Author Archives: Lucian Systems

AWS vs. Azure Pricing: A 2023 Guide

AWS (Amazon Web Services) and Azure are two of the most popular cloud computing platforms currently available in the market. AWS is a cloud computing platform offered by Amazon that provides a wide range of cloud-based services such as computing power, storage, and databases to businesses and individuals. It offers an extensive range of services, […]

How deep industry expertise enables breakthrough technology for today’s complex business needs

The last decade has seen an unparalleled level of digital transformation, which soared to even greater heights during the last three years. Across industries, the exponential growth of technologies such as hybrid cloud, data and analytics, AI and IoT have reshaped the way businesses operate and heightened customer expectations. Businesses are now entering an even […]

Unpredictability and the Unfulfilled Promise of Cloud Discount Programs 

As companies seek to cut cloud costs, more are looking to take advantage of the saving opportunities provided by AWS discount offerings and avoid paying the hefty price tag for On-Demand. But what is a realistic level of savings? For some resources, savings potential are underused, leaving millions in savings on the table. For example, […]

AWS Week in Review: New Service for Generative AI and Amazon EC2 Trn1n, Inf2, and CodeWhisperer now GA – April 17, 2023

I could almost title this blog post the “AWS AI/ML Week in Review.” This past week, we announced several new innovations and tools for building with generative AI on AWS. Let’s dive right into it. Last Week’s Launches Here are some launches that got my attention during the previous week: Announcing Amazon Bedrock and Amazon […]

Revolutionizing the consumer goods industry with integrated business planning

The world of business demands the right decisions to succeed. For Al Rabie—a prominent juice manufacturing company in the Middle East—their reality was no different. However, their manual planning and budgeting process in spreadsheets posed several challenges, including lack of control, delayed data, poor execution, and the need for continuous follow-up with IT for actual […]

An introduction to generative AI with Swami Sivasubramanian

In the last few months, we’ve seen an explosion of interest in generative AI and the underlying technologies that make it possible. It has pervaded the collective consciousness for many, spurring discussions from board rooms to parent-teacher meetings. Consumers are using it, and businesses are trying to figure out how to harness its potential. But […]

Amazon EC2 Inf2 Instances for Low-Cost, High-Performance Generative AI Inference are Now Generally Available

Innovations in deep learning (DL), especially the rapid growth of large language models (LLMs), have taken the industry by storm. DL models have grown from millions to billions of parameters and are demonstrating exciting new capabilities. They are fueling new applications such as generative AI or advanced research in healthcare and life sciences. AWS has […]

Amazon CodeWhisperer, Free for Individual Use, is Now Generally Available

Today, Amazon CodeWhisperer, a real-time AI coding companion, is generally available and also includes a CodeWhisperer Individual tier that’s free to use for all developers. Originally launched in preview last year, CodeWhisperer keeps developers in the zone and productive, helping them write code quickly and securely and without needing to break their flow by leaving […]