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AWS – Amazon SageMaker HyperPod now integrates with Amazon EventBridge to deliver status change events
Amazon SageMaker HyperPod now integrates with Amazon EventBridge, enabling you to receive near-real time notifications about changes in your cluster’s status. With this integration, you can easily track key events such as HyperPod cluster status transitions and node health changes. SageMaker HyperPod delivers two types of notifications via EventBridge – 1. Cluster Status Change Events, […]
GCP – From LLMs to image generation: Accelerate inference workloads with AI Hypercomputer
From retail to gaming, from code generation to customer care, an increasing number of organizations are running LLM-based applications, with 78% of organizations in development or production today. As the number of generative AI applications and volume of users scale, the need for performant, scalable, and easy to use inference technologies is critical. At Google […]

AWS – Amazon Connect external voice pricing changes
Amazon Connect now has new pricing models for external voice transfer and Contact Lens with external voice systems. The new pricing models have independent pricing for external voice connectors and external voice minutes and are effective for all customers from May 1, 2025. External voice transfer directly transfers voice calls and metadata from Amazon Connect […]

AWS – Amazon DocumentDB (with MongoDB compatibility) is now available in the AWS Europe (Stockholm) Region
Amazon DocumentDB (with MongoDB compatibility), a fully managed, native JSON database that makes it simple and cost-effective to operate critical document workloads at virtually any scale without managing infrastructure, is now available in the AWS Europe (Stockholm) Region. Amazon DocumentDB provides scalability and durability for mission-critical MongoDB workloads, supporting millions of requests per second and […]

AWS – Amazon SageMaker AI enhances Amazon Q Developer with custom code suggestions and workspace context
Today, AWS announces significant enhancements to Amazon Q Developer in Amazon SageMaker AI Jupyter Lab, introducing customization of code suggestions based on private code repositories and the ability to include entire workspace context for improved code assistance. These new features empower organizations to leverage their proprietary code and improve the relevance of code suggestions, ultimately […]

AWS – AWS CodePipeline now supports Secrets Manager and more configurations in Commands action
AWS CodePipeline now enables you to use AWS Secrets Manager credentials in your Commands actions by specifying the secrets as environment variables in the action declaration. Additionally, Commands actions now support Windows commands and larger instance types, allowing you to run more complex workloads and accelerate execution times. To learn more about these new capabilities, […]

AWS – AWS Shield Advanced is now available in AWS Asia Pacific (Thailand) and AWS Mexico (Central) regions
Starting today, you can use AWS Shield Advanced in the AWS Asia Pacific (Thailand) and AWS Mexico (Central) regions. AWS Shield Advanced is a managed application security service that safeguards applications running on AWS from distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. Shield Advanced provides always-on detection and automatic inline mitigations that minimize application downtime and […]

AWS – AWS Security Incident Response is now available in three additional AWS Regions
AWS Security Incident Response is now available to customers in three additional AWS Regions: Asia Pacific (Mumbai), Europe (Paris), and South America (São Paulo). You can now use these additional regions to prepare for, respond to, and recover from security events. With AWS Security Incident Response, you can enhance your organization’s overall security posture and […]
AWS – AWS Control Tower is now available in AWS Asia Pacific (Thailand) and AWS Mexico (Central) Regions
Starting today, customers can use AWS Control Tower in the AWS Asia Pacific (Thailand) and AWS Mexico (Central) Regions. With this launch, AWS Control Tower is available in 32 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 […]

AWS – Amazon SQS now supports FIPS 140-3 enabled interface VPC endpoint
Amazon SQS now supports VPCE endpoints that have been validated under the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-3 program. You can now easily use AWS PrivateLink with Amazon SQS for regulated workloads that require a secure connection using a FIPS 140-3 validated cryptographic module. FIPS compliant endpoints help companies contracting with the US federal government […]