Analyze large amounts of graph data to get insights and find trends with Amazon Neptune Analytics

I am happy to announce the general availability of Amazon Neptune Analytics, a new analytics database engine that makes it faster for data scientists and application developers to quickly analyze large amounts of graph data. With Neptune Analytics, you can now quickly load your dataset from Amazon Neptune or your data lake on Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), run your analysis tasks in near real time, and optionally terminate your graph afterward. Graph data enables the representation and analysis of intricate relationships and connections within diverse data domains. Common applications include social networks, where it aids in identifying communities, recommending connections, and analyzing information diffusion. In supply chain management, graphs facilitate efficient route optimization and bottleneck identification. In cybersecurity,…

Getting started with new Amazon RDS for Db2

I am pleased to announce that IBM and AWS have come together to offer Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for Db2, a fully managed Db2 database engine running on AWS infrastructure. IBM Db2 is an enterprise-grade relational database management system (RDBMS) developed by IBM. It offers a comprehensive set of features, including strong data processing capabilities, robust security mechanisms, scalability, and support for diverse data types. Db2 is a well-established choice among organizations for effectively managing data in various applications and handling data-intensive workloads due to its reliability and performance. Db2 has its roots in the pioneering work around data storage and structured query language (SQL) IBM has done since the 1970s. It has been commercially available since 1983,…

AWS Control Tower adds new controls to help customers meet digital sovereignty requirements

Today, we added to AWS Control Tower a set of 65 purpose-built controls to help you meet your digital sovereignty requirements. Digital sovereignty is the control of your digital assets: where the data resides, where it flows, and who has control over it. Since the creation of the AWS Cloud 17 years ago, we have been committed to giving you control over your data. In November last year, we launched the AWS Digital Sovereignty Pledge, our commitment to offering all AWS customers the most advanced set of sovereignty controls and features available in the cloud. Since then, we have announced several steps in that direction. The AWS Nitro System has been validated by an independent third party to confirm that…

Manage EDI at scale with new AWS B2B Data Interchange

Today we’re launching AWS B2B Data Interchange, a fully managed service allowing organizations to automate and monitor the transformation of EDI-based business-critical transactions at cloud scale. With this launch, AWS brings automation, monitoring, elasticity, and pay-as-you-go pricing to the world of B2B document exchange. Electronic data interchange (EDI) is the electronic exchange of business documents in a standard electronic format between business partners. While email is also an electronic approach, the documents exchanged via email must still be handled by people rather than computer systems. Having people involved slows down the processing of the documents and also introduces errors. Instead, EDI documents can flow straight through to the appropriate application on the receiver’s system, and processing can begin immediately. Electronic…