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GCP – Announcing AI-first Colab notebook experience for Google Cloud
At Google I/O 2025, we announced a new, reimagined AI-first Colab with agentic capabilities, making it a true coding partner that understands your current code, actions, intentions, and goals. Today, we are excited to bring these capabilities to Google Cloud BigQuery and Vertex AI via the Colab Enterprise notebook. Designed to simplify and transform data […]
GCP – Spanner columnar engine: Powering next-generation analytics on operational data
For years, organizations have struggled with the workload conflict between online transaction processing (OLTP) and analytical query processing. OLTP systems such as Spanner are optimized for high-volume, low-latency transactions, and use row-oriented storage that’s efficient for individual record access. Analytical workloads, conversely, require rapid aggregations and scans across large datasets. These tasks are traditionally handled […]
GCP – Redefining enterprise data with agents and AI-native foundations
The world is not just changing; it’s being re-engineered in real-time by data and AI. The way we interact with data is undergoing a fundamental transformation, moving beyond human-led analysis to a collaborative partnership with intelligent agents. This is the agentic shift, a new era where specialized AI agents work autonomously and cooperatively to unlock […]
AWS – OpenAI open weight models now in Amazon Bedrock and Amazon SageMaker JumpStart
AWS continues to expand access to the most advanced foundation models with OpenAI open weight models now available in Amazon Bedrock and Amazon SageMaker JumpStart. Accessing these new open weight models from OpenAI on AWS, gpt-oss-120b and gpt-oss-20b, gives you more freedom to innovate and choose the optimal models for your specific use cases while […]
AWS – Systems Manager Run Command now supports interpolating parameters into environment variables
AWS Systems Manager (SSM) Run Command now allows customers to interpolate parameters into environment variables before command execution. Run Command allows customers to define commands that will be executed on managed instances via the SSM Agent. By interpolating parameters into environment variables, this new feature makes it easier for customers to prevent unintended command injection […]
AWS – Amazon RDS io2 Block Express now available in all commercial regions
Amazon RDS io2 Block Express volumes are now available in all commercial regions, except and AWS GovCloud (US) and AWS China regions. Amazon RDS io2 Block Express volumes provide consistent sub-millisecond latency for mission critical workloads. Amazon RDS io2 Block Express volumes are designed for all your critical database workloads that demand high performance, high […]
AWS – Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.1 now in Amazon Bedrock
Customers can now use Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.1 in Amazon Bedrock. Claude Opus 4.1 is Anthropic’s most intelligent model to date and an industry leader for coding and agents. Claude Opus 4.1 is a drop-in replacement for Opus 4 and delivers superior performance and precision for real-world coding and agentic tasks. Its advanced coding capabilities […]
AWS – AWS announces general availability of Amazon Elastic VMware Service (Amazon EVS)
Today, AWS announces the general availability of Amazon Elastic VMware Service (Amazon EVS), allowing you to run VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) directly within your Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC). With Amazon EVS, you can leverage the scale, elasticity, and performance of AWS while maintaining your familiar VCF software and existing skills, eliminating the need […]
AWS – AWS Parallel Computing Service now supports Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6)
AWS Parallel Computing Service (PCS) now supports Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) for Slurm endpoints, enabling customers to run workloads in IPv6-only or dual-stack Amazon Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs). This helps customers meet IPv6 compliance requirements. PCS is a managed service that makes it easier for you to run and scale your high performance computing […]
AWS – AWS Elastic Beanstalk now supports FIPS 140-3 enabled interface VPC endpoints
AWS Elastic Beanstalk now supports VPCE endpoints that have been validated under the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-3 program. You can now easily use AWS PrivateLink to access Elastic Beanstalk endpoints when you require a secure connection using a FIPS 140-3 validated cryptographic module. FIPS compliant endpoints help companies contracting with the US federal […]