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GCP – Emulating the air-gapped experience: GDC Sandbox is now generally available
Many organizations in regulated industries and the public sector that want to start using generative AI face significant challenges in adopting cloud-based AI solutions due to stringent regulatory mandates, sovereignty requirements, the need for low-latency processing, and the sheer scale of their on-premises data. Together, these can all present institutional blockers to AI adoption, and […]
GCP – Is your browser a blindspot in your security strategy?
In today’s digital world, we spend countless hours in our browsers. It’s where we work, collaborate, and access information. But have you ever stopped to consider if you’re fully leveraging the browser security features available to protect your organisation? We explore this in our new paper “The Security Blindspot: Real Attack Insights From Real Browser […]
AWS – AWS Private CA announces support for Microsoft Active Directory child domains
AWS Private Certificate Authority (AWS Private CA) now supports Active Directory (AD) child domains through the Private CA Connector for AD. With this feature, customers get a consistent experience using AWS Private CA across parent and child AD domains. AD administrators can issue certificates to users, computers, and devices in a child domain independently of […]
AWS – AWS Marketplace now supports a localized experience in four additional languages
AWS Marketplace has expanded its global accessibility by introducing support for French, Spanish, Korean, and Japanese languages across both the website and AWS console. This enhancement allows customers to discover, evaluate, procure, and deploy solutions in their preferred language, reducing friction for global customers and enhancing their purchasing process. For a localized experience, buyers select […]
AWS – Second-generation Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP now available in the AWS Mumbai and Tokyo Regions
Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP second-generation file systems are now available in additional AWS Regions: Asia Pacific (Mumbai), and Asia Pacific (Tokyo). 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 and […]
AWS – Introducing agentic capabilities for Amazon Q Developer Chat in the AWS Management Console and chat applications
Today, we’re announcing new and improved agentic Amazon Q Developer experience in the AWS Management Console, Microsoft Teams, and Slack. Amazon Q Developer can now answer more complex queries than ever before in the AWS Management Console chat, offering deeper resource introspection and a dynamic, more interactive troubleshooting experience for users. Till today, Amazon Q […]
AWS – AWS Compute Optimizer now supports Aurora I/O-Optimized recommendations
AWS Compute Optimizer now provides Amazon Aurora I/O-Optimized recommendations for Aurora DB Cluster Storage. These recommendations help make informed decisions about adopting Aurora I/O-Optimized configurations to increase pricing predictability and achieve potential cost savings based on your cluster’s storage patterns and usage. AWS Compute Optimizer automatically analyzes your Aurora DB clusters’ instance storage and I/O […]
AWS – Amazon DataZone launches upgrade domain to SageMaker
Today, Amazon DataZone and Amazon SageMaker announced a new user interface (UI) capability allowing a DataZone domain to be upgraded and used directly in the next generation of Amazon SageMaker. This makes the investment customers put into developing Amazon DataZone transferable to Amazon SageMaker. All content created and curated through Amazon DataZone such as assets, […]
AWS – Cost Optimization Hub supports recommendations for Amazon Aurora
Cost Optimization Hub now supports instance and cluster storage recommendations for Amazon Aurora databases. These recommendations help you identify idle database instances and choose the optimal DB instance class and storage configuration for your Aurora databases. With this launch, you can view, filter, consolidate, and prioritize Aurora optimization recommendations across your organization’s member accounts and […]
AWS – Amazon Lex adds AWS CloudFormation support for GovCloud (US-West) and advanced features
Amazon Lex now offers AWS CloudFormation support in AWS GovCloud (US-West), extending infrastructure-as-code capabilities to government agencies and their partners.Additionally, CloudFormation support also now includes composite slots and QnAIntent features across all AWS regions where Amazon Lex operates, allowing developers to define, deploy, and manage these advanced conversational components through CloudFormation templates. With CloudFormation support […]