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AWS – Announcing the General Availability of Amazon Corretto 16
Amazon Corretto 16 is now generally available. This version supports the latest Java feature release JDK 16 and is available on Linux, Windows, and macOS. You can download Corretto 16 from our GitHub Releases. Read More for the details.

AWS – AWS Batch now available in the Africa (Cape Town) and the Asia-Pacific (Osaka) Regions
Today, AWS Batch is available in the Africa (Cape Town) and the Asia-Pacific (Osaka) Regions. Read More for the details.

AWS – AWS Copilot launches v1.4 with support for ECS exec and more
Today, AWS Copilot launched version 1.4 which now provides more operational capabilities for applications hosted on Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS). This allows you to directly access a container to troubleshoot and run commands with ECS exec. AWS Copilot also added the ability to deploy applications from a Bitbucket repository and attach Amazon Elastic […]

AWS – Announcing support for multiple containers on Amazon SageMaker Inference endpoints, leading to cost savings of up to 80%
Amazon SageMaker now supports deploying multiple containers on real-time endpoints for low latency inferences and invoking them independently for each request. This new capability enables you to run up to five different machine learning (ML) models and frameworks on a single endpoint and save up to 80% in costs. This option is ideal when you […]

AWS – Announcing new operations plan AWS Managed Services Accelerate
Accelerate is a new operations plan from AWS Managed Services (AMS) that offers operations support for customers with existing workloads, with new planned workloads, or migrating to AWS. AMS Accelerate provides operational services such as monitoring, incident management, security, patch, and backup to help you with day-to-day operations management so that your teams can focus […]

GCP – The bots are here: Use RPA and AI to automate digital tasks
The bots are coming! But don’t worry, they’re here for the boring stuff. Robotic Process Automation, or RPA to you acronym lovers, is all about AI-powered digital critters that take over repetitive and manual tasks, like receiving an invoice, extracting the data, and then entering that data into a bookkeeping system. RPA has been popular […]

Azure – Azure IoT Central new and updated features—February 2021
February updates include device model, API, dashboard, and documentation improvements. Read More for the details.

AWS – Lower Cost Storage Classes for Amazon Elastic File System are now available in additional regions
Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS) One Zone is now available in 5 additional regions, reducing storage costs by 47% compared to Amazon EFS Standard storage classes, while maintaining the Amazon EFS capabilities that customers love. Read More for the details.

AWS – New AWS Solutions Consulting Offer – Build Cloud Foundations
Build Cloud Foundations is an AWS Solutions Consulting Offer delivered via a consulting engagement from NTT DATA Services, an AWS DevOps Competency Partner. Build Cloud Foundations provides a secure, scalable cloud foundation to accelerate your cloud adoption journey. Customers that request this consulting offer will participate in an engagement that delivers a multiple-account security strategy […]
AWS – New AWS Solutions Consulting Offer – Deploy Containers on AWS
Deploy Containers on AWS is an AWS Solutions Consulting Offer delivered via a consulting engagement from NTT DATA Services, an AWS DevOps Competency Partner. Deploy Containers on AWS delivers a ready-to-deploy secure foundation that expedites the deployment of both greenfield container-based applications and already-containerized applications. Customers that request this consulting offer will participate in an […]