AWS adds database features and license options aimed at simplifying agent deployment

The announcements add built-in durability for Amazon ElastiCache for Valkey and a new bring-your-own-media option for Amazon RDS for SQL Server. AWS said the enhancements extend its strategy of ...
InfoWorld

AWS targets a longtime cloud migration blocker with SQL Server license portability

Enterprises can now bring existing SQL Server licenses to Amazon RDS, making it easier to move operational data closer to AWS ...

End of double licensing: Microsoft SQL Server in Amazon RDS

Run SQL Server in the managed AWS service without re-licensing: Amazon RDS now allows bringing existing licenses and installation media.
ZDNet

Amazon wants to demolish your tech debt like it did this AWS server - here's the plan

Amazon unveils agentic AI to tackle massive legacy tech debt. Transform modernizes Windows stacks and slashes costly licensing. New AI agents migrate code at speeds humans can't match. Well... that ...
dbta

AWS Announces New Capabilities to Optimize Costs and Improve Scalability

AWS announced that Amazon Relation Database Service (Amazon RDS) is offering 4 new capabilities to help customers optimize their costs as well as improve efficiency and scalability for their Amazon ...
Business Wire

AWS Announces New Database Capabilities Including Amazon Aurora DSQL, the Fastest Distributed SQL Database

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--At AWS re:Invent, Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com, Inc. company (NASDAQ: AMZN), today announced new capabilities for Amazon Aurora and Amazon DynamoDB to ...

SQL Server may be too lucrative for Microsoft to ditch, but too legacy to love

Analysts say Redmond still has billions of reasons to keep backing its flagship DBMS, even as Azure, Postgres, and AI hog the ...