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GCP – Meet the 15 AI startups selected for Google for Startups Cloud AI Accelerator
Startups focused on AI are influencing so many areas of our lives. They’re defining the future of education, advancing healthcare innovation, reinventing collaboration and more. To help AI-focused startups scale quickly and build responsibly, we’re hosting the Google for Startups Cloud AI Accelerator. This program builds on the success of our recent AI First accelerators […]
AWS – Amazon Bedrock Custom Model Import introduces real-time cost transparency
Amazon Bedrock Custom Model Import enables customers to import and run their customized foundation models on-demand without managing the underlying infrastructure. Customers can now get full transparency into the compute resources being used and calculate inference costs in real-time. With this launch, customers are able to see the minimum compute resources, custom model units (CMUs), […]
AWS – Amazon DynamoDB Streams APIs now support AWS PrivateLink
Amazon DynamoDB Streams now comes with AWS PrivateLink support, allowing you to invoke DynamoDB Streams APIs from within your Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) without traversing the public internet. With AWS PrivateLink, you can simplify private network connectivity between virtual private clouds (VPCs), DynamoDB, and your on-premises data centers using interface VPC endpoints and private […]
AWS – Amazon Application Recovery Controller announces AWS FIS recovery action for zonal autoshift
AWS Fault Injection Service (FIS) now supports a recovery action for Amazon Application Recovery Controller (ARC) zonal autoshift. A recovery action is a new FIS action type that allows customers to demonstrate how AWS responds during an availability incident. For example, when AWS detects potential infrastructure issues in an Availability Zone (AZ), such as power […]
AWS – New Korean voice for Amazon Polly
Today, we are excited to announce the general availability of Jihye – new Korean Neural Text-to-Speech (NTTS) female voice for Amazon Polly. Amazon Polly is a fully-managed service that turns text into lifelike speech, allowing you to create applications that talk and to build entirely new categories of speech-enabled products. Jihye is our new Korean […]
AWS – Deploy Storage Browser for Amazon S3 quickly with AWS sample applications
You can now easily deploy pre-configured sample applications to connect your users to data in Amazon S3 using Storage Browser for S3. Once you select and deploy one of the sample apps, users can browse, download, upload, copy, and delete data they have access to in S3 through an intuitive file browser experience. You can […]
AWS – AWS Network Firewall is now available in the Asia Pacific (Thailand) and Mexico (Central) Regions
Starting today, AWS Network Firewall is available in the Asia Pacific (Thailand) and Mexico (Central) regions, enabling customers to deploy essential network protections for all their Amazon Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs). AWS Network Firewall is a managed firewall service that is easy to deploy. The service automatically scales with network traffic volume to provide high-availability […]
AWS – AWS Amplify Hosting announces Web Application Firewall Protection in general availability
Today, we are announcing the general availability of our Web Application Firewall Protection for AWS Amplify Hosting. This new feature allows customers to easily attach a web application firewall to their AWS Amplify apps, enhancing the security of their hosted applications. With this integration, customers can implement robust security measures without additional configuration steps or […]
GCP – Google Public Sector takes center stage at Next ‘25 – Sessions you can’t miss
Google is leading a new era of innovation across the public sector. Google Cloud Next ‘25, taking place in Las Vegas from April 9-11, 2025, is the ideal opportunity to see firsthand how our AI and security solutions are transforming education and government. Our jam-packed agenda at Next ’25 features a wide-range of speakers and […]
AWS – Announcing multi-head node support in Slurm for Amazon SageMaker HyperPod clusters
We’re excited to introduce multi-head node support for Amazon SageMaker HyperPod clusters. This new capability enhances fault tolerance and availability for large scale generative AI model development workloads. When a single head node manages job scheduling and resource allocation, it can become a critical bottleneck for customers running large scale AI workloads. When this node […]
