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AWS – AWS HealthOmics now supports automatic detection of WDL workflow parameters
Today, AWS HealthOmics announces automatic parameter interpolation for Workflow Description Language (WDL) workflows to help streamline the workflow creation process. This new capability automatically identifies and extracts required and optional parameters along with their descriptions directly from WDL workflow definitions, eliminating the need for customers to manually create input parameter templates. AWS HealthOmics is a […]
AWS – AWS Wickr announces a Preview experience for files
AWS Wickr announces the launch of Wickr File Previews. This new feature empowers organizations to protect sensitive files and lower the risk of data loss, by allowing network administrators to configure a “view-only” mode in the Security Groups section of the AWS Management Console for Wickr. Users within these security groups will be restricted to […]
AWS – Amazon CloudWatch Logs Insights launches Query Results Summarization and OpenSearch PPL enhancements
Amazon CloudWatch Logs Insights launches Query Results Summarization and OpenSearch PPL enhancements to help accelerate your logs analysis. The new logs summarizer generates a natural language summary of the query results, providing users with clear, actionable insights. Interpreting log entries can be time-consuming and this natural language summarization capability transforms complex query results into clear, […]
AWS – Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus now available in 7 additional AWS Regions
Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus is now available in Africa (Cape Town), Asia Pacific (Thailand), Asia Pacific (Hong Kong), Asia Pacific (Malaysia), Europe (Milan), Europe (Zurich), and Middle East (UAE). Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus is a fully managed Prometheus-compatible monitoring service that makes it easy to monitor and alarm on operational metrics at scale. […]
GCP – Multimodal agents tutorial: How to use Gemini, Langchain, and LangGraph to build agents for object detection
Here’s a common scenario when building AI agents that might feel confusing: How can you use the latest Gemini models and an open-source framework like LangChain and LangGraph to create multimodal agents that can detect objects? Detecting objects is critically important for use cases from content moderation to multimedia search and retrieval. Langchain provides tools […]
GCP – Google is a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Data Science and Machine Learning Platforms report
Today, we are excited to announce that Gartner® has named Google as a Leader in the 2025 Magic Quadrant™ for Data Science and Machine Learning Platforms report (DSML). We believe that this recognition is a reflection of continued innovations to address the needs of data science and machine learning teams, as well as new types […]
GCP – Maximize BigQuery performance with enhanced workload management
BigQuery provides a powerful platform for analyzing large-scale datasets with high performance. However, as data volumes and query complexity increase, maintaining operational efficiency is essential. BigQuery workload management provides comprehensive control mechanisms to optimize workloads and resource allocation, preventing performance issues and resource contention, especially in high-volume environments. And today, we’re excited to announce several […]
AWS – AWS Network Firewall launches new monitoring dashboard
Today, AWS announces the launch of a new monitoring dashboard in the AWS Network Firewall console, enhancing customers ability to monitor their network traffic. This new feature provides visibility into network activities, allowing for more effective management and troubleshooting of firewall configurations. The new dashboard offers valuable insights into traffic patterns, including top traffic flows, […]
AWS – ENA Express supports 120 new instances
120 EC2 instances now support ENA Express, including network optimized, storage, high-memory, and accelerated computing. With this launch, ENA Express is adding support for 35 network optimized instances, 6 storage instances, 7 high-memory instances, and 5 accelerated computing instances. Additionally, ENA Express has added support for 67 different compute, general purpose, and memory optimized EC2 […]
AWS – Announcing Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL Extended Support versions R2 11.22-rds.20250220 and 12.22-rds.20250220
Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL introduces Extended Support minor versions 11.22-rds.20250508 and 12.22-rds.20250508, which include important security updates and bug fixes for PostgreSQL databases.. We recommend upgrading your RDS instances to these latest versions to maintain optimal security and performance of your PostgreSQL deployments. Amazon RDS Extended Support provides you more time, up to three years, […]