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GCP – Building scalable, resilient enterprise networks with Network Connectivity Center
For large enterprises adopting a cloud platform, managing network connectivity across VPCs, on-premises data centers, and other clouds is critical. However, traditional models often lack scalability and increase management overhead. Google Cloud’s Network Connectivity Center is a compelling alternative. As a centralized hub-and-spoke service for connecting and managing network resources, Network Connectivity Center offers a […]
GCP – Three-part framework to measure the impact of your AI use case
Generative AI is no longer just an experiment. The real challenge now is quantifying its value. For leaders, the path is clear: make AI projects drive business growth, not just incur costs. Today, we’ll share a simple three-part plan to help you measure the effect and see the true worth of your AI initiatives. This […]
AWS – Amazon ECS enhances task definition editing in the AWS Console with Amazon Q Developer
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS), a fully managed container orchestration service, now makes it easier to create and update task definitions in the AWS Management Console with generative AI assistance from Amazon Q Developer. This new capability helps customers complete their task definitions faster and more efficiently using AI-generated code suggestions. Customers can use […]
AWS – Amazon CloudWatch Observability Access Manager Now Supports VPC Endpoints
AWS announces VPC endpoints for Amazon CloudWatch Observability Access Manager (OAM). CloudWatch OAM enables you to programmatically manage cross-account observability settings within a region. The new VPC endpoints enhance your security posture by keeping traffic between your VPC and CloudWatch OAM within the AWS network, eliminating the need to traverse the public internet. You can […]
AWS – Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus collector logs now available in Amazon CloudWatch Logs
Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus collector, a fully-managed agentless collector for Prometheus metrics, adds support for vending logs to Amazon CloudWatch Logs. With Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus collector logs you can now troubleshoot issues in your setup, from context on the Prometheus target discovery process including authentication issues to scraping process to status and […]
AWS – AWS launches LocalStack integration in VS Code IDE to simplify local testing for serverless applications
AWS launches LocalStack integration in Visual Studio Code (VS Code), enabling developers to easily test and debug serverless applications in their local IDE. With this new integration, developers can use LocalStack to locally emulate and test their serverless applications using familiar VS Code interface without switching between tools or managing complex setup, thus simplifying their […]
AWS – Amazon EventBridge API destinations is now available in AWS Asia Pacific (Melbourne and Thailand) Regions
Amazon EventBridge is expanding the availability of its API destinations feature to the AWS Asia Pacific (Melbourne) and AWS Asia Pacific (Thailand) Regions. EventBridge API destinations are HTTPS endpoints that you can invoke as the target of an event bus rule, similar to how you invoke an AWS service or resource as a target. API […]
AWS – Amazon Athena launches single sign-on support for drivers
Amazon Athena announces single sign-on support for its JDBC and ODBC drivers through AWS IAM Identity Center’s trusted identity propagation. This makes it simpler for organizations to manage end-user’s access to data when using 3rd party tools and implement identity-based data governance policies with a seamless sign-on experience. With this new capability, data teams can seamlessly […]
AWS – Introducing AWS CDK Refactor (Preview)
AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK) CLI now enables safe infrastructure refactoring through the new ‘cdk refactor’ command in preview. This feature allows developers to rename constructs, move resources between stacks, and reorganize CDK applications while preserving the state of deployed resources. By leveraging AWS CloudFormation’s refactor capabilities with automated mapping computation, CDK Refactor eliminates the […]
AWS – AWS IoT SiteWise now supports retraining of anomaly detection models
Today, AWS announced new capabilities for native anomaly detection in AWS IoT SiteWise. This release includes automated model retraining, flexible promotion modes, and exposed model metrics, all designed to enhance the anomaly detection feature. The automated retraining capability allows models to be automatically retrained on a schedule ranging from a minimum of 30 days to […]