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AWS – Announcing cross-account support for Amazon S3 Multi-Region Access Points
Amazon S3 Multi-Region Access Points now support datasets that are replicated across multiple AWS accounts. Cross-account Multi-Region Access Points simplify object storage access for applications that span both AWS Regions and accounts, avoiding the need for complex request routing logic in your applications. They provide a single global endpoint for your multi-region applications, and dynamically […]

AWS – Amazon S3 simplifies private connectivity from on-premises networks
Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) interface endpoints for Amazon S3 now offer private DNS options that can help you more easily route S3 requests to the lowest-cost endpoint in your VPC. With private DNS for S3, your on-premises applications can use AWS PrivateLink to access S3 over an interface endpoint, while requests from your in-VPC applications […]

AWS – AWS Data Exchange for Amazon S3 is now generally available
AWS Data Exchange for Amazon S3 is now generally available, helping customers easily find, subscribe to, and use third-party data files for faster time to insight, storage cost optimization, simplified data licensing management, and more. This feature is intended for subscribers who want to use third-party data files directly from data providers’ Amazon Simple Storage […]

AWS – Introducing Mountpoint for Amazon S3, a high performance open source file client
We are pleased to announce the alpha release of Mountpoint for Amazon S3, a new open source file client that delivers high throughput access, lowering compute costs for data lakes on Amazon S3. Mountpoint for Amazon S3 is a file client that translates local file system API calls to S3 object API calls like GET […]

AWS – Use S3 Object Lambda with Amazon CloudFront to tailor content for end users
Using Amazon S3 Object Lambda, you can add your own code to S3 GET, HEAD, and LIST API requests to modify data as it is returned to an application. You can now use an S3 Object Lambda Access Point alias as an origin for your Amazon CloudFront distribution to tailor or customize data to end […]

Azure – Public preview: Azure Cognitive Service for Vision Powers State-of-the-Art Computer Vision Development
Extract robust insights from images and video content across multiple industry domains Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon S3 on Outposts now supports local S3 Replication on Outposts
Amazon S3 on Outposts now supports S3 Replication on Outposts. This extends S3’s fully managed approach to replication to S3 on Outposts buckets, helping you meet data residency and data redundancy requirements. With local S3 Replication on Outposts, you can create and configure replication rules to automatically replicate your S3 objects to another Outpost, or […]

AWS – Amazon Chime SDK now supports Amazon Voice Focus for carriers
Amazon Chime SDK now supports Amazon Voice Focus background noise reduction for telephone carrier deployments. Amazon Voice Focus is an award-winning, machine-learning based noise suppression algorithm that reduces unwanted environmental noises like wind, barking dogs, keyboard typing, and car horns from phone calls. Now telecom providers can deploy background noise reduction, at scale, across their […]

GCP – Google Cloud brings generative AI to developers, businesses, and governments
Generative AI is poised to usher in a new wave of interactive, multimodal experiences that transform how we interact with information, brands, and one another. Harnessing the power of decades of Google’s research, innovation, and investment in AI, Google Cloud is bringing businesses and governments the ability to generate text, images, code, videos, audio, and […]
GCP – Building the most open and innovative AI ecosystem
The future of artificial intelligence (AI) will be open. New and innovative capabilities in areas like generative AI will come from all corners of the technology ecosystem and from companies distributed around the globe — from early stage startups to cloud-native AI platforms to large, global enterprises. The momentum in this space is incredible. In […]