AWSome September, from Wickr to Event Ruler
Tags: beginners, aws, cloud
Published: 2022-10-01 19:22:09

As an editor for [InfoQ](https://www.infoq.com/), every month I follow and (try to) cover the most interesting news in the cloud space. From the preview of AWS Wickr to Event Ruler now being open source, below are the AWS announcements that caught my attention last month. You can read the full articles on InfoQ.

**Amazon Introduces Encrypted Communication Service AWS Wickr**

A year after the acquisition of the company Wickr, Amazon recently announced the [preview of the collaboration suite AWS Wickr](https://www.infoq.com/news/2022/09/aws-wickr-preview/?itm_source=infoq&itm_campaign=user_page&itm_medium=link). Built on a proprietary encryption protocol, the new managed service provides enterprises and government agencies with security and administrative controls to meet security and compliance requirements.

**Amazon SNS Introduces Message Data Protection to Discover Sensitive Data in Motion**

Amazon SNS recently announced the p[ublic preview of message data protection](https://www.infoq.com/news/2022/09/amazon-sns-data-protection/?itm_source=infoq&itm_campaign=user_page&itm_medium=link). Identifying PII data and other sensitive information in flight, the new SNS feature leverages pattern matching, machine learning models, and data protection policies to simplify data protection and compliance in applications that exchange high volumes of data.

**AWS IAM Identity Center Introduces APIs to Manage Users and Groups at Scale**

AWS recently introduced [IAM Identity Center APIs to create users and groups at scale](https://www.infoq.com/news/2022/09/aws-event-ruler/?itm_source=infoq&itm_campaign=user_page&itm_medium=link). Administrators can use these new APIs to manage identities programmatically and gain visibility into users in the Identity Center directory.

**AWS Open Sources Event Ruler**

AWS recently announced that Event Ruler, the component managing the routing rules of Amazon EventBridge, is [now open source](https://www.infoq.com/news/2022/09/aws-event-ruler/?itm_source=infoq&itm_campaign=user_page&itm_medium=link). The project is a new option for developers in need to match lots of patterns, policies, or expressions against any amount of events in near real-time.

**Cloud Providers Target Middle East: AWS Adds Region in the United Arab Emirates, Microsoft in Qatar**

Amazon recently announced a [new region in the United Arab Emirates](https://www.infoq.com/news/2022/09/aws-azure-middle-east/?itm_source=infoq&itm_campaign=user_page&itm_medium=link), its second one in the Middle East.

**Amazon Switched Compression from Gzip to Zstd for Own Service Data**

A tweet from Adrian Cockcroft, former VP at Amazon, recently highlighted the benefits of [switching from gzip to Zstandard compression at Amazon](https://www.infoq.com/news/2022/09/amazon-gzip-zstd/?itm_source=infoq&itm_campaign=user_page&itm_medium=link) and triggered discussions in the community about the compression algorithm. Other large corporations, including Twitter and Honeycomb, shared interesting gains using zstd.

**AWS Adds VMware Cloud on AWS Integration with Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP**

AWS and VMware recently announced [VMware Cloud on AWS integration with Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP](https://www.infoq.com/news/2022/09/vmware-netapp-aws/?itm_source=infoq&itm_campaign=user_page&itm_medium=link). Designed for data-intensive VMware workloads, the new option is a supplemental datastore for VMware Cloud on AWS, reducing storage costs and simplifying migration to the cloud for enterprises.

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