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AWS – The Model Context Protocol (MCP) Proxy for AWS is now generally available
Today, AWS announces the general availability of the Model Context Protocol (MCP) Proxy for AWS, a client-side proxy that enables MCP clients to connect to remote, AWS-hosted MCP servers using AWS SigV4 authentication. The Proxy supports popular agentic AI development tools like Amazon Q Developer CLI, Kiro, Cursor, and popular agent frameworks like Strands Agents. […]
AWS – AWS Marketplace now offers pricing model flexibility and simplified deployment for AI agents and tools
AWS Marketplace now offers flexible pricing models, simplified authentication, and streamlined deployment for AI agents and tools. The new capabilities include contract-based and usage-based pricing for Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime containers, and simplified OAuth credential management through Quick Launch for API-based AI agents and tools. Customers can also use supported remote MCP servers procured through […]
AWS – Amazon WorkSpaces announces USB redirection support for DCV WorkSpaces
AWS announces USB redirection support for WorkSpaces running Amazon DCV protocol, enabling users to access locally connected USB devices from their virtual desktop environments. With this feature, customers can now connect a wide range of USB peripherals to their virtual desktops, including credit card readers, 3D mice, and other specialized devices. USB redirection addresses the […]
AWS – TwelveLabs’ Pegasus 1.2 model now available in three additional AWS regions
Amazon announces the expansion of the TwelveLabs’ Pegasus 1.2 video understanding model to the US East (Ohio), US West (N. California), and Europe (Frankfurt) AWS Regions. This expansion makes it easier for customers to build and scale generative AI applications that can understand and interact with video content at an enterprise level. Pegasus 1.2 is […]
AWS – Amazon S3 Access Grants are now available in additional AWS Regions
You can now create Amazon S3 Access Grants in the AWS Asia Pacific (Thailand) and AWS Mexico (Central) Regions. Amazon S3 Access Grants map identities in directories such as Microsoft Entra ID, or AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) principals, to datasets in S3. This helps you manage data permissions at scale by automatically granting […]
AWS – Amazon ECS now supports built-in Linear and Canary deployments
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) announces support for linear and canary deployment strategies, giving you more flexibility and control when deploying containerized applications. These new strategies complement ECS built-in blue/green deployments, enabling you to choose the traffic shifting approach that best matches your application’s risk profile and validation requirements. With linear deployments, you can gradually […]
AWS – Split Cost Allocation Data for Amazon EKS supports Kubernetes labels
Starting today, Split Cost Allocation Data for Amazon EKS now allows you to import up to 50 Kubernetes custom labels per pod as cost allocation tags. You can attribute costs of your Amazon EKS cluster at the pod level using custom attributes, such as cost center, application, business unit, and environment in AWS Cost and […]
GCP – PQC in plaintext: How we’re helping customers prepare for a quantum-safe future
Google has been working on making computing quantum safe for almost a decade. We’ve been rolling out post-quantum cryptography in our infrastructure for internal and customer services, and now we’re at the level where you can get hands-on — and we’re here to help. We’ve developed a threat model, invested in cryptographic libraries, BoringSSL, key […]
GCP – How Global Payments built a resilient architecture for scale with Cloud SQL
Editor’s note: When payments are your product, downtime isn’t an option. To meet the critical demands of global availability, Global Payments partnered with the Google Cloud product team to architect a resilient, multi-region solution leveraging Cloud SQL Enterprise Plus. This collaboration ensures enhanced uptime and streamlined disaster recovery. This strategic adoption of Google Cloud’s advanced […]
AWS – AWS Step Functions announces a new metrics dashboard
AWS Step Functions announces improved observability with a new metrics dashboard, giving you visibility into your workflow operations at both the account and state machine levels. AWS Step Functions is a visual workflow service capable of orchestrating over 14,000+ API actions from over 220 AWS services to build distributed applications and data processing workloads. With […]