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AWS – Announcing pgvector 0.7.0 support in Aurora PostgreSQL
Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL-Compatible Edition now supports pgvector 0.7.0, an open-source extension for PostgreSQL for storing vector embeddings in your database. pgvector provides vector similarity search capabilities enabling Aurora usage for semantic search and retrieval-augemented generation (RAG) in generative artificial intelligence (AI) applications. pgvector 0.7.0 adds parallelism to improve the Hierarchical Navigable Small Worlds (HNSW) index build […]
AWS – Amazon Aurora supports PostgreSQL 16.3, 15.7, 14.12, 13.15, and 12.19
Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL-Compatible Edition now supports PostgreSQL versions 16.3, 15.7, 14.12, 13.15, and 12.19. These releases contain product improvements and bug fixes made by the PostgreSQL community, along with Aurora-specific improvements. Databases now startup faster after upgrades and restarts. Version 16.3 with IO-Optimized configuration includes performance enhancements that improve write throughput for 8xl and larger […]
AWS – PostgreSQL 17 Beta 3 is now available in Amazon RDS Database preview environment
Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL 17 Beta 3 is now available in the Amazon RDS Database Preview Environment, allowing you to evaluate the pre-release of PostgreSQL 17 on Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL. You can deploy PostgreSQL 17 Beta 3 in the Amazon RDS Database Preview Environment that has the benefits of a fully managed database. PostgreSQL […]
AWS – AWS Snowball Edge Storage Optimized 210TB device offers lower capacity pricing option
AWS Snowball Edge Storage Optimized 210TB device now offers a 100TB pricing option for data migration. With this offering, the AWS Snowball Edge Storage Optimized 210TB device supports two pricing options for data migration: less than 100TB, and from 100TB to 210TB pricing. In addition, the AWS Snowball Edge Storage Optimized 210 device is now […]
AWS – Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL supports minor versions 16.4, 15.8, 14.13, 13.16, and 12.20
Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) for PostgreSQL now supports the latest minor versions 16.4, 15.8, 14.13, 13.16, and 12.20. This release of RDS for PostgreSQL also includes updates for PostgreSQL extensions such as pgvector 0.7.3, hypopg 1.4.1, and others. We recommend that you upgrade to the latest minor versions to fix known security vulnerabilities in […]
AWS – Amazon EMR 7.2 now supports Apache Spark 3.5.1
Today, we are excited to announce that the Amazon EMR 7.2 release is now generally available and includes Apache Spark 3.5.1, Trino 436, and PrestoDB 0.285, Apache Iceberg 1.5.0 and Delta 3.1. Furthermore, with Amazon EMR 7.2, you can view additional Amazon CloudWatch metrics for enhanced monitoring in the Amazon EMR console, which provides comprehensive […]
AWS – AWS Glue announces GA of new ML-powered Glue Data Quality capability
AWS Glue announces general availability of a new AWS Glue Data Quality(Glue DQ) capability that uses ML-powered anomaly detection algorithms to detect hard-to-find data quality issues and anomalies. This helps customers proactively identify and fix data quality issues. Data engineers and analysts use rules in Glue DQ to measure and monitor their data. While Glue […]
GCP – The Bigtable Advantage: How Flipkart gets the most out of every byte
Editor’s Note: Flipkart, a major Indian e-commerce platform, partnered with Google Cloud to enhance its technology infrastructure and support future growth. One of the key steps in the company’s journey was migrating its streaming analytics infrastructure from Apache HBase to Bigtable, which improved developer productivity, database performance, and its responsiveness to big fluctuations in customer […]
GCP – Introducing Approximate Nearest Neighbor (ANN) search in Spanner
Vector search is a technique used to find items that are similar to a given query item within a large dataset. It’s particularly useful when dealing with unstructured data like images, text, or audio, where traditional search methods (based on exact matches) might not be as effective. Vector search plays a crucial role in generative […]
AWS – Amazon CloudWatch Application Signals now supports Amazon Bedrock
Amazon CloudWatch Application Signals now supports Amazon Bedrock, enabling users to troubleshoot errors and slow performance in generative AI applications. Amazon Bedrock is a fully managed service that offers foundation models (FMs) built by leading AI companies, such as Anthropic, Meta, and Amazon along with other tools for building generative AI applications. For users with […]