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AWS – AWS Graviton-based EC2 instances now support hibernation
Starting today, customers can hibernate their EC2 instances powered by AWS Graviton processors. Hibernation helps lower costs and achieve faster startup times by enabling customers to pause and resume their running instances at scale. When customers hibernate an instance, EC2 signals the operating system to perform hibernation (suspend-to-disk). This process saves the contents of the […]
GCP – Designing Generative AI Solutions: Key Lessons Learned
Generative AI is transforming the way we interact with technology. At Google Cloud, our Applied AI Engineering team has shaped the design and development of generative AI solutions for Generative AI for Marketing, Customer Experience Modernization, and Open Data QnA (NL2SQL), among others. Throughout this process, we’ve gained valuable insights that we believe can help […]
AWS – Amazon AppStream 2.0 introduces Red Hat Enterprise Linux Application and Desktop streaming
Amazon AppStream 2.0 now offers support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux, enabling ISVs and central IT organizations to stream Red Hat Enterprise Linux apps and desktops to users while leveraging the flexibility, scalability, and cost-effectiveness of the AWS Cloud. With this launch, customers have the flexibility to choose from a broader set of operating systems […]
AWS – Amazon Neptune Analytics now introduces new smaller capacity units
Today, we are excited to announce that Amazon Neptune Analytics now offers 32 and 64 m-NCU (Neptune Memory Capacity Units) capacity units, expanding beyond the current range of 128 to 1024 m-NCUs. This enhancement provides greater flexibility and cost efficiency for smaller graph sizes, making it easier and more affordable to get started with vector […]
AWS – Amazon Connect now supports Inbound DID calling in Vietnam
Amazon Connect has expanded availability to support Inbound Direct Dial (DID) telephone numbers and guaranteed number presentation for in-country calling for Vietnam from the Asia Pacific (Singapore), Asia Pacific (Sydney), Asia Pacific (Tokyo), and Asia Pacific (Seoul) regions. The new Telephony Rates are now available as part of the standard pricing for Amazon Connect service […]
AWS – Create an AWS Account using your bank account available in Germany
Customers in Germany can now create an AWS Account using their bank account. Upon signup, customers with a Germany billing address can now securely connect their bank account which supports the Single Euro Payment Area (SEPA) standard. Until today, signing up for an AWS account was only permitted with a debit or credit card. With […]
AWS – AWS IoT SiteWise Edge on Siemens Industrial Edge is now generally available
Today, AWS announces the general availability of AWS IoT SiteWise Edge on Siemens Industrial Edge, offering customers a seamless way to bridge the gap between OT (Operational Technology) and IT (Information Technology) to solve industrial operational challenges. This new offering allows customers to easily connect and collect data from their industrial equipment using Siemens Industrial […]
AWS – AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery now supports Flexible Instance Types launch setting
AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery (AWS DRS) introduces Flexible Instance Types, a new capability that reduces the likelihood of failed recovery attempts or prolonged downtime due to capacity shortage. This feature allows you to create a list of optional instance types that can be used during a launch, based on specific attributes. By defining a range […]
GCP – Virtual Try On for Saree
Meesho, a leading Indian e-commerce platform is an online marketplace that facilitates trade between suppliers and customers. One of the main challenges that their end suppliers face in the cataloging process is the cost and time required for capturing models wearing different apparel products. So Meesho’s team partnered with Google Cloud Consulting (GCC) to build […]
GCP – Announcing PyTorch/XLA 2.4: A better Pallas and developer experience, plus “eager mode”
For deep learning researchers and practitioners, the open-source PyTorch machine learning (ML) library and XLA ML compiler provide flexible, powerful model training, fine-tuning and serving. Today, the PyTorch/XLA team is excited to announce the release of PyTorch/XLA 2.4, with several notable improvements to address developer challenges that build on the last release. Here we discuss […]