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AWS – Amazon RDS for SQL Server now supports Developer Edition
Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for SQL Server now offers Microsoft SQL Server 2022 Developer Edition. SQL Server Developer Edition is a free edition of SQL Server that contains all the features of Enterprise Edition and can be used in any non-production environment. This enables customers to build, test, and demonstrate applications using SQL […]
AWS – Amazon RDS for SQL Server launches optimize CPU with new generation instances for up to 55% lower price
Amazon RDS for SQL Server launches optimize CPU with support for M7i and R7i instance families, which reduce prices by up to 55% compared to equivalent previous generation instances. Optimize CPU optimizes Simultaneous Multi-threading (SMT) configuration to reduce commercial software charges. Customers can lower cost by upgrading to M7i and R7i instances from similar 6th […]
AWS – Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP now supports Amazon S3 access
You can now attach Amazon S3 Access Points to your Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP file systems so that you can access your file data as if it were in S3. With this new capability, your file data in FSx for NetApp ONTAP is effortlessly accessible for use with the broad range of artificial intelligence, […]
AWS – Amazon EC2 P6e-GB300 UltraServers accelerated by NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 are now generally available
Today, AWS announces the general availability of Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) P6e-GB300 UltraServers. P6e-GB300 UltraServers, accelerated by NVIDIA GB300 NVL72, provide 1.5x GPU memory and 1.5x FP4 compute (without sparsity) compared to P6e-GB200. Customers can optimize performance for the most powerful models in production with P6e-GB300 for applications that require higher context and […]
GCP – Registration is open for Google Cloud Next 2026!
Google Cloud Next returns to Las Vegas, April 22-24, 2026 and I’m thrilled to share that registration is now live! After welcoming a record-breaking number of attendees to our flagship conference last April, we are gearing up to make the 2026 event bigger and better. Get ready for an incredible week filled with deep learning, […]
GCP – Upskill for the holidays: Check out no-cost AI training now
It’s the most wonderful time of the year to learn new skills in AI and more. Given the growing skills gap, our research with Ipsos shows that 70% of professionals set a goal to boost their knowledge in AI, machine learning, and generative AI over the next two years. Crucially, 65% prefer learning directly from […]
AWS – Amazon RDS for Oracle and SQL Server now support up to 256 TiB storage with additional storage volumes
Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for Oracle and SQL Server now support up to 256 TiB storage size, a 4x increase in storage size per database instance. Customers can add up to three additional storage volumes in addition to the primary storage volume, each up to 64 TiB storage, to their database instance. Additional […]
AWS – AWS Security Hub is now generally available with near real-time risk analytics
Amazon Web Services (AWS) announces the general availability of AWS Security Hub, a unified cloud security solution that prioritizes your critical security issues and helps you respond at scale, reduce security risks, and improve team productivity. With general availability, Security Hub now includes near real-time risk analytics, advanced trends, unified enablement and management, and streamlined […]
AWS – Announcing New Compute-Optimized Amazon EC2 C8a Instances
AWS announces the general availability of new compute-optimized Amazon EC2 C8a instances. C8a instances are powered by 5th Gen AMD EPYC processors (formerly code named Turin) with a maximum frequency of 4.5 GHz, delivering up to 30% higher performance and up to 19% better price-performance compared to C7a instances. C8a instances deliver 33% more memory […]
AWS – Amazon Nova Forge: Build your own Frontier Models using Nova
We are excited to announce the general availability of Nova Forge, a new service to build your own frontier models using Nova. With Nova Forge, you can start your model development on SageMaker AI from early Nova checkpoints across pre-training, mid-training, or post-training phases. You can blend proprietary data with Amazon Nova-curated data to train […]