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AWS – AWS HealthOmics now supports output mapping files for CWL workflows
Today, AWS HealthOmics announces enhancements to its Common Workflow Language (CWL) support by automatically generating comprehensive outputs.json mapping files for every workflow run. With this launch, HealthOmics now provides researchers and bioinformaticians with a complete catalog of all outputs generated by workflow runs along with their precise locations in Amazon S3. AWS HealthOmics is a […]
AWS – Amazon Bedrock Guardrails now supports cross-region inference
Amazon Bedrock Guardrails announces support for cross-region inference, an optional feature that enables customers to seamlessly manage traffic bursts by utilizing compute across different AWS regions. Bedrock Guardrails provides configurable safeguards to help detect and block harmful content and prompt attacks, define topics to deny and disallow specific topics, and helps redact personally identifiable information […]
AWS – Amazon RDS for Oracle now supports April 2025 Spatial Patch Bundle
Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for Oracle now supports the Spatial Patch Bundle (SPB) for the April 2025 Release Update (RU) for Oracle Database version 19c. This update delivers important fixes for Oracle Spatial and Graph functionality, helping ensure reliable and optimal performance for your spatial operations. You can now create new DB instances […]
AWS – Amazon Kinesis Data Streams expands IPv6 support to VPC endpoints
Amazon Kinesis Data Streams now allows customers to make API requests over Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) with dual-stack AWS PrivateLink interface Virtual Private Clouds (VPC) endpoints. This enhancement extends IPv6 compatibility, previously available only for public endpoints, to VPC endpoints across all AWS Regions. Dual-stack endpoints that have been validated under the Federal Information […]
AWS – Amazon EC2 makes it easier to launch Windows instances with EC2 Fast Launch
Starting today, you can launch Windows instances using EC2 Fast Launch, without requiring a launch template or a default VPC. EC2 Fast Launch reduces the launch times of Windows instances using pre-provisioned snapshots. Previously, customers needed a launch template or a default VPC to enable EC2 Fast Launch for their Windows AMIs. With this update, […]
AWS – Amazon Aurora and RDS for PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MariaDB now offer Reserved Instances for R7i and M7i instances
Customers running Amazon Aurora and RDS for PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MariaDB databases can now purchase Reserved Instances for R7i and M7i instances. These instances are powered by custom 4th Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors and provide larger sizes up to 48xlarge with an 8:1 ratio of memory to vCPU and the latest DDR5 memory. Reserved […]
AWS – Amazon Aurora and RDS for PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MariaDB now offer Reserved Instances for R8g and M8g instances
Customers running Amazon Aurora and RDS for PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MariaDB databases can now purchase Reserved Instances for Graviton4-based R8g and M8g instances. These instances provide larger sizes up to 48xlarge with an 8:1 ratio of memory to vCPU and the latest DDR5 memory. Graviton4-based instances deliver up to 40% performance improvement and 29% better […]
GCP – A guide to Google ADK and MCP integration with an external server
For AI-powered agents to perform useful, real-world tasks, they need to reliably access tools and up-to-the-minute information that lives outside the base model. Anthropic’s Model Context Protocol (MCP) is designed to address this, providing a standardized way for agents to retrieve that crucial, external context needed to inform their responses and actions. This is vital […]
GCP – Unlock software delivery excellence and quality with Gemini Code Assist agents
According to DORA’s latest research – the Impact of Generative AI in Software Development report – AI tools are making software developers feel more productive, focused, and satisfied. They’re even writing better code and documentation more quickly. But the research uncovered a paradox: these individual gains do not translate directly into improved system-level performance. In […]
GCP – Google Cloud announces first-of-its-kind generative AI leader certification
Organizations are rapidly integrating generative AI in ways that directly impact all employees, not just technical teams. We’re seeing this across a variety of customer use cases. For instance, Mark Cuban’s Cost Plus Drugs reports employees saving an average of five hours weekly using Gemini in Gmail for tasks like drafting emails. Hog Island Oyster […]