Category Archives: Blog

10 AI-Powered Tax Tools Revolutionizing Tax and Compliance

In the fast-evolving world of finance and taxation, AI-powered tax tools have become indispensable for individuals, businesses, and tax professionals alike. As we step into 2025, the integration of artificial intelligence into tax software has transformed how we approach tax preparation, compliance, and financial management. These tools are not just about automating repetitive tasks, they […]

A Look Beyond the Basics of Database Services: What’s Next for DBaaS?

When it comes to choosing the right database management system (DBMS), developers and data analysts today face considerable choices and opportunities, and many of them lie beyond the traditional on-premise options. There are best-of-breed DBMS products with freemium offerings for developers to get started on their laptop, or operate directly within a cloud platform, not […]

Are Brain Implants the Future of Humanity?

(Article update: 02-19-2025) Scientists have been researching and developing brain implants that could connect the human brain to other devices, allowing humans to control technology with their minds. In 2025, this technology is expected to advance significantly, moving beyond medical applications to revolutionize fields like education, mental health, and augmented reality. While brain implants have […]

Shadow AI: How unapproved AI apps are compromising security, and what you can do about it

Security leaders and CISOs are discovering that a growing swarm of shadow AI apps has been compromising their networks, in some cases for over a year. They’re not the tradecraft of typical attackers. They are the work of otherwise trustworthy employees creating AI apps without IT and security department oversight or approval, apps designed to […]

AWS Weekly Roundup: AWS Developer Day, Trust Center, Well-Architected for Enterprises, and more (Feb 17, 2025)

Join us for the AWS Developer Day on February 20! This virtual event is designed to help developers and teams incorporate cutting-edge yet responsible generative AI across their development lifecycle to accelerate innovation. In his keynote, Jeff Barr, Vice President of AWS Evangelism, shares his thoughts on the next generation of software development based on […]

10 Risk Management Strategies Every Business Owner Should Put Into Action

Every business is exposed to various risks, ranging from unforeseen expenses to changes within the industry and even external threats, affecting growth and stability. It is for this reason that risk management becomes imperative. By adopting a proactive approach, business entrepreneurs can protect their operations, assets, and employees from potential risks and mitigate the impact […]

AWS CloudTrail network activity events for VPC endpoints now generally available

Today, I’m happy to announce the general availability of network activity events for Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) endpoints in AWS CloudTrail. This feature helps you to record and monitor AWS API activity traversing your VPC endpoints, helping you strengthen your data perimeter and implement better detective controls. Previously, it was hard to detect […]

Building a Scalable Customer Data Cloud: Best Practices for Making the Most of Your Data

Personalization at scale starts with breaking down barriers. In today’s hectic business environment, companies are inundated with massive amounts of data from diverse, scattered sources. Customers demand seamless, personalized interactions, but fragmented, complex systems and siloed information often stand in the way. This disconnect leaves vast amounts of data—68% according to Seagate Technology—untapped, representing missed […]

Breaking Free: The Enterprise Exodus from Hyperscalers

The term “hyperscale data center” has seen over 200% growth in the past two years, according to Google Trends. This isn’t surprising, as it reflects the rapid growth of the digital infrastructure industry, with hyperscalers providing the groundwork and services powering that growth. The word hyperscaler refers to major cloud providers like AWS, Microsoft Azure […]

AWS Weekly Roundup: AWS Step Functions, AWS CloudFormation, Amazon Q Developer, and more (February 10, 2024)

We are well settled into 2025 by now, but many people are still catching up with all the exciting new releases and announcements that came out of re:Invent last year. There have been hundreds of re:Invent recap events around the world since the beginning of the year, including in-person all-day official AWS events with multiple […]