Amazon DynamoDB

Designed to be part of the Amazon Web Services (AWS) toolkit, DynamoDB is a powerful data store server, managed by Amazon, for users not owning or wanting to deal with the infrastructure of huge and powerful database systems.

DynamoDB works by automatically splitting incoming data and traffic across a cloud infrastructure which then replies in due time, without a fault or time delays.

DynamoDB has been used by countless of developers, small companies, or even industry giants like Adobe, Nokia, Netflix, Comcast, Expedia, Pinterest, US FDA, Airbnb, Reddit, Scribd, Spotify, and many other more.

What is new in this release:

• Amazon DynamoDB streams, cross-region replication, and scan with strongly consistent reads.

What is new in version 2015-08-19 (beta):

• Amazon DynamoDB streams, cross-region replication, and scan with strongly consistent reads.

What is new in version 2015-05-28 (beta):

• AWS CloudTrail support for Amazon DynamoDB.

What is new in version 2015-04-27 (beta):

• Amazon DynamoDB improved support for query expressions, and new comparison functions for conditional writes.

What is new in version 2015-02-10 (beta):

• Amazon DynamoDB Scan API for secondary indexes.

What is new in version 2015-01-27 (beta):

• Amazon DynamoDB online indexing.

What is new in version 2014-10-08 (beta):

• Amazon DynamoDB document model support with JSON, flexible scaling, and larger item sizes.

What is new in version 2014-04-25 (beta):

• Amazon DynamoDB improved conditional expressions and Query filter.

What is new in version 2014-03-06 (beta):

• Amazon DynamoDB data export and import using the AWS Management Console.

What is new in version 2013-12-03 (beta):

• Amazon DynamoDB global secondary indexes.

What is new in version 2013-10-29 (beta):

• Amazon DynamoDB fine-grained access control.

What is new in version 2013-05-14 (beta):

• Amazon DynamoDB 4K read capacity units and parallel scans.

What is new in version 2013-04-18 (beta):

• Amazon DynamoDB local secondary indexes and new API version.

What is new in version 2012-12-03 (beta):

• Amazon DynamoDB endpoint in the AWS GovCloud (US) Region.

What is new in version 2012-11-20 (beta):

• Amazon DynamoDB endpoint in the South America (Sao Paulo) Region.

What is new in version 2012-11-02 (beta):

• This release of Amazon DynamoDB implements support for CRC32 checksums, supports consistent batch gets, and removes restrictions on concurrent table updates.

What is new in version 2012-08-21 (beta):

• Amazon DynamoDB supports binary type attributes.

What is new in version 2012-08-14 (beta):

• Amazon DynamoDB table items can now be updated and copied within the AWS DynamoDB console.

What is new in version 2012-08-09 (beta):

• Amazon DynamoDB lowers table minimum throughput limits.

What is new in version 2012-04-24 (beta):

• Amazon DynamoDB endpoints in the US West (Northern California) Region, US West (Oregon) Region, and the Asia Pacific (Singapore) Region.