The latest version of OpenSearch, 2.13, is now available on Amazon OpenSearch Service. This update brings improvements to search performance and resiliency, as well as new features to support the development of AI-powered applications. One key enhancement is concurrent segment search, which enables users to query index segments in parallel at the shard level, resulting … Read more
Organizations face complex compliance requirements in a rapidly evolving landscape, especially with a multicloud strategy. AWS offers tools like AWS Config to automate compliance processes, monitor configuration changes, and assess resource configurations across multiple clouds. Two approaches, the trigger-based and periodic evaluation approaches, can be used to monitor non-AWS resources with AWS Config. In the … Read more
AWS leadership announced organizational changes that will take effect on June 3. The Global Sales, Marketing, and Services (SMGS) organization has made progress in aligning teams closer to customers and moving faster. Matt Garman expressed gratitude for the teams’ flexibility and highlighted the advancements in driving business results. The upcoming changes include the integration of … Read more
The Llama family of large language models (LLMs) by Meta AI ranges from 7 billion to 70 billion parameters. Llama uses a transformers-based decoder-only model architecture, specializing in language token generation. Training Llama models from scratch requires trillions of tokens in a dataset. While popular, training Llama models can be technically challenging, time-consuming, and expensive. … Read more
Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK) has announced support for KRaft (Apache Kafka Raft) mode in Apache Kafka version 3.7. KRaft was developed by the Apache Kafka community to replace Apache ZooKeeper for managing metadata in Kafka clusters. This new mode allows cluster metadata to be propagated within a group of Kafka controllers, … Read more
Generative AI has the potential to revolutionize industries and unlock new opportunities for businesses. To stay competitive and innovative, mid- to senior-level leaders need to understand and harness the power of generative AI. The new learning program, developed with the Udemy Business Leadership Academy, equips leaders across industries with skills in generative AI technology, change … Read more
Amazon Web Services (AWS) and SAP SE have announced an expanded collaboration to enhance ERP experiences and drive efficiencies with generative AI. The integration of AWS’s Bedrock generative AI models into SAP’s AI Core infrastructure enables customers to leverage large language models for creating custom applications. Additionally, SAP plans to use AWS Graviton3 chips for … Read more
The collaboration is an extension of the partnership forged by SAP and AWS in the areas of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML). According to SAP, their customers will be able to use a range of generative AI services on their core business data through the BTP interface with just a few clicks. This … Read more
Citrix has recently unveiled a public technical preview of Citrix DaaS on Amazon WorkSpaces Core. This new offering combines Citrix Desktop as a Service (DaaS) with Amazon WorkSpaces Core to provide a comprehensive cloud-based solution for virtual desktop infrastructure. With this partnership, users can access their desktops from anywhere using the secure and reliable infrastructure … Read more
Garman, who completed his MBA at Northwestern University after earning undergraduate and graduate degrees in industrial engineering at Stanford, found the idea tremendously interesting from both a technology and business perspective. He was eager to get involved and simply wanted to know where to register. Little did he know that this decision would lead him … Read more