# Links for all the AWS re:Invent 2021 announcements

This is a long blog post, and the idea here is just to compile all the launches from AWS in reInvent 2021, with different resources - blog post and reinvent talks.  I might add more links as more material start appearing on these topics.


## Compute

**What's new in EC2?**

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**AWS Graviton3 and Amazon EC2 C7g instances**

- *Preview*
- Blog post: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/join-the-preview-amazon-ec2-c7g-instances-powered-by-new-aws-graviton3-processors/
- AWS re:Invent 2021 - {New Launch} Deep dive into AWS Graviton3 and Amazon EC2 C7g instances
https://youtu.be/WDKwwFQKfSI

**Amazon EC2 G5g instances - powered by AWS Graviton2**

- GA
- Blog post: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/11/amazon-ec2-g5g-instances-aws-graviton2-processors/

**Amazon EC2 Im4gn and Is4gen instances - powered by AWS Graviton2**
- GA
-  Blog post: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/11/amazon-ec2-im4gn-is4gen-aws-graviton2/

**Local Zone Expansion**
- Blog post:  https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/global-infrastructure/localzones/locations/?nc=sn&loc=3

**Amazon EC2 M1 Mac instances**
- Preview
- Blog post: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/12/amazon-ec2-m1-mac-instances-macos/
- AWS re:Invent 2021 -  Build native Apple silicon apps with EC2 M1 Mac instances, ft. Goldman Sachs https://youtu.be/i9b7UtenFlA

**AWS Compute Optimizer**
- GA
- Blog post: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/11/aws-compute-optimizer-enhanced-infrastructure-metrics-ec2-instances/
- Blog post: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-for-aws-compute-optimizer-resource-efficiency-metrics-to-estimate-savings-opportunities-and-performance-risks/
- AWS re:Invent 2021 - Optimizing resource efficiency with AWS Compute Optimizer: https://youtu.be/yt2rPJHrEeQ

**Amazon CloudWatch Metrics Insights**
- Preview
- Blog post: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/11/amazon-cloudwatch-metrics-insights-preview/

**Amazon Braket Hybrid Jobs**
- GA
- Blog post: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/introducing-amazon-braket-hybrid-jobs-set-up-monitor-and-efficiently-run-hybrid-quantum-classical-workloads/
- AWS re:Invent 2021 - The path to a fault-tolerant quantum computer: https://youtu.be/wXQ8abYnf0U

**Outposts Servers**
- Blog post: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-aws-outposts-servers-in-two-form-factors/
- AWS re:Invent 2021 - AWS Outposts: Bringing the AWS experience on premises https://youtu.be/FxVF6A22498

**Outposts Region Expansion**
- Blog post: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/11/aws-outposts-new-regions

**Workspaces Web**
- Blog post: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/11/amazon-workspaces-introduces-amazon-workspaces-web/

## Networking

**Cloud WAN**
- Preview
- Blog post: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/networking-and-content-delivery/introducing-aws-cloud-wan-preview/
- AWS re:Invent 2021 - {New Launch} Introducing AWS Cloud WAN and AWS Direct Connect SiteLink: https://youtu.be/pBqGe9cj33g

**Direct Connect SiteLink**
- GA
- Blog post: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/networking-and-content-delivery/introducing-aws-direct-connect-sitelink/ 
- AWS re:Invent 2021 - {New Launch} Introducing AWS Cloud WAN and AWS Direct Connect SiteLink: https://youtu.be/pBqGe9cj33g

**Transit Gateway Intra-Region Peering**
- GA
- Blog post: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/networking-and-content-delivery/aws-transit-gateway-now-supports-intra-region-peering/

**IP Address Management**
- GA
- Blog post: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/network-address-management-and-auditing-at-scale-with-amazon-vpc-ip-address-manager/

**VPC Network Access Analyzer**
- GA
- Blog post: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-amazon-vpc-network-access-analyzer/

**Private 5G**
- Preview
- Blog post: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/11/preview-aws-private-5g/
- Service page: https://aws.amazon.com/private5g/
- AWS re:Invent 2021 - Introducing AWS Private 5G Preview: Set up a private mobile network in days: https://youtu.be/kP3oEhWRh5E

**Data Out Transfer Price Reduction**
- GA
- Blog post: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/11/aws-price-reduction-data-transfers-internet/

**Partner-Managed Firewall Offering**
- Preview 
- Check Point: https://blog.checkpoint.com/2021/11/29/check-point-cloudguard-network-security-streamlines-operational-efficiency-with-as-a-service-solution-on-aws/
- TrendMicro: https://www.trendmicro.com/en_ca/research/21/k/trend-micro-cloud-one-network-security-as-a-service.html
- Cisco: https://blogs.cisco.com/security/simplify-network-security-with-cisco-secure-firewall-as-a-service-fwaas-on-aws

**Connect**
- GA
- Blog post: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/machine-learning-powered-amazon-connect-now-with-call-summarization/https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/11/amazon-connect-unified-agent-application/
- Blog post: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/11/amazon-connect-unified-agent-application/

## Storage

**S3 Intelligent-Tiering:  Archive Instant Access tier**
- GA
- Blog post: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/amazon-s3-glacier-is-the-best-place-to-archive-your-data-introducing-the-s3-glacier-instant-retrieval-storage-class/
- AWS re:Invent 2021 - {New Launch} Introducing the Amazon S3 Glacier Instant Retrieval storage class: https://youtu.be/uj2yVHukW-4

**Amazon S3 Price Reduction**
- GA
- Blog post: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/amazon-s3-glacier-is-the-best-place-to-archive-your-data-introducing-the-s3-glacier-instant-retrieval-storage-class/

**EBS Snapshot Archive**
- GA
- AWS re:Invent 2021 - {New Launch} Protect data and lower costs with EBS Snapshots: https://youtu.be/bJlbNOzAaaI

**Recycle Bin for EBS Snapshots**
- GA
- Blog post: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/11/recover-accidental-deletions-snapshots-recycle-bin/

**AWS Snowball with Tape Gateway**
- GA 
- Blog post: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/11/aws-snow-family-offline-tape-data-migration-capability/
- AWS re:Invent 2021 - Accelerate physical tape data migration to AWS: https://youtu.be/k5GgJCwpz-Q

**Next generation Amazon FSx for Lustre file system**
- GA
- Blog post: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/11/amazon-fsx-lustre-file-updates-s3/
- Blog post: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/11/amazon-fsx-lustre-s3-buckets/
- Blog post: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/11/amazon-fsx-lustre-file-system-contents-s3/

**Amazon FSx for OpenZFS**
- GA
- Blog post: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/11/amazon-fsx-openzfs/
- AWS re:Invent 2021 - {New Launch} Introducing Amazon FSx for OpenZFS: https://youtu.be/hPJSIZD099o

**AWS Backup support for Amazon S3 and VMware workloads**
- Preview
- Blog post: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/11/aws-backup-vmware-workloads/
- AWS re:Invent 2021 - {New Launch} Introducing AWS Backup for VMware workloads: https://youtu.be/VXxXdS3H8R8

## Security

**Introducing the new Amazon Inspector**
- GA
- Blog post: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/11/amazon-inspector-continual-vulnerability-management/
- AWS re:Invent 2021 - {New Launch} The new Amazon Inspector for vulnerability management: https://youtu.be/0nyy7fP4vCI

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**AWS Control Tower Data Residency Controls**
- GA
- Blog post: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/11/aws-control-tower-controls-data-residency-requirements/

**AWS Shield Advanced introduces automatic application-layer DDoS mitigation**
- GA
- Blog post: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/12/aws-shield-advanced-application-layer-ddos-mitigation/
- AWS re:Invent 2021 - {New Launch} AWS Shield: Automated layer 7 DDoS mitigation: https://youtu.be/T3kqljTLR50

## Architecture 

**New Sustainability Pillar for the AWS Well-Architected Framework**
- GA
- Blog post: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/12/new-sustainability-pillar-aws-well-architected-framework/
- AWS re:Invent 2021 - Architecting for sustainability: https://youtu.be/3-Zq2W1-odU

## Migration

**AWS Mainframe Modernization**
- Preview
- Blog post: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/11/introducing-aws-mainframe-modernization/
- AWS re:Invent 2021 - {New Launch} Introducing AWS Mainframe Modernization service: https://youtu.be/07u4ANDTZt8

AWS Migration Hub Refactor Spaces
- Preview
- Blog post: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/11/aws-migration-hub-refactor-spaces/

## DevOps

**Terraform Support for AWS Control Tower**
- GA
- Blog post: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/11/aws-control-tower-controls-data-residency-requirements/
- AWS re:Invent 2021 - Account provisioning & customization using Terraform with AWS Control Tower: https://youtu.be/8Ot5wn7kxI0

**Manage AWS Resources from Slack**
- GA 
- Blog post: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/11/aws-chatbot-management-resources-slack/

**Karpenter**
- GA
- Blog post: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/11/aws-karpenter-v0-5/
- AWS re:Invent 2021 - Getting to large Amazon EKS clusters: https://youtu.be/2LEFG3MlaqQ

**AWS Marketplace for Containers Anywhere**
- GA
- Blog post: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/11/aws-customers-find-subscribe-deploy-kubernetes-aws-marketplace/

## Developers

**Amazon CodeGuru Reviewer**
- GA
- Blog post: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/11/amazon-codeguru-reviewer-hardcoded-secrets-java-python/

**Amplify Studio**
- GA
- Blog post: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/mobile/aws-amplify-studio-figma-to-fullstack-react-app-with-minimal-programming/
- AWS re:Invent 2021 - {New Launch} AWS Amplify: Visually build full-stack web apps faster on AWS: https://youtu.be/NLN-q47uPo0
- Example Figma Project: https://www.figma.com/community/file/1047600760128127424
- Amplify Documentation: https://docs.amplify.aws/console/tutorial/buildui/
- Video Tutorial: https://docs.amplify.aws/console/tutorial/buildui/

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**AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK) v2**
- GA
- Blog post: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/announcing-general-availability-of-construct-hub-and-aws-cloud-development-kit-version-2/
- AWS re:Invent 2021 - What's new with AWS CloudFormation and AWS CDK: https://youtu.be/PVW8TRvmHhU

**AWS CDK Contruct Hub**
- GA
- https://constructs.dev

**CloudWatch Real User Monitoring (RUM)**
- GA 
- Blog post: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/cloudwatch-rum/
- AWS re:Invent 2021 - Optimize applications through end user insights with Amazon CloudWatch RUM: https://youtu.be/NMaeujY9A9Y

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**Amazon CloudWatch Evidently**
- GA
- Blog post: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/cloudwatch-evidently/
- AWS re:Invent 2021 - Remove guesswork when launching new features with CloudWatch Evidently: https://youtu.be/oeFziVW-I3o

**AWS Microservice Extractor for .NET**
- GA
- Blog post: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/11/aws-microservice-extractor-net/
- AWS re:Invent 2021 - What’s new with .NET development and deployment on AWS: https://youtu.be/UvTJ_Inb634

**AWS SDKs**
- Preview
- Blog post Rust: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/12/aws-sdk-rust-developer-preview/
- Blog post Kotlin: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/12/aws-sdk-kotlin-developer-preview/
- Blog post Swift: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/12/aws-sdk-swift-developer-preview/
- AWS re:Invent 2021 - Building with the new AWS SDKs for Rust, Kotlin, and Swift: https://youtu.be/Nhk1K1AjYvg

**re:Post**
- GA
- Blog post: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/aws-repost-a-reimagined-qa-experience-for-the-aws-community/
- https://repost.aws/
- AWS re:Invent 2021 - {New Launch} Remove technical roadblocks with AWS re:Post: https://youtu.be/lMLuyCG0uwU

**AWS BugBust**
- https://bugbust.aws/
- Blog post: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/help-make-bugbusting-history-at-aws-reinvent-2021/

## Serverless

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**AWS Lambda: Event Filtering**
- GA
- Blog post: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/11/aws-lambda-event-filtering-amazon-sqs-dynamodb-kinesis-sources/

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**AWS Lambda: Partial Batch Response for SQS**
- GA
- Blog post: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/11/aws-lambda-partial-batch-response-sqs-event-source/

**Amazon EventBridge: S3 Data Plane Notifications**
- GA
- Blog post: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-use-amazon-s3-event-notifications-with-amazon-eventbridge/

**AWS Lambda OffsetLag**
- GA
- Blog post: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/11/aws-lambda-metric-offsetlag-amazon-msk-kafka-mq/

**Amazon EventBridge cross-Region support**
- GA 

**AWS Step Functions: Integration with Athena Console**
- GA
- Blog post: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/compute/visualizing-aws-step-functions-workflows-from-the-amazon-athena-console/

## Analytics

**AI for Data Analytics (AIDA) Partner Solutions**
- Blog post: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/apn/ai-for-data-analytics-aida-partner-solutions-will-empower-business-experts-with-predictive-analytics/

**Data Exchange for APIs**
- Blog post: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/data-exchange-for-apis-find-subscribe-use-third-party-apis-consistent-authentication/
- AWS re:Invent 2021 - Use AWS Data Exchange to streamline data processing and analytics: https://youtu.be/IpxnQw_W1QM

**AWS Lake Formation Governed Tables**
- Blog post: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/11/aws-lake-formation-governed-tables-storage-security/

**Amazon Athena ACID transactions**
- Blog post: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/11/amazon-athena-acid-apache-iceberg/

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**Amazon EMR Serverless**
- Preview
- Blog post: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/big-data/announcing-amazon-emr-serverless-preview-run-big-data-applications-without-managing-servers/
- AWS re:Invent 2021 - {New Launch} Introducing Amazon EMR Serverless: https://youtu.be/qk3TDZ4OkNE

**Amazon MSK Serverless**
- Preview
- Blog post: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/11/amazon-msk-serverless-public-preview/
- AWS re:Invent 2021 - {New Launch} Introducing Amazon MSK Serverless: https://youtu.be/k-tytAqaomc

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**Amazon Kinesis Data Streams on demand**
- GA
- Blog post: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/amazon-kinesis-data-streams-on-demand-stream-data-at-scale-without-managing-capacity/
- AWS re:Invent 2021 - Introducing Amazon Kinesis Data Streams On-Demand Mode: https://youtu.be/mQhPMJHmz_E

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## Database

**Amazon RDS Custom**
- Blog post: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/12/amazon-rds-custom-sql-server/
- AWS re:Invent 2021 - {New Launch} Customize Oracle and SQL Server databases with Amazon RDS Custom: https://youtu.be/zpPMYGIaocM

**Amazon DevOps Guru for RDS**
- Blog post: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-amazon-devops-guru-for-rds-to-detect-diagnose-and-resolve-amazon-aurora-related-issues-using-ml/
- AWS re:Invent 2021 -{New Launch} Automatically detect and resolve issues with Amazon DevOps Guru: https://youtu.be/iwQNQHwoXfk

**Amazon DynamoDB Standard-Infrequent Access (Standard-IA) table class**
- GA
- Blog post: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-dynamodb-table-class-save-up-to-60-in-your-dynamodb-costs/

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**Amazon Timestream**
- GA
- AWS re:Invent 2021 - Deep dive on Amazon Timestream: https://youtu.be/QjMZaKkq8YM

**Amazon Redshift Serverless**
- Preview
- Blog post: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/introducing-amazon-redshift-serverless-run-analytics-at-any-scale-without-having-to-manage-infrastructure/
- AWS re:Invent 2021 - {New Launch} Introducing Amazon Redshift Serverless: https://youtu.be/x0xmqJrAVM8

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**AWS DMS Fleet Advisor**
- Preview
- Blog post: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/12/aws-dms-fleet-advisor/
- AWS re:Invent 2021 - Announcing AWS DMS Fleet Advisor in the new AWS DMS studio console experience: https://youtu.be/mMEONHthZs8

## ML/AI

**Amazon EC2 Trn1 Instances for ML Training**
- Preview
- Blog post: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/11/amazon-ec2-trn1-instances/
- AWS re:Invent 2021 - {New Launch} Introducing AWS Trainium-based Amazon EC2 Trn1 instances: https://youtu.be/_6y-AWmTako

**Amazon SageMaker Notebooks**
- GA
- Blog post: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-create-and-manage-emr-clusters-and-spark-jobs-with-amazon-sagemaker-studio/

**Amazon SageMaker Training Compiler**
- GA
- Blog post: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-introducing-sagemaker-training-compiler/
- AWS re:Invent 2021 - {New Launch} Introducing Amazon SageMaker Training Compiler: https://youtu.be/IQLMSk4qia4

**Amazon SageMaker Inference Recommender**
- GA
- Blog post: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/announcing-amazon-sagemaker-inference-recommender/

**Amazon SageMaker Serverless Inference**
- Preview
- Blog post: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/12/amazon-sagemaker-serverless-inference

**Amazon SageMaker MLOps**
- GA
- Blog post: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/12/amazon-sagemaker-pipelines-integrates-sagemaker-model-monitor-sagemaker-clarify/
- Blog post: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/12/amazon-sagemaker-cross-account-lineage-tracking-query/
- Blog post: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/12/sagemaker-model-registry-endpoint-visibility-custom-metadata-model-metrics/

**Amazon SageMaker Ground Truth Plus**
- GA
- Blog post: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/announcing-amazon-sagemaker-ground-truth-plus/
- AWS re:Invent 2021 - {New Launch} Introducing Amazon SageMaker Ground Truth Plus: https://youtu.be/Y3Lo63yiqsU

**Amazon SageMaker Canvas**
- GA 
- Blog post: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/announcing-amazon-sagemaker-canvas-a-visual-no-code-machine-learning-capability-for-business-analysts
- AWS re:Invent 2021 - {New Launch} Introducing Amazon SageMaker Canvas: https://youtu.be/8gm1TD9TXp0

**Amazon SageMaker Studio Lab**
- Preview
- Blog post: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/now-in-preview-amazon-sagemaker-studio-lab-a-free-service-to-learn-and-experiment-with-ml/
- AWS re:Invent 2021 - {New Launch} Introducing Amazon SageMaker Studio Lab: https://youtu.be/4Vri7vVh-tg

## AI/ML Services

**Amazon Textract for Identity documents**
- GA
- Blog post: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/12/amazon-textract-automated-processing-identity-documents/

**Amazon Personalize**
- GA
- Blog post: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/machine-learning/improve-the-return-on-your-marketing-investments-with-intelligent-user-segmentation-in-amazon-personalize/

**Amazon Kendra**
- GA
- Blog post: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/machine-learning/enrich-your-content-and-metadata-to-enhance-your-search-experience-with-custom-document-enrichment-in-amazon-kendra/

**Amazon Lex*
- Preview
- Blog post: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/machine-learning/expedite-conversation-design-with-the-automated-chatbot-designer-in-amazon-lex/

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## IoT

**AWS IoT ExpressLink**
- Preview
- Blog post: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/11/aws-iot-expresslink-development/

**AWS IoT TwinMaker**
- Preview
- Blog post: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/11/aws-iot-twinmaker-build-digital-twins/
- AWS re:Invent 2021 - {New Launch} Introducing AWS IoT TwinMaker: https://youtu.be/fdBKRyhC9Yk

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**AWS IoT FleetWise**
- Preview
- Blog post: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/11/aws-iot-fleetwise-transferring-vehicle-data-cloud/

**AWS IoT RoboRunner**
- Preview
- Blog post: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/preview-aws-iot-roborunner-for-building-robot-fleet-management-applications/
- AWS re:Invent 2021 - {New Launch} Improve efficiency of robotics automation with AWS IoT RoboRunner: https://youtu.be/r6zNGSm6gWM

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**AWS IoT SiteWise cold tier storage support **
- Preview
- Blog post: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/11/aws-iot-sitewise-storage-tiers-industrial-data/

**FreeRTOS out-of-the-box connectivity**
- GA
- Blog post: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/12/freertos-aws-iot-connectivity-experience/
- Blog post: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-freertos-extended-maintenance-plan-for-up-to-10-years/