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Recent Blog Posts

  • Now open – AWS Asia Pacific (Taipei) Region
    Today, Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced that AWS Asia Pacific (Taipei) Region is generally available with three Availability Zones and Region code ap-east-2. The new Region brings AWS infrastructure and services closer to customers in Taiwan. Skyline of Taipei including the Taipei 101 building As the first infrastructure Region in Taipei and the fifteenth Region … Read more
  • Introducing AWS API models and publicly available resources for AWS API definitions
    Today, we’re announcing a new publicly available source of API models for Amazon Web Services (AWS). We are now publishing AWS API models on a daily basis to Maven Central and providing open source access to a new repository on GitHub. This repository includes a definitive, up-to-date source of Smithy API models that define AWS … Read more
  • Announcing up to 45% price reduction for Amazon EC2 NVIDIA GPU-accelerated instances
    Customers across industries are harnessing the power of generative AI on AWS to boost employee productivity, deliver exceptional customer experiences, and streamline business processes. However, the growth in demand for GPU capacity has outpaced industry-wide supply, making GPUs a scarce resource and increasing the cost of securing them. As Amazon Web Services (AWS) grows, we … Read more
  • Introducing our newest 2025 AWS Heroes cohort
    The AWS community is a vibrant network of innovators, problem-solvers, and thought leaders who drive cloud technology forward. Today, we’re excited to shine a spotlight on three exceptional individuals who embody the spirit of innovation, knowledge-sharing, and community building. From architecting scalable solutions for millions of users to fostering inclusive tech groups, these professionals are … Read more
  • AWS Weekly Roundup: Amazon Aurora DSQL, MCP Servers, Amazon FSx, AI on EKS, and more (June 2, 2025)
    It’s AWS Summit Season! AWS Summits are free in-person events that take place across the globe in major cities, bringing cloud expertise to local communities. Each AWS Summit features keynote presentations highlighting the latest innovations, technical sessions, live demos, and interactive workshops led by Amazon Web Services (AWS) experts. Last week, events took place at … Read more
  • Amazon FSx for Lustre launches new storage class with the lowest-cost and only fully elastic Lustre file storage
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  • Enhance AI-assisted development with Amazon ECS, Amazon EKS and AWS Serverless MCP server
    Today, we’re introducing specialized Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers for Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS), Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS), and AWS Serverless, now available in the AWS Labs GitHub repository. These open source solutions extend AI development assistants capabilities with real-time, contextual responses that go beyond their pre-trained knowledge. While Large Language … Read more
  • Not All Data Resilience Frameworks Are Equal: Why the Veeam Data Resilience Maturity Model (DRMM) Sets the Industry Standard
    As more frameworks enter the market under the label of “resilience,” it is important to distinguish between surface-level checklists and models that help organizations change. Most are narrow in scope, focused on isolated capabilities like cyber recovery or backup maturity. Others are built to reinforce a vendor’s product set. They may offer a quick assessment … Read more
  • Amazon Aurora DSQL is now generally available
    Today, we’re announcing the general availability of Amazon Aurora DSQL, the fastest serverless distributed SQL database with virtually unlimited scale, the highest availability, and zero infrastructure management for always available applications. You can remove the operational burden of patching, upgrades, and maintenance downtime and count on an easy-to-use developer experience to create a new database … Read more
  • AWS Weekly Roundup: Claude 4 in Amazon Bedrock, EKS Dashboard, community events, and more (May 26, 2025)
    As the tech community we continue to have many opportunities to learn and network with other like-minded folks. This past week AWS customers attended the AWS Summit Dubai for an action-packed day featuring live demos, hands-on experiences with cutting-edge AI/ML tools, and more. Right here in South Africa I attended the Data & AI Community … Read more
  • Putting the Replication in Veeam Backup & Replication
    When someone says, “data protection,” one of the first things that comes to mind is backup. Whether we’re up against the ever-evolving threat of ransomware or dealing with the simple mistake of an employee clicking a malicious link, backups serve as a kind of magical rewind button. For many organizations, this is enough to meet … Read more
  • When to Choose a Third Party Cloud Data Protection Solution: A Quick Look at Key Criteria
    Cloud platforms offer various native and free backup solutions, such as AWS Backup and Azure Backup. These solutions provide basic data protection features, including automated backups, encryption, and recovery options. However, they often come with limitations too. Understanding these limitations is crucial for businesses who are looking to ensure robust data protection and compliance. I. … Read more
  • The Two Pillars of Microsoft 365 Data Resilience
    Nowadays, protecting organizational data and ensuring operational continuity is more crucial than ever. The rise of cyberthreats and data loss incidents have made it essential for businesses to adopt robust frameworks that safeguard information and maintain compliance with regulatory requirements. In this blog, we’ll discuss how the two pillars of Microsoft 365 data resilience are … Read more
  • Introducing Claude 4 in Amazon Bedrock, the most powerful models for coding from Anthropic
    Anthropic launched the next generation of Claude models today—Opus 4 and Sonnet 4—designed for coding, advanced reasoning, and the support of the next generation of capable, autonomous AI agents. Both models are now generally available in Amazon Bedrock, giving developers immediate access to both the model’s advanced reasoning and agentic capabilities. Amazon Bedrock expands your … Read more
  • Centralize visibility of Kubernetes clusters across AWS Regions and accounts with EKS Dashboard
    Today, we are announcing EKS Dashboard, a centralized display that enables cloud architects and cluster administrators to maintain organization-wide visibility across their Kubernetes clusters. With EKS Dashboard, customers can now monitor clusters deployed across different AWS Regions and accounts through a unified view, making it easier to track cluster inventory, assess compliance, and plan operational … Read more
  • Configure System Integrity Protection (SIP) on Amazon EC2 Mac instances
    I’m pleased to announce developers can now programmatically disable Apple System Integrity Protection (SIP) on their Amazon EC2 Mac instances. System Integrity Protection (SIP), also known as rootless, is a security feature introduced by Apple in OS X El Capitan (2015, version 10.11). It’s designed to protect the system from potentially harmful software by restricting … Read more
  • Introducing the AWS Product Lifecycle page and AWS service availability updates
    Today, we’re introducing the AWS Product Lifecycle page, a centralized resource that provides comprehensive information about service availability changes across AWS. The new AWS Product Lifecycle page consolidates all service availability information in one convenient location. This dedicated resource offers detailed visibility into three key categories of changes: 1) services closing access to new customers, … Read more
  • Announcing Veeam Kasten v8.0: Leading the Way in Kubernetes Data Resilience
    Veeam Kasten was recently named a Leader and Outperformer for the fifth time in the GigaOm Radar for Kubernetes Protection. Now with the launch of our most capable release, Veeam Kasten v8.0, we’re further raising the bar in Kubernetes data resilience! So, grab your favorite beverage and let’s dive into the powerful new capabilities that … Read more
  • Join AWS Cloud Infrastructure Day to learn cutting-edge innovations building global cloud infrastructure
    I want to introduce the AWS Cloud Infrastructure Day to provide a comprehensive showcase of latest innovations in AWS cloud infrastructure. This event will highlight cutting-edge advances across compute, artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML), storage solutions, networking capabilities, serverless, and accelerated technologies, and global infrastructure. Join us for AWS Cloud Infrastructure Day, a free-to-attend … Read more
  • Amazon Inspector enhances container security by mapping Amazon ECR images to running containers
    When running container workloads, you need to understand how software vulnerabilities create security risks for your resources. Until now, you could identify vulnerabilities in your Amazon Elastic Container Registry (Amazon ECR) images, but couldn’t determine if these images were active in containers or track their usage. With no visibility if these images were being used … Read more
  • AWS Weekly Roundup: Strands Agents, AWS Transform, Amazon Bedrock Guardrails, AWS CodeBuild, and more (May 19, 2025)
    Many events are taking place in this period! Last week I was at the AI Week in Italy. This week I’ll be in Zurich for the AWS Community Day – Switzerland. On May 22, you can join us remotely for AWS Cloud Infrastructure Day to learn about cutting-edge advances across compute, AI/ML, storage, networking, serverless … Read more
  • New Amazon EC2 P6-B200 instances powered by NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs to accelerate AI innovations
    Today, we’re announcing the general availability of Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) P6-B200 instances powered by NVIDIA B200 to address customer needs for high performance and scalability in artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and high performance computing (HPC) applications. Amazon EC2 P6-B200 instances accelerate a broad range of GPU-enabled workloads but are especially … Read more
  • Why You Need to Cover Your SaaS
    In today’s fast-paced digital landscape, businesses are constantly seeking new ways to enhance efficiency and reduce costs. One of the most significant innovations in recent years has been the rise of Software as a Service (SaaS). According to Gartner Research’s latest forecast, worldwide SaaS spending has grown 20% to a staggering $247.2 billion in 2024, … Read more
  • Accelerate CI/CD pipelines with the new AWS CodeBuild Docker Server capability
    Starting today, you can use AWS CodeBuild Docker Server capability to provision a dedicated and persistent Docker server directly within your CodeBuild project. With Docker Server capability, you can accelerate your Docker image builds by centralizing image building to a remote host, which reduces wait times and increases overall efficiency. From my benchmark, with this … Read more
  • Accelerate the modernization of Mainframe and VMware workloads with AWS Transform
    Generative AI has brought many new possibilities to organizations. It has equipped them with new abilities to retire technical debt, modernize legacy systems, and build agile infrastructure to help unlock the value that is trapped in their internal data. However, many enterprises still rely heavily on legacy IT infrastructure, particularly mainframes and VMware-based systems. These … Read more
  • AWS Transform for .NET, the first agentic AI service for modernizing .NET applications at scale
    I started my career as a .NET developer and have seen .NET evolve over the last couple of decades. Like many of you, I also developed multiple enterprise applications in .NET Framework that ran only on Windows. I fondly remember building my first enterprise application with .NET Framework. Although it served us well, the technology … Read more
  • 5 Features for Service Providers to Monetize in Advanced BaaS and DRaaS Offerings
    With so many features included in Veeam Data Platform, service providers can create differentiated package offerings to clients and address their business needs, service level agreements (SLAs) and budgets. Depending on business requirements driven by industry regulations and compliance or their overall risk tolerance in terms of an availability gap, a customer needs to find … Read more
  • AWS Weekly Roundup: South America expansion, Q Developer in OpenSearch, and more (May 12, 2025)
    I’ve always been fascinated by how quickly we’re able to stand up new Regions and Availability Zones at AWS. Today there are 36 launched Regions and 114 launched Availability Zones. That’s amazing! This past week at AWS was marked by significant expansion to our global infrastructure. The announcement of a new Region in the works … Read more
  • Veeam Extends our #1 Market Share in Data Protection Software, Growing Faster Than the Top 5 in the Category 
    In the high-stakes arena of cybersecurity, where threats evolve with every passing second, standing still is not an option. That’s why at Veeam, we don’t just participate — we actively lead the charge in cyber resilience by offering the best data protection and rapid ransomware recovery. This is a battleground; one where every detail and nuance counts. … Read more
  • Ransomware Brings Backup out of the Basement into the Boardroom
    By design, data backup functions have traditionally been siloed and hidden away. But in the ever-evolving landscape of cybersecurity, the surge in ransomware attacks has brought backup and recovery functions into the light of top leadership and forced organizations to rethink their data protection strategies. No longer is data recovery just a technical necessity, but … Read more
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