AWS updates databases, AI and serverless offerings

In a follow-up to new compute, network and data service offerings announced by Amazon Web Services (AWS) CEO Adam Selipsky, AWS vice president of AI, Swami Sivasubramanian, pulled the covers off some updates to database, machine learning and serverless offerings. Taking a cue from Selipsky's theme of simplifying AWS' array of services in order to make them easier to consume for developers and enterprises, Sivasubramanian announced three new updates to AWS' plethora of database offerings. They include a new managed database service for business applications that allows developers and enterprises to customise the underlying database and operating system; a new table class for Amazon DynamoDB designed to reduce storage costs for infrequently accessed data; and a service that uses machine learning to better diagnose and remediate database-related performance issues. The new managed database service, Amazon RDS (Relational Database Service) Custom, is aimed at customers whose applications require customisation at the database level and thus are responsible for administrative tasks such as provisioning, database setup, patching and backups that take up a lot of time, Sivasubramanian said. Amazon RDS Custom automates these administrative processes while allowing customisation to the database and underlying operating system these applications require, Sivasubramanian said.