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AWS – AWS Step Functions now supports Diagnose with Amazon Q
AWS announces AI-powered troubleshooting capabilities with Amazon Q integration in AWS Step Functions console. AWS Step Functions is a visual workflow service that enables customers to build distributed applications, automate IT and business processes, and build data and machine learning pipelines using AWS services. This integration brings Amazon Q’s intelligent error analysis directly into AWS […]
AWS – AWS SAM CLI adds Finch support, expanding local development tool options for serverless applications
AWS Serverless Application Model Command Line Interface (SAM CLI) now supports Finch as an alternative to Docker for local development and testing of serverless applications. This gives developers greater flexibility in choosing their preferred local development environment when working with SAM CLI to build and test their serverless applications. Developers building serverless applications spend significant […]
AWS – Second-generation AWS Outposts racks now supported in the AWS Europe (Ireland) Region
Second-generation AWS Outposts racks are now supported in the AWS Europe (Ireland) Region. Outposts racks extend AWS infrastructure, AWS services, APIs, and tools to virtually any on-premises data center or colocation space for a truly consistent hybrid experience. Organizations from startups to enterprises and the public sector in and outside of Europe can now order […]
AWS – AWS Backup enhances backup plan management with schedule preview
AWS Backup now provides schedule preview for backup plans, helping you validate when your backups are scheduled to run. Schedule preview shows the next ten scheduled backup runs, including when continuous backup, indexing, or copy settings take effect. Backup plan schedule preview consolidates all backup rules into a single timeline, showing how they work together. […]
AWS – Claude 4.5 haiku by Anthropic now in Amazon Bedrock
Claude Haiku 4.5 is now available in Amazon Bedrock. Claude Haiku 4.5 delivers near-frontier performance matching Claude Sonnet 4’s capabilities in coding, computer use, and agent tasks at substantially lower cost and faster speeds, making state-of-the-art AI accessible for scaled deployments and budget-conscious applications. The model’s enhanced speed makes it ideal for latency-sensitive applications like […]
GCP – A week of innovation in Washington, D.C.: Google Cloud and NVIDIA power AI innovation across industries and the public sector
Starting October 27th in Washington, D.C. the future of artificial intelligence (AI) takes center stage, and Google Cloud and NVIDIA are teaming up to lead the conversation. Across two upcoming events—NVIDIA GTC DC and the Google Public Sector Summit—we will showcase our commitment to advancing American AI leadership. This is where innovation meets mission. From […]
AWS – Amazon ECS supports running Firelens as a non-root user
Amazon Elastic Container Services (Amazon ECS) now allows you to run Firelens containers as a non-root user, by specifying a User ID in your Task Definition. Specifying a non-root user with a specific user ID reduces the potential attack footprint by users who may gain access to such software, a security best practice and a […]
GCP – Cloud CISO Perspectives: Disrupt ransomware with AI in Google Drive
Welcome to the first Cloud CISO Perspectives for October 2025. Today, Kristina Behr, VP, Workspace Product Management, and Jorge Blanco, director, Office of the CISO, explain how a new AI-driven capability in Google Drive can help security and business leaders protect their data and minimize the impact of ransomware attacks. As with all Cloud CISO […]
AWS – Amazon Kinesis Data Streams announces new Fault Injection Service (FIS) actions for API errors
Amazon Kinesis Data Streams now supports Fault Injection Service (FIS) actions for Kinesis API errors. Customers can now test their application’s error handling capabilities, retry mechanisms (such as exponential backoff patterns), and CloudWatch alarms in a controlled environment. This allows customers to validate their monitoring systems and recovery processes before encountering real-world failures, ultimately improving […]
AWS – Amazon MSK adds support for Apache Kafka version 4.1
Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK) now supports Apache Kafka version 4.1, introducing Queues as a preview feature, a new Streams Rebalance Protocol in early access, and Eligible Leader Replicas (ELR). Along with these features, Apache Kafka version 4.1 includes various bug fixes and improvements. For more details, please refer to the Apache […]