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AWS Database Blog

Migrate RDS and Aurora logs to CloudWatch Infrequent Access

Organizations running Amazon RDS and Amazon Aurora often pay full CloudWatch Logs ingestion rates for database logs they rarely access. This post shows how to build an automated, tag-driven solution that migrates RDS and Aurora CloudWatch log groups from the Standard to the Infrequent Access log class and cuts log ingestion costs by about 50%.

Advanced (300)Amazon CloudWatchAmazon RDS
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AWS Database Blog

Building search experiences for JSON data with Amazon OpenSearch Service

In this post, you learn how to use Amazon OpenSearch Service as a discovery layer that combines full-text, vector, and geospatial search across JSON documents in a single query, using a restaurant discovery app as a working example.

Advanced (300)Amazon OpenSearch ServiceTechnical How-to
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ExternalAI
AWS Machine Learning Blog

How ONESTRUCTION built the Ishigaki-IDS foundation model with AWS GenAIIC

ONESTRUCTION, with technical advisory from the AWS Generative AI Innovation Center, built Ishigaki-IDS, a foundation model specialized for construction and BIM workflows. This architectural case study shows how they combined synthetic data, a three-stage training pipeline, and verifiable rewards on Amazon EC2 to build a domain model in a data-scarce field.

Amazon EC2AWS ParallelClusterCustomer Solutions
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AWS Security Blog

AWS successfully completed its 2025-26 NHS DSPT assessment

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is pleased to announce its successful completion of the 2025-26 NHS Data Security and Protection Toolkit (NHS DSPT) assessment audit and achieving a status of Standards Exceeded. The NHS DSPT is an assessment that allows organizations to measure their performance against the National Data Guardian’s 10 data security standards. All organizations […]

AnnouncementsComplianceFoundational (100)
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AWS Machine Learning Blog

How Pixieset achieved 35% AI feature adoption by solving the right problem with Amazon Bedrock

Photographers are among the most skeptical audiences for generative AI. Learn how Pixieset used Amazon Bedrock to launch an AI-generated alt text feature to millions of users in four months, reaching 35% adoption by automating the tedious image SEO work photographers avoid, without touching the creative craft they take pride in.

Amazon BedrockCustomer Solutions
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AWS Machine Learning Blog

First Orion accelerates QA automation using Amazon Nova Act

Learn how First Orion, a branded communications company, shifted from brittle script-based UI testing to AI-driven QA automation with Amazon Nova Act. By describing tests in plain English instead of maintaining selector-based code, they cut QA cycle times, freed engineering capacity, and caught regressions earlier.

Amazon NovaCustomer Solutions
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