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AWS – AWS Deadline Cloud service-managed fleets now support configuration scripts
AWS Deadline Cloud now supports specifying a configuration script on both Linux and Windows service-managed fleets. The provided configuration script will be run with elevated privileges on each worker. AWS Deadline Cloud is a fully managed service that simplifies render management for teams creating computer-generated graphics and visual effects, for films, television and broadcasting, web […]
AWS – Amazon VPC adds CloudTrail logging for VPC resources created by default
Amazon VPC has enhanced CloudTrail logging to include VPC resources created by default during a VPC creation. This enhancement offers improved visibility of VPC resources and aids in auditing and governance. Prior to this, CloudTrail logs only included resources that were explicitly created by the customer. Customers had to manually curate list of default resources […]
AWS – Amazon ECR expands registry policy to all ECR actions in AWS GovCloud (US) Regions
Amazon Elastic Container Registry (Amazon ECR) now supports registry policy v2 in AWS GovCloud (US) Regions, allowing customers to manage IAM permissions for all ECR API actions and simplify ECR permission management. ECR registry policy allows customers to control usage of ECR private registries by granting permissions to perform registry-level actions to an AWS IAM […]
AWS – Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR) supports image replication between the AWS GovCloud (US) Region
Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR) now supports the ability to replicate images in private ECR repositories across accounts and/or regions, between the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. Storing images helps applications start up faster as image download time is reduced due to lower latency from in-region pulls. Geographically dispersed images also help you meet backup and […]
GCP – Cool stuff customers built, May edition: Visual scouts, racing agents, agile ads & more
AI and cloud technology are reshaping every corner of every industry around the world. Without our customers, there would be no Google Cloud, as they are the ones building the future on our platform. In this monthly round-up, we dive into some of the exciting projects redefining businesses, shaping industries, and creating new categories. For […]
GCP – Evaluate your gen media models with multimodal evaluation on Vertex AI
The world of generative AI is moving fast, with models like Lyria, Imagen, and Veo now capable of producing stunningly realistic and imaginative images and videos from simple text prompts. However, evaluating these models is still a steep challenge. Traditional human evaluation, while the gold standard, can be slow and costly, hindering rapid development cycles. […]
GCP – Announcing open-source enhancements to LangChain PostgreSQL
At Google Cloud Next ‘25, we announced upgrades to the core LangChain Postgres package and became a major contributor to the library. These improvements underscore our vision that every application developer is a gen AI developer – one that is empowered to build database-backed agentic gen AI applications leveraging open source tools. LangChain is an […]
GCP – Democratizing database observability with AI-assisted troubleshooting
As organizations adopt DevOps practices, application developers are increasingly expected to not only build applications but also manage and operate the databases they use. This added responsibility can prolong the application development process and time to market, primarily because developers must often manage and operate these critical systems without specialized database expertise. To help, we […]
AWS – Amazon SageMaker launches AWS CloudFormation support for domain features
Today, Amazon SageMaker and Amazon DataZone added support for multiple domain features through AWS CloudFormation. Customers can now use AWS CloudFormation to model and manage domain units and their owners. Additionally, customers can set the AWS IAM Identity Center instance for a domain. Programmatically deploying these resources through AWS CloudFormation facilitates secure, efficient, and consistent […]
AWS – Announcing Code Editor (based on VS Code – Open Source) in Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio
Today, AWS announces two complementary capabilities in the next generation of Amazon SageMaker that enhance the development experience for analytics, machine learning (ML), and GenAI teams: Code Editor and Multiple Spaces support. The Code Editor, based on Code-OSS (Visual Studio Code – Open Source), provides a lightweight and powerful IDE with familiar shortcuts and terminal […]