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GCP – How we built a multi-agent system for superior business forecasting
In today’s dynamic business environment, accurate forecasting is the bedrock of efficient operations. Yet, businesses across all industries grapple with the constant challenge of predicting future demand, resource needs, and market trends. Nor is this an abstract problem; the cost of miscalculation can be substantial, leading to wasted resources and missed opportunities. Imagine a large […]
AWS – Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL now supports integration with Kiro powers
Today, AWS announces Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL-Compatible Edition integration with Kiro powers, enabling developers to build Aurora PostgreSQL backed applications faster with AI agent-assisted development using Kiro. Kiro powers is a repository of curated and pre-packaged Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers, steering files, and hooks validated by Kiro partners to accelerate specialized software development and deployment […]
AWS – Amazon Cognito identity pools now support private connectivity with AWS PrivateLink
Amazon Cognito identity pools now support AWS PrivateLink, enabling you to securely exchange federated identities for AWS credentials through private connectivity between your virtual private cloud (VPC) and Cognito. This eliminates the need to route authentication traffic over the public internet, providing enhanced security for your workloads. Identity pools map authenticated and guest identities to […]
AWS – Amazon EC2 C7i instances are now available in the Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) Region
Starting today, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) C7i instances powered by custom 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors (code-named Sapphire Rapids) are available in the Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) Region. C7i instances are supported by custom Intel processors, available only on AWS. C7i instances deliver up to 15% better price-performance versus C6i instances and are […]
AWS – AWS Application Migration Service supports IPv6
AWS Application Migration Service (MGN) now supports Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) for both service communication and application migrations. Organizations can migrate applications that use IPv6 addressing, enabling transitions to modern network infrastructures. You can connect to AWS MGN using new dual-stack service endpoints that support both IPv4 and IPv6 communications. When migrating applications, you […]
AWS – Amazon ECS now supports custom container stop signals on AWS Fargate
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) now supports custom container stop signals for Linux tasks running on AWS Fargate, honoring the stop signal configured in Open Container Initiative (OCI) images when tasks are stopped. The enhancement improves graceful shutdown behavior by aligning Fargate task termination with each container’s preferred termination signal. Previously, when an Amazon […]
AWS – Now generally available: Amazon EC2 C8gb instances
Today, AWS announces the general availability of the new Amazon Elastic Block Storage (Amazon EBS) optimized Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) C8gb instances. These instances are powered by AWS Graviton4 processors to deliver up to 30% better compute performance than AWS Graviton3 processors. At up to 150 Gbps of EBS bandwidth, these instances offer […]
GCP – Expanding the Vision: Welcoming Palo Alto Networks to Google Unified Security Recommended
Today’s organizations highly value their ability to choose the security tools they want to use, driving the reality that the security landscape should be interoperable. At Google Cloud, we believe in meeting customers where they are — including the partners they want to work with. We are thrilled to continue expanding the power of Google […]
GCP – Google named a Leader in the 2025 IDC MarketScape for Worldwide Hyperscaler Marketplaces
Today, we’re thrilled to announce that the IDC Marketscape has positioned Google as a Leader in the 2025 IDC MarketScape for Worldwide Hyperscaler Marketplaces. We believe this recognition underscores our commitment to deliver a cloud marketplace experience that fuels the AI agent economy and accelerates innovation. This achievement reflects our dedication to creating an open […]
AWS – Amazon EC2 X8g instances now available in Asia Pacific (Sydney) region
Starting today, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) X8g instances are available in Asia Pacific (Sydney) region. These instances are powered by AWS Graviton4 processors and deliver up to 60% better performance than AWS Graviton2-based Amazon EC2 X2gd instances. X8g instances offer up to 3 TiB of total memory and increased memory per vCPU compared […]