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AWS – Elastic Fabric Adapter (EFA) now supports cross-subnet communication
We are excited to announce that AWS now supports cross-subnet communication between Elastic Fabric Adapter (EFA) interfaces for Amazon EC2 instances within the same Availability Zone (AZ). This enhancement makes it possible to communicate with EC2 instances across subnets while benefiting from the low latency and high throughput provided by EFA. EFA is a network […]
AWS – Amazon EKS natively supports EC2 capacity blocks for ML
You can now use Amazon EC2 instances reserved using Capacity Blocks for ML natively in Amazon EKS clusters with managed node groups. EKS managed node groups make it easy to run highly-available and secure Kubernetes clusters by automating the provisioning and lifecycle of cluster worker nodes. EC2 Capacity Blocks provide you with assured and predictable […]
AWS – RDS for Db2 now supports Private Offers on licensing through AWS Marketplace
Amazon RDS for Db2 customers using hourly Db2 licensing through AWS Marketplace can now obtain customized contract terms from IBM, using AWS Marketplace Private Offers. This complements the existing options of using the public hourly license price to get started instantly, or using the Bring-Your-Own-License (BYOL) option. Customers can request a Private Offer from IBM […]
AWS – AWS Managed Services (AMS) Accelerate now includes Trusted Remediator
AWS Managed Services (AMS) Accelerate customers can now use Trusted Remediator to automatically remediate recommendations based on Trusted Advisor checks. By eliminating human effort required to fix misconfigurations on the accounts, Trusted Remediator improves security, fault tolerance, performance, while simultaneously reducing cost for AMS customers. AMS helps you operate AWS efficiently and securely. It extends […]
GCP – Harnessing the potential of massive NeuroPace brain data sets with AlloyDB Omni
NeuroPace, Inc.1 is a medical device company based in Mountain View, California, that makes the RNS® System,2 a responsive neurostimulation device FDA-approved for treating adults with refractory focal onset epilepsy. The neurostimulator can connect to up to two leads, each with four electrode contacts. It detects patient-specific abnormal patterns programmed by physicians and delivers electrical […]
GCP – Announcing expanded Sensitive Data Protection for Cloud Storage
Organizations rely on data-driven insights to power their business, but maximizing the potential of data comes with the responsibility to handle it securely. This can be a challenge when data growth can easily outpace the ability to manually inspect it, and data sprawl can lead to sensitive data appearing in unexpected places. To help, we […]
GCP – Announcing AI First Accelerator for startups in the Middle East and Turkey
From paving the way for economic revival and confronting climate change, and from empowering underrepresented entrepreneurs to rethinking healthcare, startups across the Middle East, North Africa (MENA), and Turkey are unlocking opportunities that could profoundly enhance the lives of billions and fuel economic development. AI has emerged as the sharpest tool for startups spearheading solutions […]
GCP – Migrate specific MySQL databases using Database Migration Service
When you’re looking to migrate to Cloud SQL, our fully managed relational database service for MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQL Server, you may want to migrate all data or a subset of data from your source instance. Google Cloud’s Database Migration Service (DMS) provides an easy way to migrate all tables from all databases and schemas. […]
AWS – AWS Direct Connect announces native 400 Gbps Dedicated Connections at select locations
AWS Direct Connect now offers native 400 Gbps Dedicated Connections to support your private connectivity needs to the cloud. AWS Direct Connect provides private, high-bandwidth connectivity between AWS and your data center, office, or colocation facility. Native 400 Gbps connections provide higher bandwidth, without the operational overhead of managing multiple 100 Gbps connections in a […]
AWS – Amazon OpenSearch Ingestion adds support for ingesting data from self-managed sources
Amazon OpenSearch Ingestion now allows you to ingest data from self-managed OpenSearch, Elasticsearch and Apache Kafka clusters, eliminating the need to run and manage 3rd party tools like Logstash to migrate your data from self-managed sources into Amazon OpenSearch Service. Now you can seamlessly migrate or continuously replicate your data from all OpenSearch versions and […]