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Amazon EBS io2 Block Express Now Available in China Regions

🔔 Amazon EBS io2 Block Express is now available in AWS China (Beijing) Region, operated by Sinnet, and China (Ningxia) Region, operated by NWCD. The service delivers consistent sub-millisecond latency and 99.999% durability with single-volume limits of 256,000 IOPS, 4 GiB/s throughput, and up to 64 TiB capacity. Volumes support multi-attach within an Availability Zone with NVMe reservations for shared storage fencing. Existing io1 users can nondisruptively upgrade via the ModifyVolume API to gain higher performance, durability, and improved cost-efficiency.

Amazon Neptune Analytics Launched in Two New Regions

🚀 Amazon has made Neptune Analytics available in the AWS Canada (Central) and Australia (Sydney) Regions, enabling local creation and management of analytics graphs. Neptune Analytics is a memory‑optimized graph engine that supports fast, in‑memory processing, a library of optimized analytic algorithms, low‑latency graph queries, and vector similarity search within traversals. You can ingest data from an Amazon Neptune Database, snapshots, or Amazon S3, and start via the AWS Console or CLI; consult the Neptune pricing page and AWS Region Table for costs and availability.

Amazon Quick Suite: Agentic AI Workspace for Business

🤖 Amazon Quick Suite is now generally available as an agentic, AI-powered workspace that retrieves insights across the public internet and your enterprise data stores — including Slack, Salesforce, Snowflake, databases, and other documents — and moves instantly from answers to actions. Quick Suite can execute or trigger tasks in popular applications like Salesforce, Jira, and ServiceNow, and automate workflows from RFP responses to invoice processing and account reconciliation. AWS highlights customer privacy — queries and data are not used to train models — and administrators can enable and tailor the experience quickly; new customers receive a 30-day trial for up to 25 users.

Fortinet Named Gartner Customers’ Choice for WAAP 2025

🔒 Fortinet has been named a Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice for Cloud WAAP in 2025, reflecting verified customer satisfaction with a 4.8/5 rating and a 99% recommendation rate across 79 reviews. The accolade highlights FortiAppSec Cloud, a unified WAAP platform that integrates WAF, API protection, bot management, DDoS mitigation, CDN acceleration, and AI-driven automation. Customers emphasize rapid onboarding, reliable performance, and strong vendor support.

Microsoft Expands Azure Datacenters and AI in Asia

☁️ Microsoft is expanding its Azure footprint across Asia, launching new datacenter regions in Malaysia and Indonesia in 2025 and announcing planned expansions in India and Taiwan for 2026. The company is investing billions to deliver AI-ready hyperscale infrastructure, next‑generation networking, scalable storage, and multi‑zone availability to support low-latency, compliant services. Microsoft also plans a second Malaysia region (Southeast Asia 3) and recommends multi-region architectures along with the Cloud Adoption and Well‑Architected Frameworks to improve resilience, performance, and cost optimization.

Google Introduces Gemini Enterprise for the Workplace

🚀 Gemini Enterprise is presented as Google’s unified, enterprise-grade AI front door that integrates advanced models, a no-code workbench, pre-built and customizable agents, secure data connectors, centralized governance, and an open partner ecosystem. The chat-first interface works across Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 and adds multimodal agents for text, image, video, and speech. Google highlights developer tooling, open agent protocols, agent monetization, and customer deployments to accelerate end-to-end workflow automation and auditable governance.

Amazon EC2 I7i Storage-Optimized Instances Available in Spain

🖥️ Amazon Web Services (AWS) has launched Amazon EC2 I7i storage-optimized instances in the AWS Europe (Spain) region, powered by 5th-generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors and 3rd-generation AWS Nitro SSDs. Compared with prior I4i instances, I7i delivers up to 23% better compute performance, improved price performance, and up to 45 TB of NVMe storage with notable reductions in storage I/O latency and variability. Offered in eleven sizes (including bare-metal), I7i targets I/O-intensive, latency-sensitive workloads requiring very high random IOPS and real-time access to multi-TB datasets.

Microsoft Releases Enterprise Windows Backup for Orgs

🔒 Microsoft has made Windows Backup for Organizations generally available, offering an enterprise-grade, opt-in solution to preserve Windows settings, user preferences, and Microsoft Store-installed apps. The capability is available after installing the September 2025 Windows Monthly Cumulative Update on Entra-joined devices and must be enabled by administrators through Intune or backup and restore policy settings. Backups are stored in Exchange Online in the tenant's selected Country/Region, are protected by encryption, and are accessible to Microsoft personnel only under strict oversight for troubleshooting or legal compliance, helping streamline migrations to Windows 11 during device setup.

Cloudflare Launches REACT: Unified Incident Response

🔒 Cloudflare today introduces REACT, a new incident response and advisory service from Cloudforce One designed to bridge the gap between edge defenses and in‑network remediation. REACT combines proactive advisory work—threat hunting, tabletop exercises, and readiness assessments—with emergency incident response and retainer options for guaranteed availability. As a network‑native, vendor‑agnostic service, REACT can deploy mitigations at the Cloudflare edge and coordinate investigations across on‑premise, cloud, and hybrid environments.

AWS launches M6in and M6idn EC2 instances in Seoul

🚀 Amazon Web Services has made M6in and M6idn EC2 instances available in the Asia Pacific (Seoul) region. These sixth‑generation, network‑optimized instances are powered by 3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors and the AWS Nitro System, delivering up to 200 Gbps of network bandwidth — double comparable fifth‑generation capacity. Offered in 10 sizes including metal, they provide up to 128 vCPUs, 512 GiB memory, 100 Gbps EBS bandwidth, and up to 400K IOPS, with EFA support on select sizes and up to 7.6 TB local storage on M6idn.

Amazon EC2 C6in network-optimized instances in Mexico

🚀 AWS announced general availability of Amazon EC2 C6in instances in the Mexico (Central) Region. These sixth-generation, network-optimized instances run on 3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors and the AWS Nitro System, delivering up to 200 Gbps of network bandwidth and improved EBS throughput and IOPS. C6in offers up to 128 vCPUs across 10 sizes (including bare metal) and provides Elastic Fabric Adapter (EFA) support on 32xlarge and metal sizes. Targeted use cases include network virtual appliances, Telco 5G UPF, data analytics, HPC, and CPU-based AI/ML workloads.

Partners Powering the Gemini Enterprise Agent Ecosystem

🚀 Gemini Enterprise launches a curated ecosystem of partner-built AI agents that integrate with Google Cloud to deliver validated, secure solutions for enterprise workflows. The platform supports Agent2Agent (A2A) communication and includes a Gemini-powered AI agent finder for natural language discovery and filtering by industry, use case, and validation status. A broad set of technology and consulting partners — from Box and Salesforce to ServiceNow, Workday, and Accenture — are bringing agents and services to the Google Cloud Marketplace to accelerate deployment and adoption.

Google Skills: Centralized AI and Cloud Learning Hub

🚀 Google today launched Google Skills, a unified learning platform consolidating nearly 3,000 courses and labs from Google Cloud, Google DeepMind, Grow with Google and Google for Education. The rollout, timed with the release of Gemini Enterprise, integrates Gemini Code Assist into hands-on labs, introduces new skill badges, and adds gamified features and admin tools for organizations. A new GEAR sprint will target one million developers for agent development, and a partnership with Jack Henry creates a direct hiring pathway for U.S. certificate holders.

Amazon SageMaker Notebooks Now Support Amazon Linux 2023

🚀 Amazon SageMaker notebook instances now offer Amazon Linux 2023 as a launch option alongside Amazon Linux 2. The update provides a modern rpm-based runtime with a predictable two-year release cycle and five years of long-term support. Enhanced security features include SELinux support and FIPS 140-3 validated cryptographic modules. Use AL2023 to benefit from updated packages and continued OS maintenance.

Amazon SageMaker Notebooks Now Support Amazon Linux 2023

🆕 Amazon SageMaker notebook instances now support Amazon Linux 2023, giving data scientists and developers access to an updated, rpm-based runtime for managed Jupyter notebooks. AL2023 is the successor to AL2, offering a predictable two-year major release cadence and five years of long-term support. Enhanced security features include SELinux and FIPS 140-3 validated cryptographic modules. New notebook instances can be launched with either AL2023 or AL2.

VirusTotal simplifies access with contributor tiers

🤝 VirusTotal announces simplified access and tiered pricing to keep the platform open and sustainable. The update preserves a robust, free VT Community tier for researchers and educators while introducing a dedicated Contributor Tier for engine partners that includes blindspot feeds, priority support, and early feature access. New paid tiers (VT Lite, VT Duet) target small teams and large organizations respectively, with pricing aligned to usage and contribution.

AWS Launches General Purpose EC2 M8a Instances with AMD EPYC

🚀 AWS announced general availability of new Amazon EC2 M8a instances powered by 5th Gen AMD EPYC (Turin) processors with up to 4.5 GHz. M8a offers up to 30% higher performance, up to 19% better price-performance, and 45% more memory bandwidth vs M7a, with strong gains on JVM and Cassandra benchmarks. The family includes 12 sizes (two bare-metal), is SAP-certified, built on the AWS Nitro System, and is initially available in US East (Ohio), US West (Oregon) and Europe (Spain).

AWS launches general-purpose Amazon EC2 M8a instances

🚀 AWS announced general availability of the new Amazon EC2 M8a general-purpose instances powered by 5th Gen AMD EPYC processors (Turin), with a maximum frequency of 4.5 GHz and up to 30% higher performance over M7a. M8a instances deliver 45% more memory bandwidth and notable benchmark improvements—60% faster on GroovyJVM and up to 39% faster on Cassandra. They are SAP-certified, come in 12 sizes including two bare-metal options, and are available in US East (Ohio), US West (Oregon), and Europe (Spain). Customers can purchase M8a via On-Demand, Spot, and Savings Plans.

Amazon EC2 I7ie Instances Now in AWS São Paulo Region

⚙️ AWS has made Amazon EC2 I7ie instances available in the South America (São Paulo) region. Designed for high-density, storage-optimized workloads, I7ie uses 5th Gen Intel Xeon processors and 3rd-generation AWS Nitro SSDs, offering up to 120 TB of local NVMe and up to twice the vCPUs and memory of the prior generation. AWS reports up to 40% better compute, up to 65% better storage performance, and lower I/O latency and variability versus I3en, with up to 100 Gbps network and 60 Gbps EBS throughput.

Amazon Q Developer Gains Service Pricing and Estimates

🔍 Amazon Q Developer now offers integrated pricing and cost estimation, enabling developers and architects to query product attributes, regional availability, and service pricing in natural language. The assistant retrieves data from the AWS Price List APIs to provide workload cost estimates and side-by-side comparisons, so teams can evaluate cost/performance tradeoffs without manually consulting multiple pricing pages. Access the feature via the Amazon Q chat panel in the AWS Management Console.