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AWS – Announcing financing program for AWS Marketplace purchases for select US customers
Today, AWS announces the availability of a new financing program supported by PNC Vendor Finance, enabling select customers in the United States (US) to finance AWS Marketplace software purchases directly from the AWS Billing and Cost Management console. For the first time, select US customers can apply for, utilize, and manage financing within the console […]
AWS – AWS CodeBuild now supports Windows Docker builds in reserved capacity fleets
AWS CodeBuild now supports building Windows docker images in reserved capacity fleets. AWS CodeBuild is a fully managed continuous integration service that compiles source code, runs tests, and produces software packages ready for deployment. Additionally, you can bring in your own Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) in reserved capacity for Linux and Windows platforms. This enables […]
AWS – Amazon EC2 Capacity Blocks expands to new regions
Today, Amazon Web Services announces that Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) Capacity Blocks for ML is available for P5 instances in two new regions: US West (Oregon) and Asia Pacific (Tokyo). You can use EC2 Capacity Blocks to reserve highly sought-after GPU instances in Amazon EC2 UltraClusters for a future date for the amount […]
AWS – Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink is now available in Asia Pacific (Auckland) Region
Starting today, customers can use Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink in Asia Pacific (Kuala Lumpur) Region to build real-time stream processing applications. Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink makes it easier to transform and analyze streaming data in real time with Apache Flink. Apache Flink is an open source framework and engine for processing […]
AWS – Amazon SageMaker Model Registry now supports defining machine learning model lifecycle stages
Today, we are excited to announce that Amazon SageMaker Model Registry now supports custom machine learning (ML) model lifecycle stages. This capability further improves model governance by enabling data scientists and ML engineers to define and control the progression of their models across various stages, from development to production. Customers use Amazon SageMaker Model Registry […]
AWS – AWS Fault Injection Service now generates experiment reports
AWS Fault Injection Service (AWS FIS) now generates reports for experiments, reducing the time and effort to produce evidence of resilience testing. The report summarizes experiment actions and captures application response from a customer-provided CloudWatch Dashboard. With AWS FIS, you can run fault injection experiments to create realistic failure conditions under which to practice your […]
AWS – Amazon Q Developer Pro tier adds enhanced administrator capabilities to view user activity
The Amazon Q Developer Pro tier now offers administrators greater visibility into the activity from subscribed users. Amazon Q Developer Pro tier administrators can now view user last activity information and enable daily user activity reports. Organization administrators can now view the last activity information for each user’s subscription and applications within that subscription, enabling […]
AWS – Amazon EventBridge announces up to 94% improvement in end-to-end latency for Event Buses
Amazon EventBridge Event Buses announces up to 94% improvement in end-to-end latency for Event Buses, since January 2023, enabling you to handle highly latency sensitive applications, including fraud detection and prevention, industrial automation, and gaming applications. End-to-End latency is measured by the time taken from event ingestion to first event invocation attempt. This lower latency […]
GCP – Efficiency engine: How three startups deliver results faster with Vertex AI
Have you heard of the monkey and the pedestal? Astro Teller, the head of Google’s X “moonshot factory,” likes to use this metaphor to describe tackling the biggest challenge first, despite being tempted by the endorphin boost of completing more familiar tasks. It’s a challenge startups know well. When you’re re-inventing the industry standard, it’s […]
GCP – Honoring our 2024 Google Cloud Partner All-stars
At Google Cloud, we’re fortunate to partner with organizations that employ some of the world’s most talented and innovative professionals. Together, we’re reshaping industries, driving customer success, and pushing the boundaries of what’s possible. Our partners are more than collaborators — they’re the change-makers defining the future of business. The Google Cloud Partner All-stars program celebrates these […]