this, users gain access to an integration with Figma, helping designers and front-end developers to work collaboratively … continue reading
