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AWS – SDXL 1.0 foundation model from Stability AI now available in Amazon SageMaker JumpStart
Starting today, the Stable Diffusion XL 1.0 (SDXL 1.0) foundation model from Stability AI is available in Amazon SageMaker JumpStart, a machine learning (ML) hub that offers pretrained models, built-in algorithms, and pre-built solutions to help you quickly get started with ML. You can deploy and use SDXL 1.0 with a few clicks in SageMaker […]
AWS – Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS (ROSA) is now available in the Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) Region
Starting today, you can enable ROSA from the AWS Console and launch ROSA clusters in the Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) Region. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon RDS for Oracle now supports Oracle Application Express version 23.1
Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) for Oracle now supports version 23.1 of Oracle Application Express (APEX) for the 19c & 21c versions of Oracle Database. Using APEX, developers can build applications entirely within their web browser. To learn more about the latest features of APEX 23.1, please refer to Oracle’s documentation. Read More for the […]
AWS – AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery is now available in 5 additional Regions
Starting today, AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery (DRS) is available in 5 additional Regions: Asia Pacific (Hyderabad), Asia Pacific (Melbourne), Europe (Spain), Europe (Zurich), and Middle East (UAE). Read More for the details.
GCP – A new accelerator for AI-first startups in Europe and Israel
TL;DR — We invite startups developing AI models, infrastructure, or applications in Europe and Israel to apply for the new Google for Startups Accelerator: AI First program. Google Cloud is committed to partnering with startups to innovate responsibly with AI and reach its full potential, especially teams leveraging tech to solve some of the world’s […]
GCP – DevOps Award winner METRO.digital on being a “DevOps Dreamer”
Besides the authors mentioned in the byline, the team is composed also of Diana Codreanu and Martin Filipczyk. Founded in Germany in 1964, METRO is a B2B wholesaler with sales of €29.8 in the financial year 2021/22. METRO.digital is the tech product-led company of METRO, the leading international specialist for wholesale and food trade. With […]
AWS – AWS announces new AWS Direct Connect location in Lima, Peru
Today, AWS announced the opening of a new AWS Direct Connect location within the Cirion data center in Lima, Peru. By connecting your network to AWS at the new location, you gain private, direct access to all public AWS Regions (except those in China), AWS GovCloud Regions, and AWS Local Zones. Read More for the […]
GCP – More Control Loading the Maps JavaScript API
Today we’re sharing three big improvements to how the Maps JavaScript API is loaded: an API for flexible library loading, the new inline bootstrap loader, and a set of performance improvements. Flexible library loading The Maps JavaScript API is made up of libraries which developers specify for inclusion when loading the API. These libraries go […]
Azure – Azure DevOps July 2023 updates
In July, we’ve delivered multiple improvements across Azure DevOps services. You can now dismiss dependency scanning alerts in Advanced Security that you believe to be a false positive or acceptable risk. In Azure Repos, we changed the default behavior to remove "Edit policies" permission when creating a new branch. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon RDS now has a progress indicator for the storage optimization process
Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) now supports a progress indicator for improved visibility into the storage optimization process. With the progress indicator, you get better visibility into the progress of storage optimization process such as scaling up of storage sizes and changing the storage volumes. Read More for the details.