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AWS – Amazon Aurora now supports AWS Graviton2-based T4g instances
Amazon Aurora now supports AWS Graviton2-based T4g database instances. Graviton2 T4g database instances deliver a performance improvement of up to 49% over comparable current generation x86-based database instances. You can launch these database instances when using Amazon Aurora MySQL-Compatible Edition and Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL-Compatible Edition. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon Aurora now supports AWS Graviton2-based X2g instances
Amazon Aurora now supports AWS Graviton2-based X2g database instances. Customers can now get double the memory per vCPU compared to R6g instances. X2g instances provide the highest memory per vCPU at the lowest cost per GiB of memory for Amazon Aurora. X2g instances are available when using both Amazon Aurora MySQL-Compatible Edition and Amazon Aurora […]
AWS – Amazon EC2 D3 instances with dense local HDD storage now available in India (Mumbai) Region
Starting today, Amazon EC2 D3 instances, the latest generation of the dense HDD-storage instances, are available in the Asia Pacific (Mumbai) Region. Read More for the details.
AWS – AWS ParallelCluster now supports cluster management through Amazon API Gateway
Amazon ParallelCluster is a fully supported and maintained open source cluster management tool that makes it easier for scientists, researchers, and IT administrators to deploy and manage high performance computing (HPC) clusters on Amazon Web Services. HPC clusters are traditionally collections of tightly coupled compute, storage, and networking resources that enable customers to run large […]
GCP – Wrapping up the summer: A host of new stories and announcements from Data Analytics
August is the time to sit back, relax, and enjoy the last of the summer. Or, for those in the southern hemisphere, August is the month you start looking at your swimsuits and sunglasses with interest as the weather warms. But regardless of where you live, August also seems to be when Google produces a […]
AWS – Amazon Braket introduces verbatim compilation for quantum circuits
Amazon Braket, the AWS quantum computing service, now offers greater control over how quantum circuits are executed on quantum computers. With the new verbatim compilation feature, customers can now specify their circuits to run exactly as defined without any modification during the compilation process. Read More for the details.
GCP – Why higher ed needs to go all-in on digital: Research from BCG and Google
Why Higher Ed Needs to Go All-in on Digital In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the majority of students within the 18-24-year-old demographic now expect hybrid learning environments–even once we are beyond the pandemic. And a vast number of adult learners are seeking options that accommodate their work and family lives now that it’s […]
AWS – Amazon EC2 I3en Instances are Now Available in AWS Regions in the Middle East (Bahrain), South Africa (Cape Town), and Europe (Milan)
Starting today, Amazon EC2 I3en Instances are Now Available in Amazon Web Services regions in the Middle East (Bahrain), South Africa (Cape Town), and Europe (Milan). I3en instances offer up to 60 TB of low latency NVMe SSD instance storage and up to 50% lower cost per GB over I3 instances. Read More for the […]
AWS – AWS Gateway Load Balancer achieves PCI DSS Compliance
AWS Gateway Load Balancer (GWLB) is now a Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) compliant service. GWLB helps you deploy, scale, and manage third-party virtual network appliances such as firewalls, intrusion detection and prevention systems, analytics, and traffic visibility systems. As an addition to the Elastic Load Balancer family, GWLB combines a transparent […]
AWS – Amazon Lex launches support for Korean
We are delighted to announce that Amazon Lex now supports Korean. Amazon Lex is a service for building conversational interfaces into any application using voice and text. Amazon Lex provides deep learning powered automatic speech recognition (ASR) for converting speech to text and natural language understanding (NLU) capabilities to recognize the intent of the text, […]