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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 […]
AWS – AWS CodeBuild announces support for remote Docker servers
AWS CodeBuild now supports remote Docker image build servers, allowing you to speed up image build requests. You can provision a fully managed Docker server that maintains a persistent cache across builds. AWS CodeBuild is a fully managed continuous integration service that compiles source code, runs tests, and produces ready-to-deploy software packages. Centralized image building […]
GCP – Expanding our Risk Protection Program with new insurance partners and AI coverage
Today’s businesses have a vital need to manage and, when appropriate, transfer cyber risk in their cloud environments — even with robust security measures in place. At Google Cloud Next last month, we unveiled significant advancements to our Risk Protection Program, an industry-first collaboration between Google and leading cyber insurers that provides competitively priced cyber-insurance […]
AWS – Amazon EC2 P6-B200 instances powered by NVIDIA B200 GPUs now generally available
Today, AWS announces the general availability of Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) P6-B200 instances, accelerated by NVIDIA B200 GPUs. Amazon EC2 P6-B200 instances offer up to 2x performance compared to P5en instances for AI training and inference. P6-B200 instances feature 8 Blackwell GPUs with 1440 GB of high-bandwidth GPU memory and a 60% […]
AWS – PostgreSQL 18 Beta 1 is now available in Amazon RDS Database Preview Environment
Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL 18 Beta 1 is now available in the Amazon RDS Database Preview Environment, allowing you to evaluate the pre-release of PostgreSQL 18 on Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL. You can deploy PostgreSQL 18 Beta 1 in the Amazon RDS Database Preview Environment that has the benefits of a fully managed database. PostgreSQL […]
AWS – AWS Glue Studio now supports additional file types and single file output
Today, AWS Glue Studio announces support for additional compressed file types, Excel files (as source), and XML and Tableau’s Hyper files (as target). We are also introducing the option to select the number of output files for an S3 target. These enhancements will allow you to use visual ETL jobs for additional data processing workflows […]
AWS – Amazon SageMaker Catalog launches governance for S3 Tables
Amazon SageMaker Catalog integrates with Amazon S3 Tables, making it easy to discover, share, and govern S3 Tables for users to access and query the data with all Apache Iceberg–compatible tools and engines. With Amazon SageMaker Catalog, built on Amazon DataZone, users can securely discover and access approved data and models using semantic search with […]