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AWS unveils new service for cloud-based rendering projects
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1y ago
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Amazon has unveiled Deadline Cloud, a new service that allows customers to set up, deploy, and scale up graphics and visual effects rendering pipelines on AWS cloud infrastructure. Deadline Cloud is designed for customers in the media and entertainment industries, as well as architecture and engineering, who need to render content for various purposes. With Deadline Cloud, customers can leverage AWS compute power and benefit from a scalable render farm without the need to manage underlying infrastructure. The service integrates with on-premises compute and offers a user-friendly startup wizard and a dashboard for analysis and control.
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AWS unveils new service to counter cybersecurity threats
Economic Times
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8m ago
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Amazon Web Services (AWS) has launched AWS Security Incident Response, a new service that helps users streamline incident-related communications and reduce recovery time after a cyber attack. The service aims to assist security teams in combatting breaches, account takeovers, ransomware attacks, and other intrusions. Currently, many organisations lack follow-through on their incident response plans, with only 37% conducting regular drills. The consequences of ineffective incident response are costly, with cyberattacks projected to cost the world over $23 trillion by 2027. Customers can access AWS Security Incident Response through the AWS management console and service-specific APIs.
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Hyperscalers host EkStep digital public goods, build AI bot
Economic Times
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1y ago
Medial
Global hyperscalers AWS and Google Cloud are collaborating with Bengaluru-based non-profit EkStep Foundation to host its digital public goods (DPGs) on their Cloud platforms. AWS already hosts other projects such as Co-WIN and DigiLocker. DPGs are open-source software and content collections that can be used for building digital public infrastructure. The partnership aims to provide ready building blocks for countries to deliver services to their citizens. Google Cloud is also working on DPGs, starting with Sunbird RC and a virtual assistant. The collaboration will support the development of AI-based smart assistants for specific use cases.
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Amazon Web Services to launch European sovereign cloud
Economic Times
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1y ago
Medial
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is launching a sovereign cloud in Europe, catering to government and highly regulated industries. This cloud service will store data on servers within the European Union, with exclusive control by EU-resident AWS employees. The move comes in response to the EU's stringent privacy and security legislation. AWS will first launch this service in Germany, then expand its availability to all European customers. Other major cloud providers like Microsoft and Oracle have also introduced cloud versions for European government clients.
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The former Amazon intern now running its profit engine
Livemint
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1y ago
Medial
Matt Garman interned at Amazon in 2005 while pursuing his master's degree. He was immediately drawn to a new division called Amazon Web Services (AWS) and expressed his desire to work on it. Fast forward to present day, Garman has become the CEO of AWS. He played a significant role in explaining the concept of cloud services to customers and customizing cloud-service products for them. His attention to detail and technical expertise make him a top choice for the position. As AWS faces competition in artificial intelligence, Garman aims to leverage the company's technical prowess to stay ahead in the market.
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Amazon Web Services commits $50M for generative AI initiative to help public sector organisations
YourStory
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1y ago
Medial
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is launching the 'AWS Public Sector Generative Artificial Intelligence Impact Initiative' with a $50 million investment to support public sector organizations. The initiative aims to accelerate innovation using AWS GenAI services and infrastructure. AWS will provide promotional credits, training, technical expertise, and resources to support GenAI projects over a two-year period. This initiative builds on AWS's commitment to supporting GenAI startups and their global accelerator program. The goal is to help public sector organizations address challenges and unlock the potential of GenAI and other cloud-based technologies to positively impact society.
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Amazon to invest billions in Taiwan cloud infrastructure
Livemint
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1y ago
Medial
Amazon is set to invest billions in Taiwan over the next 15 years to build data centers and meet the growing demand for cloud services in the region. Its cloud computing arm, Amazon Web Services (AWS), plans to launch an AWS infrastructure region in Taiwan by early 2025. This investment will allow organizations to leverage AWS technologies such as compute, storage, databases, analytics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. This move follows AWS's recent expansion plans in Singapore and Japan, signaling the company's commitment to meeting the cloud service needs in Asia.
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Amazon’s answer to ChatGPT is a workplace assistant called Q
Wired
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1y ago
Medial
Amazon has introduced its own AI chatbot called Q for Amazon Web Services (AWS). Q is aimed at business users who use AWS at work and can help with tasks such as coding, answering questions about AWS cloud services, and generating business reports. It is also integrated into Amazon Connect for customer service support. The chatbot utilizes various AI models, including Amazon's Titan and models from startups Cohere and Anthropic. AWS CEO, Adam Selipsky, emphasizes the importance of diversifying AI providers in light of OpenAI's recent troubles.
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Ubicloud wants to build an open source alternative to AWS
TechCrunch
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1y ago
Medial
Ubicloud, a startup founded by the team behind Citus Data, aims to offer affordable bare-metal servers from providers like Hetzner, OVH Cloud, Leaseweb, and AWS, along with a layer of core cloud computing services. The company currently focuses on a few core components like compute, PostgreSQL database service, networking capabilities, and access controls. Plan to add more features like block storage and a Kubernetes-based container service is underway. Ubicloud aims to simplify the developer experience at a lower cost compared to large cloud computing providers. The company recently raised a $16 million seed round.
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Google unveils Arm-based data center processor, new AI chip
Economic Times
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1y ago
Medial
Google announced a new version of its data center artificial intelligence chips, as well as an Arm-based central processor. The tensor processing units (TPUs) are seen as a viable alternative to Nvidia's advanced AI chips and can be accessed through Google's Cloud Platform. The new Arm-based CPU, named Axion, offers superior performance to x86 chips and general-purpose Arm chips in the cloud. Google aims to make it easy for customers to bring their existing workloads to Arm without the need for re-architecting or re-writing their apps. The TPU v5p chip, which offers twice the performance of the previous generation, is now available on Google Cloud.
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End of an Era Amazon's EC2-Classic Service Concludes After Nearly 17 Years
Business Bytes
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1y ago
Medial
The retirement of EC2-Classic, Amazon Web Services' (AWS) initial infrastructure-as-a-service offering for cloud computing, marks a momentous milestone in AWS's cloud journey. The closure of the final EC2-Classic instance on August 15 signifies the end of nearly 17 years of this foundational service. It's important to note that Amazon's presence in the cloud computing sector goes beyond this event, as the company commands the largest share of Arm server CPUs worldwide.
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