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AWS – AWS CodePipeline now supports Deploy Spec file in EC2 deploy action
AWS CodePipeline now supports Deploy Spec file configurations in the EC2 Deploy action, enabling you to specify deployment parameters directly in your source repository. You can now include either a Deploy Spec file name or deploy configurations in your EC2 Deploy action. The action accepts Deploy Spec files in YAML format and maintains compatibility with […]
AWS – Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager now supports (IPv6) in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions
Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager now offers customers the option to use Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) addresses for their new and existing endpoints. Customers moving to IPv6 can simplify their networks stack by running their Data Lifecycle Manager dual-stack endpoints on a network supporting both IPv4 and IPv6, depending on the protocol used by their […]
AWS – Amazon SageMaker – move project across domain units
Today, Amazon SageMaker and Amazon DataZone announced a new data governance capability that enables customers to move a project from one domain unit to another. Domain units enable customers to create business unit/team level organization and manage authorization policies per their business needs. Customers can now take a project mapped to a domain unit and […]
AWS – Amazon Cognito now supports OIDC prompt parameter
Amazon Cognito announces support for the OpenID Connect (OIDC) prompt parameter in Cognito Managed Login. Managed Login provides a fully-managed, hosted sign-in and sign-up experience that customers can personalize to align with their company or application branding. This new capability enables customers to control authentication flows more precisely by supporting two commonly requested prompt values: […]
GCP – Getting AI to write good SQL: Text-to-SQL techniques explained
Organizations depend on fast and accurate data-driven insights to make decisions, and SQL is at the core of how they access that data. With Gemini, Google can generate SQL directly from natural language — a.k.a. text-to-SQL. This capability increases developer and analysts’ productivity and empowers non-technical users to interact directly with the data they need. […]
GCP – AI Hypercomputer developer experience enhancements from Q1 25: build faster, scale bigger
Building cutting-edge AI models is exciting, whether you’re iterating in your notebook or orchestrating large clusters. However, scaling up training can present significant challenges, including navigating complex infrastructure, configuring software and dependencies across numerous instances, and pinpointing performance bottlenecks. At Google Cloud, we’re focused on making AI training easier, whatever your scale. We’re continuously evolving […]
GCP – Supercharge data access performance with GKE Data Cache
Today, we’re excited to announce the general availability (GA) of GKE Data Cache, a powerful new solution for Google Kubernetes Engine to accelerate the performance of read-heavy stateful or stateless applications that rely on persistent storage via network attached disks. By intelligently utilizing high-speed local SSDs as a cache layer for persistent disks, GKE Data […]
AWS – Amazon OpenSearch Ingestion increases memory for an OCU to 15 GB
We are pleased to announce that the memory allocation per OpenSearch Compute Unit (OCU) for Amazon OpenSearch Ingestion has been increased from 8GB to 15GB. One OCU now comes default with 2vCPU and 15GB of memory, allowing customers to leverage greater in-memory processing for their data ingestion pipelines without modifying existing configurations. With the increased […]
AWS – SES Mail Manager adds Debug Logging for traffic policies
Today, Simple Email Service (SES) Mail Manager announces the addition of a Debug logging level for Mail Manager traffic policies. This new logging level provides more detailed visibility on incoming connections to a customer’s Mail Manager ingress endpoint and makes it easier to troubleshoot delivery challenges quickly, using familiar event destinations such as Cloudwatch, Kinesis, […]
AWS – AWS Parallel Computing Service (PCS) now supports accounting with Slurm version 24.11
AWS Parallel Computing Service (PCS) now supports Slurm version 24.11 with support for managed accounting. Using this feature, you can enable accounting on your PCS clusters to monitor cluster usage, enforce resource limits, and manage fine-grained access control to specific queues or compute node groups. PCS manages the accounting database for your cluster, eliminating the […]