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AWS – AWS WAF now supports URI fragment field matching
AWS WAF now supports URI fragment field matching, enabling customers to match against the URI fragment and along with the already supported URI path. With this feature, customers can create rules that inspect and match against the content of the URI fragment within the URI path. Customers previously could use WAF match conditions to inspect […]

AWS – AWS PrivateLink cross-region connectivity now available in 6 additional regions
AWS PrivateLink now supports native cross-region connectivity in the following additional Regions: Canada West (Calgary), Europe (Zurich), Middle East (UAE) and Asia Pacific (Hyderabad, Jakarta, Melbourne). This launch enables customers to connect to VPC endpoint services hosted in other AWS Regions in the same AWS partition over Interface endpoints. As a service provider, you can […]

AWS – Amazon EC2 C7i-flex and M7i-flex instances are now available in additional AWS Regions
Starting today, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) Flex (C7i-flex, M7i-flex) instances powered by custom 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors (code-named Sapphire Rapids) are available in Asia Pacific (Thailand) and Mexico (Central) regions. These custom processors, available only on AWS, offer up to 15% better performance over comparable x86-based Intel processors utilized by other […]

AWS – PySpark available in AWS Clean Rooms
Today, AWS announces the general availability of PySpark in AWS Clean Rooms, enabling companies and their partners to run sophisticated analytics across large datasets using PySpark, the Python API for Apache Spark. With this launch, you and your partners can bring PySpark code and libraries to an AWS Clean Rooms collaboration and run advanced analyses […]

AWS – CloudWatch RUM now supports JavaScript source maps for easier error debugging
Amazon CloudWatch RUM, which helps developers monitor real user interactions and diagnose front-end performance issues in web applications, now supports JavaScript source maps, enabling developers to convert minified JavaScript errors in the stack trace into readable formats for faster error resolution. With this feature, front-end developers and DevOps teams can now view searchable, human-readable JS […]

AWS – Amazon DynamoDB Accelerator (DAX) SDK for JavaScript version 3 is now available
The Amazon DAX SDK for JavaScript, version 3 (v3) is now available. You can use this new DAX SDK to build JavaScript applications that benefit from accelerated access to DynamoDB with minimal configuration changes. The AWS SDK for JavaScript v3 offers a modular architecture and features that improve developer productivity. DAX is a fully managed, […]

AWS – Amazon DynamoDB Accelerator (DAX) SDK for Go version 2 is now available
The Amazon DAX SDK for Go, version 2 (v2) is now available and is compatible with the AWS SDK for Go v2. The Amazon DAX SDK for Go v2 offers a modular architecture and features that improve developer productivity. DAX is a fully managed, highly available, in-memory cache for DynamoDB that can boost read performance […]

AWS – AWS Client VPN increases authorization rules and route quotas
Today, AWS announces increased quotas for AWS Client VPN, expanding routes per target network association to 100 and authorization rules per endpoint to 200. AWS Client VPN allows you to securely manage network routing and access control for your VPN connections. Previously, you were given default quota of 10 routes per association and 50 authorization […]

AWS – AWS announces the next generation of Amazon Connect where powerful AI improves every customer interaction
AWS announces the next generation of Amazon Connect, where powerful AI turns every customer touchpoint into a deeper relationship and better outcome. This comprehensive approach spans self-service, agent assistance, analytics, post-contact evaluation, and automated follow-up boosts sales and delights customers, while learning from every touchpoint. The next generation of Amazon Connect can be enabled with […]
GCP – Five tips and tricks to improve your AI workloads
Recently, we announced Gemini Code Assist for individuals, a free version of our AI coding assistant. Technology that was previously available only to the biggest enterprises is now within reach for startups and individual developers. The same applies to the AI/ML related infrastructure like powerful GPUs, specialized TPUs, or extremely efficient storage solutions. But despite […]