The new bucket type is S3 Table, for storing data in Apache Iceberg format. Iceberg is an open table format (OTF) used for storing data for analytics, and with richer features than Parquet alone.

AWS has recently announced S3 Tables Bucket, managed Apache Iceberg tables optimized for analytics workloads. According to the cloud provider, the new option delivers up to 3x faster query ...

S3 Tables and S3 Metadata are Apache Iceberg table-compatible so customers can easily query their data using AWS analytics services and open source tools, including Amazon Athena, Amazon ...

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has launched S3 Metadata, enhancing data management for S3 users. This new capability enables near real-time querying and analysis of S3 data via organized metadata updates.

Ahana, which commercializes the open source Presto SQL query engine, has announced a new cloud integration with AWS Lake Formation.

AWS has addressed a vulnerability that could have been leveraged to bypass Trusted Advisor’s S3 bucket permissions check.

An analysis of Amazon Web Services storage containers reveals troubling trend of misconfigured S3 buckets that leak data.