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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 […]
AWS – AWS Transform for VMware is now generally available
At re:Invent 2024, AWS introduced the preview of Amazon Q Developer transformation capabilities for VMware. That innovation has evolved into AWS Transform for VMware—a first-of-its-kind agentic AI service that’s now generally available. Powered by large language models, graph neural networks, and the deep experience of AWS in enterprise workload migrations, AWS Transform simplifies VMware modernization […]
AWS – Announcing migration assessment capabilities of AWS Transform
Today, AWS announces the general availability of migration assessment capabilities in AWS Transform. Migration assessment in AWS Transform analyzes your IT environment to simplify and optimize your cloud journey with intelligent, data-driven insights and actionable recommendations. Simply upload your infrastructure data and AWS Transform will deliver a comprehensive analysis that typically takes weeks in just […]
AWS – AWS Transform for mainframe is now generally available
AWS Transform for mainframe, previewed as “Amazon Q Developer transformation capabilities for mainframe” at re:Invent 2024, is now generally available. AWS Transform is the first agentic AI service for modernizing mainframe applications at scale—accelerating modernization of IBM z/OS applications from years to months. Powered by a specialized AI agent leveraging 19 years of AWS experience, […]
AWS – AWS Transform for .NET is now generally available
AWS Transform for .NET, previewed as “Amazon Q Developer transformation capabilities for .NET porting,” is now generally available. As the first agentic AI service for modernizing .NET applications at scale, AWS Transform helps you to modernize Windows .NET applications to be Linux-ready up to four times faster than traditional methods and realize up to 40% […]