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AWS – Llama 3.3 70B now available on AWS via Amazon SageMaker JumpStart
AWS customers can now access the Llama 3.3 70B model from Meta through Amazon SageMaker JumpStart. The Llama 3.3 70B model balances high performance with computational efficiency. It also delivers output quality comparable to larger Llama versions while requiring significantly fewer resources, making it an excellent choice for cost-effective AI deployments. Llama 3.3 70B features […]

AWS – Amazon Bedrock Agents, Flows, and Knowledge Bases now supports Latency Optimized Models
Amazon Bedrock Agents, Flows, and Knowledge Bases now offers support for the recently announced, in-preview, latency-optimized models via the SDK. This enhancement brings faster response times and improved responsiveness to AI applications built with Amazon Bedrock Tooling. Currently, this optimization is available for Anthropic’s Claude 3.5 Haiku model and Meta’s Llama 3.1 405B and 70B […]

AWS – Amazon Lightsail API endpoints now support connectivity over Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6)
Amazon Lightsail API endpoints now support the IPv6 protocol, allowing you to connect over IPv6. To use this new capability, point your applications to use Amazon Lightsail’s new dual-stack endpoints. When you make a request to a dual-stack endpoint, the endpoint URL resolves to an IPv6 or an IPv4 address, depending on the protocol used […]

AWS – Amazon MSK now extends support for Graviton3 based M7G instances in Europe (Paris) region
You can now create Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK) provisioned clusters running on AWS Graviton3-based M7g instances or upgrade your existing x-86 based based M5 or T3 instances and replace them with AWS Graviton3-based M7G instances with a single click of a button in the Europe (Paris) AWS Region. AWS Graviton3 processor […]

AWS – SES Mail Manager now supports full lifecycle logging
SES Mail Manager now offers end to end logging for ingress endpoints and rules engine actions. Customers have the ability to configure a wide range of monitoring options to the three standard logging destinations: CloudWatch, S3, and Firehose. Mail Manager by design interoperates with external systems on both incoming and outgoing email flows. Customers expect […]

AWS – AWS CloudTrail now supports Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6)
AWS CloudTrail introduces dual stack support for the CloudTrail API endpoints, enabling you to connect using Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6), Internet Protocol Version 4 (IPv4), or dual stack clients. Dual stack support is also available when you privately access the CloudTrail API endpoint from your Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) using AWS PrivateLink. The […]

AWS – New Guides on AWS Partner Central
AWS has launched new Guides on AWS Partner Central providing detailed resources with step-by-step guidance on AWS Partner Network and Marketplace topics. The new guides provide introductory and advanced resources for every stage of your AWS journey, giving you the guidance you need to move up and across the AWS Partner Profitability Framework. In addition, […]

AWS – AWS Neuron introduces support for Trainium2 and NxD Inference
Today, AWS announces the release of Neuron 2.21, introducing support for AWS Trainium2 chips and Amazon EC2 Trn2 instances, including the trn2.48xlarge instance type and Trn2 UltraServer. This release also adds support for PyTorch 2.5 and introduces NxD Inference and Neuron Profiler 2.0 (beta). NxD Inference, is a new PyTorch-based library integrated with vLLM, simplifies […]

AWS – AWS announces notification actions in the AWS Console Mobile App for iOS
Today, Amazon Web Services (AWS) is announcing the general availability of notification actions in the AWS Console Mobile Application for iOS. Notification action buttons are displayed on the notification details screen when you receive a push notification from AWS User Notifications on your mobile device. AWS customers can take actions like view logs, start, stop, […]
AWS – Amazon Connect offers the ability to exclude certain proficiencies during routing
Amazon Connect now offers the ability to exclude certain proficiencies from consideration when using routing criteria for routing. You can use this to exclude or reserve niche skills. For example, you can exclude dual-skilled Spanish and English speaking agents from English language contacts to reserve them for contacts in Spanish. You can include the dual-skilled […]