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AWS – Amazon EBS launches gp3 and io1 volumes for AWS Dedicated Local Zones
You can now use Amazon EBS gp3 and io1 volumes in AWS Dedicated Local Zones. Dedicated Local Zones are a type of AWS infrastructure that are fully managed by AWS, built for exclusive use by you or your community, and placed in a location or data center specified by you to help you comply with […]

AWS – AWS CodeBuild now supports custom cache keys for S3 caching
AWS CodeBuild now supports an enhanced S3 caching experience. You can now define custom cache keys for more granular cache management and improved cache persistence across your builds. You can also share the cache keys across projects to use a common dependency cache to speed up your builds. AWS CodeBuild is a fully managed continuous […]

AWS – Amazon GameLift Servers expands instance support with next-generation EC2 instance families
Amazon GameLift Servers now supports Amazon EC2 5th through 8th generation instances, offering enhanced price-performance, efficiency, and flexibility for game server hosting. This update allows developers to leverage the latest advancements in EC2 compute, memory, and networking across three main instance families: General Purpose (M-series): Balanced CPU, memory, and networking for a wide range of […]

AWS – AWS Network Manager and AWS Cloud WAN now support AWS PrivateLink and IPv6
AWS Network Manager and AWS Cloud WAN now support AWS PrivateLink and IPv6 based connectivity to the management endpoint of these services. Using PrivateLink, customers can now access AWS Network Manager or AWS Cloud WAN privately on the AWS network, without going through the public Internet. Additionally, customers can now access these services over IPv6 […]

AWS – AWS Network Firewall adds pass action rule alerts and JA4 filtering
Today, AWS announces new features for AWS Network Firewall: The ability to generate alerts on traffic that matches pass action rules and JA4 fingerprinting support in firewall rules. AWS Network Firewall is a stateful, managed, network firewall and intrusion detection and prevention service for your virtual private cloud (VPC). These new capabilities enhance the security […]

AWS – AWS Marketplace introduces new seller experiences for Machine Learning products
Today, we are excited to announce a set of improvements to the seller management experience for Machine Learning (ML) products in AWS Marketplace. Sellers can now quickly publish and update ML listings with a new self-service experience in the AWS Marketplace Management Portal. Additionally, sellers can now create, view, and manage private offers for ML […]

AWS – Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases now supports Amazon Opensearch Managed Cluster for vector storage
We are announcing the support of Amazon OpenSearch Managed cluster as a vector store in Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases. Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases securely connects foundation models (FMs) to internal company data sources for Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG), to deliver more relevant and accurate responses. Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases’ native integration with vector databases allows […]

AWS – Amazon DynamoDB now supports percentile statistics for request latency
Amazon DynamoDB now supports percentile statistics for the SuccessfulRequestLatency Amazon CloudWatch metric. The percentile statistic enables you to understand the latency distribution of your successful requests to DynamoDB, complementing the existing average, minimum, and maximum statistics. The SuccessfulRequestLatency metric only measures latency which is internal to the Amazon DynamoDB service – client side activity and […]

AWS – AWS CloudFormation now supports targeted resource scans in the IaC generator
Today, AWS CloudFormation introduced a new resource scanning workflow for the CloudFormation IaC generator, further simplifying the process of generating Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) templates for existing resources in your AWS account. IaC generator allows you to onboard existing resources to CloudFormation in three easy steps. First, you initiate a scan of resources in your AWS account. […]
GCP – Google Agentspace achieves FedRamp High authorization
We’re excited to announce that Google Agentspace is now authorized for FedRAMP High, bringing Google’s powerful search technology and agentic capabilities to the enterprise. Agentspace is available within Google Cloud’s Assured Workloads, expanding our AI portfolio for public sector organizations and offered on a per-user basis. This announcement builds upon our recent update, which introduced […]