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AWS – AWS Resource Explorer supports 29 new resource types
AWS Resource Explorer now supports 29 more resource types across all AWS commercial Regions from services including Amazon FSx, Amazon Route 53, and AWS Glue. With this release, customers can now search for the following resource types in AWS Resource Explorer: acm:certificate codepipeline:webhook comprehend:document-classifier comprehend:entity-recognizer databrew:job databrew:project dataexchange:data-sets dms:es dms:subgrp elasticmapreduce:cluster emr-containers:virtualclusters frauddetector:external-model frauddetector:model fsx:file-system […]

AWS – Amazon EC2 I8g instances are now available in Europe (Frankfurt) region
Starting today, Amazon EC2 I8g instances are available in Europe (Frankfurt) region. I8g instances offer the best performance in Amazon EC2 for storage-intensive workloads. I8g instances are powered by AWS Graviton4 processors, delivering up to 60% better compute performance compared to previous generation I4g instances. I8g instances use the latest third generation AWS Nitro SSDs, […]

GCP – New year, new updates to AI Hypercomputer
The last few weeks of 2024 were exhilarating as we worked to bring you multiple advancements in AI infrastructure, including the general availability of Trillium, our sixth-generation TPU, A3 Ultra VMs powered by NVIDIA H200 GPUs, support for up to 65,000 nodes in Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), and Parallelstore, our distributed file system service that […]

GCP – Bitly: Protecting users from malicious links with Web Risk
Bitly’s partnership with Google Web Risk helps enhance Bitly’s ability to protect users and build trust as they generate millions of links and QR Codes daily. Over the last decade, Bitly has solidified its reputation as a multiproduct connections platform, generating millions of links, QR codes, and mobile landing pages every day. Bitly enables users […]

GCP – C4A, the first Google Axion Processor, now GA with Titanium SSD
Today, we are thrilled to announce the general availability of C4A virtual machines with Titanium SSDs custom designed by Google for cloud workloads that require real-time data processing, with low-latency and high-throughput storage performance. Titanium SSDs on C4A VMs deliver storage performance of up to 2.4M random read IOPS, up to 10.4 GiB/s of read […]

AWS – Start collaborating on multi-partner opportunities with Partner Connections
Today, AWS Partner Central announces the general availability of Partner Connections, which allows AWS Partners to discover and connect with other Partners for collaboration on shared customer opportunities. With Partner Connections, Partners can co-sell joint solutions, accelerate deal progression, and expand their reach by teaming with other AWS Partners. At the core of Partner Connections […]

AWS – AWS Elastic Beanstalk adds additional Spot allocation strategies
AWS Elastic Beanstalk is expanding its Spot allocation strategy options to include capacity-optimized-prioritized, lowest-price and price-capacity-optimized, in addition to the existing default capacity-optimized strategy. AWS Elastic Beanstalk is a service that provides the ability to deploy and manage applications in AWS without worrying about the infrastructure that runs those applications. Customers can now enjoy additional […]

AWS – Amazon ElastiCache now supports Service Quotas
Today, Amazon ElastiCache announces support for Service Quotas. This enhancement provides customers with improved visibility and control over their ElastiCache service quotas, streamlining the quota management process and reducing the need for manual interventions. With Service Quotas, customers can now view and manage their ElastiCache quota limits directly through the AWS Service Quotas console. This […]

AWS – Amazon MSK announces support for additional Graviton-3 (m7g) instance sizes for Express Brokers
Today, Amazon MSK announced the availability of four additional instance sizes of Graviton3-based M7g instances for Express Brokers. With this launch, you now have seven different instance sizes to choose from to host Express Brokers in Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK), ranging from large to 16xlarge. Express brokers are a new broker […]
AWS – Amazon MemoryDB now supports Service Quotas
Today, Amazon MemoryDB announces support for Service Quotas. This enhancement provides customers with improved visibility and control over their MemoryDB service quotas, streamlining the quota management process and reducing the need for manual interventions. With Service Quotas, customers can now view and manage their MemoryDB quota limits directly through the AWS Service Quotas console. This […]