AWS News Apr 13 - Apr 19

This week: AWS Interconnect goes multicloud with Google Cloud support and Azure coming in 2026, Secrets Manager adds post-quantum encryption to protect against future threats, and new C8in instances deliver 600 Gbps networking. Plus CloudWatch gets cross-region telemetry management and Aurora D-sequel launches a dedicated PHP connector.

Networking

• Interconnect Last Mile: Branch/DC to cloud via Lumen, 1-100 Gbps dynamic scaling, MACsec default
• Interconnect Multicloud: GA - private links to GCP now, Azure/Oracle in 2026, free 500Mbps/region
• Elastic DR: IPv6 support for replication and control plane

Compute

• EC2 C8in/C8ib: GA - 6th-gen Intel, 600Gbps network (C8in), 300Gbps EBS (C8ib), 43% faster than C6in
• EC2 C8gn/M8gn/R8gn: 48xlarge/metal now 120Gbps EBS, 480K IOPS (2x previous)

Storage

• FSx: Cross-region backup copy now supports opt-in regions
• ECR Pull Through Cache: Auto-syncs OCI referrers (signatures, SBOMs, attestations)

Analytics

• Redshift: Top-K query optimization via min/max block skipping, no config needed
• OpenSearch Serverless: Derived Source reduces storage by reconstructing _source on-the-fly
• CloudWatch Logs Insights: Parameterized saved queries, up to 20 params, chainable

AI/ML

• SageMaker JumpStart: 3 models - Nemotron 120B, Qwen 3.5 9B/27B
• SageMaker JumpStart: Optimized deployments - pick cost/throughput/latency targets, 30+ models
• SageMaker HyperPod: Multi-instance-type groups with priority fallback
• Deadline Cloud: AI troubleshooting for render failures (Maya, Blender, Houdini, Nuke)

Database

• Aurora dsql: PHP connector with IAM token gen, connection pooling, retry logic

Security

• Secrets Manager: Hybrid post-quantum TLS (ML-KEM) against harvest-now attacks

Observtic

• CloudWatch: Multi-region telemetry audit/enablement, org-wide rules
• Managed Grafana: v12.4 - drilldown apps, CloudWatch PPL/SQL, Scenes engine

Enterprise Apps

• Q Business: Google Drive ACL enforcement with real-time permission checks
• QuickSight: Sheet tooltips for hover context; multi-account login (up to 5)
• Amazon Q: 5 simultaneous account sessions in browser

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