Max Peterson, vice president of sovereign cloud at Amazon Web Services Inc., recently posted a blog about the resiliency and security of AWS’s global infrastructure and the company’s continued progress on its Digital Sovereignty Pledge. In the blog, Peterson outlined a comprehensive approach to secure data across global networks and ensure that critical applications remain unaffected by external pressures.

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AWS pledges to help organizations with digital sovereignty and resilience

Amazon Web Services Inc. Today announced several enhancements to its contact-center-as-a-service product, Amazon Connect, at the Enterprise Connect 24 in Orlando. Prior to the event, I was given a preview of the announcements in a prebriefing with two senior managers of product management for Amazon Connect — Himanshu Suri and Trevor Bloking.

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AWS brings third-party apps, no-code chat experiences, AI-powered contact summaries to Amazon Connect

As Nvidia Corp.‘s annual developer conference GTC kicked off this week in San Jose, the company made its usual flurry of product announcements, the highlight of which was the long-awaited Blackwell platform. One might look at Blackwell as a graphics processing unit, but in reality, it’s more than that, hence the “platform” descriptor.

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Nvidia releases Blackwell platform to go back to the future, extends partnership with AWS for scale

A recent survey conducted by AWS and Morning Consult reveals a significant shift in business attitudes and plans toward responsible artificial intelligence for the upcoming year. A key finding from the survey’s many results: a remarkable 77 percent of the respondents acknowledge the importance of responsible AI, with younger leaders—aged 18 to 44—showing a higher familiarity with the concept of responsible AI compared to their older counterparts.

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AWS Study Finds Increasing Focus on Responsible AI

Amazon Web Services Inc.’s re:Invent is in the books, and if there was any question about whether the show is back, there shouldn’t be. Two years ago, participation was capped as we emerged from the pandemic. Last year, some businesses still had not fully embraced travel and trade shows, and that kept the show from achieving the level of audience it has had in the past.

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Final four thoughts From AWS re:Invent 2023