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AWS – You can now submit multiple operations for simultaneous execution with AWS CloudFormation StackSets
Today, AWS CloudFormation StackSets announces the capability to execute multiple operations for simultaneous execution. StackSets extends the functionality of CloudFormation stacks by letting you create, update, or delete stacks across multiple AWS accounts and Regions with a single operation. You can now submit more than one operation per stack set to be executed concurrently. This capability […]

AWS – General Availability of Syne Tune, an open-source library for distributed hyperparameter and neural architecture optimization
Today we announce the general availability of Syne Tune, an open-source Python library for large-scale distributed hyperparameter and neural architecture optimization. It provides implementations of several state-of-the-art global optimizers, such as Bayesian optimization, Hyperband and population-based training. Additionally, it supports constrained and multi-objective optimization, and it allows users to bring their own global optimization algorithm. […]

AWS – AWS Database Migration Service now supports parallel load for partitioned data to S3
AWS Database Migration Service (AWS DMS) has expanded functionality by adding support for the parallel load for partitioned data to Amazon S3, improving the load times for migrating partitioned data from supported database engine source data to Amazon S3. This feature creates Amazon S3 sub-folders for each partition of the table in the database source, allowing […]

AWS – AWS Amplify UI launches new Authenticator component for React, Angular, and Vue
With today’s release, AWS Amplify offers a new Authenticator UI component for web apps built with React, Angular, and Vue, giving developers the easiest way to add login experiences to their app with a single line of code. The new Authenticator UI component not only gives developers the quickest way to add user login and […]

AWS – Amazon Forecast announces new APIs that create up to 40% more accurate forecasts and provide explainability
We’re excited to announce two new forecasting APIs for Amazon Forecast that generate up to 40% more accurate forecasts and help you understand which factors, such as price, holidays, weather, or item category, are most influencing your forecasts. Forecast uses machine learning (ML) to generate more accurate demand forecasts, without requiring any ML experience. Forecast brings […]

AWS – Amazon Linux 2 AMI is now available with kernel 5.10
Amazon Linux 2 is now available with an updated Linux kernel (5.10) as an Amazon Machine Image (AMI). Kernel 5.10 brings a number of features and performance improvements, including optimizations for Intel Ice Lake processors and AWS Graviton2 processors powering the latest generation Amazon EC2 instances. Live patching for Kernel 5.10 is supported in Amazon Linux 2 […]

AWS – AWS Lambda now supports mTLS Authentication for Amazon MSK as an event source
AWS Lambda now supports mutual TLS authentication for Amazon MSK and self managed Kafka as an event source. Customers now have the option to provide a client certificate to establish a trust relationship between AWS Lambda and Amazon MSK or self managed Kafka brokers that are configured as event sources. Lambda will support self-signed server certificates […]

AWS – AWS App Mesh now supports ARM64-based Envoy Images
AWS App Mesh now supports ARM64-based images with Envoy. With App Mesh-optimized ARM64 Envoy images, customers now get enhanced deployment flexibility and platform support to suit their requirements. AWS App Mesh is a service mesh that provides application-level networking to make it easier for your services to communicate with each other across multiple types of […]

GCP – Edge computing—a paradigm shift that goes beyond hybrid cloud
Whether with the cloud or within their own data centers, enterprises have undergone a period of remarkable consolidation and centralization of their compute resources. But with the rise of ever more powerful mobile devices, and increasingly capable cellular networks, application architects are starting to think beyond the confines of the data center, and looking out […]
AWS – Amazon Pinpoint now includes an SMS simulator feature
Amazon Pinpoint now includes an SMS simulator feature that you can use to test how your application handles different SMS sending scenarios. With this feature, you can simulate deliveries by sending SMS messages to a destination phone number that Amazon Pinpoint provides. This enables you to see see examples of message delivery receipts per destination […]