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Containers are a leading method for packaging applications, with Kubernetes emerging as the top orchestration solution. You can enable secure and efficient self-service cluster provisioning on Amazon EKS using open-source tools like AWS Controllers for Kubernetes (ACK), Kyverno, and ArgoCD. This post demonstrates how enterprises can leverage these tools along with Nirmata’s Policy Manager to streamline EKS cluster management, apply security policies, and ensure compliance in a Kubernetes environment.

Cornerstone Consulting Group developed a plugin to simplify migrating on-premises or Amazon EC2 self-managed Apache Kafka clusters to Amazon MSK. The plugin automates MirrorMaker 2 replication, scales connectors, and integrates monitoring and notifications. It supports requirements like zero data loss, minimal code changes, auto-scaling, and performance/security parity. The plugin eases complex setup steps, working seamlessly for a smooth cutover to Amazon MSK after replication completes.

Amazon Athena allows analyzing petabytes of data directly with SQL queries or via analytics tools like ThoughtSpot. This post covers creating an IAM access key, two Amazon S3 buckets (one for data storage, one for query results), creating an Amazon Athena table from sample data using an AWS Glue crawler, and establishing a connection between Athena and ThoughtSpot. With the connection, ThoughtSpot can search and visualize the Athena data using AI capabilities.

AWS HealthImaging is a new HIPAA-eligible service for storing, analyzing, and sharing medical imaging data securely in the cloud. CitiusTech developed a solution leveraging AWS services like HealthImaging to automate ingesting DICOM data. It scans for malware, validates DICOM files, copies clean images to HealthImaging for storage, and notifies users. Healthcare providers can easily migrate imaging workloads to realize improved accessibility and cost-efficiency.

The Synopsys.ai electronic design automation (EDA) suite on AWS harnesses AI to optimize chip design. A key component is Synopsys DSO.ai, using reinforcement learning to enhance power, performance, and area. Benefits include faster optimization, better engineer productivity, design reuse, and faster process node migration. Deploying on AWS ParallelCluster provides auto-scaling, elasticity, and fast setup for massive EDA workloads. Testing showed 20% lower power, timing closure improvements, and significant cost savings.

A content delivery network (CDN) caches content closer to users and reduces load times. Monitoring CDN performance is crucial for optimizing user experience, and this post demonstrates building an Amazon QuickSight dashboard with generative AI capabilities to gain insights from Fastly CDN logs in Amazon S3. It covers configuring real-time log streaming, using AWS Glue to catalog data, accelerating dashboard creation using natural language, and creating rich data stories for stakeholders.

Integrating security scanning into infrastructure as code (IaC) allows detecting misconfigurations early in development. This post explores using the KICS plugin from Checkmarx with AWS CDK. Learn how KICS performs static code analysis to find vulnerabilities and compliance issues in IaC and scans the CDK code to report findings, failing the command for high-severity issues. This shifts security left, mitigating risks in deployed infrastructure.

ServiceNow and AWS have collaborated to bridge language barriers in global workforces. Using AWS services like Amazon Translate and Amazon Comprehend, the AWS Translate Spoke for ServiceNow Flow Designer enables automatic translation of text into employees’ native languages. By demonstrating how the AWS Translate Spoke can translate knowledge articles, this post explains how ServiceNow customers can easily build multi-language workflows to serve global users.

As companies grow, data can become fragmented across business units, hindering insights. PwC built an enterprise data solution on AWS to centralize data and streamline ingestion from diverse sources into a consolidated data lake using native AWS services and configurations. This reduces bespoke data collection, freeing up time for analysis and innovation with consistent, up-to-date data sets. The expandable solution accelerates stand up and bridges silos to unlock operational insights across the business.

AWS Backup simplifies policy-based data protection at scale, and observability offers insights into the backup process for monitoring, issue detection, troubleshooting, and optimization. This ensures backup dependability, efficiency, and security. CloudQuery enables managing and visualizing AWS Backup across accounts, including backup health, configuration, and protected resources to facilitate building a robust compliance posture.