Amazon S3 Tables now support all Apache Iceberg V3 data types
Amazon S3 Tables now support all data types in the Apache Iceberg V3 specification. You can create V3 tables or upgrade existing V2 tables to take advantage of V3 features…
Backup Software Hidden Costs Nobody Mentions
Key takeaways Per-core licensing can charge more for the same job on denser hardware, while per-socket licensing penalizes spreading workloads across many small hosts. Storage and retention math, not the…
Amazon S3 Vectors now supports metadata pre-filtering for higher recall on filtered searches
Today, we’re announcing metadata pre-filtering for Amazon S3 Vectors, which delivers higher recall on filtered queries by evaluating your metadata filter before the similarity search. You can filter on attributes…
Stop Calling It Cloud Storage: What Actually Makes a Backup Copy Attack-Resistant
Offsite, air-gapped, immutable, and recoverable are four different properties. Most backup strategies in Asia Pacific deliver one of them but assume they have all four. Ask an infrastructure team anywhere…
From APL to STIG: What Government IT Leaders Need to Know About Backup Compliance and How to Stay Ahead of the Curve
If you’ve been managing IT infrastructure for a federal agency for any length of time, you know the U.S. Department of Defense Information Network Approved Products List (DoDIN APL). The…
Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL now supports direct querying of Apache Iceberg and Parquet data in your data lake
Today, we’re announcing a new capability for Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL that you can use to directly query operational data together with data stored in your data lake in Apache Iceberg…
Celebrating Our Newest AWS Heroes – September 2026
Today, we’re excited to introduce the newest members of the AWS Heroes program. AWS Heroes are a vibrant, worldwide group of AWS experts who go above and beyond to share…