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GCP – Galxe migrates to Google Cloud AlloyDB for PostgreSQL, cutting costs by 40%
Editor’s note: Galxe enables seamless Web3 experiences through a suite of AI, digital identity, and blockchain solutions. Its mission to lead the Web3 industry requires a scalable, reliable database — and AlloyDB for PostgreSQL checked all the boxes. After migrating from Amazon Aurora to AlloyDB, Galxe was able to cut costs by 40%. Investing in […]
AWS – Bedrock Agents on Sonnet 3.5
Agents for Amazon Bedrock enable developers to create generative AI-based applications that can complete complex tasks for a wide range of use cases and deliver answers based on company knowledge sources. In order to complete complex tasks, with high accuracy, reasoning capabilities of the underlying foundational model (FM) play a critical role. Today, Amazon Bedrock […]
AWS – AWS AppSync enhances API monitoring with new DEBUG and INFO logging levels
Today, AWS announces the addition of DEBUG and INFO logging levels for AWS AppSync GraphQL APIs. These new logging levels provide more granular control over log verbosity and make it easier to troubleshoot your APIs while optimizing readability and costs. With DEBUG and INFO levels, alongside the existing ERROR and ALL levels, customers now have […]
AWS – Use Apache Spark on Amazon EMR Serverless directly from Amazon Sagemaker Studio
You can now run petabyte-scale data analytics and machine learning on Amazon EMR Serverless directly from Amazon SageMaker Studio notebooks. EMR Serverless automatically provisions and scales the required resources, allowing you to focus on your data and models without having to configure, optimize, tune, or manage clusters. EMR Serverless automatically installs and configures open source […]
AWS – Amazon EC2 X2idn instances now available in Middle East (Bahrain) region
Starting today, memory-optimized Amazon Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) X2idn instances are available in Middle East (Bahrain) region. These instances, powered by 3rd generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors and built with AWS Nitro System, are designed for memory-intensive workloads. They deliver improvements in performance, price performance, and cost per GiB of memory compared to previous generation […]
AWS – Amazon SES announces enhanced onboarding with adaptive setup wizard and Virtual Deliverability Manager
Today, Amazon Simple Email Service (SES) launched enhancements to its onboarding experience to help customers easily discover and activate key SES features. The SES console now features an adaptive setup page that brings recommendations for optimal setup to the forefront. Additionally, the update introduces the option to enable the Virtual Deliverability Manager (VDM) within the […]
AWS – Stability AI’s Top 3 Text-to-Image Models Now Available in Amazon Bedrock
Stable Image Ultra, Stable Diffusion 3 Large (SD3 Large), and Stable Image Core models from Stability AI are now generally available in Amazon Bedrock. These models will empower customers in various industries, including media, marketing, retail, and game development, to generate high-quality visuals with unprecedented speed and precision. All three of these models are capable […]
AWS – Amazon Timestream for InfluxDB now supports enhanced managed features
We are excited to announce the launch of enhanced management options for Amazon Timestream for InfluxDB, allowing you to scale your instance sizes up or down as needed and update your deployment configuration between Single-AZ and Multi-AZ, giving you greater flexibility and control over your time-series data processing and analysis. Timestream for InfluxDB is extensively […]
GCP – Cut costs and boost efficiency with Dataflow’s new custom source reads
Scaling workloads often comes with a hefty price tag, especially in streaming environments, where latency is heavily scrutinized. So it makes sense we want our pipelines to run without bottlenecks — because costs and latency grow with inefficiencies! This is especially true for most modern autotuning strategies: whenever there are hot keys or hot workers […]
GCP – BigQuery and Anthropic’s Claude: A powerful combination for data-driven insights
The world’s most productive and innovative organizations rely on their trusted business data to inform their decision-making, operational efficiency, insights, and growth. Now, gen AI enters the equation, opening up possibilities to transform this wealth of information into an unprecedented competitive edge. Google Cloud has been at the forefront of integrating advanced gen AI capabilities […]