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AWS – Announcing service-scoped free tier pricing rules for AWS Billing Conductor
Starting today, customers can create proforma pricing rules to control the application of free tier offers for specific AWS services in AWS Billing Conductor (ABC). Using service-scoped free tier pricing rules, customers can model a proforma chargeback workflow that only shares their always free tier benefits with a targeted set of accounts, those within a […]
AWS – Amazon Personalize now supports filtering selected items by properties of the input item
Amazon Personalize announces the ability to filter (include or exclude) recommendations for Related Items recipes based on the properties of the input or query item (e.g. the CurrentItem). Prior to this launch, Personalize customers could filter items based on dataset properties such as category or price range. Customers could also filter recommendations based on properties […]
AWS – AWS Transfer Family announces Drummond Group Applicability Statement 2 (AS2) Certification
AWS Transfer Family has earned the official Drummond Group AS2 Cloud Certification Seal. Drummond Group is an independent provider of testing and certification services for various industry standards and protocols. This certification verifies that AWS Transfer Family’s Applicability Statement 2 (AS2) capabilities are compatible and interoperable with fourteen third-party AS2 vendors commonly used for business-to-business […]
AWS – Amazon EC2 T4g instances are now available in additional regions
Starting today, Amazon Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) T4g instances are available in Asia Pacific (Jakarta, Melbourne, Osaka), Europe (Zurich) and Middle East (Bahrain) regions. These instances are powered by Arm-based AWS Graviton2 processors and deliver up to 40% better price performance over T3 instances. The T4g instances provide a baseline level of CPU performance with […]
GCP – From Google Cloud startup, to $1B company: startup advice from Replit’s Amjad Masad
In our daily lives we are already seeing examples of the game changing possibilities of generative AI. From coding and customer support automation to marketing content creation (including this blog, written with the help of gen AI), we are at the very beginning of the power of gen AI and the startup opportunities it will […]
GCP – Arpeely disrupts digital advertising with ML-based demand generation platform on Google Cloud
AtArpeely, we’ve developed some of the world’s most advanced advertising technology. Our machine learning (ML) media acquisition platform and “win-win” business model enables customers to bring highly intentful users to their offerings with precision, peace of mind and minimal overhead. Real-time bidding is a dynamic and intricate process that involves buying and selling ad impressions […]
GCP – RNA-Seq and protein structure prediction with BigQuery and Vertex AI
RNA-Seq and protein structure prediction are essential tools in modern biological research, facilitating insights into the molecular mechanisms of diseases and the development of potential therapies. RNA-Seq is a technique for profiling gene expression, enabling researchers to better understand gene regulation and complex interactions between genes. Protein structure prediction, on the other hand, provides information […]
GCP – Marketplace Exchange: Partnership perks with Google Cloud
One of the best things about my job is collaborating with our ISV partners on mutual growth strategies through Google Cloud Marketplace. As a partner-first organization, Google Cloud invests in growing our channel relationships throughactivities that help ISVs flourish within our ecosystem and accelerate our joint business. A great example is our Marketplace Video Series, […]
AWS – Announcing Amazon EC2 Hpc7g instances
AWS announces the general availability of Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) Hpc7g instances. Amazon EC2 Hpc7g instances are powered by AWS Graviton processors, which are custom Arm-based processors designed by AWS. Arm-based architectures are known for their higher core counts with better performance per watt and their energy efficiency owing to simple instructions (RISC) […]
AWS – Amazon EC2 Dedicated Hosts now support targeted allocations in AWS Outposts rack
You can now target allocation of Amazon EC2 Dedicated Hosts to specific AWS Outpost hosts. With targeted Dedicated Host allocations, you can control the deployment location of your workloads on specific Outposts racks. This allows you to allocate Dedicated Hosts on physical servers closely located on the same Outposts rack to achieve low latency goals. […]