AWS Weekly Roundup: BYOM for Amazon RDS for SQL Server, AWS IoT Device SDK for Swift, and more (June 8, 2026)
This week, the AWS IoT Device SDK for Swift reached general availability. As a member of the Swift Server…
Try the new console experience in Amazon Bedrock, optimized for Anthropic- and OpenAI-compatible APIs
Today, we’re announcing a new console experience in Amazon Bedrock for you to experiment, iterate, and…
Get started with OpenAI GPT-5.5, GPT-5.4 models, and Codex on Amazon Bedrock
As we previewed in What’s Next with AWS 2026, we’re announcing the general availability of OpenAI…
AWS Weekly Roundup: Claude Opus 4.8 on AWS, Aurora MySQL with Kiro Powers, and more (June 1, 2026)
In my last Week in Review post, I shared what I’d been hearing from customers in…
Meet Our Newest AWS Heroes – May 2026
We’re excited to welcome four outstanding community leaders as our newest AWS Heroes. These individuals embody…
AWS Weekly Roundup: AWS Local Zones in Istanbul, open-source ExtendDB, Kiro Web, and more (May 25, 2026)
There’s something genuinely energizing about working with startups — something I’ve been doing intensely for more…
AWS Weekly Roundup: AWS Transform at 1 year, Claude Platform on AWS, EC2 M3 Ultra Mac instances, and more (May 18, 2026)
Just a year ago, we launched AWS Transform for .NET, Mainframe and VMware workloads, the first…
Amazon Bedrock introduces new advanced prompt optimization and migration tool
Today, we’re announcing Amazon Bedrock Advanced Prompt Optimization, a new tool that you can use to…
AWS Weekly Roundup: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore payments, Agent Toolkit for AWS, and more (May 11, 2026)
My most exciting news of last week: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore previewed the first managed payment capabilities…
The AWS MCP Server is now generally available
I have been building with AI agents and MCP tools for a while now, and one…
Modernize your workflows: Amazon WorkSpaces now gives AI agents their own desktop (preview)
Enterprises face a significant challenge when deploying AI agents: the desktop and legacy applications that power…
AWS Weekly Roundup: What’s Next with AWS 2026, Amazon Quick, OpenAI partnership, and more (May 4, 2026)
Last week, I took some time off in York, England, often described as the most haunted…