People have always looked to the skies with wonder. Flying represented freedom long before the first aircraft was designed, built, and successfully flown. Then, on December 17, 1903, the Wright Brothers completed the first heavier than air flight in the Kitty Hawk Flyer on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. The flight lasted 12 seconds, […]
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I recently wrote in CloudTweaks about how cloud is forcing CIOs to work more closely with their C-suite colleagues to sell the benefits and its role as a business driver – and in particular with CFOs. However, it’s possible that some CIOs in publicly-listed companies don’t yet fully understand what the move toward cloud is […]
A data dashboard is a user interface that allows users to interact with and visualize data. Dashboards typically display data in the form of graphs, charts, and tables, and allow users to filter and manipulate the data to explore different aspects of it. There are many reasons why it is hard to make good use […]
The cloud has become a vital part of many businesses, large and small. The promise of increased efficiency and agility has drawn organizations to the cloud, but with this move comes new security risks. With so many cloud security vendors on the market, how can you know which one is best for your business? In […]
Deep learning (DL) models have been increasing in size and complexity over the last few years, pushing the time to train from days to weeks. Training large language models the size of GPT-3 can take months, leading to an exponential growth in training cost. To reduce model training times and enable machine learning (ML) practitioners […]
This post is part of our Week in Review series. Check back each week for a quick roundup of interesting news and announcements from AWS! I had an amazing start to the week last week as I was speaking at the AWS Community Day NL. This event had 500 attendees and over 70 speakers, and […]
Lately, it seems that each day brings news of more economic uncertainty. Companies that have been navigating the pandemic for the past two and a half years have been suddenly forced to confront growing inflation and geopolitical instability that are fueling issues with global supply chains. Throw in, too, rising concerns about a coming recession, […]
In late 2019 I told you about the AWS Local Zone in Los Angeles, California. In that post I described Local Zones as a new type of AWS infrastructure deployment that brings select AWS services very close to a particular geographic area. A year after that launch, I announced our plans to add 3 more […]
When you’re looking for cloud security, it’s important to know what a cloud security audit is. Simply put, a cloud security audit is the examination of cloud systems and services in order to identify vulnerabilities and risks that could lead to data breaches or other cyberattacks. A cloud security company can help your business assess […]
In June 2022 AWS announced a preview of Amazon Connect Cases, a feature of Amazon Connect that simplifies these customer interactions and reduces the average handle times of issues. Today I am excited to announce the general availability of Amazon Connect Cases. Cases, a feature of Amazon Connect, makes it easy for your contact center […]