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AWS – Powertools for AWS Lambda introduces Bedrock Agents Function utility
Powertools for AWS Lambda now offers a new Amazon Bedrock Agents Function utility that simplifies building serverless applications integrated with Amazon Bedrock Agents. This utility enables developers to easily create AWS Lambda functions that can respond to Amazon Bedrock Agent action requests with built-in parameter injection, response formatting, eliminating boilerplate code and accelerating development. With […]
AWS – Amazon Q Developer launches Java upgrade selective transformation in CLI (Preview)
Amazon Q Developer transformation capabilities now support customization of Java upgrades in Java upgrade transformation CLI (command line interface) with a new selective transformation feature. Using this feature, you can use natural language chat and/or an input file to tailor transformation plans and exercise greater control over Java upgrades. The following options are supported: Selection […]
AWS – Amazon RDS Custom now supports Cumulative Update 18 for Microsoft SQL Server 2022
Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) Custom for SQL Server now supports Cumulative Update (CU) 18 for Microsoft SQL Server 2022. This update is available for SQL Server Developer, Web, Standard, and Enterprise editions, and includes performance improvements and bug fixes. For more details about the improvements in this update, please review Microsoft KB5050771 release […]
GCP – Google Cloud Serverless for Apache Spark: high-performance, unified with BigQuery
At Google Cloud, we’re committed to providing the most streamlined, powerful, and cost-effective production- and enterprise-ready serverless Spark experience. To that end, we’re thrilled to announce a significant evolution for Apache Spark on Google Cloud, with Google Cloud Serverless for Apache Spark. Serverless Spark is now also generally available directly within the BigQuery experience. This […]
GCP – Lessons from the field: What decision-makers want to know about multi-agentic systems
This year, we’ve spent dozens of hours synthesizing hundreds of conversations with CXOs across leading organizations, trying to uncover their biggest thorns when it comes to building Multi-Agent Systems (MAS). These conversations have revealed a clear pattern: MAS is helping enterprises re-think clunky legacy processes, but many CXOs are focused on automating those legacy processes […]
GCP – Datadog expands its AI observability capabilities with new integrations across the Google Cloud stack
Datadog and Google Cloud have long provided customers with powerful capabilities that enable performant, scalable, and differentiated applications in the cloud; in the past two years alone, Datadog’s revenue on Google Cloud Marketplace has more than doubled. As these customers bring Google Cloud’s AI capabilities into their technology stacks, they require observability tools that allow […]
AWS – Amazon Elastic VMware Service now integrates with Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP
Amazon Elastic VMware Service (Amazon EVS), an AWS service that enables you to run VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) within your Amazon Virtual Private Cloud, now integrates with Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP, a fully managed AWS service built on NetApp’s ONTAP file system. With this integration, Amazon EVS customers can use FSx for ONTAP as […]
AWS – AWS launches public preview of Amazon Elastic VMware Service (Amazon EVS)
Today, AWS is expanding access to Amazon Elastic VMware Service (Amazon EVS) through public preview. Building on the momentum from the initial private preview announcement at AWS re:Invent 2024, public preview opens access for AWS customers who want to run VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF)-based workloads within their Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC). During public […]
AWS – AWS Glue now available in Asia Pacific (Taipei) Region
AWS Glue, a serverless data integration service, is now available in the Asia Pacific (Taipei) region, enabling customers to build and run their ETL workloads closer to their data sources in these regions. AWS Glue is a serverless data integration service that makes it simple to discover, prepare, and combine data for analytics, machine learning, […]
AWS – AWS Console Mobile Application adds support for CloudWatch Log Insights
AWS customers can now access CloudWatch Log Insights from within the AWS Console Mobile App to search and analyze log data in CloudWatch Logs while on the go. AWS customers can perform queries to more efficiently and effectively respond to operational issues. If an issue occurs, AWS customers can use CloudWatch Log Insights to identify […]