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AWS – AWS announces new AWS Direct Connect location in Istanbul, Turkey
Today, AWS announced the opening of a new AWS Direct Connect location within the Equinix IL4 data center near Istanbul, Turkey. By connecting your network to AWS at the new location, you gain private, direct access to all public AWS Regions (except those in China), AWS GovCloud Regions, and AWS Local Zones. This site is […]

AWS – AWS EC2 instances now support ENA queue allocation for your network interfaces
AWS announces a new EC2 feature for Elastic Network Adapter (ENA) that enables flexible queue allocation per Elastic Network Interface (ENI) on EC2 instances. ENA queues, which are key components of ENIs, efficiently manage network traffic by load-balancing sent and received data across available queues. This network interface feature optimizes networking performance by flexibly allocating […]

GCP – Inside Infinity Learn’s AI Tutor, powered by Google Cloud
Late-night study sessions, complex equations, and immense pressure: for millions of students in India, the IIT JEE Main exam and NEET for medical colleges are critical gateways for their futures. Exam success hinges on intricate reasoning within physics, chemistry, mathematics, zoology, and botany. These students require a clear, step-by-step understanding of the topics, not just […]

GCP – Understand why your metrics moved with contribution analysis in BigQuery ML, now GA
The key to effective data-driven decision making is quickly processing and extracting insights from large amounts of data. However, doing this efficiently and at scale is a challenge. Imagine a retail scenario where you’re trying to identify the highest performing promotions by analyzing sales data across products, stores, locations, and a large customer base, in […]

GCP – Multi-cloud AI made easier: Aiven for AlloyDB Omni now generally available
Building modern, data-driven applications requires a database that can handle transactional, analytical, and vector search workloads, especially as AI and machine learning become increasingly vital. You need a solution that scales, maintains compliance, delivers consistent performance, and that doesn’t require constant re-architecting. Whether you’re building transactional, translytical, or generative AI applications across one or multiple […]

AWS – Amazon CloudWatch RUM adds support for Interaction to Next Paint (INP) Web Vital
Today, CloudWatch RUM, a real-time monitoring service that visualizes and analyzes user interactions with web applications, announces support for Interaction to Next Paint (INP) web vital monitoring. This crucial metric would help customers measure the latency of a page’s response to user interactions, offering insights into the end-user experience of their web application. INP is […]

AWS – Amazon Connect now supports audio optimization for Omnissa cloud desktops
Amazon Connect now makes it easier to deliver high-quality voice experiences in Omnissa Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) environments. Amazon Connect automatically optimizes audio by redirecting media from your agent’s local desktop to Connect, simplifying the agent experience and improving audio quality by reducing network hops. Agents can simply log into their Omnissa remote desktop application […]

AWS – Amazon FSx for Lustre is now available in the AWS Asia Pacific (Thailand) Region
Customers can now create Amazon FSx for Lustre file systems in the AWS Asia Pacific (Thailand) Region, providing fully managed shared storage with the scalability and performance of the popular Lustre file system. Amazon FSx makes it easier and more cost effective to launch, run, and scale feature-rich, high-performance file systems in the cloud. It […]

AWS – Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP is now available in the AWS Asia Pacific (Thailand) Region
Customers can now create Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP file systems in the AWS Asia Pacific (Thailand) Region, providing fully managed shared storage in the cloud with the data access and management capabilities of ONTAP. Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP makes it easier and more cost effective to launch, run, and scale feature-rich, high-performance file […]
AWS – Amazon FSx for OpenZFS is now available in the AWS Asia Pacific (Thailand) Region
Customers can now create Amazon FSx for OpenZFS file systems in the AWS Asia Pacific (Thailand) Region, providing fully managed shared file storage built on the OpenZFS file system. Amazon FSx makes it easier and more cost effective to launch, run, and scale feature-rich, high-performance file systems in the cloud. It supports a wide range […]