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GCP – Building AI-powered apps on Google Cloud databases using pgvector, LLMs and LangChain
Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL and AlloyDB for PostgreSQL now support the pgvector extension, bringing the power of vector search operations to PostgreSQL databases. You can read the full announcement here. In this step-by-step tutorial, we will show you how to add generative AI features to your own applications with just a few lines of code […]
AWS – Amazon EFS now supports up to 10 GiB/s of Provisioned Throughput
Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS) has increased the maximum per file system throughput on Amazon EFS Provisioned Throughput mode by 3x. With this launch, you now have a cost-effective way to drive up to 10 GiB/s of read throughput and 3 GiB/s of write throughput for workloads including machine learning, data processing, analytics, and […]
AWS – Amazon MQ now supports cross-region data replication for ActiveMQ brokers
Amazon MQ now supports cross-region data replication for ActiveMQ brokers on Amazon MQ. This feature allows you to build regionally resilient messaging applications using continuous asynchronous message replication from a primary broker to a replica broker in a standby AWS region with a few clicks, eliminating the need to use third-party tools or custom code […]
AWS – Amazon SageMaker Inference Recommender now in AWS Console, gives recommendations at model creation
Amazon SageMaker Inference Recommender is a capability of Amazon SageMaker that reduces time required to get machine learning (ML) models in production by automating load testing and model tuning across SageMaker ML instances. Today, SageMaker Inference Recommender is announcing two key features. First, you can now use Inference Recommender from the AWS console for SageMaker. […]
AWS – AWS Glue Studio now provides data previews for Glue Streaming jobs
AWS Glue now provides data preview for streaming jobs in Glue Studio that helps data engineers accelerate their Streaming ETL job development. Read More for the details.
AWS – AWS IAM now supports FIDO2 for multi-factor authentication in AWS GovCloud (US) Regions
Today, AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) announces the general availability of support for FIDO2 security keys in the AWS GovCloud (US-East and US-West) Regions. The FIDO2 specifications rely on public key cryptography, enabling cryptographically secure and phishing-resistant multi-factor (MFA) authentication. Read More for the details.
AWS – AWS Glue now can detect 250 sensitive entity types from over 50 countries
Sensitive data detection feature in AWS Glue can now detect over 250 sensitive entity types from 50 countries out-of-the-box. Read More for the details.
AWS – AWS Security Hub announces enhanced management capabilities with AWS CloudFormation
Today, AWS announces expanded AWS CloudFormation support for AWS Security Hub, which allows you to use CloudFormation to deploy Security Hub and manage its standards and controls. Using the updated AWS::SecurityHub::Hub resource, you can now enable Security Hub, decide if it should be provisioned with default standards (the AWS Foundational Security Best Practices and CIS […]
AWS – Amazon MemoryDB for Redis achieves FedRAMP Moderate compliance
Amazon MemoryDB for Redis is now in scope for FedRAMP Moderate in the US East (Ohio), US East (N. Virginia), US West (N. California), and US West (Oregon) Regions. You can now use MemoryDB to build applications for workloads that are subject to FedRAMP Moderate compliance. Read More for the details.
GCP – Trace exemplars now available in Managed Service for Prometheus
Cross-signals correlation — where metrics, logs, and traces work together in concert to provide a full view of your system’s health — is often cited as the “holy grail” of observability. However, given the fundamental differences in their data models, these signals usually live in separate, isolated backends. Pivoting between signal types can be laborious, […]