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AWS – Amazon DynamoDB Accelerator now supports R7i instances
Amazon DynamoDB Accelerator (DAX) now supports R7i instances, powered by custom 4th Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors. R7i instances provide instance sizes up to 24xlarge, feature an 8:1 ratio of memory to vCPU, and include the latest DDR5 memory. These instances are now available in the following AWS Regions: US East (N. Virginia, Ohio), US […]
AWS – Amazon Q Developer CLI now supports Model Context Protocol (MCP)
Today, Amazon Q Developer announced support for Model Context Protocol (MCP) in Amazon Q Developer Command Line Interface (CLI), enabling developers to leverage tools and prompts to support richer contextual, development workflows. MCP is an open protocol that standardizes how AI models can, in a secure and structured way, access external tools, data sources, and […]
AWS – AWS End User Messaging helps customers combat SMS pumping
Today, AWS End User Messaging introduces new features to help developers combat artificially inflated traffic (AIT), also known as SMS pumping. AIT occurs when bad actors use automated systems or bots to trigger large volumes of SMS messages, leading to unexpected charges that can cost businesses millions of dollars each year. End User Messaging SMS […]
AWS – Amazon ElastiCache now supports Global Datastore in 15 additional Regions
Amazon ElastiCache now supports Global Datastore in the Asia Pacific (Hong Kong, Hyderabad, Jakarta, Malaysia, Melbourne, Thailand), Africa (Cape Town), Canada West (Calgary), Europe (Milan, Spain, Zurich), Israel (Tel Aviv), Mexico (Central), and Middle East (Bahrain, UAE) Regions. Global Datastore is a feature of ElastiCache that provides fully managed, fast, reliable, and secure cross-Region replication. […]
AWS – AWS Amplify introduces data seeding
AWS Amplify now supports seeding data across Amazon Cognito, AWS AppSync, Amazon DynamoDB, and Amazon S3. Developers can programmatically create test users and associated resources through new APIs and a CLI command. This feature simplifies testing and development workflows by enabling quick population of auth-dependent resources. Create Cognito users, seed DynamoDB records via AppSync with […]
AWS – Amazon S3 Access Grants are now available in the AWS Asia Pacific (Malaysia) Region
You can now create Amazon S3 Access Grants in the AWS Asia Pacific (Malaysia) Region. Amazon S3 Access Grants map identities in directories such as Microsoft Entra ID, or AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) principals, to datasets in S3. This helps you manage data permissions at scale by automatically granting S3 access to end […]
GCP – Google Cloud named a Leader in the 2025 Forrester Wave™: Data Management for Analytics Platforms
The rise of AI is revolutionizing data management platforms, where advanced automation, built-in data intelligence, and AI-powered data management are changing how organizations manage traditional tasks like data ingestion, data processing and governance. We’re excited to announce that Google was named a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Data Management for Analytics Platforms, Q2 2025 report. […]
GCP – AI infrastructure is hot. New power distribution and liquid cooling infrastructure can help
AI is fundamentally transforming the compute landscape, demanding unprecedented advances in data center infrastructure. At Google, we believe that physical infrastructure — the power, cooling, and mechanical systems that underpin everything — isn’t just important, but critical to AI’s continued scaling. We have a long-standing partnership with the Open Compute Project (OCP) that has been […]
GCP – What’s new with BigQuery AI and ML?
At Next ’25, we introduced several new innovations within BigQuery, the autonomous data to AI platform. BigQuery ML provides a full range of AI and ML capabilities, enabling you to easily build generative AI and predictive ML applications with BigQuery. The new AI and ML capabilities from BigQuery ML include: a new state-of-the-art pre-trained forecasting […]
GCP – SandboxAQ: Accelerating drug discovery through cloud integration
The traditional drug discovery process involves massive capital investments, prolonged timelines, and is plagued with daunting failure rates. From initial research to obtaining regulatory approval, bringing a new drug to market can take decades. During this time, many drug candidates that had seemed very promising fail to deliver, either due to inefficacy or safety concerns. […]