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SaaS offerings from AWS partners shine with Powered by QuickSight | Amazon Web Services

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SaaS offerings from AWS partners shine with Powered by QuickSight | Amazon Web Services

Today’s software applications generate copious amounts of data, providing a prime opportunity for independent software vendors (ISVs) to integrate business intelligence (BI) offerings into their products. By embedding Amazon QuickSight in their apps, ISVs can enhance user experience, provide valuable insights, and open up new revenue streams. The Powered by QuickSight (PbQ) Roadshow has been … Read more

Amazon Bedrock introduces latest Converse API for AWS

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Amazon Bedrock introduces latest Converse API for AWS

Today, Amazon Bedrock has announced the launch of the Converse API, aimed at providing developers with a simplified way to interact with Amazon Bedrock models. This API streamlines the process by removing the need to adjust model-specific differences, such as inference parameters, allowing developers to focus on their core tasks. Additionally, the Converse API facilitates … Read more

AWS promotes itself as a viable alternative to its VMware offering

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AWS promotes itself as a viable alternative to its VMware offering

Amazon Web Services is actively promoting itself as a migration destination for users of its own VMware Cloud on AWS service. The offer includes $400 in cloud credits for each virtual machine migrated. Recent rumors suggest that changes may be coming to the VMware Cloud on AWS service, with reports of Broadcom moving VMware workloads … Read more

Harness the Power of Genomic Data Analysis with AWS HealthOmics Analytics and Amazon EMR | Amazon Web Services

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Harness the Power of Genomic Data Analysis with AWS HealthOmics Analytics and Amazon EMR | Amazon Web Services

The latest release of Amazon EMR now integrates with AWS HealthOmics, making it easier to analyze large-scale genomic variant data. HealthOmics Analytics provides tabular access to genetic variant data sets and annotations, allowing researchers and data scientists to uncover valuable insights through Amazon Athena queries and EMR jobs. EMR offers a flexible big data platform … Read more

VMware cuts ties with AWS intermediary, hands control to Broadcom

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VMware cuts ties with AWS intermediary, hands control to Broadcom

Broadcom has terminated Amazon Web Services’ ability to resell VMware Cloud on AWS, leading to customers now only dealing directly with VMware through Broadcom. There were speculations about AWS urging users to migrate from the service to native AWS offerings, resulting in Broadcom CEO publishing a blog to address these rumors. VMware Cloud on AWS … Read more

Broadcom pulls back VMware cloud distribution from AWS – SDxCentral

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Broadcom recently made the decision to withdraw VMware cloud distribution from the Amazon Web Services platform. This move comes as a surprise to many in the tech industry, as VMware is a widely-used cloud computing software provider. The decision to remove VMware cloud distribution from AWS was announced via a statement from Broadcom, but the … Read more

Make custom contact center insights easier with Amazon Connect analytics data lake | AWS

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Make custom contact center insights easier with Amazon Connect analytics data lake | AWS

Amazon Connect has introduced a new feature called analytics data lake, now generally available to help contact centers access detailed insights into customer interactions. This data lake eliminates the need for complex data pipelines by centralizing customer contact records and agent activity, making it easier to analyze performance and reduce costs associated with data channels. … Read more

GeekWire: AWS CEO Adam Selipsky’s exit interview covers AI, competition, and future plans

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Adam Selipsky, the CEO of Amazon Web Services, recently sat down for an exit interview where he discussed a range of topics including artificial intelligence, competition, and the future of the industry. Selipsky highlighted the significant role that AI plays in AWS’s suite of services and emphasized the importance of continuous innovation in this rapidly … Read more

Amazon’s outgoing cloud executive: Generation AI could prove to be one of the most lucrative opportunities AWS has encountered, says GeekWire.

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On an episode of the “GeekWire” podcast, the outgoing Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud executive talked about the potential of Generation AI (Gen AI) as a major opportunity for AWS. He emphasized that Gen AI could be one of the biggest opportunities that AWS has ever encountered. Gen AI refers to the generation of people … Read more

Develop intelligent, dependable software-defined vehicles using Synopsys and AWS collaboration

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Develop intelligent, dependable software-defined vehicles using Synopsys and AWS collaboration

Today’s vehicles are increasingly reliant on software and semiconductors, making the risk of failure higher, but automakers can mitigate these risks through collaboration. Synopsys and Amazon Web Services (AWS) are working together to improve automotive systems and systems-on-chip (SoC) for software-defined vehicles (SDVs). Their solutions, including Silicon Lifecycle Management (SLM) and virtual prototypes, run on … Read more