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AWS – Amazon Q Developer is now generally available in the AWS Europe (Frankfurt) Region
Amazon Q Developer in the AWS Management Console and Amazon Q Developer in the IDE is now GA in the Europe (Frankfurt) Region. Pro tier customers can now use and configure Amazon Q Developer in the AWS Management Console and Amazon Q Developer in the IDE to store data in the Europe (Frankfurt) Region and […]

AWS – AWS Lambda@Edge announces advanced logging controls
AWS Lambda@Edge now supports AWS Lambda’s advanced logging controls to improve how function logs are captured, processed, and consumed at the edge. This enhancement provides you with more control over your logging data, making it easier to monitor application behavior and quickly resolve issues. The new advanced logging controls for Lambda@Edge give you three flexible […]

AWS – Amazon Q Business launches support for hallucination mitigation in chat responses
Today, Amazon Q Business is launching a feature to reduce hallucinations in chat responses. Hallucinations are confident responses made by generative AI applications that are not justified by its underlying data. The new feature enables customers to mitigate hallucinations in real-time during chat conversations. Large Language Models (LLMs) underlying generative AI applications have reduced the […]

AWS – Amazon SES now supports logging email sending events through AWS CloudTrail
Today, Amazon Simple Email Service (SES) launched support for logging email sending events through AWS CloudTrail. Customers can maintain a record of email send actions performed using the SES APIs, including actions taken by a user, role, or an AWS service in SES. Previously, customers could use SES event destinations to route sending event notifications […]
GCP – Announcing cloud-native integration of security service edge (SSE) with Cloud WAN
Last week at Google Cloud Next 25, we announced Cloud WAN, a fully managed, reliable, and secure solution for enterprise wide area network (WAN) architectures that’s built on Google’s planet-scale network. Today, we begin a series of deep dives into the products that power Cloud WAN, starting with NCC Gateway, a new regionally managed spoke […]

GCP – 229 things we announced at Google Cloud Next 25 – a recap
Google Cloud Next 25 took place this week and we’re all still buzzing! It was a jam-packed week in Las Vegas complete with interactive experiences, including more than 10 keynotes and spotlights, 700 sessions, and 350+ sponsoring partners joining us for an incredible Expo show. Attendees enjoyed hands-on learning across AI innovation, data cloud, modern […]

AWS – AWS Mainframe Modernization introduces advanced operations for runtime environments
We are excited to announce that AWS Mainframe Modernization service is now available with greater control of managed runtime environments that run modernized mainframe applications. For both refactored and replatformed applications, you can now export data sets to an Amazon S3 bucket. Optionally, you can choose to encrypt the exported data set. This export feature […]

AWS – AWS Elemental Link UHD adds HD ingest rates as Link HD enters end of sale
AWS announces the end of sale for AWS Elemental Link HD devices effective April 15, 2024. AWS Elemental Link UHD devices will continue to be available for purchase. To support HD content contribution workflows, Link UHD has now added HD ingest pricing, providing a seamless path for new deployments. Existing Link HD devices will continue […]

AWS – Announcing 223 new AWS Config rules in AWS Control Tower
Today, AWS announces that AWS Control Tower supports an additional 223 managed Config rules in Control Catalog for various use cases such as security, cost, durability, and operations. With this launch, you can now search, discover, enable and manage these additional rules directly from AWS Control Tower and govern more use cases for your multi-account […]

GCP – Next 25 developer keynote: From prompt, to agent, to work, to fun
Attending a tech conference like Google Cloud Next can feel like drinking from a firehose — all the news, all the sessions, and breakouts, all the learning and networking… But after a busy couple of days, watching the developer keynote makes it seem like there’s a method to the madness. A coherent picture starts to […]