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AWS – Amazon EC2 C6in instances are now available in Canada West (Calgary)
Starting today, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) C6in instances are available in AWS Region Canada West (Calgary). These sixth-generation network optimized instances, powered by 3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors and built on the AWS Nitro System, deliver up to 200Gbps network bandwidth, for 2x more network bandwidth over comparable fifth-generation instances. Customers can […]
AWS – Amazon EMR Serverless adds support for Inline Runtime Permissions for job runs
Amazon EMR Serverless makes it simple to run open-source big data analytics frameworks without configuring, managing, and scaling clusters or servers. Today, we are excited to announce support for specifying permissions inline when submitting a job run. This allows you to define fine-grained, tenant-specific permission scopes per job run for multi-tenant use cases. When submitting […]
GCP – How ChromeOS propelled Korean Air’s digital transformation
Editor’s note: Today’s post is by Choi HeeJung, Chief Information Officer for Korean Air, one of the world’s top 20 airlines, serving 117 cities across 40 countries on five continents. Renowned for its commitment to excellence and customer satisfaction, Korean Air—named AirlineRating’s 2025 airline of the year—chose ChromeOS to further elevate its exceptional 24/7 global […]
AWS – Amazon SQS introduces fair queues for multi-tenant workloads
Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS) now offers fair queues, a new feature that mitigates noisy neighbor impact in multi-tenant standard queues. When one tenant (such as a customer, client application, or request type) sends too many messages or has messages that require longer processing time, fair queues help keep other tenants’ messages flowing without […]
AWS – Amazon Connect announces per-day pricing for external voice connectors
Amazon Connect external voice connectors are now priced at $100 per connector per day. The new daily rate provides customers with more granular billing options. The per-day rate is effective today for new and existing connectors. Amazon Connect offers two types of external voice connectors. The transfer connector enables voice calls and metadata to be […]
AWS – Amazon RDS for Db2 adds support for group-based authorization with self-managed Active Directory
Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) for Db2 now supports group-based authorization with customer’s self-managed Microsoft Active Directory. This enables a secure and consistent access experience across on-premises and RDS for DB2 workloads. Customers can now keep their user credentials and groups securely managed in their self-managed Active Directory and use them to access RDS for […]
AWS – Amazon Braket adds new 54-qubit quantum processor from IQM
Amazon Braket, the quantum computing service by Amazon Web Services, now offers access to Emerald, the latest quantum processing unit (QPU) by IQM. Emerald is a 54-qubit device with square-lattice topology based on superconducting transmon technology. It provides state-of-the-art gate fidelities and dynamic circuit support to enable customers to research and experiment with quantum algorithms. […]
AWS – Amazon ElastiCache now supports Valkey 8.1
Today, Amazon ElastiCache announces support for Valkey 8.1, bringing the latest innovations from the Valkey open source project into ElastiCache for Valkey, including new capabilities, performance improvements, and observability enhancements. These improvements will help developers to increase an application’s responsiveness while reducing infrastructure cost for in-memory workloads. Amazon ElastiCache version 8.1 for Valkey introduces native […]
GCP – Graduating the inaugural Google for Startups Accelerator: AI First cohort in the UK
The Google for Startups Accelerator: AI First UK has celebrated the graduation of its latest cohort of AI startups. The 12-week hybrid program, designed for rapid growth, began in London in April and concluded with a Demo Day and Graduation in July. Founders received mentorship from Google experts, technical support for AI technologies, and extensive […]
GCP – Innovate with Confidential Computing: Attestation, Live Migration on Google Cloud
Since its debut on Google Cloud, Confidential Computing has evolved at an incredible pace, offering customers robust protection for sensitive data processed in the cloud and ensuring higher levels of security and privacy. Driven by the ever-increasing need to protect sensitive data in the cloud, we’ve innovated continuously, enhancing our services around two key pillars: […]