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AWS – Amazon U7i instances now available in the AWS US East (Ohio) Region
Starting today, Amazon EC2 High Memory U7i instances with 12TB of memory (u7i-12tb.224xlarge) are now available in the US East (Ohio) region. U7i-12tb instances are part of AWS 7th generation and are powered by custom fourth generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors (Sapphire Rapids). U7i-12tb instances offer 12TiB of DDR5 memory enabling customers to scale transaction […]
AWS – Amazon EC2 R8g instances now available in AWS Asia Pacific (Jakarta)
Starting today, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) R8g instances are available in AWS Asia Pacific (Jakarta)region. These instances are powered by AWS Graviton4 processors and deliver up to 30% better performance compared to AWS Graviton3-based instances. Amazon EC2 R8g instances are ideal for memory-intensive workloads such as databases, in-memory caches, and real-time big data […]
AWS – Amazon OpenSearch UI is now available in seven new regions
Amazon OpenSearch Service expands its modernized operational analytics experience to seven new regions, including Asia Pacific (Hyderabad), Asia Pacific (Osaka), Asia Pacific (Seoul), Europe (Milan), Europe (Zurich), Europe (Spain), and US-West (N. California) enabling users to gain insights across data spanning managed domains and serverless collections from a single endpoint. The expansion includes Workspaces to […]
AWS – SageMaker HyperPod now supports Topology Aware Scheduling of LLM tasks
SageMaker HyperPod task governance now supports Topology Aware Scheduling (TAS), enabling data scientists to schedule their large language model (LLM) tasks on an optimal network topology that minimizes network communication and enhances training efficiency. LLM training and fine-tuning tasks that are distributed across multiple accelerated compute instances frequently exchange large volumes of data between them. […]
AWS – PostgreSQL 18 Beta 3 is now available in Amazon RDS Database Preview Environment
Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL 18 Beta 3 is now available in the Amazon RDS Database Preview Environment, allowing you to evaluate the pre-release of PostgreSQL 18 on Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL. You can deploy PostgreSQL 18 Beta 3 in the Amazon RDS Database Preview Environment that has the benefits of a fully managed database. PostgreSQL […]
GCP – From legacy to cloud: How Deutsche Telekom went from PySpark to BigQuery DataFrames
In today’s hyper-competitive telecommunications landscape, understanding and maximizing the Customer Lifetime Value (CLV) metric isn’t just a nice-to-have, it’s a strategic imperative. For Deutsche Telekom, accurate CLV calculations are the bedrock of informed decisions, driving crucial initiatives in customer acquisition, retention, and targeted marketing campaigns. The ability to predict and influence long-term customer relationships directly […]
GCP – Announcing multi-subnet support for more scalable GKE clusters
We are pleased to announce the preview of multi-subnet support for Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) clusters. This enhancement removes single-subnet limitations, increasing scalability, optimizing resource utilization, and enhancing flexibility of your GKE clusters. Multi-subnet support for GKE clusters allows you to add additional subnets to an existing GKE cluster, which can then be utilized by […]
GCP – How Keeta processes 11 million financial transactions per second with Spanner
Keeta Network is a layer‑1 blockchain that unifies transactions across different blockchains and payment systems, eliminating the need for costly intermediaries, reducing fees, and enabling near‑instant settlements. By facilitating cross‑chain transactions and interoperability with existing payment systems, Keeta bridges the gap between cryptocurrencies and fiat, enabling a secure, efficient, and compliant global financial ecosystem. Founded […]
GCP – Cloud CISO Perspectives: New Threat Horizons details evolving risks — and defenses
Welcome to the first Cloud CISO Perspectives for August 2025. Today, our Office of the CISO’s Bob Mechler and Anton Chuvakin dive into the key trends and evolving threats that we tracked in our just-published Cloud Threat Horizons report. As with all Cloud CISO Perspectives, the contents of this newsletter are posted to the Google […]
AWS – AWS Batch now supports AWS Graviton-based Spot compute with AWS Fargate
AWS Batch for ECS Fargate now supports AWS Graviton-based compute with AWS Fargate Spot. This capability helps you run fault-tolerant Arm-based applications with up to 70% discount compared to Fargate prices. AWS Graviton processors are custom-built by AWS to deliver the best price-performance for cloud workloads. AWS Batch for ECS Fargate enables customers to deploy […]