Amazon SageMaker Geospatial Capabilities Now Generally Available with Security Updates and More Use Case Samples

At AWS re:Invent 2022, we previewed Amazon SageMaker geospatial capabilities, allowing data scientists and machine learning (ML) engineers to build, train, and deploy ML models using geospatial data. Geospatial ML with Amazon SageMaker supports access to readily available geospatial data, purpose-built processing operations and open source libraries, pre-trained ML models, and built-in visualization tools with Amazon SageMaker’s geospatial capabilities. During the preview, we had lots of interest and great feedback from customers. Today, Amazon SageMaker geospatial capabilities are generally available with new security updates and additional sample use cases. Introducing Geospatial ML features with SageMaker Studio To get started, use the quick setup to launch Amazon SageMaker Studio in the US West (Oregon) Region. Make sure to use the default…

AWS Week in Review – New Open-Source Updates for Snapchange, Cedar, and Jupyter Community Contributions – May 15, 2023

A new week has begun. Last week, there was a lot of news related to AWS. I have compiled a few announcements you need to know. Let’s get started right away! Last Week’s Launches Let’s take a look at some launches from the last week that I want to remind you of: New Amazon EC2 I4g Instances – Powered by AWS Graviton2 processors, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) I4g instances improve real-time storage performance up to 2x compared to prior generation storage-optimized instances. Based on AWS Nitro SSDs that are custom-built by AWS and reduce both latency and latency variability, I4g instances are optimized for workloads that perform a high mix of random read/write and require very low I/O…

New – Amazon Aurora I/O-Optimized Cluster Configuration with Up to 40% Cost Savings for I/O-Intensive Applications

Since Amazon Aurora launched in 2014, hundreds of thousands of customers have chosen Aurora to run their most demanding applications. Aurora provides unparalleled high performance and availability at global scale with full MySQL and PostgreSQL compatibility at up to one-tenth the cost of commercial databases. Many customers benefit from the cost-effectiveness of Aurora’s current simple, pay-per-request pricing for input/output (I/O) usage, removing the need to provision I/Os in advance. Customers also benefit from additional cost-saving innovations such as Amazon Aurora Serverless v2 (ASv2), which provides seamless scaling in fine-grained increments based on the application’s demands. For workloads with spikes in demand, you can save up to 90 percent in costs vs. provisioning capacity for peak load with ASv2. Today, we are…

New – Set Up Your AWS Notifications in One Place

Today we are launching AWS User Notifications, a single place in the AWS console to set up and view AWS notifications across multiple AWS accounts, Regions, and services. You can centrally set up and view notifications from over 100 AWS services, such as Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) objects events, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instance state changes, AWS Health Dashboard events, Amazon CloudWatch alarms, or AWS Support case updates in a consistent, human-friendly format. You can also configure delivery channels—email, chat, and push notifications to the AWS console mobile app, where you can receive these notifications. Alternatively, you can view notifications in the AWS Management Console by clicking the bell icon! Choose See all notifications to find…