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GCP – Triple Impact Connections cuts costs and support tickets with ChromeOS
Editor’s note: Today’s post is by Josh Kuligowski, Chief Technology Officer for veteran-owned Triple Impact Connections, a business processing outsourcing (BPO) company based in Killeen, Texas. Triple Impact Connections provides contact center customer service programs for the banking, healthcare, and restaurant industries. The company’s management and agent workforce is made up almost entirely of military […]
GCP – End-user computing that’s made for today and ready for what’s next
The way we work has fundamentally changed. We’re more mobile, more dispersed, and more reliant on cloud-based tools than ever before and we’re inspired by what efficiencies AI can bring to our work day. At Google, we’re committed to building end user computing tools that empower businesses to thrive today and ensuring you have the […]
AWS – AWS Mainframe Modernization introduces new integrations for managed runtimes
We are excited to announce that the AWS Mainframe Modernization service now offers new integrations that provide greater flexibility of managed runtime environments running modernized mainframe applications. The new capabilities include new integrations with LDAP, LRS print and output management, AWS Health events, and support for Amazon EC2 M7i instances. For applications modernized using AWS […]
AWS – Announcing the new Resiliency widget on myApplications
Today, we are excited to announce the launch of the new Resiliency widget on myApplications, providing enhanced visibility and proactive control over the resilience posture for each application in myApplications. Using the new Resiliency widget, you can start a resilience assessment directly from the myApplications dashboard. AWS Resilience Hub will automatically create an application based […]
AWS – Amazon EKS now supports Amazon Application Recovery Controller (ARC)
Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) now supports Amazon Application Recovery Controller (ARC) zonal shift and zonal autoshift. ARC helps you manage and coordinate recovery for your applications across AWS Regions and Availability Zones (AZs). With EKS support for ARC zonal shift and zonal autoshift, you can better maintain Kubernetes application availability by automating the […]
AWS – Amazon OpenSearch Serverless now available in the AWS GovCloud (US-East) Region
We are excited to announce that Amazon OpenSearch Serverless is expanding its availability to the AWS GovCloud (US-East) Region. OpenSearch Serverless is a serverless deployment option for Amazon OpenSearch Service that makes it simple to run search and analytics workloads without the complexities of infrastructure management. OpenSearch Serverless’ compute capacity used for data ingestion, search, […]
AWS – Gain deeper insights into Amazon Q Business with new analytics and conversation insights
Amazon Q Business now offers an analytics dashboard and integration with Amazon CloudWatch Logs, providing comprehensive insights into the usage of your Amazon Q Business application environments and Amazon Q Apps. The new analytics dashboard in the Amazon Q Business console offers insights through interactive charts and visualizations, enabling administrators to monitor key metrics such […]
AWS – Amazon Aurora launches Global Database writer endpoint
Amazon Aurora now supports a Global Database writer endpoint. This highly available and fully managed endpoint simplifies routing for your applications and eliminates the need to make application code changes to establish connectivity after initiating a cross-region Global Database Switchover or Failover operation. With Global Database, a single Aurora cluster can span multiple AWS Regions, […]
AWS – AWS Lambda console now features a new code editor based on Code-OSS (VS Code – Open Source)
Today, AWS Lambda announces the launch of a new code editing experience in the Lambda console based on Code-OSS (VS Code – Open Source). This integration brings new interface and productivity features directly into the Lambda console, giving customers a more intuitive coding environment when building serverless applications. The new Code-OSS (VS Code – Open […]
AWS – Anthropic’s upgraded Claude 3.5 Sonnet model and computer use now in Amazon Bedrock
Anthropic’s upgraded Claude 3.5 Sonnet model is now available in Amazon Bedrock. According to Anthropic, the model delivers across-the-board improvements over its predecessor, with significant gains in coding—an area where it already led the field. The upgraded Claude 3.5 Sonnet model shows wide-ranging improvements on industry benchmarks. On coding the model improves performance on SWE-bench […]