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AWS – Announcing 3 new features on Connected Mobility Solution on AWS
Today AWS announced role-based access control, multi-account and multi-region support, and Fleet Management Portal (Preview) for the Connected Mobility Solution (CMS) on AWS. Role-based access control enables customers to manage and restrict access to developer portal of CMS based on security roles assigned to users. In addition, customers can use CMS to deploy AWS and […]
AWS – Amazon Q Business now available in AWS Asia Pacific (Sydney) Region
Starting today, Amazon Q Business is available in Asia Pacific (Sydney) AWS Region. Amazon Q Business revolutionizes the way that employees interact with organizational knowledge and enterprise systems. Q Business customers in this region can get answers from enterprise RAG knowledge bases and uploaded files (e.g. pdf’s, images) and run tabular search on small tables. […]
AWS – Amazon EC2 P5en instances are now available in US East (N. Virginia) and Asia Pacific (Jakarta)
Starting today, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) P5en instances powered by NVIDIA H200 GPUs are available in US East (N. Virginia) and Asia Pacific (Jakarta) regions. These instances are optimized for generative AI and high performance computing (HPC) applications. P5en instances feature 8 H200 GPUs which have 1.7x GPU memory size and 1.4x GPU […]
AWS – Amazon EKS now enforces upgrade insights checks as part of cluster upgrades
Today, Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) announced a new control to prevent accidental cluster upgrades when issues are already detected that may impact application compatibility with the next Kubernetes version. This feature leverages EKS upgrade insights and is significant step towards giving cluster administrators confidence with Kubernetes version upgrades. EKS upgrade insights automatically scan clusters […]
GCP – Google Cloud at KubeCon Europe 2025
Do you work with Kubernetes every day? Want to learn about the latest advancement in Kubernetes and the Cloud Native Space? Come join us for KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2025 in London (April 1-4), the premier event for folks running Kubernetes in the cloud! As the creator of the Kubernetes project and a key leader […]
GCP – Secure backups with end-to-end workflows for threat detection and remediation
Data backups are a lifeline and the ultimate safeguard when your organization is faced with unexpected disruption. Last year, we introduced backup vault, a powerful storage feature available as part of the Google Cloud Backup and Disaster Recovery (DR) service. Backup vault secures backups against tampering and unauthorized deletion, and integrates with Security Command Center […]
GCP – Meet the 15 AI startups selected for Google for Startups Cloud AI Accelerator
Startups focused on AI are influencing so many areas of our lives. They’re defining the future of education, advancing healthcare innovation, reinventing collaboration and more. To help AI-focused startups scale quickly and build responsibly, we’re hosting the Google for Startups Cloud AI Accelerator. This program builds on the success of our recent AI First accelerators […]
AWS – Amazon Bedrock Custom Model Import introduces real-time cost transparency
Amazon Bedrock Custom Model Import enables customers to import and run their customized foundation models on-demand without managing the underlying infrastructure. Customers can now get full transparency into the compute resources being used and calculate inference costs in real-time. With this launch, customers are able to see the minimum compute resources, custom model units (CMUs), […]
AWS – Amazon DynamoDB Streams APIs now support AWS PrivateLink
Amazon DynamoDB Streams now comes with AWS PrivateLink support, allowing you to invoke DynamoDB Streams APIs from within your Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) without traversing the public internet. With AWS PrivateLink, you can simplify private network connectivity between virtual private clouds (VPCs), DynamoDB, and your on-premises data centers using interface VPC endpoints and private […]
AWS – Amazon Application Recovery Controller announces AWS FIS recovery action for zonal autoshift
AWS Fault Injection Service (FIS) now supports a recovery action for Amazon Application Recovery Controller (ARC) zonal autoshift. A recovery action is a new FIS action type that allows customers to demonstrate how AWS responds during an availability incident. For example, when AWS detects potential infrastructure issues in an Availability Zone (AZ), such as power […]