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AWS – Announcing CloudFormation support for AWS Parallel Computing Service
Today, we are announcing AWS CloudFormation support for AWS Parallel Computing Service (AWS PCS). Using AWS CloudFormation, you can easily create and manage PCS clusters and automate your cluster administration tasks. AWS PCS is a managed service that makes it easier for you to run and scale your high performance computing (HPC) workloads and build […]

AWS – Amazon WorkSpaces Thin Client now available to purchase in India
Amazon WorkSpaces Thin Client is now available to purchase in India on Amazon Business. Amazon WorkSpaces Thin Client is a low-cost end-user device that helps organizations reduce overall virtual desktop costs, strengthen security posture, and simplify end-user deployment. End users can set up WorkSpaces Thin Client in minutes using an on-device guided deployment experience to […]

AWS – Amazon Connect Tasks now support durations up to 30 days
Amazon Connect Tasks can now be configured to expire up to 30 days from creation, with a default of 7 days. For example, less urgent tasks like monthly expense notifications can stay active for up to 30 days before escalating to a supervisor, while urgent tasks like customer escalations can now be sent to a […]

AWS – AWS Backup launches support for search and item-level recovery
Today, AWS Backup announces support for search and item-level recovery for Amazon EBS Snapshots and Amazon S3 backups. This capability allows you to search the metadata of your backups so you can find specific files or objects across your backups and recover up to 5 items at a time, allowing for faster recovery times. You […]

AWS – AWS Resilience Hub now supports Amazon CloudWatch alarm detection for application resilience
AWS Resilience Hub now automatically detects and integrates existing Amazon CloudWatch alarms into its resilience assessments, providing a more comprehensive view of your application’s resilience posture. This new capability combines AWS Resilience Hub recommendations with your current monitoring setup to streamline alarm management and enhance assessment accuracy. As part of Operational Recommendations, AWS Resilience Hub […]

AWS – AWS offers a self-service feature to update business names on AWS Invoices
Today, AWS has launched a self-service feature that allows customers with billing address in United States to update their business names on AWS Invoices. This capability empowers AWS customers with Billing Address in United states to update business names on AWS Invoices, without having to reach out to AWS customer support or concierge teams. Updated […]

AWS – AWS Marketplace now supports self-service promotional media on seller product detail pages
AWS Marketplace now allows sellers to enhance product detail pages with videos and images through a new self-service promotional media feature. Prominently shown on product detail pages, promotional media provides customers with an enriched way to discover and evaluate products in AWS Marketplace. This launch expands media support to images and provides sellers a self-service […]

AWS – AWS Resilience Hub now provides tailored AWS Fault Injection Service recommendations
AWS Resilience Hub now supports an enhanced integration with AWS Fault Injection Service (AWS FIS) to offer tailored experiment recommendations. Fault injection experiments help test and improve your applications’ performance, observability, and resilience. When you onboard an application to the Resilience Hub, you receive customized experiment recommendations based on the specific application context. With this […]

AWS – AWS Parallel Computing Service (PCS) now supports Slurm version 24.05
Today, we are announcing Slurm 24.05 support in AWS Parallel Computing Service (AWS PCS). You can now create AWS PCS clusters running the newer Slurm 24.05 version. AWS PCS’ release of Slurm 24.05 provides new Slurm fixes and security updates, including improved auditing for RPC calls, hardened security, and enhancements in Slurm client commands. With […]
AWS – Amazon Q Business analytics dashboard enhanced with conversation insights
Amazon Q Business, the most capable generative AI-powered assistant for finding information, gaining insight, and taking action at work, now offers enhanced administration capabilities, providing valuable insights from AI conversations and user feedback information. With the new analytics dashboard, administrators can view and analyze various aspects of these conversations, including: No answer found queries: Administrators […]