Tag: Hardware

Feed: AWS Architecture Blog. Amazon FSx provides AWS customers with the native compatibility of third-party file systems with feature sets for workloads such as Windows-based storage, high performance computing (HPC), machine learning, and electronic design automation (EDA).  Amazon FSx automates the time-consuming administration tasks such as hardware provisioning, software configuration, patching, and backups. Since Amazon FSx integrates the file systems with cloud-native AWS services, this makes them even more useful for a broader set of workloads. Amazon FSx for Windows File Server provides fully managed file storage that is accessible over the industry-standard Server Message Block (SMB) protocol. Built on ... Read More

Feed: AWS Public Sector Blog. Author: Sabina Goldberg. As schools and other educational institutions turn to remote learning solutions, organizations are reconsidering traditional IT infrastructure, aligning digital solutions to current learning and teaching models, and gearing towards the industry’s new measure of success: student engagement. A hybrid approach allows schools and districts to deploy both on-site and in the cloud, allowing staff and students to take advantage of productivity and collaboration services, to provide business and learning continuity. For more than a decade, West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District (WWP), which educates students in pre-K through 12th grade in the West ... Read More

Feed: Recent Announcements. The AWS Panorama Appliance is a hardware device that you can install on your network to connect to existing cameras within your facility, to run computer vision models on multiple concurrent video streams. The AWS Panorama Device SDK is a Software Development Kit (SDK) for third-party manufacturers to run sophisticated computer vision models on their cameras, allowing hardware vendors to build new devices that are enhanced with computer vision for object detection or activity recognition. Using the Appliance, or cameras running the Device SDK, computer vision can help companies accomplish tasks like evaluating manufacturing quality, finding bottlenecks ... Read More

Feed: Radar. Author: Mike Loukides. This month’s collection of interesting articles that point to important trends is dominated by AI. That’s not surprising; AI has probably been the biggest single category all year. But its dominance over other topics seems to be increasing. That’s partly because there’s more research into why AI fails; partly because we’re beginning to see AI in embedded systems, ranging from giant gas and oil wells to the tiny devices that Pete Warden is working with. Artificial Intelligence Teaching AI to manipulate and persuade: Combine NLP with reinforcement learning, and train in a multiplayer role-playing game ... Read More

Feed: Recent Announcements. The combination of high per-core compute performance and a balanced memory footprint make M5zn instances an ideal fit for workloads such as gaming, financial applications, simulation modeling applications such as those used in the automotive, aerospace, energy, and telecommunication industries, and other High Performance Computing applications.  Amazon EC2 M5zn instances are built on the AWS Nitro System, a collection of AWS-designed hardware and software innovations that enable the delivery of private networking, and efficient, flexible, and secure cloud services with isolated multi-tenancy. The M5zn instances are available in 7 sizes ranging from 2 to 48 vCPUs with ... Read More

Feed: Recent Announcements. D3 instances provide up to 2.5x higher networking speed, and 45% higher disk throughput compared to D2 instances. An extended storage and high-speed networking variant, D3en instances, provide up to 7.5x higher networking speed, 100% higher disk throughput, 7x more storage capacity, and 80% lower cost-per-TB of storage compared to D2 instances.   These instances are an ideal fit for workloads including distributed / clustered file systems, big data and analytics, and high capacity data lakes. With D3 and D3en instances, you can easily migrate from previous-generation D2 instances or on-premises infrastructure to a platform optimized for ... Read More

Feed: Cloudwards. Author: Brian Law; There are uncountable ways to lose the data that you keep on your Mac. Power surges, theft, random drive failure, HFS+ errors and more all threaten your valuable files, so it’s important to know how to backup your Mac. The best way to protect your files is through using any of our best online backup solutions and we have made a further selection of the very best cloud backup for Mac. Our favorite is Backblaze for several reasons, but plenty of others deserve mention, too. If you’re not sure if cloud is your thing, we ... Read More

Feed: Planet PostgreSQL. 28 Nov 2020 0. How to read me? I have to admit, my research blog posts are getting longer and longer. From one side I find it genuinely encouraging, because if one gets so much information just by scratching the topic, imagine what’s hidden beneath the surface! One university professor once said “what could be interesting in databases?”, and it turns out freaking a lot! On the other side it certainly poses problems for potential readers. To overcome them I would suggest an interesting approach: print this blog post out, or open it on your tablet/e-reader, where ... Read More

Feed: Redis Labs. Author: Mike Anand. This year has been like no other in memory. Among other challenges, COVID-19 has dramatically changed the way the world lives and works. For the database market, 2020 has accelerated shifts that were already transforming the industry: not merely moving to the cloud, but toward fully managed services from providers who can satisfy a wide array of advanced customer needs and use cases. Recognizing this shift, Gartner has issued the first Magic Quadrant dedicated to cloud database management systems. Today, I’m happy to share that Redis Labs was positioned furthest to the right on ... Read More

Feed: AWS Partner Network (APN) Blog. Author: John Paxton. By John Paxton, Sr. Partner Marketing Manager at AWS Digital transformation is the process of evolving from rigid, legacy platforms to a modern IT environment equipped to rapidly adjust to changing business and customer needs. Ultimately, this is driven by two things: technology and people. To implement emerging technologies, education of the workforce is paramount. Throughout this post, I will explore how comprehensive cloud skills training can enable AWS Partners to modernize their technology and the skills of their employees more effectively. A 2020 ESG research report found that—among organizations identified ... Read More