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AWS – Record individual participants with Amazon IVS Real-Time Streaming
Amazon Interactive Video Service (Amazon IVS) Real-Time Streaming enables you to build real-time interactive video experiences. With individual participant recording, you can now record each live stream participant’s video or audio to Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3). When recording is enabled, each participant is automatically recorded and saved as a separate file in the […]

AWS – Anthropic’s Claude 3.5 Sonnet model now available in Amazon Bedrock
Anthropic’s Claude 3.5 Sonnet foundation model is now generally available in Amazon Bedrock. Anthropic’s most intelligent model to date, Claude 3.5 Sonnet, sets a new industry standard for intelligence. The model outperforms other generative AI models in the industry as well as Anthropic’s previously most intelligent model, Claude 3 Opus, on a wide range of […]

AWS – Amazon SageMaker HyperPod now supports configurable cluster storage
Today, AWS announces the general availability of configurable cluster storage for SageMaker HyperPod cluster instances, which enables customers to provision additional storage for model development. This launch allows you to centrally automate the provisioning and management of additional Elastic Block Store (EBS) volumes for your cluster instances. With configurable cluster storage, you can easily integrate […]

GCP – Boost your log analysis with BigQuery vector search and LLMs
We recently launched BigQuery vector search, which enables semantic similarity search in BigQuery. This powerful capability can be used to analyze logs and asset metadata stored in BigQuery tables. For example, given a suspected log entry, your Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) or incident response (IR) team can search for semantically similar logs to validate whether […]

GCP – Tips for troubleshooting Google Cloud Load Balancing backends
Is your Google Cloud load balancer up and running, but those backends just won’t turn green and healthy? Don’t worry, you’re not alone! This post is packed with handy tips to help you troubleshoot those unhealthy backends, potentially saving you a call to Cloud Support. Lets understand how health checks work: Just like a doctor […]

GCP – How Altice Labs enhanced API management with Google’s Application Integration
Editor’s note: Today we hear from Altice Labs, which leads research and development for telecom & business markets within Altice Group. The team builds cutting-edge telecommunications solutions that help Altice Group’s operating companies connect with over 500 million people worldwide — across video, broadband, mobile, and enterprise services. While the existing IT infrastructure in our […]

GCP – Google is a Leader in the 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Data Science and Machine Learning Platforms
Today, we are excited to announce that Gartner® has named Google as a Leader in the Magic Quadrant™ for Data Science and Machine Learning Platforms. Download the complimentary 2024 Gartner Magic Quadrant™ for Data Science and Machine Learning Platforms. We believe that our recognition stems from the fact that Google is uniquely positioned to address […]

GCP – How dida automates sales processes with mathematics and machine learning
As business’s demand for complex automation grows, so does the gap between what organizations need from ML solutions and what off-the-shelf, blackbox products can provide. At dida, we specialize in developing custom AI solutions for medium to large enterprises. With academic backgrounds in mathematics and physics, our highly specialized team is adept at taking an […]

GCP – Announcing Anthropic’s Claude 3.5 Sonnet on Vertex AI, providing more choice for enterprises
Anthropic’s newly released model, Claude 3.5 Sonnet, is now generally available on Vertex AI. Claude 3.5 Sonnet outperforms Anthropic’s previous most intelligent model, Claude 3 Opus, on a wide range of Anthropic’s evaluations. With this release, enterprises will now have an even broader choice of high-performing and cost-effective models on Google Cloud. Customers can begin […]
AWS – Amazon OpenSearch Service now supports JSON Web Token (JWT) authentication and authorization
Amazon OpenSearch Service now supports JSON Web Token (JWT) that enables you to authenticate and authorize users without having to provide any credentials or use internal user database. JWT support also makes it easy for customers to integrate with identity provider of their choice and isolate tenants in a multi-tenant application. Until now, Amazon OpenSearch […]