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AWS – Amazon SageMaker Pipelines now provides a drag-and-drop UI to easily create ML workflows
Today, we are excited to announce the general availability of a drag-and-drop user interface (UI) for Amazon SageMaker Pipelines. Data scientists and Machine Learning (ML) engineers can now quickly create an end-to-end AI/ML workflow to train, fine-tune, evaluate, and deploy models without writing code. Customers use Amazon SageMaker Pipelines to automate thousands of ML workflows, […]
AWS – Amazon EMR support prioritized and capacity-optimized-prioritized allocation strategies for EC2 instances
We are excited to announce that Amazon EMR on EC2 now supports two new allocation strategies for Instance Fleets – prioritized for On-Demand instances and capacity-optimized-prioritized for Spot instances. Allocation strategies let you determine how EMR selects from your list of specified instance types and Availability Zones to fulfill your desired capacity. These new strategies […]
GCP – C4 VMs now GA: Unmatched performance and control for your enterprise workloads
Today, we’re excited to announce the general availability of the C4 machine series, the most performant general-purpose VM for Compute Engine and Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) customers. C4 VMs are engineered from the ground up and fine-tuned to deliver industry-leading performance, with up to 20% better price-performance for general-purpose workloads, and 45% better price-performance for […]
GCP – Google Cloud database news roundup, August 2024 edition
August tends to be a quiet month in tech, but not for the Google Cloud database team. Cloud Next happened in Tokyo this month, bringing you groundbreaking announcements, product updates and inspiring customer stories. So grab a cup of coffee and let’s dive into the latest from Google Cloud databases. Key announcements at Google Cloud […]
GCP – Google Cloud expands services in Saudi Arabia, delivering enhanced data sovereignty and AI capabilities
Building on the launch of the Google Cloud region in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) in November 2023, we are excited to announce new data sovereignty, security, and AI capabilities for the Dammam region. These new offerings can help support the digital transformation journeys of organizations operating in Saudi Arabia that need to meet […]
GCP – Your infrastructure resources, your way, with new GKE custom compute class API
Picture this: You’re in the middle of your peak sales period and your e-commerce platform is humming along. Despite surging customer demand, your Kubernetes infrastructure is seamlessly adapting to handle the increased traffic. That’s because behind the scenes, your GKE cluster autoscaler is intelligently selecting the best compute resources from a range of options you’ve […]
GCP – “WireServing” Up Credentials: Escalating Privileges in Azure Kubernetes Services
Written by: Nick McClendon, Daniel McNamara, Jacob Paullus Executive Summary Mandiant disclosed this vulnerability to Microsoft via the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) vulnerability disclosure program, and Microsoft has fixed the underlying issue. An attacker with access to a vulnerable Microsoft Azure Kubernetes Services cluster could have escalated privileges and accessed credentials for services […]
AWS – Second-generation Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP now available in 2 additional Regions
Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP second-generation file systems are now available in 2 additional AWS Regions: US West (N. California), and Europe (Frankfurt). Amazon FSx makes it easier and more cost effective to launch, run, and scale feature-rich high-performance file systems in the cloud. Second-generation FSx for ONTAP file systems give you more performance scalability […]
AWS – Amazon Neptune now introduces support for PropertyGraphStore in Neptune to build more reliable GraphRAG applications
Starting today, you can build Graph Retrieval-Augmented Generation (GraphRAG) applications by enabling PropertyGraphIndex and combining knowledge graphs stored in Amazon Neptune with LlamaIndex, a popular open-source framework for building applications with Large Language Models (LLMs) such as those available in Amazon Bedrock. We are excited to introduce the capability to add natural language querying via […]
AWS – SageMaker Canvas unlocks no-code ML and data preparation at petabyte-scale
Amazon SageMaker Canvas now empowers enterprises to harness the full potential of their data by enabling support of petabyte-scale datasets. Starting today, you can interactively prepare large datasets, create end-to-end data flows and trigger AutoML experiments on petabytes – a substantial leap from the previous 5GB limit. With 50+ connectors, intuitive “chat with data” interface, […]