This week, I had the opportunity to try the new Anthropic Claude 3.5 Sonnet model in Amazon Bedrock just before it launched, and I was really impressed by its speed and accuracy! It was also the week of AWS Summit Japan; here’s a nice picture of the busy AWS Community stage. Last week’s launches With many …
While almost everything is ever-changing in IT, the need for reliable backups has been a constant throughout my entire career. When I started working in IT way back in 1985, data, data storage, and data backups were already central for many businesses. I remember vividly working with tapes back then. And today at FHNW University …
Safeguarding the sensitive information within your Microsoft 365 environment is more important than ever. From accidental deletion and ransomware attacks to costly compliance failures, the consequences of inadequate data protection can be severe. While Microsoft offers a suite of built-in security tools, understanding their capabilities — and their potential limitations — is crucial for ensuring …
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Starting today, Rust developers can store and access their libraries (known as crates in Rust’s world) on AWS CodeArtifact. Modern software development relies heavily on pre-written code packages to accelerate development. These packages, which can number in the hundreds for a single application, tackle common programming tasks and can be created internally or obtained from …
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It’s been just 3 months since Anthropic launched Claude 3, a family of state-of-the-art artificial intelligence (AI) models that allows you to choose the right combination of intelligence, speed, and cost that suits your needs. Today, Anthropic introduced Claude 3.5 Sonnet, its first release in the forthcoming Claude 3.5 model family. We are happy to …
Today, we are thrilled to announce the general availability of a fully managed MLflow capability on Amazon SageMaker. MLflow, a widely-used open-source tool, plays a crucial role in helping machine learning (ML) teams manage the entire ML lifecycle. With this new launch, customers can now effortlessly set up and manage MLflow Tracking Servers with just …
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In the previous post in this series, we got Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes up and running on our local development cluster. If you’re picking up from there, you should have a dashboard that looks like this: In this post I will walk you through this dashboard, highlight some key features and functionalities, and show you …
What is the Network and Information System Directive 2? In the digital age, cybersecurity is not just about protecting data; it is about ensuring the very fabric of our critical infrastructure remains intact and resilient against threats. The introduction of the Network and Information Security Directive 2 (NIS2) by the European Union marks a significant …
Last week, my alma mater Standard Bank Group (SBG) hosted a Software Engineering Conference and invited me to be one of the keynote speakers. SBG has presence throughout Africa and this hybrid conference was attended by almost 2,000 engineers from across the continent. It was amazing to reconnect with long-time friends and former colleagues, and …
Businesses are increasingly turning to the cloud for agility, scalability, and innovation. While relying on a single cloud provider was the norm in the past, many organizations recognize the advantages of a multi-cloud strategy. A multi-cloud approach involves utilizing services from multiple cloud providers, such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud …
