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AWS – Amazon EKS support in Amazon SageMaker HyperPod to scale foundation model development
We are excited to announce the general availability of Amazon EKS support in SageMaker HyperPod which enables customers to run and manage their Kubernetes workloads on SageMaker HyperPod, a purpose-built infrastructure for foundation model (FM) development which reduces time to train models by up to 40%. Many customers use Kubernetes to orchestrate their ML workflows […]
AWS – Amazon EMR on EC2 improves cluster launch experience with intelligent subnet selection
Starting today, Amazon EMR on EC2 offers improved reliability and cluster launch experience for instance fleet clusters through enhanced subnet selection. With this feature, EMR on EC2 reduces cluster launch failures caused due to IP address shortages. Amazon EMR is a cloud big data platform for data processing, interactive analysis, and machine learning using open-source […]
AWS – Amazon OpenSearch Service now supports OpenSearch version 2.15
You can now run OpenSearch version 2.15 in Amazon OpenSearch Service. With OpenSearch 2.15, we have made several improvements in the areas of search performance, query optimization, and added capabilities to help you to build AI-powered applications with greater flexibility and ease. This launch includes radial search that allows you to search points in a […]
AWS – Amazon MSK enhances cross-cluster replication with support for identical topic names
Amazon MSK Replicator now supports a new configuration that enables you to preserve original Kafka topic names while replicating streaming data across Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK) clusters. Amazon MSK Replicator is a feature of Amazon MSK that lets you reliably replicate data across MSK clusters in the same or different AWS […]
AWS – Container Insights now announces SageMaker HyperPod node health observability on EKS
Amazon CloudWatch Container Insights now auto-discovers the health status of your SageMaker HyperPod nodes running on EKS and visualizes them in curated dashboards to help you monitor your node availability for operational excellence. Using out-of-the-box dashboards, you can identify unhealthy nodes easily and mitigate quickly to achieve efficient training durations. Container Insights works with SageMaker […]
GCP – Regnology Automates Ticket-to-Code with agentic GenAI on Vertex AI
A significant challenge in software development faced by many tech driven companies with internal software development teams, is the “Ticket-to-Code Problem”.This issue arises when-reported bugs or requirements are logged as tickets, which then need to be transformed into actionable code changes. Regnology, a global technology pioneer in regulatory reporting solutions, is no exception. The process […]
GCP – The AI detective: The Needle in a Haystack test and how Gemini 1.5 Pro solves it
Imagine a vast library filled with countless books, each containing a labyrinth of words and ideas. Now, picture a detective tasked with finding a single, crucial sentence hidden somewhere within this literary maze. This is the essence of the “Needle in a Haystack” test for AI models, a challenge that pushes the boundaries of their […]
GCP – Insights on Cyber Threats Targeting Users and Enterprises in Mexico
Written by: Aurora Blum, Kelli Vanderlee Like many countries across the globe, Mexico faces a cyber threat landscape made up of a complex interplay of global and local threats, with threat actors carrying out attempted intrusions into critical sectors of Mexican society. Mexico also faces threats posed by the worldwide increase in multifaceted extortion, as […]
GCP – Introducing backup vaults for cyber resilience and simplified Compute Engine backups
Backing up your data has never been more critical. Faced with the unfortunate rise in ransomware attacks, many customers are choosing to add additional protection to make sure their data stays secure. Consequently, there is an increasing emphasis on security and simplicity. On the security front, the prevalence of cyber attacks, whether via ransomware or […]
AWS – AWS Elastic Beanstalk adds support for IPv6 inbound traffic to service endpoints
AWS Elastic Beanstalk now supports dual-stack public service endpoints and dual-stack VPC endpoints, including VPC endpoints integrated with AWS PrivateLink. This capability allows you to configure your Elastic Beanstalk VPC endpoints to accept dual-stack incoming traffic (via IPv6 and IPV4). You can also send requests to the Elastic Beanstalk service using the AWS CLI or […]