Cloud Feature Tracker

Amazon EC2

Preview of R8g instances powered by Graviton4 processors. Up to 30% better compute performance over Graviton3.

Amazon Bedrock

Amazon Bedrock now supports Claude 4 Opus and Sonnet models with improved reasoning, coding, and multi-modal capabilities. Available in US East, US West, and EU regions.

Vertex AI

Gemini 2.0 Flash available on Vertex AI with native tool use, multimodal input, and improved grounding with Google Search.

Azure Cosmos DB

Built-in vector search capability for Azure Cosmos DB. Enables RAG patterns without external vector databases.

Azure Kubernetes Service

AKS Automatic handles node provisioning, scaling, and security updates automatically. Integrated with Azure RBAC and Microsoft Entra ID.

Amazon EKS

EKS Auto Mode automates cluster compute, storage, and networking management. Reduces Kubernetes operational overhead by up to 60%.

Google Cloud Run

Cloud Run now supports NVIDIA L4 GPUs for serverless GPU workloads. Run AI inference without managing infrastructure.

Azure OpenAI

GPT-4 Turbo with Vision is now generally available in Azure OpenAI Service. Supports image input with text for multi-modal AI applications.

AWS Lambda

SnapStart now available for Python and .NET runtimes, reducing cold start times by up to 90%. Previously only available for Java.

BigQuery

Real-time continuous queries in BigQuery for streaming analytics. Process and analyze data as it arrives.

Amazon RDS

Amazon RDS now supports PostgreSQL 17 with improved performance, new SQL commands, and enhanced JSON capabilities.

Azure Functions

New consumption plan with private networking, larger instance sizes, and fast scaling. Supports up to 1024 MB memory per function.

Cloud SQL

New enterprise tier with up to 2x faster queries, 99.99% availability SLA, and built-in data cache.

AWS S3

New S3 table type optimized for analytics workloads using Apache Iceberg format. Up to 3x faster queries and 10x better transaction throughput.

Google Kubernetes Engine

Enhanced multi-cluster management, advanced security policies, and fleet-wide governance for GKE Enterprise.

Azure SQL

New always-free tier for Azure SQL Database with 32GB storage and 100 DTUs. Ideal for development and small workloads.

Amazon Aurora

Aurora Serverless v2 pricing reduced by 20% across all regions. Minimum ACU reduced from 0.5 to 0 for cost optimization during idle periods.

Google Cloud

Committed use discounts now offer up to 70% savings (up from 57%) for 3-year commitments on compute resources.

AWS CodeWhisperer

AWS CodeWhisperer is now Amazon Q Developer with enhanced AI-assisted coding, debugging, and architecture review capabilities.

Microsoft Fabric

Unified analytics platform combining Power BI, Data Factory, Synapse, and more into a single SaaS experience.