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GCP – Google Cloud named a Leader in the 2025 Forrester Data Security Platforms Wave
We’re pleased to announce that Google has been recognized as a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Data Security Platforms, Q1 2025 report. We believe this is a testament to our unwavering commitment to providing cutting-edge data security in the cloud. In today’s AI era, comprehensive data security is paramount. Organizations are grappling with increasingly sophisticated […]

GCP – Unico builds cutting-edge IDTech with Spanner Vector Search
Unico is a leading biometric verification and authentication company addressing the global challenges of identity management and fraud prevention. With nearly two decades of experience in the Brazilian market, Unico has become a reliable supplier to over 800 companies, including four of the top five largest banks and leading retailers. Since 2021, Unico has facilitated […]

AWS – Amazon API Gateway now supports HTTP APIs, mTLS, multi-level base path mappings, and WAF in additional regions
Amazon API Gateway (APIGW) now supports all features of HTTP APIs as well as Mutual TLS and multi-level base path mappings on REST APIs in the following additional Regions: Middle East (UAE), Asia Pacific (Jakarta), Asia Pacific (Osaka), Asia Pacific (Hyderabad), Asia Pacific (Melbourne), Europe (Zurich), Europe (Spain), Israel (Tel Aviv), and Canada West (Calgary). […]

AWS – Amazon Bedrock Data Automation is now generally available
Today, we are announcing the general availability of Amazon Bedrock Data Automation (BDA), a feature of Amazon Bedrock that enables developers to automate the generation of valuable insights from unstructured multimodal content such as documents, images, video, and audio to build GenAI-based applications. By leveraging BDA, developers can reduce development time and effort, making it […]

AWS – Amazon Cognito now supports access token customization for machine-to-machine (M2M) authorization flows
Amazon Cognito now allows customers to customize access tokens for M2M flows, enabling you to implement fine-grained authorization in your applications, APIs, and workloads. M2M authorization is commonly used for automated processes such as scheduled data synchronization tasks, event-driven workflows, microservices communication, or real-time data streaming between systems. In M2M authorization flows, an app client […]

AWS – Amazon CloudWatch RUM introduces resource-based policy support for data ingestion access
CloudWatch RUM, which provides real-time monitoring into web application performance by tracking user interactions, now supports resource based policies that simplify access for data ingestion to RUM. With resource-based policies, you can specify which Identity and Access Management (IAM) principals have access to ingest data to your RUM app monitors— effectively which clients can write […]

AWS – AWS CodeBuild adds support for Node 22, Python 3.13, and Go 1.23
AWS CodeBuild managed images now support Node 22, Python 3.13, and Go 1.23. These new runtime versions are available in Linux x86, Arm, Windows and macOS platforms. AWS CodeBuild is a fully managed continuous integration service that compiles source code, runs tests, and produces software packages ready for deployment. For CodeBuild managed images based on […]

AWS – Amazon Bedrock now available in the Europe (Stockholm) region
Customers can use regional processing profiles for Amazon Nova understanding models (Amazon Nova Lite, Amazon Nova Micro, and Amazon Nova Pro) in Europe (Stockholm). Amazon Bedrock is a fully managed service that offers a choice of high-performing large language models (LLMs) and other FMs from leading AI companies via a single API. Amazon Bedrock also […]

AWS – Announcing managed integrations for AWS IoT Device Management (Preview)
Today, AWS IoT Device Management announces the preview of managed integrations, a new feature that enables you to simplify control and management of a diverse set of devices across multiple manufacturers and connectivity protocols. The new feature helps you streamline cloud onboarding of Internet of Things (IoT) devices and enables you to control both self-managed […]
AWS – Announcing AWS Outposts racks for high throughput, network-intensive workloads (Preview)
AWS announces the preview of new AWS Outposts racks designed specifically for on-premises high throughput, network-intensive workloads. With these new Outposts racks, telecom service providers (telcos) can extend AWS infrastructure and services to telco locations, enabling them to deploy on-premises network functions requiring low latency, high throughput, and real-time performance. The new Outposts racks feature […]