As an editor for InfoQ, every month I follow and (try to) cover the most interesting news in the cloud space. From Amazon File Cache now GA to data transfer with Skyplane, below are the announcements and news in the AWS space that caught my attention in October. You can read the full articles on InfoQ.
AWS Introduces AWS Parameters and Secrets Lambda Extension to Improve Performances and Security
AWS announced the Parameters and Secrets Lambda Extension, a new way for developers to retrieve parameters from Systems Manager Parameter Store and secrets from Secrets Manager. The Lambda extension caches parameters and secrets, reducing latency and costs.
AWS Lambda Supports Event Filtering for Amazon MSK, Kafka and Amazon MQ
Amazon announced that AWS Lambda supports content filtering options for Amazon MSK, Self-Managed Kafka, Amazon MQ for Apache ActiveMQ, and Amazon MQ for RabbitMQ as event sources. The new options extend the filtering to data store and broker services and reduce traffic to Lambda functions, simplifying application logic and reducing costs.
Open Source Skyplane Targets Faster and Cheaper Data Transfers between Clouds
A team of researchers at the RISELab at UC Berkeley has released Skyplane, an open source tool to optimize the transfer of large datasets between cloud providers, reducing transfer times and costs.
Amazon File Cache Now Generally Available
Amazon announced the general availability of File Cache, a managed high-speed cache for processing file data stored in disparate locations. The new service can be linked to multiple sources including on premises network file systems and managed AWS services like Amazon FSx or S3.
Interactive Query Service Amazon Athena Introduces New Engine
AWS announced version 3 of the engine for Amazon Athena, the serverless interactive service to query S3 data using standard SQL. The cloud provider claims that the new engine improves performance and supports new use cases thanks to over 50 new SQL functions and 30 new analytics features
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