Amazon Web Services (AWS) recently held its annual re:Invent conference, attracting nearly 55,000 attendees for a record-breaking event. The conference featured numerous announcements from AWS about new services and features, including Amazon EC2 C5n Instances with increased network bandwidth, AWS Outposts, which enables the integration of AWS APIs within data centers, and AWS Ground Station, a service designed to handle satellite-generated data. Other notable announcements included S3 Glacier as a new storage class, S3 Intelligent-Tiering, which automatically moves infrequently used objects to Glacier for cost savings, and AWS Security Hub, which centralizes alerts and events from various sources. Additionally, AWS Firecracker was introduced, allowing the launch of lightweight microVMs with low resource overhead. The conference also showcased AWS Lake Formation, a service designed to set up secure data lakes in days. Overall, the event highlighted AWS's continued investment in innovation and its commitment to building services that meet customer needs.