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AWS – Amazon Redshift data sharing governed through AWS Lake Formation is now available in 11 additional regions
AWS Lake Formation’s centralized access control and permission for Amazon Redshift data sharing is now available in 11 additional regions. You can manage permission grants, view access controls, and audit permissions on the tables and views in the Redshift datashares using Lake Formation APIs and the AWS Management Console. Furthermore, Lake Formation supports trusted identity […]
GCP – Moving from experimentation into production with Gemini and Vertex AI
You might have seen the recent stat on how 61% of enterprises are running generative AI use cases in production — and with industry leaders including PUMA, Snap, and Warner Brothers Discovery speaking at today’s Gemini at Work event, our customers are bringing this momentum to life. We’re inspired by what you – our customers […]
GCP – Introducing Customer Engagement Suite with Google AI
Since 2018, when we launched Contact Center AI, Google Cloud has helped thousands of organizations deliver better experiences to millions of their customers and employees through AI-powered features. Now, as new generative AI capabilities are demonstrating increasingly larger value for customer service operations, we are combining the rich features of Contact Center AI with our […]
GCP – Customers are putting Gemini to work
It’s been less than six months since Google Cloud Next, and the pace of innovation across industries has been nothing short of extraordinary. We’re proud of our AI leadership and differentiation as we continue pushing the technology frontier for our customers. From launching more powerful versions of Gemini 1.5 Pro, to rolling out general availability […]
AWS – Amazon SageMaker Studio now supports automatic shutdown of idle applications
We are excited to announce that Amazon SageMaker Studio now supports automatically shutting down applications after a period of inactivity. Starting today, administrators can configure idle shutdown time for JupyterLab and CodeEditor applications that use Amazon SageMaker Distribution image version 2.0 or newer. Administrators can set idle shutdown time on SageMaker domain or user profile […]
AWS – AWS Lambda now supports tagging of Event Source Mappings and Code Signing Config resources
AWS Lambda now supports tagging Event Source Mappings (ESM) and Code Signing Config (CSC) resources. Tags are simple key-value pairs that customers can assign to AWS resources to easily organize, search, identify resources, and control access. Previously, customer tagging was limited to Lambda Function resources. With today’s launch, customers can now use tag-based controls to […]
AWS – Amazon EC2 Instance Connect now supports IPv6
Starting today, Amazon EC2 Instance Connect now supports Internet Protocol Version 6(IPv6). Customers moving to IPv6 can now connect to their instances with a single click or command using EC2 Instance Connect over IPv6. Amazon EC2 Instance Connect provides a single-click and single command Secure shell(SSH) based connectivity to instances. Until today, EC2 Instance Connect, […]
AWS – Announcing G4dn WorkSpaces Pools bundles with WSP for Windows
Amazon WorkSpaces announces support for graphics bundles (G4dn instances) for WorkSpaces Pools. The customers can now run their graphics-intensive and accelerated applications on Windows using AWS G4dn graphics instance with WorkSpaces Pools. The Graphics G4dn bundles offer cost-effective solutions for graphics applications optimized for NVIDIA GPUs using NVIDIA libraries such as CUDA, CuDNN, OptiX, and […]
AWS – Jamba 1.5 family of models by AI21 Labs is now available in Amazon Bedrock
The Jamba 1.5 Model Family from AI21 Labs is now available in Amazon Bedrock. Jamba 1.5 Large and 1.5 Mini are cutting-edge foundation models designed for enterprise applications. With a 256k effective context window, one of the longest on the market, these models enable customers to tackle complex tasks like lengthy document summarization and analysis. […]
AWS – AWS Elemental MediaLive introduces bandwidth reduction filter
You can now use the bandwidth reduction filter in AWS Elemental MediaLive to improve encoding efficiency. The bandwidth reduction filter improves video encoding efficiency by an average of 7%, reducing bandwidth and storage while maintaining comparable video quality. You can save on transmission, content distribution, and storage without compromising the viewing experience. The bandwidth reduction […]