IT News Roundup: August 25, 2025

📅 Created: 2025/08/25, Updated: 2025/08/25 ⏱️ Estimated reading time ~3 mins (510 words)

Weekly IT news briefing: Cohere Command R+ on Amazon Bedrock, Amazon GuardDuty S3 malware scanning, S3 Express One Zone 10-region expansion, and Graviton4 SAP HANA certification.

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AWS Product Announcements & Updates

AWS Product Announcements & Updates

Amazon Bedrock Launches Cohere Command R+ Enterprise Model

Cohere’s Command R+ foundation model is now available on Amazon Bedrock.
Command R+ is a state-of-the-art multilingual LLM specifically optimized for enterprise Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and multi-step tool execution (agents).
Enables developers to orchestrate reliable business automation workflows across diverse languages.

Amazon GuardDuty Adds Agentless Malware Protection for Amazon S3

Amazon GuardDuty introduced automated malware scanning directly on objects ingested into Amazon S3 buckets.
Operating entirely agentless, incoming files are automatically evaluated for threats and trojans without requiring compute provisioning or impacting existing application performance.

Amazon S3 Express One Zone Expands to 10 Additional Regions

The ultra-low-latency Amazon S3 Express One Zone storage class expanded into 10 new AWS regions, including Tokyo ( ap-northeast-1 ), Frankfurt ( eu-central-1 ), and US West ( us-west-1 ).
Delivers consistent single-digit millisecond data access for AI/ML training loops and high-throughput real-time analytical engines.

Amazon EC2 R8g Instances Certified for SAP HANA Workloads

Powered by AWS Graviton4 processors, Amazon EC2 R8g instances earned official certification for SAP HANA enterprise workloads.
Delivers superior price-performance and memory bandwidth for memory-intensive enterprise relational databases and ERP infrastructure.

Amazon EKS on Outposts Simplifies Local Kubernetes Cluster Deployments

Amazon EKS on AWS Outposts introduced simplified local cluster deployment workflows.
Streamlines provisioning and operating on-premises Kubernetes control planes for hybrid cloud deployments with strict data residency and low-latency requirements.

Amazon Route 53 Resolver Adds DNS over HTTPS (DoH) Support

Route 53 Resolver now supports DNS over HTTPS (DoH), encrypting internal and hybrid DNS resolution traffic between VPC endpoints and on-premises environments.
Prevents DNS eavesdropping and man-in-the-middle manipulation across transit links.

Amazon Personalize Adds Native A/B Testing for Recommendations

Amazon Personalize launched built-in A/B testing capabilities for personalized recommendation models.
Machine learning teams can objectively evaluate ranking algorithms and hyperparameter variants against key business KPIs and user engagement metrics.

Amazon CodeCatalyst Supports GitHub.com Issues and Pull Requests

Amazon CodeCatalyst enabled direct linking and status tracking for GitHub.com issues and pull requests within CodeCatalyst project workspaces.
Enhances collaboration context across distributed developer workflows.