Lagos. It’s hot outside, the city is buzzing and you have somewhere to be. So, you hail a cab, and this is where it starts. You get to your destination, you pay with your phone. The cab driver confirms your payment with his phone. The driver then transfers money to his mother who lives in […]
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The AI infrastructure market is projected to reach $421.44 billion by 2033, growing 27.53% annually. As AI models expand, the demand for low-latency, globally distributed compute is accelerating. Cloud architects and AI infrastructure teams now face a core challenge: deliver real-time inference worldwide without overspending or overengineering. Traditional clouds are hitting limits. GPU costs remain […]
Imagine building AI applications that deliver accurate, current information without the complexity of developing intricate data retrieval systems. Today, we’re excited to announce the general availability of Web Grounding, a new built-in tool for Nova models on Amazon Bedrock. Web Grounding provides developers with a turnkey Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) option that allows the Amazon […]
This week started with challenges for many using services in the the North Virginia (us-east-1) Region. On Monday, we experienced a service disruption affecting DynamoDB and several other services due to a DNS configuration problem. The issue has been fully resolved, and you can read the full details in our official summary. As someone who […]
AI agents – task-specific models designed to operate autonomously or semi-autonomously given instructions — are being widely implemented across enterprises (up to 79% of all surveyed for a PwC report earlier this year). But they’re also introducing new security risks. When an agentic AI security breach happens, companies may be quick to fire employees and […]
Today, we’re announcing AWS RTB Fabric, a fully managed service purpose built for real-time bidding (RTB) advertising workloads. The service helps advertising technology (AdTech) companies seamlessly connect with their supply and demand partners, such as Amazon Ads, GumGum, Kargo, MobileFuse, Sovrn, TripleLift, Viant, Yieldmo and more, to run high-volume, latency-sensitive RTB workloads on Amazon Web […]
Since it launched in 2022, the Customer Carbon Footprint Tool (CCFT) has supported our customers’ sustainability journey to track, measure, and review their carbon emissions by providing the estimated carbon emissions associated with their usage of Amazon Web Services (AWS) services. In April, we made major updates in the CCFT, including easier access to carbon […]
The Managed Print Services (MPS) industry represents a dynamic and increasingly vital part of today’s digital business landscape. Over the past few years, it has evolved from simple print management into a strategic enabler of efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and organizational security. MPS is no longer just about outsourcing print operations; it is about creating intelligent, secure, […]
I’ve been inspired by all the activities that tech communities around the world have been hosting and participating in throughout the year. Here in the southern hemisphere we’re starting to dream about our upcoming summer breaks and closing out on some of the activities we’ve initiated this year. The tech community in South Africa is […]
Today, I’m happy to announce Amazon EC2 Capacity Manager, a centralized solution to monitor, analyze, and manage capacity usage across all accounts and AWS Regions from a single interface. This service aggregates capacity information with hourly refresh rates and provides prioritized optimization opportunities, streamlining capacity management workflows that previously required custom automation or manual data […]