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AWS – Amazon EC2 M8g instances now available in AWS US West (N. California) Region
Starting today, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) M8g instances are available in AWS US West (N. California). These instances are powered by AWS Graviton4 processors and deliver up to 30% better performance compared to AWS Graviton3-based instances. Amazon EC2 M8g instances are built for general-purpose workloads, such as application servers, microservices, gaming servers, midsize […]
GCP – Going from requirements to prototype with Gemini Code Assist
Imagine this common scenario: you have a detailed product requirements document for your next project. Instead of reading the whole document and manually starting to code (or defining test cases or API specifications) to implement the required functions, you want to see how AI can shorten your path from the requirements document to a working […]
GCP – Google Public Sector and Palantir collaborate to bring Google Cloud to FedStart
At Google Public Sector, we are committed to helping our customers execute their missions. Now, we’re expanding this commitment by adding support for Palantir’s FedStart platform, so public sector customers can utilize software and applications on Google Cloud’s accredited infrastructure through the Palantir FedStart platform. Palantir FedStart helps U.S. government agencies achieve compliance, scale operations, […]
GCP – M-Trends 2025: Data, Insights, and Recommendations From the Frontlines
One of the ways threat actors keep up with the constantly evolving cyber defense landscape is by raising the level of sophistication of their attacks. This trend can be seen across many of our engagements, particularly when responding to China-nexus groups. These actors have demonstrated the ability to create custom malware ecosystems, identify and use […]
AWS – AWS Backup adds support for search and item-level recovery in 4 additional AWS Regions
Today, AWS Backup announces support for search and item-level recovery for Amazon EBS Snapshots and Amazon S3 backups in 4 additional Regions. This capability allows you to search the metadata of your backups for specific files or objects across your backups and recover up to 5 items at a time, allowing for faster recovery times. […]
AWS – Announcing Serverless Reservations, a new discounted pricing option for Amazon Redshift Serverless
Amazon Redshift now offers Serverless Reservations for Amazon Redshift Serverless, a new discounted pricing option that helps you save up to 24% and gain greater cost predictability for your analytics workloads. With Serverless Reservations, you can commit to a specific number of Redshift Processing Units (RPUs) for a one-year term, and choose between two payment […]
AWS – AWS Deadline Cloud now provides a macOS installer for submitters
AWS Deadline Cloud now provides a macOS installer for integrated submitters for Autodesk Maya, Blender, Keyshot, Maxon Cinema 4D, and SideFx Houdini. AWS Deadline Cloud is a fully managed service that simplifies render management for teams creating computer-generated graphics and visual effects, for films, television and broadcasting, web content, and design. The new installer makes […]
AWS – Amazon EBS now supports additional resource-level permissions for copying EBS snapshots
Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) now supports additional resource-level permissions for copying EBS snapshots. When moving your data across Regions, accounts, and Availability Zones, you can copy any snapshot accessible to you to another Region or account, including snapshots created by you or shared with you. With this launch, you have more granular controls […]
AWS – Amazon Bedrock Intelligent Prompt Routing is now generally available
Amazon Bedrock Intelligent Prompt Routing routes prompts to different foundation models within a model family, helping you optimize for quality of responses and cost. Beginning today, Intelligent Prompt routing is generally available and adds increased configurability, allowing you to configure your router by choosing any two models from a model family and setting the routing […]
AWS – Introducing a guided visual pipeline builder for Amazon OpenSearch Ingestion
Today, we’re announcing a new visual user interface for creating and editing Amazon OpenSearch Ingestion pipelines on the AWS console. This enhancement introduces a guided visual workflow, automatic permission creation, and enhanced real-time validations to streamline the pipeline development process. The new workflow simplifies pipeline development, reducing setup time and minimizing errors, making it easier […]