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Writer Palmyra X5 and X4 foundation models are now available in Amazon Bedrock
One thing we’ve witnessed in recent months is the expansion of context windows in foundation models (FMs), with many now handling sequence lengths that would have been unimaginable just a…
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AWS Weekly Roundup: Amazon Q Developer, AWS Account Management updates, and more (April 28, 2025)
Summit season is in full throttle! If you haven’t been to an AWS Summit, I highly recommend you check one out that’s nearby. They are large-scale all-day events where you…
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Enhance real-time applications with AWS AppSync Events data source integrations
Today, we are announcing that AWS AppSync Events now supports data source integrations for channel namespaces, enabling developers to create more sophisticated real-time applications. With this new capability you can…
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In the works – New Availability Zone in Maryland for US East (Northern Virginia) Region
The US East (Northern Virginia) Region was the first Region launched by Amazon Web Services (AWS), and it has seen tremendous growth and customer adoption over the past several years.…
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New Amazon EC2 Graviton4-based instances with NVMe SSD storage
Since the launch of AWS Graviton processors in 2018, we have continued to innovate and deliver improved performance for our customers’ cloud workloads. Following the success of our Graviton3-based instances,…
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AWS Weekly Roundup: Upcoming AWS Summits, Amazon Q Developer, Amazon CloudFront updates, and more (April 21, 2025)
Last week, we had the AWS Summit Amsterdam, one of the global Amazon Web Services (AWS) events that offers you the opportunity to learn from technical and industry leaders, and…
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AWS Weekly Review: Amazon S3 Express One Zone price cuts, Pixtral Large on Amazon Bedrock, Amazon Nova Sonic, and more (April 14, 2025)
The Amazon Web Services (AWS) Summit 2025 season launched this week, starting with the Paris Summit. These free events bring together the global cloud computing community for learning and collaboration.…
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Announcing up to 85% price reductions for Amazon S3 Express One Zone
At re:Invent 2023, we introduced Amazon S3 Express One Zone, a high-performance, single-Availability Zone (AZ) storage class purpose-built to deliver consistent single-digit millisecond data access for your most frequently accessed…
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AWS announces Pixtral Large 25.02 model in Amazon Bedrock serverless
Today, we announce that the Pixtral Large 25.02 model is now available in Amazon Bedrock as a fully managed, serverless offering. AWS is the first major cloud provider to deliver…
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Introducing Amazon Nova Sonic: Human-like voice conversations for generative AI applications
Voice interfaces are essential to enhance customer experience in different areas such as customer support call automation, gaming, interactive education, and language learning. However, there are challenges when building voice-enabled…