AWS claims 90% vector cost savings with S3 Vectors GA, calls it 'complementary' - analysts split on what it means for vector databases

Despite the aggressive cost claims and dramatic scale improvements, AWS is positioning S3 Vectors as a complementary storage tier rather than a direct replacement for specialized vector databases.
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Amazon S3 Vectors Reaches GA, Introducing "Storage-First" Architecture for RAG

AWS has announced the general availability of Amazon S3 Vectors, increasing per-index capacity forty-fold to 2 billion ...
InfoQ

AWS Introduces Vector Capabilities on Amazon S3

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. Vivek Yadav, an engineering manager from ...
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AWS Global Data Center VP, Amazon S3 Leader Departs

Amazon Web Services’ global data center leader, Kevin Miller, has left the cloud giant after 17 years. Here’s what you need to know as AWS continues to invests billions in cloud infrastructure. Amazon ...
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Amazon Security Chief On Stopping 2.7 Trillion EC2 Attacks, 28 Billion S3 Storage Attempts

Amazon CISO CJ Moses explains how Amazon’s honeypot system Madpot and Amazon Web Services’ active defense tool Sonaris are stopping trillions of cyberattacks on Amazon EC2 and S3 storage buckets.
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Act fast to blunt a new ransomware attack on AWS S3 buckets

A threat actor is leveraging AWS’s own encryption against victim firms with no way out except paying for decryption keys, says report. CISOs are being warned to make sure employees take extra steps to ...
Computer Weekly

Storage technology explained: What is S3 and what is it good for?

While on-premise object storage is a minority interest, relatively speaking, object storage in the cloud is huge. It is its natural home, and AWS’s S3 is the big beast that roams there. While it’s ...