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AWS – AWS Compute Optimizer now supports Aurora I/O-Optimized recommendations
AWS Compute Optimizer now provides Amazon Aurora I/O-Optimized recommendations for Aurora DB Cluster Storage. These recommendations help make informed decisions about adopting Aurora I/O-Optimized configurations to increase pricing predictability and achieve potential cost savings based on your cluster’s storage patterns and usage. AWS Compute Optimizer automatically analyzes your Aurora DB clusters’ instance storage and I/O […]
AWS – Amazon DataZone launches upgrade domain to SageMaker
Today, Amazon DataZone and Amazon SageMaker announced a new user interface (UI) capability allowing a DataZone domain to be upgraded and used directly in the next generation of Amazon SageMaker. This makes the investment customers put into developing Amazon DataZone transferable to Amazon SageMaker. All content created and curated through Amazon DataZone such as assets, […]
AWS – Cost Optimization Hub supports recommendations for Amazon Aurora
Cost Optimization Hub now supports instance and cluster storage recommendations for Amazon Aurora databases. These recommendations help you identify idle database instances and choose the optimal DB instance class and storage configuration for your Aurora databases. With this launch, you can view, filter, consolidate, and prioritize Aurora optimization recommendations across your organization’s member accounts and […]
AWS – Amazon Lex adds AWS CloudFormation support for GovCloud (US-West) and advanced features
Amazon Lex now offers AWS CloudFormation support in AWS GovCloud (US-West), extending infrastructure-as-code capabilities to government agencies and their partners.Additionally, CloudFormation support also now includes composite slots and QnAIntent features across all AWS regions where Amazon Lex operates, allowing developers to define, deploy, and manage these advanced conversational components through CloudFormation templates. With CloudFormation support […]
GCP – Cloud Run GPUs, now GA, makes running AI workloads easier for everyone
Developers love Cloud Run, Google Cloud’s serverless runtime, for its simplicity, flexibility, and scalability. And today, we’re thrilled to announce that NVIDIA GPU support for Cloud Run is now generally available, offering a powerful runtime for a variety of use cases that’s also remarkably cost-efficient. Now, you can enjoy the following benefits across both GPUs […]
GCP – How Project Shield helped defend against one of the largest DDoS attacks to date
You can never be sure when you’ll be the target of a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack. For investigative journalist Brian Krebs, that day came on May 12, when his site KrebsOnSecurity experienced one of the largest DDoS attacks seen to date. At 6.3 terabits per second (Tbps), or roughly 63,000 times the speed of broadband […]
AWS – Amazon MWAA now provides option to update environments without interrupting task execution
Amazon Managed Workflows for Apache Airflow (MWAA) now provides the option to update environments without interrupting running tasks on supported Apache Airflow versions (v2.4.3 or later). Amazon MWAA is a managed service for Apache Airflow that lets you use the same familiar Apache Airflow platform as you do today to orchestrate your workflows and enjoy […]
AWS – Announcing Red Hat Enterprise Linux for AWS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) for AWS, starting with RHEL 10, is now generally available, combining Red Hat’s enterprise-grade Linux software with native AWS integration. RHEL for AWS is built to achieve optimum performance of RHEL running on AWS. This offering features pre-tuned images with AWS-specific performance profiles, built-in Amazon CloudWatch telemetry, integrated AWS Command […]
AWS – Amazon Redshift now enables cluster relocation by default for RA3 provisioned clusters
Amazon Redshift now enables cluster relocation by default for RA3 provisioned clusters when creating new clusters or restoring from snapshots. This feature allows you to move a cluster to another Availability Zone (AZ) when resource constraints disrupt cluster operations, maintaining the same endpoint so applications continue without modifications. Amazon Redshift already provides resiliency by automatically […]
AWS – AWS CDK Toolkit Library is now generally available
Today, AWS announces the general availability of the AWS CDK Toolkit Library, a Node.js library that provides programmatic access to core AWS CDK functionalities such as synthesis, deployment, and destruction of stacks. This library enables developers to integrate CDK operations directly into their applications, custom CLIs, and automation workflows, offering greater flexibility and control over […]