It is update time! Simon shares a great selection of new things for customers - what will be your favourite?

Shownotes:

Amazon Polly Gives WordPress a Voice! - AWS Machine Learning Blog | https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/machine-learning/amazon-polly-gives-wordpress-a-voice/

Amazon Polly New Phonation Tag Enables You to Create Softer Speech | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/02/amazon-polly-new-phonation-tag-enables-you-to-create-softer-speech/

Amazon Connect Adds Speech Synthesis Markup Language Support for Amazon Lex Chatbots | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/02/amazon-connect-adds-speech-synthesis-markup-language-support-for-amazon-lex-chatbots/

Announcing Responses Capability in Amazon Lex and SSML Support in Text Response | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/02/announcing-responses-capability-in-amazon-lex-and-ssml-support-in-text-response/

Now Export and Import your Amazon Lex Chatbot Schema | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/02/now-export-and-import-your-amazon-lex-chatbot-schema/

Amazon DynamoDB Now Supports Server-Side Encryption at Rest | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/02/amazon-dynamodb-now-supports-server-side-encryption-at-rest/

Amazon DynamoDB Accelerator (DAX) Releases SDKs for Python and .NET, Support for T2 Instances, and now available in the Asia Pacific (Singapore) and Asia Pacific (Sydney) Regions | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/02/amazon-dynamodb-accelerator-dax-releases-sdks-for-python-and-dot-net-support-for-t2-instances-and-now-available-in-the-asia-pacific-singapore-and-asia-pacific-sydney-regions/

Amazon Cognito Simplifies User Migration | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/02/amazon-cognito-simplifies-user-migration/

Amazon ECS Adds New Endpoint to Access Task Metrics and Metadata | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/02/amazon-ecs-adds-new-endpoint-to-access-task-metrics-and-metadata/

AWS Fargate Supports Container Workloads Regulated By ISO, PCI, SOC, and HIPAA | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/03/aws-fargate-supports-container-workloads-regulated-by-iso-pci-soc-and-hipaa/

Target Tracking Available for Container Service Auto Scaling in Amazon ECS Console | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/02/target-tracking-available-for-container-service-auto-scaling-in-amazon-ecs-console/

AWS Shield now Integrated with AWS CloudTrail | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/02/aws-shield-now-integrated-with-aws-cloudtrail/

Amazon GameLift Introduces Backfill Functionality to FlexMatch, the Dynamic Matchmaking Service for Multiplayer Experiences | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/02/amazon-gamelift-introduces-backfill-functionality-to-flexmatch-the-dynamic-matchmaking-service-for-multiplayer-experiences/

Amazon GameLift FleetIQ and Spot Instances Reduce Costs by up to 90% | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/02/amazon-gamelift-fleetiq-and-spot-instances-reduce-costs-by-up-to-90-percent/

New AWS Direct Connect sites land in Paris and Taipei | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/02/new-aws-direct-connect-sites-land-in-paris-and-taipei/

Inter-Region VPC Peering is Now Available in Nine Additional AWS Regions | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/02/inter-region-vpc-peering-is-now-available-in-nine-additional-aws-regions/

Longer Format Resource IDs are Now Available in Amazon EC2 | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/02/longer-format-resource-ids-are-now-available-in-amazon-ec2/

AWS AppSync Adds new GraphQL Functionality and Removes Whitelist Approvals from Preview | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/02/aws-appsync-adds-new-graphql-functionality-and-removes-whitelist-approvals-from-preview/

AWS AppSync Expands to Three New Regions, Adds API Key Extension Feature | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/02/aws-appsync-expands-to-three-new-regions-adds-api-key-extension-feature/

AWS Config Adds Support for AWS WAF RuleGroups | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/02/aws-config-adds-support-for-aws-waf-rulegroups/

New Products for Managed Rules on AWS WAF | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/02/new-products-for-managed-rules-on-aws-waf/

Amazon Inspector Now Supports Windows Server 2016 | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/02/amazon-inspector-now-supports-windows-server-2016/

AWS Trusted Advisor's S3 Bucket Permissions Check Is Now Free | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/02/aws-trusted-advisors-s3-bucket-permissions-check-is-now-free/

Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling Adds Support for Service-Linked Roles | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/02/amazon-ec2-auto-scaling-adds-support-for-service-linked-roles/

Network Load Balancer now Supports Cross-Zone Load Balancing | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/02/network-load-balancer-now-supports-cross-zone-load-balancing/

Auto Scaling in Amazon SageMaker is now Available | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/02/auto-scaling-in-amazon-sagemaker-is-now-available/

AWS DeepLens Announces the Ability to Directly Import Models from Amazon SageMaker | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/02/aws-deeplens-announces-the-ability-to-directly-import-models-from-amazon-sagemaker/

Introducing the Real-Time Insights on AWS Account Activity | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/02/introducing-the-real-time-insights-on-aws-account-activity/

AWS Serverless Application Repository Now Generally Available | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/02/aws-serverless-application-repository-now-generally-available/

Amazon AppStream 2.0 Now Supports Copying Images Across AWS Regions | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/02/amazon-appstream-2_0-now-supports-copying-images-across-aws-regions/

Amazon CloudWatch Events now Supports AWS Batch as an Event Target | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/03/amazon-cloudwatch-events-now-supports-aws-batch-as-an-event-target/

AWS Service Catalog Announces AutoTags for Automatic Tagging of Provisioned Resources | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/03/aws-service-catalog-announces-autotags-for-automatic-tagging-of-provisioned-resources/

AWS Service Catalog Launches Brand Your Console to Deliver a Customizable User Experience | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/03/aws-service-catalog-launches-brand-your-console-to-deliver-a-customizable-user-experience/

AWS Storage Gateway Expands Automation with New CloudWatch Event, and Support for "Requester Pays" Buckets | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/03/aws-storage-gateway-expands-automation-with-new-cloudwatch-event-and-support-for-requester-pays-buckets/

Amazon Redshift Spectrum Now Supports Scalar JSON and Ion Data Types | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/03/amazon-redshift-spectrum-now-supports-scalar-json-and-ion-data-types/

PostgreSQL 10 now Supported in Amazon RDS | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/02/postgresql-10-now-supported-in-amazon-rds/

AWS GovCloud (US) Region Adds Third Availability Zone | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/03/aws-govcloud-us-region-adds-third-availability-zone/

AWS Snowball Now Available in AWS Singapore Region | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/03/aws-snowball-now-available-in-aws-singapore-region/