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AWS – Announcing general availability of AWS SDK for Swift
Today, AWS announces the general availability of the AWS SDK for Swift, the official AWS solution for accessing Amazon Web Services from applications built with the Swift programming language. Customers can now use AWS SDK for Swift for production workloads. AWS SDK for Swift provides a modern, user-friendly, and native Swift interface for accessing Amazon […]
AWS – Announcing AWS Elemental MediaConvert on-demand volume discount pricing
Today, AWS launched volume discount pricing for AWS Elemental MediaConvert, providing customers with on-demand pricing which scales down as usage of the service goes up. Volume discount pricing takes effect during the September, 2024 billing cycle. With on-demand volume discount pricing, you can save up to 75% off list prices based on your monthly usage. […]
AWS – AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery now supports recovery to AWS Local Zones
AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery (AWS DRS) now supports recovery to AWS Local Zones. This feature allows you to set your recovery target to be within an AWS Local Zone. AWS DRS minimizes downtime and data loss with fast, reliable recovery of on-premises and cloud-based applications using affordable storage, minimal compute, and point-in-time recovery. With this […]
AWS – AWS Neuron introduces Neuron Kernel Interface (NKI), NxD Training, and JAX support for training
Today, AWS announces the release of Neuron 2.20, introducing Neuron Kernel Interface (NKI) (beta), a programming interface for AWS Trainium and Inferentia, enabling developers to build optimized compute kernels for new functionalities, optimizations, and science innovations. Additionally, this release introduces NxD Training (beta), a PyTorch-based library enabling efficient distributed training, with a user-friendly interface compatible […]
AWS – Amazon Keyspaces (for Apache Cassandra) now supports add-column for multi-Region tables
Amazon Keyspaces (for Apache Cassandra) is a scalable, serverless, highly available, and fully managed Apache Cassandra-compatible database service that offers 99.999% availability. Today, Amazon Keyspaces added the capability to add columns to existing multi-Region tables. With this launch, you can modify the schema of your existing multi-Region tables to add new columns. You only have […]
AWS – AWS Transfer Family increases throughput and file sizes supported by SFTP connectors
AWS Transfer Family announces higher performance limits for SFTP connectors, with maximum supported file size increased to 150 GB and maximum throughput increased to 100 files per second. SFTP connectors provide fully managed and low-code capability to copy files between remote SFTP servers and Amazon S3. With today’s enhancements, customers can use connectors to easily […]
AWS – AWS Amplify now supports long-running tasks with asynchronous server-side function calls
AWS Amplify now supports asynchronous AWS Lambda invocations from your AWS AppSync API. This new feature allows you to invoke Lambda functions asynchronously, enabling your API to handle more complex, long-running processes without blocking the response to the client. With asynchronous Lambda invocations, developers can initiate operations like generative AI model inferences, batch processing jobs, […]
AWS – AWS Chatbot now allows you to interact with Amazon Bedrock agents from Microsoft Teams and Slack
AWS Chatbot now enables customers to interact with Amazon Bedrock agents from Slack and Microsoft Teams chat channels. Prior to today, customers had to implement their own ad-hoc ways to integrate their Bedrock agents with their Microsoft Teams and Slack. They needed to develop custom chat applications and integrate it with Bedrock agents. Now with […]
GCP – Join us for Gemini at Work
Join us for Gemini at Work, our first digital event dedicated to showcasing the transformative power of AI in the workplace. We’re inspired by what our customers are building with Gemini, and amazed at their pace of innovation, so we’re giving them the stage. On Tuesday, September 24 at 9am PT you’ll hear from industry […]
GCP – Meet the second Google for Startups Accelerator: Climate Change Cohort in Europe
The urgency of addressing climate change cannot be overstated, and Google recognizes the pivotal role that digital technologies play in this global effort. Our commitment encompasses ambitious goals such as helping individuals, cities, and partners to collectively reduce 1 gigaton of their carbon equivalent emissions annually by 2030, and our aim to achieve net-zero emissions […]