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AWS – Amazon Q Developer now help customers understand service prices and estimate workload costs
Today, AWS announces a new pricing and cost estimation capability in Amazon Q Developer. Amazon Q Developer is the most capable generative AI-powered assistant for software development. With this launch, customers can now use Amazon Q Developer to get information about AWS product and service pricing, availability, and attributes, helping them select the right resources […]
AWS – Amazon EC2 C8gd instances are now available in additional AWS Regions
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) C8gd instances with up to 11.4 TB of local NVMe-based SSD block-level storage are now available in Europe (Ireland) and Asia Pacific (Sydney, Malaysia) AWS Regions. These instances are powered by AWS Graviton4 processors, delivering up to 30% better performance over Graviton3-based instances. They have up to 40% higher […]
AWS – Amazon Location Service Updates for Vietnam’s New Administrative Boundaries
Amazon Location Service has updated its mapping data to reflect Vietnam’s recent administrative reorganization, which consolidated the country’s provinces from 63 to 34 administrative units. This update enables customers in Vietnam to seamlessly align their operations with the new administrative structure that took effect July 1, 2025. The update includes changes to Vietnam’s administrative boundaries, […]
GCP – Want to get building production-ready AI agents? Here’s where startups should start.
Startups are using agentic AI to automate complex workflows, create novel user experiences, and solve business problems that were once considered technically impossible. Still, charting the optimal path forward — especially with the integration of AI agents — often presents significant technical complexity To help startups navigate this new landscape, we’re launching our Startup technical […]
AWS – Amazon VPC Lattice now supports configurable IP addresses for Resource Gateways
Starting today, Amazon VPC Lattice lets you configure the number of IPv4 addresses assigned to resource gateway elastic network interfaces (ENIs). This enhancement builds on VPC Lattice’s capability of providing access to resources on Layer-4 such as databases, clusters, domain names, etc. across multiple VPCs and accounts. When configuring a resource gateway, you can now […]
AWS – Amazon DocumentDB (with MongoDB compatibility) now available in 4 new regions across Asia Pacific and Mexico
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 Asia Pacific (Osaka), Asia Pacific (Thailand), Asia Pacific (Malaysia) and Mexico (Central) Regions. Amazon DocumentDB provides scalability and durability for […]
AWS – Amazon RDS for Db2 launches support for native database backups
Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for Db2 now enables customers to perform native database-level backups, offering greater flexibility in database management and migration. With this feature, customers can selectively back up individual databases within a multi-database RDS for Db2 instance, enabling efficient migration of specific databases to another instance or on-premises environment. Using a […]
GCP – Announcing quantum-safe Key Encapsulation Mechanisms in Cloud KMS
Quantum computing presents a new frontier for technology, and a new set of security challenges, too. A sufficiently powerful quantum computer could break the public-key cryptography systems we rely on today, posing a significant risk to individuals and organizations. Although that threat might be years away, building appropriate defenses can equally take years to build. […]
AWS – AWS Marketplace expands Japan consumption tax support for Channel Partner Private Offers
Starting today, AWS Marketplace expands its Japan consumption tax (JCT) support for Channel Partner Private Offers (CPPOs), enhancing the tax experience for Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and Channel Partners. For transactions where Japan ISVs authorize Japan Channel Partners to resell to Japan addressed buyers, AWS Japan G.K. (“AWS Japan”) will now collect the 10% JCT […]
AWS – AWS Marketplace now supports new currencies for usage-based private offers
AWS Marketplace now supports usage-based private offers in four new currencies: EUR, GBP, AUD, and JPY. AWS Marketplace Sellers and Channel Partners can now reach buyers globally without currency conversion complexity or foreign exchange risk by pricing their offers in these new currencies. For sellers, this means faster deal cycles, simplified cash flow management in […]