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Announcements, Updates, and Launches
Stability AI’s best image generating models now in Amazon Bedrock
Generate photorealistic images with exceptional detail. Enhance visuals effortlessly across industries with improved multi-subject prompts, stunning image quality, and impeccable typography.
The latest AWS Heroes have arrived – September 2024
The AWS Heroes program recognizes outstanding individuals who are making meaningful contributions within the AWS community. These technical experts generously share their insights, best practices, and innovative solutions to help others create efficiencies and build faster on AWS. Heroes are thought leaders who have demonstrated a commitment to empowering the broader AWS community through their […]
AWS named as a Leader in the first Gartner Magic Quadrant for AI Code Assistants
Amazon Web Services (AWS) AI code assistant Amazon Q Developer named a Leader in Gartner's first Magic Quadrant for its Ability to Execute and Completeness of Vision, driving innovation across the software development lifecycle with enterprise-grade controls.
AWS Weekly Roundup: AWS Parallel Computing Service, Amazon EC2 status checks, and more (September 2, 2024)
With the arrival of September, AWS re:Invent 2024 is now 3 months away and I am very excited for the new upcoming services and announcements at the conference. I remember attending re:Invent 2019, just before the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the biggest in-person re:Invent with 60,000+ attendees and it was my second one. It was […]
Announcing AWS Parallel Computing Service to run HPC workloads at virtually any scale
With AWS Parallel Computing Service, run HPC workloads at virtually any scale effortlessly; leverage Slurm and managed clusters to accelerate simulations.
AWS Weekly Roundup: S3 Conditional writes, AWS Lambda, JAWS Pankration, and more (August 26, 2024)
The AWS User Group Japan (JAWS-UG) hosted JAWS PANKRATION 2024 themed ‘No Border’. This is a 24-hour online event where AWS Heroes, AWS Community Builders, AWS User Group leaders, and others from around the world discuss topics ranging from cultural discussions to technical talks. One of the speakers at this event, Kevin Tuei, an AWS […]
Now open — AWS Asia Pacific (Malaysia) Region
The new AWS Asia Pacific (Malaysia) Region bolsters cloud innovation, empowering local businesses and government initiatives while aligning with Malaysia's sustainability goals through Amazon's renewable energy commitment.
Add macOS to your continuous integration pipelines with AWS CodeBuild
AWS CodeBuild now supports macOS, simplifying CI/CD pipelines for Apple apps, using managed M2 machines with pre-installed tools like Xcode. Auto scale capacity seamlessly while CodeBuild manages the fleet.
AWS Weekly Roundup: G6e instances, Karpenter, Amazon Prime Day metrics, AWS Certifications update and more (August 19, 2024)
You know what I find more exciting than the Amazon Prime Day sale? Finding out how Amazon Web Services (AWS) makes it all happen. Every year, I wait eagerly for Jeff Barr’s annual post to read the chart-topping metrics. The scale never ceases to amaze me. This year, Channy Yun and Jeff Barr bring us […]
How AWS powered Prime Day 2024 for record-breaking sales
Dive into the numbers from Amazon's record-breaking Prime Day 2024, from AI chip deployment to the staggering transaction volumes across AWS services like Amazon DynamoDB, Aurora, CloudFront, and more.
AWS Weekly Roundup: Mithra, Amazon Titan Image Generator v2, AWS GenAI Lofts, and more (August 12, 2024)
When Dr. Swami Sivasubramanian, VP of AI and Data, was an intern at Amazon in 2005, Dr. Werner Vogels, CTO of Amazon, was his first manager. Nineteen years later, the two shared a stage at the VivaTech Conference to reflect on Amazon’s history of innovation—from pioneering the pay-as-you-go model with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to […]
Amazon Titan Image Generator v2 is now available in Amazon Bedrock
Amazon Titan Image Generator v2 provides unprecedented creative capabilities: image conditioning, color control, background removal, and subject preservation via fine-tuning for brand consistency.
AWS Weekly Roundup: Amazon Q Business, AWS CloudFormation, Amazon WorkSpaces update, and more (Aug 5, 2024)
Summer is reaching its peak for some of us around the globe, and many are heading out to their favorite holiday destinations to enjoy some time off. I just came back from holidays myself and I couldn’t help thinking about the key role that artificial intelligence (AI) plays in our modern world to help us […]
Plan your advertising campaigns with Amazon Marketing Cloud on AWS Clean Rooms, now generally available
Advertisers can now leverage first-party data with Amazon Marketing Cloud on AWS Clean Rooms, enabling differentiated insights, audience discovery, and effective campaign planning and measurement while maintaining data privacy.
AWS and Multicloud: Existing capabilities & continued enhancements
AWS extends existing operational/management capabilities to simplify multicloud oversight. Learn about their approach, recent hybrid/multicloud service launches (18 in 2023), and helpful resources.
AWS Weekly Roundup: Llama 3.1, Mistral Large 2, AWS Step Functions, AWS Certifications update, and more (July 29, 2024)
I’m always amazed by the talent and passion of our Amazon Web Services (AWS) community members, especially in their efforts to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion in the tech community. Last week, I had the honor of speaking at the AWS User Group Women Bay Area meetup, led by Natalie. This group is dedicated to […]
Announcing Llama 3.1 405B, 70B, and 8B models from Meta in Amazon Bedrock
The Llama 3.1 models are a collection of 8B, 70B, and 405B parameter size multilingual models that demonstrate state-of-the-art performance on a wide range of industry benchmarks, offering new capabilities for your generative AI applications.
AWS Weekly Roundup: Global AWS Heroes Summit, AWS Lambda, Amazon Redshift, and more (July 22, 2024)
Last week, AWS Heroes from around the world gathered to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the AWS Heroes program at Global AWS Heroes Summit. This program recognizes a select group of AWS experts worldwide who go above and beyond in sharing their knowledge and making an impact within developer communities. Matt Garman, CEO of AWS […]
AWS Weekly Roundup: Advanced capabilities in Amazon Bedrock and Amazon Q, and more (July 15, 2024).
July 16, 2024: Updated link for “IDE workspace context awareness in Amazon Q Developer chat” As expected, there were lots of exciting launches and updates announced during the AWS Summit New York. You can quickly scan the highlights in Top Announcements of the AWS Summit in New York, 2024. My colleagues and fellow AWS News […]
Vector search for Amazon MemoryDB is now generally available
Store, index, retrieve, and search vectors with in-memory performance for use cases like retrieval augmentation, semantic caching, and anomaly detection through single-digit millisecond queries.

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