Re:Invent 2023: The Standout Announcements - Day 2

Anda's picks — Anda (Professional Solutions Architect AWS)

1. Powered by foundation model, Amazon Transcribe now supports over 100 languages

   • Blog post : Amazon Transcribe announces a new speech foundation model-powered ASR system that expands support to over 100 languages

2. AWS Support launches AWS Countdown with a premium tier

3. AWS Backup launches support for restore testing

   • Blog post : Automatic restore testing and validation now available in AWS Backup

My top 3 announcements

1. AWS announces Amazon ElastiCache Serverless

2. AWS Backup launches support for restore testing

3. Announcing new finding enrichment in AWS Security Hub

Other announcements that will bring value to our architectures

Storage

• Amazon EFS Replication now supports failback

Backup

• AWS Backup now supports Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) Snapshots Archive

Kubernetes

• Mountpoint for Amazon S3 CSI driver is now generally available

Development

• AWS Application Composer announces AWS Step Functions Workflow Studio integration
• Announcing custom blueprints for Amazon CodeCatalyst

Database

• Announcing Amazon Aurora Limitless Database
• Announcing the general availability of Amazon RDS for Db2

Security

• Announcing major dashboard enhancements in AWS Security Hub
• Announcing new central configuration capabilities in AWS Security Hub
• AWS Control Tower announces 65 new controls to help meet digital sovereignty requirements
• Amazon Inspector agentless vulnerability assessments for Amazon EC2 now in preview

Other

• AWS Support launches AWS Countdown with a premium tier
• Announcing enhanced capabilities for Partner-Led Support
• Announcing Multi-Account Experiments for AWS Fault Injection Service
• Amazon SQS announces support for FIFO dead-letter queue redrive