Macro Briefing: 5 November 2024

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Can the stock market predict the election? For those who like to think so, the “Presidential Predictor” is cited... On that basis, the market’s rise over the trailing 3-month window is telling, or so it seems... But since the market tends to rise generally, there’s plenty of room for doubt... “When it comes to presidential elections, I would say that the stock market has about the same f...

AWS Weekly Roundup: AWS Lambda, Amazon Bedrock, Amazon Redshift, Amazon CloudWatch, and more (Nov 4, 2024)

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Now, building apps with Lambda is as intuitive as crafting a spell in a wizard’s workshop! AWS Amplify integration with Amazon S3 for static website hosting — AWS Amplify Hosting now integrates with Amazon S3 for seamless static website hosting, with global CDN support via Amazon CloudFront... This reduces manual intervention by automatically retrying builds up to the specified limit, tackl...

Designing a successful modernization approach for AI readiness

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In our last blog, I outlined what modernization really means and why it matters... This blog will walk you through how to design a modernization approach that unites strategy, processes, and technology... I’ll start by covering a few common challenges to modernization, and then, I’ll use the Forrester Application Modernization Checklist to show how a holistic modernization approach can help ad...

Windows Server 2025 now generally available, with advanced security, improved performance, and cloud agility

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 File services/server message block (SMB) hardening: Windows Server 2025 includes SMB over QUIC to enable secure access to file shares over the internet...Generally available today, Windows Server 2025 builds on our mission to deliver a secure and high-performance Windows Server platform tailored to meet customers’ diverse needs... Windows Server 2025 Investi...

Unauthorized tactic spotlight: Initial access through a third-party identity provider

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The request parameters for this action, shown in Figure 7, include the member account ID in the targetId field, the permissionSetArn, and the principalType – either a USER or GROUP... This activity was logged multiple times—each one for a different target member account... Prerequisites for the event In order for a threat actor to gain initial access into an AWS account during this type of ...

Total Return Forecasts: Major Asset Classes | 04 November 2024

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9% annualized total return, up from 6...US equities remain a downside outlier for changes in expected return compared to history and the various asset classes that comprise GMI... the market’s realized return over the past decade... On the other hand, the rest of the major asset classes continue to post return forecasts that are higher relative to their trailing 10-year records... For perspe...

Macro Briefing: 4 November 2024

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The 12,000 increase in new jobs last month reflects a near-flat performance after September’s strong 223,000 increase... labor market, but under the surface is a muddy report roiled by climate and labor disruptions,” says Cory Stahle, an economist at the Indeed Hiring Lab... “While the impacts of these events are real and should not be ignored, they are likely temporary and not a signal of ...