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AWS – Meta Llama 3.1 generative AI models now available in Amazon Bedrock
The most advanced Meta Llama models to date, Llama 3.1, are now available in Amazon Bedrock. Amazon Bedrock offers a turnkey way to build generative AI applications with Llama. Llama 3.1 models are a collection of 8B, 70B, and 405B parameter size models offering new capabilities for your generative AI applications. All Llama 3.1 models […]
AWS – AWS Mainframe Modernization Code Conversion with mLogica is now generally available
We are excited to announce public availability of Mainframe Modernization Code Conversion with mLogica. This new capability enables automated conversion of legacy code written in Assembler language to COBOL. The majority of mainframe environments include Assembler code that is expensive to maintain. Modernization of the code unblocks modernization projects to enable refactor projects, replatform projects, […]
GCP – Search engines made simple: A low-code approach with GKE and Vertex AI Agent Builder
Building a search engine for your website used to be a formidable task that required substantial resources and specialized technical prowess. Not any more. By harnessing the potential of low-code tools and Google Cloud serverless infrastructure, you can build a search engine that’s both smart and simple, with minimal effort on your part. In this […]
GCP – At UC Berkeley, Filestore supercharges one of largest JupyterHub deployments in U.S. higher ed
Among researchers, students, and developers to work together on complex projects, JupyterHub has become an essential tool for collaborative data science, bringing the power of Jupyter Notebooks to groups of users. Its ability to manage multiple user environments and provide access to shared resources has revolutionized the way that data science instruction is done at […]
GCP – Meta’s Llama 3.1 is now available on Google Cloud
Today, we’re excited to announce the addition of the Llama 3.1 family of models, including a new 405B model – Meta’s most powerful and versatile model to date — to Vertex AI Model Garden. These additions continue Google Cloud’s commitment to open and flexible AI ecosystems that help you build solutions best-suited to your needs. […]
GCP – Whose Voice Is It Anyway? AI-Powered Voice Spoofing for Next-Gen Vishing Attacks
Written by: Emily Astranova, Pascal Issa Executive Summary AI-powered voice cloning can now mimic human speech with uncanny precision, creating for more realistic phishing schemes. According to news reports, scammers have leveraged voice cloning and deepfakes to steal over HK$200 million from an organization. Attackers can use AI-powered voice cloning in various phases of […]
AWS – Amazon Connect Contact Lens launches a new dashboard for outbound campaign analytics
Amazon Connect Contact Lens now offers a new dashboard for outbound campaign analytics. You can now easily visualize and monitor campaign performance, track efficiency, measure compliance, and understand campaign outcomes for your voice workloads. You can view real-time and historical reports using custom time periods and benchmarks, track campaign progress and delivery status, and drill […]
AWS – Amazon MQ now supports quorum queues for RabbitMQ 3.13
Amazon MQ now provides support for quorum queues, a replicated FIFO queue type offered by open-source RabbitMQ that uses the Raft consensus algorithm to maintain data consistency. Quorum queues are the replicated queue type recommended by open-source RabbitMQ maintainers. With quorum queues, developers can design highly available messaging systems with higher data consistency and fault […]
AWS – Amazon VPC IPAM now supports BYOIP for IPs registered with any Internet Registry
Starting today, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) IP Address Manager (IPAM) supports Bring-Your-Own-IP (BYOIP) for IP addresses registered with any Internet Registry. Internet registries manage the allocation and registration of IP addresses within specific geographical regions. BYOIP allows you to bring IP addresses allocated to you by these registries, to AWS, and use them for […]
AWS – Amazon DocumentDB now supports change streams on reader instances
Amazon DocumentDB (with MongoDB compatibility) now supports change streams on reader instances. With change stream on reader instances, customers can now isolate change stream workloads to specific reader instances, which reduces the load on cluster’s writer instance. Change stream tokens can be shared across writer and reader instances, enabling customers to resume change streams from […]