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.
TMCnet

March Networks Reduces Long-Term Video Storage Cost by up to 80% with Amazon S3

CNW/ - March Networks ®, a global leader in intelligent video surveillance, today announced an expansion of its long-standing collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS), helping customers reduce ...
Dark Reading

Critical AWS Vulnerabilities Allow S3 Attack Bonanza

BLACK HAT USA – Las Vegas – Thursday, Aug. 8 – Six critical vulnerabilities in Amazon Web Services (AWS) could have allowed threat actors to target organizations with remote code execution (RCE), ...
InfoWorld

AWS looks to cut storage costs for LLM embeddings with Amazon S3 Vectors

AWS is previewing a specialized storage offering, Amazon S3 Vectors, that it claims can cut the cost of uploading, storing, and querying vectors by up to 90% compared to using a vector database, a ...
CSOonline

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 ...