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AWS – RDS Custom for SQL Server now supports Windows Authentication
Amazon RDS Custom for SQL Server now supports Windows Authentication, allowing you to use your existing Active Directory to manage access to your RDS Custom databases. This feature provides flexibility, as you can join your RDS Custom for SQL Server DB instance to either an AWS Managed Microsoft Active Directory (AD) or a AD managed […]
AWS – Amazon Bedrock Custom Model Import now generally available
Today, AWS announces the general availability of Custom Model Import, which allows customers to import and use their customized models alongside existing foundation models via a single, unified API. You can now import custom weights for a variety of supported model architectures (such as Meta Llama 3.2 and Mixtral 8x7B) without the overhead of model […]
AWS – AWS Control Tower is now available in AWS Asia Pacific (Malaysia) Region
Starting today, customers can use AWS Control Tower in the AWS Asia Pacific (Malaysia) Region. With this launch, AWS Control Tower is available in 30 AWS Regions and the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. AWS Control Tower offers the easiest way to set up and govern a secure, multi-account AWS environment. It simplifies AWS experiences by […]
GCP – We tested Intel’s AMX CPU accelerator for AI. Here’s what we learned
At Google Cloud, we believe that cloud computing will increasingly shift to private, encrypted services where users can be confident that their software and data are not being exposed to unauthorized actors. In support of this goal, our aim is to make confidential computing technology ubiquitous across our Cloud without compromising usability, performance, and scale. […]
GCP – New Professional ChromeOS Administrator certified perks
We recognize the effort you put into your work as ChromeOS administrators and we know you are hard at work diligently managing millions of devices across schools and businesses worldwide. Individuals who become ChromeOS certified are able to create their personalized profiles in the ChromeOS Certified Directory and get exclusive access to digital perks. Today, […]
AWS – AWS Data Exchange now provides APIs for data grants, enabling programmatic data sharing
Today, AWS announces the availability of APIs for data grants in AWS Data Exchange, a set of common application programming interfaces (APIs) that allow you to programmatically grant time-bound, read-only data access to any other AWS account. Now, you can automate the secure exchange of data across AWS accounts using APIs. As a data host […]
AWS – Amazon Bedrock Model Evaluation now supports evaluating custom model import models
Model Evaluation on Amazon Bedrock allows you to evaluate, compare, and select the best foundation models for your use case. Amazon Bedrock offers a choice of automatic evaluation and human evaluation. You can use automatic evaluation with predefined algorithms for metrics such as accuracy, robustness, and toxicity. Additionally, for those metrics or subjective and custom […]
AWS – Amazon QuickSight now supports programmatic export and import of shared folders
Amazon QuickSight now supports programmatic export and import of shared folders as an update to previously launched StartAssetBundleExportJob and StartAssetBundleImportJob APIs. This enables you to backup and restore, continuously replicate and migrate QuickSight folders along with its member assets and sub folders. With the earlier version of these APIs, you had to managed folders deployment […]
AWS – QuickSight Reporting now supports triggering scheduled reports via API
QuickSight Reporting has expanded its event driven reporting capabilities by adding the ability to distribute pixel-perfect reports and dashboard reports via emails using APIs. Using the AWS SDK, developers can invoke StartDashboardSnapshotJobSchedule API to run the report, which will follow the configured scheduled report settings, including export type (PDF, CSV, Excel etc.) and email set […]
AWS – AWS Marketplace now supports notifications for private marketplace
Today, AWS Marketplace announces the general availability of private marketplace notifications, a new feature that streamlines the product request approval process for private marketplace customers. Using private marketplace, administrators can create customized catalogs of approved products from AWS Marketplace to enable their organization’s AWS accounts to purchase the preselected and vetted software. This capability enables […]