InfoQ – May 2024

From Amazon Bedrock Studio to Google Threat Intelligence, from Coroot to Amplify Gen 2, the news I covered for InfoQ in May.

Fullstack TypeScript on AWS: Amplify Gen 2 Now Generally Available

AWS has recently announced the general availability of Amplify Gen 2, a “code-first developer experience” that enables TypeScript and JavaScript developers to build and deploy fullstack applications on AWS.

AWS Introduces Amazon Bedrock Studio for Building Generative AI Applications

AWS has recently announced Amazon Bedrock Studio, a web interface for developers to collaborate and build generative AI applications. Currently in public preview, the rapid prototyping environment provides access to multiple foundation models, knowledge bases, agents, and guardrails.

Enhanced Security for Enterprises: Google Launches Google Threat Intelligence

At the recent RSA Conference in San Francisco, Google Cloud introduced Google Threat Intelligence, a new security offering for large organizations. The new solution provides users with actionable insights, external threat monitoring, attack surface management, digital risk protection, and in-depth analysis of Indicators of Compromise (IOC).

Fortran on Cloudflare Workers Leveraging WebAssembly

Cloudflare has recently showcased how to run Fortran on Cloudflare Workers by compiling to WebAssembly. The project leveraged recent advancements in LLVM Flang, enabling Fortran to compile to Wasm.

Amazon Q Business and Amazon Q Developer Now Generally Available

AWS has recently announced the general availability of Amazon Q a generative AI-powered assistant tailored for businesses and developers. Amazon Q Developer provides code suggestions and recommendations in real time, while Amazon Q Business enables companies to get insights from structured and unstructured data.

Open-Source APM and Observability Tool Coroot Now GA

The open-source application performance monitoring system Coroot is now generally available. Announced as an alternative to DataDog and NewRelic, the observability tool leverages eBPF for insights into system performance and supports monitoring heterogeneous infrastructures.

AWS Introduces Amazon CloudWatch Internet Weather Map

AWS recently announced the availability of the Internet Weather Map, a new feature of CloudWatch that displays a 24-hour global snapshot of internet latency and availability outages. This new map offers a worldwide perspective on Internet conditions, allowing users to zoom in and analyze performance and availability problems in specific cities or with particular service providers.