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GCP – ScaNN for AlloyDB: The first PostgreSQL vector search index that works well from millions to billion of vectors
Executive Summary – ScaNN for AlloyDB is the first Postgres-based vector search extension that supports vector indexes of all sizes, while providing fast index builds, fast transactional updates, small memory footprint, and accurate and fast search. Many customers use AlloyDB for PostgreSQL to power sophisticated semantic search and generative AI use cases, performing vector search […]
GCP – 5 ways ChromeOS uplevels the experience for Microsoft 365
For businesses to modernize and meet the needs of workers, embracing the web is essential. Forrester’s research confirms this trend, with 78% of IT respondents stating that companies failing to embrace the web will fall behind.1 ChromeOS can be the catalyst for an organization to improve security, IT management, user experience, and reduce IT-related costs […]
AWS – Amazon EventBridge SaaS partner integrations now available in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions
Amazon EventBridge now supports Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) partner integrations in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions, enabling government customers and organizations in regulated industries to build event-driven architectures that connect their AWS applications with supported third-party SaaS partners. With EventBridge partner integrations, customers can receive events from supported SaaS providers without writing custom code for API integration. […]
AWS – Amazon EC2 G6e instances now available in Seoul Region
Starting today, the Amazon EC2 G6e instances powered by NVIDIA L40S Tensor Core GPUs is now available in Asia Pacific(Seoul) Region. G6e instances can be used for a wide range of machine learning and spatial computing use cases. Customers can use G6e instances to deploy large language models (LLMs) with up to 13B parameters and […]
AWS – DeepSeek-R1 is available fully-managed in Amazon Bedrock
DeepSeek-R1 is now available as a fully managed, serverless model in Amazon Bedrock. AWS is the first cloud service provider to deliver DeepSeek-R1 as a fully managed, generally available model. You can power your applications with DeepSeek-R1’s capabilities through Amazon Bedrock’s fully managed service via a single API along with Amazon Bedrock’s tools, allowing your […]
AWS – Amazon Cognito is now available in Asia Pacific (Malaysia) Region
Amazon Cognito is now available in the AWS Asia Pacific (Malaysia) Region. This launch introduces all Amazon Cognito features and tiers: Essentials, Lite, and Plus, allowing customers to use comprehensive and flexible authentication and access control features to implement secure, scalable, and customized sign-up and sign-in experiences for their application within minutes. Cognito allows customers […]
AWS – Amazon Cognito is now available in the AWS GovCloud (US East) Region
Amazon Cognito is now available in the AWS GovCloud (US-East) Region. This launch introduces all Amazon Cognito features and tiers: Essentials, Lite, and Plus, allowing customers to use comprehensive and flexible authentication and access control features to implement secure, scalable, and customized sign-up and sign-in experiences for their application within minutes. Cognito allows customers to […]
AWS – Amazon Cognito introduces Managed Login to support rich branding for end user journeys in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions
Amazon Cognito introduces Managed Login in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions, a fully-managed, hosted sign-in and sign-up experience that customers can personalize to align with their company or application branding. Amazon Cognito provides millions of users with secure, scalable, and customizable sign-up and sign-in experiences. With Managed Login, Cognito customers can now use its no-code […]
AWS – Amazon Cognito now supports passwordless authentication for low-friction and secure logins in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions
Today, Amazon Cognito announced support for passwordless authentication for low-friction and secure logins in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. Amazon Cognito now allows you to secure user access to your applications with passwordless authentication, including sign-in with passkeys, email, and text message. Passkeys are based on FIDO standards and use public key cryptography, which enables […]
AWS – Announcing new feature tiers: Essentials and Plus for Amazon Cognito in AWS GovCloud (US) Regions
Amazon Cognito launches new user pool feature tiers, Essentials and Plus, in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. The Essentials tier offers comprehensive and flexible user authentication and access control features, allowing customers to implement secure, scalable, and customized sign-up and sign-in experiences for their application within minutes. It supports password-based log-in, multi-factor authentication (email, SMS, […]