Macro Briefing: 15 August 2024

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* Fed official says central bank can’t risk being late with rate cuts * Japan’s GDP rises more than expected in Q2 * China industrial growth slows to four-month low in July * Cisco will cut 7% of its global workforce * US headline consumer inflation dips under 3% for first time since 2021:A challenging macroeconomic climate awaits the next US president on two fronts: a long-running downtren...

Achieving Frugal Architecture using the AWS Well-Architected Framework guidance

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This mindset emphasizes the importance of continuous learning, curiosity, and regular revision of architectural choices with a focus on cost and sustainability... It demonstrates how adhering to the principles and best practices outlined in these pillars can help architects and builders effectively implement the Frugal Architect laws in their projects... By following the Framework’s pillars, ar...

Introducing document-level sync reports: Enhanced data sync visibility in Amazon Q Business

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While using their data source, they want better visibility into the document processing lifecycle during data source sync jobs... They want to know the status of each document they attempted to crawl and index, as well as the ability to troubleshoot why certain documents were not returned with the expected answers... Additionally, they want access to metadata, timestamps, and access control lists...

Elevate your AI deployments more efficiently with new deployment and cost management solutions for Azure OpenAI Service including self-service Provisioned

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With the introduction of self-service Provisioned deployments, we aim to help make your quota and deployment processes more agile, faster to market, and more economical... Today’s announcement includes self-service provisioning, visibility to service capacity and availability, and the introduction of Provisioned (PTU) hourly pricing and reservations to help with cost management and savings... ...

How to centrally manage secrets with AWS Secrets Manager

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In today’s digital landscape, managing secrets, such as passwords, API keys, tokens, and other credentials, has become a critical task for organizations... For some Amazon Web Services (AWS) customers, centralized management of secrets can be a robust and efficient solution to address this challenge... In this post, we delve into using AWS data protection services such as AWS Secrets Manager and...

Derive generative AI-powered insights from ServiceNow with Amazon Q Business

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Amazon Q Business is a fully managed generative AI-powered assistant that can answer questions, provide summaries, generate content, and securely complete tasks based on data and information in your enterprise systems... Amazon Q Business can help you get fast, relevant answers to pressing questions, solve problems, generate content, and take action using the data and expertise found in your com...

Africa Stocks May Be Close To Overtaking US Equities In 2024

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But carving up the global market into regional slices highlights a rally in Africa stocks that may be set to give US shares a run for their money, based on a set of ETFs...American stocks are still the year-to-date leader so far in 2024 via SPDR S&P 500 (SPY), but VanEck Africa (AFK) is nipping at its heels... Keep in mind that AFK, despite its pan-African mandate is heavily weighted in Sou...