GRAPHIC APPAREL SHOPEach week, AWS continues to set the pace for cloud innovation, delivering new tools and integrations that empower both enterprises and individual developers. This week’s highlights showcase how AWS is making development faster, infrastructure smarter, and community engagement richer than ever.
Claude Sonnet 4.5 Supercharges AI Development
Claude Sonnet 4.5 is now integrated with the Amazon Q CLI and Kiro, providing developers with advanced coding assistance. Early adopters are seeing dramatic reductions in feature delivery times, moving from weeks to days. With this integration, AI-driven productivity gets a significant boost.
The model’s availability in Amazon Bedrock means organizations can leverage robust APIs and secure, enterprise-grade deployment for their foundation models. Bedrock is fast becoming the go-to platform for building and managing intelligent AI agents at scale.
Key Product Launches You Should Know
- AWS Outposts Third-Party Storage Support: Expanded integration with Dell and HPE storage enables seamless migration and hybrid cloud strategies. This flexibility lets enterprises maintain data residency and compliance while extending AWS capabilities on-premises.
- Amazon ECS Managed Instances: A new managed compute option for ECS automates infrastructure tasks. Users gain greater scalability, full EC2 feature access, enhanced performance, and reduced operational costs for containerized applications.
- Amazon CloudWatch Application Map: Now generally available, this application performance monitoring feature auto-discovers service dependencies and visualizes them in an interactive map. Troubleshooting and performance analysis for distributed systems have never been easier.
- Amazon Bedrock AgentCore MCP Server: This new server accelerates prototyping and deployment of AI agents. It supports runtime, gateway integration, identity management, and agent memory, making it a powerful foundation for scalable AI workflows.
Noteworthy Enhancements
- AWS Builder ID with Google Sign-In: Users can now create or connect an AWS Builder ID using their Google accounts, streamlining access to services like Kiro and Builder Center.
- AWS API MCP Server v1.0.0: This open-source project lets AI assistants interact with AWS APIs in natural language, translating user requests into CLI commands. It’s a step forward for intuitive, AI-driven cloud management.
- AWS Knowledge MCP Server: Now generally available, it provides AI agents with LLM-compatible AWS documentation, blog insights, and architectural best practices, including regional API availability.
- AWS Transform Adds Terraform Support: The service now converts VMware network setups into reusable Terraform modules, expanding beyond CloudFormation and CDK for automated infrastructure as code.
Upcoming Events & Community Opportunities
- AWS AI Agent Global Hackathon: Builders worldwide are invited to compete in creating AI agents using AWS generative AI, with over $45,000 in prizes up for grabs until October 20.
- AWS Gen AI Lofts: Exclusive sessions in Paris, London, and Tel Aviv offer hands-on learning and networking around AWS AI products.
- AWS Community Days: Events in Munich and Budapest bring together experts for technical talks, workshops, and collaborative labs.
Final Thoughts
This week’s announcements highlight AWS’s relentless drive to lower technical barriers and accelerate digital transformation for developers and enterprises alike. Whether you’re adopting new AI models, modernizing workloads, or engaging with the community, AWS continues to empower builders with the tools and knowledge they need to succeed. Watch for next week’s highlights to stay ahead of the curve.
AWS Updates: Claude Sonnet 4.5, Outposts Storage, ECS Managed Instances, and More