SaaS directories play a pivotal role in today’s digital landscape, acting as essential tools for businesses looking to make informed software choices. These platforms offer a wealth of user reviews, allowing companies to leverage customer feedback for marketing, sales, and decision-making. With features like verified user ratings, a focus on emerging technologies, and user-suggested alternatives, […]
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Now that Jeff Barr has retired from the AWS News Blog as of December last year, the AWS News Blog team will keep sharing the most important and impactful AWS product launches the moment they become available. I want to quote Jeff’s last comment on the future of the News Blog again: Going forward, the […]
Cloud computing has become the norm. As of 2025, 94% of IT professionals are using the cloud in some form or another. This widespread adoption means that although it was once a novelty, it has now become a necessity. But the real excitement comes not just from widespread adoption, but from the incredible innovation that […]
Today, I’m happy to announce Amazon Q Developer support for Amazon OpenSearch Service, providing AI-assisted capabilities to help you investigate and visualize operational data. Amazon Q Developer enhances the OpenSearch Service experience by reducing the learning curve for query languages, visualization tools, and alerting features. The new capabilities complement existing dashboards and visualizations by enabling […]
It’s AWS Summit season! Free events are now rolling out worldwide, bringing our cloud computing community together to connect, collaborate, and learn. Whether you prefer joining us online or in-person, these gatherings offer valuable opportunities to expand your AWS knowledge. I’ll be attending the AWS Amsterdam Summit and would love to meet you—if you’re planning […]
All Disaster-Recovery-as-a-Service (DRaaS) providers do the same basic thing: They manage the recovery of data and applications following an outage or cyberattack. The growing frequency of cyberattcks highlights the importance of these services. Cloudflare, for example, mitigated 6.9 million DDoS attacks in Q4 2024, a 16% increase quarter-over-quarter and an 83% rise year-over-year. But what […]
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) once dominated discussions about the future of education, capturing the imagination of learners and institutions alike. However, in2025, MOOCs have largely been overshadowed by specialized platforms that focus on AI-driven, career-oriented learning. According to the Fosway 9-Grid™ 2025 Digital Learning Report, platforms like LinkedIn Learning, Coursera, and Pluralsight have emerged […]
In a recent report from Reuters, CoreWeave reduced the size of its U.S. initial public offering and priced shares below the expected range, signaling weaker investor appetite for AI infrastructure IPOs. The Nvidia-backed company is now selling 37.5 million shares at $40 each, a 23.5% reduction from its original plan. This pricing is well below […]
I’m excited to announce that AWS CodeBuild now supports parallel test execution, so you can run your test suites concurrently and reduce build times significantly. With the demo project I wrote for this post, the total test time went down from 35 minutes to six minutes, including the time to provision the environments. These two […]
As we progress into 2025, cloud security is more vital than ever. With increasing cyber threats and more businesses moving their operations to the cloud, ensuring a secure environment has become critical. In this article, we explore 7 simple yet powerful tweaks that can help enhance your cloud security, making it more resilient and adaptable […]