During AWS re:Invent 2023, we announced the general availability of Knowledge Bases for Amazon Bedrock. With a knowledge base, you can securely connect foundation models (FMs) in Amazon Bedrock to your company data for Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG). In my previous post, I described how Knowledge Bases for Amazon Bedrock manages the end-to-end RAG workflow […]

Happy Lunar New Year! Wishing you a year filled with joy, success, and endless opportunities! May the Year of the Dragon bring uninterrupted connections and limitless growth 🐉 ☁️ In case you missed it, here’s outstanding news you need to know as you plan your year in early 2024. AWS was named as a Leader […]

In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, enterprises are facing the complexities of information overload. This leaves them grappling to extract meaningful insights from the vast digital footprints they leave behind. Recognizing the need to harness real-time data, businesses are increasingly turning to event-driven architecture (EDA) as a strategic approach to stay ahead of the curve.  […]

What Is DAST? Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) is an automated testing process designed to identify security vulnerabilities in a web application. It does this by simulating attacks on the application and analyzing the responses. Unlike static testing, which analyzes an application’s code, DAST tests the application’s functioning in real-time, making it an effective tool […]

2022 was the year that generative artificial intelligence (AI) exploded into the public consciousness, and 2023 was the year it began to take root in the business world. 2024 thus stands to be a pivotal year for the future of AI, as researchers and enterprises seek to establish how this evolutionary leap in technology can […]

APIs have a lifecycle, the same as anything else. They are born, they live, and then they die. The problem is when a business moves so fast that the dead goes unburied. And just like in the movies, the “undead” can cause more problems than they ever did in life. So it is with Zombie […]

Tackling global climate change and tracking greenhouse gas emissions has become an all-hands-on-deck endeavor. The World Bank recently launched an initiative, in collaboration with NASA and the European Space Agency, to collect and organize satellite-based measurements of concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.1 Back on Earth’s surface, companies around the world are also tracking […]

The term ESG, or environmental, social and governance, is well-known in the investor community. It refers to a set of metrics used to measure an organization’s environmental and social impact and has become increasingly important in investment decision-making over the years. But while the term ESG was first coined in 2004 by the United Nations […]

Renewable energy is critical to combatting climate change and global warming. The use of clean energy and renewable energy resources—such as solar, wind and hydropower—originates in early human history; how the world has harnessed power from these resources to meet its energy needs has evolved over time. Here’s a quick look at how different forms […]

As cloud spending continues to surge, managing and forecasting costs has become a top priority for businesses operating in the cloud. One key area of focus is compute costs, which can represent anywhere from 50-80% of a company’s overall cloud bill. With cloud spending worldwide expected to grow 18.5% this year to $576.5 billion, businesses […]