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Skill development ministry partners with AWS India for cloud skill training

The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship has collaborated with Amazon Web Services India to provide cloud skills training to 1,500 people, the company said on Tuesday. The initiative focuses on training 30,000 underprivileged youth, 50 per cent of whom will be women, it said. Secretary, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Atul Kumar Tiwari, said, "The collaboration is crucial for those who need cloud computing skills... it will open up more opportunities for women to pursue tech careers.

HCLTech partners with Amazon Web Services to drive GenAI's global adoption

HCLTech has announced a collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to push the adoption of generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) at the company and by enterprises globally. The collaboration aims to empower enterprises to leverage the power of AWS' advanced GenAI portfolio which includes Amazon CodeWhisperer, Amazon Bedrock, Amazon Titan, AWS Trainium and AWS Inferentia. Elaborating on the HCLTech-AWS alliance to accelerate GenAI adoption, the release said, "HCLTech intends to use Amazon CodeWhisperer with over 50,000 HCLTech engineers, cloud practitioners and developers to build secure applications and leverage AI responsibly, internally and for clients". The partnership demonstrates a shared commitment to exploring industry solutions leveraging AI advancements. Citing an example, it said HCLTech developed Ziva on AWS, an AI (Artificial Intelligence) bot for the financial services industry. "HCLTech has also been recognised as an ML-powered Amazon Connect launch partner, .

AP Dhillon Web Series: Cast, OTT streaming, release date, where to watch

The documentary of Indo-Canadian singer, "AP Dhillon: First Of A Kind" released today, August 18, on Amazon Prime Video. The series reveals who is AP Dhillon

Made In Heaven Season 2 releases early on Amazon Prime, check details here

One of the most awaited series, 'Made In Heaven season 2' releases a day before its scheduled date. Arjun and Sobhita are returning once again as Karan and Tara

Amazon to invest $7.2 bln in Israel, launches AWS cloud service in region

Amazon's cloud services in the region will allow the country's government to run applications and store data in data centers located in Israel

AWS, Accel announce ML Elevate 2023 to support generative AI startups

Cloud service provider Amazon Web Services (AWS) and venture capital firm Accel have announced ML Elevate 2023, a six-week accelerator programme aimed to empower startups building generative artificial intelligence (AI) applications. Generative AI applications have captivated developers and enthusiasts alike with their ability to comprehend and generate realistic conversations, stories, images, videos, and music across diverse domains, according to a statement. ML Elevate aims to support generative AI startups by providing them access to AI models and tools, business and technical mentorship, curated resources, the AWS Activate programme, and up to USD 200,000 in AWS Credits. Other benefits include peer support from a community of leading AI and ML (Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning) startup founders and the opportunity to scale production-ready generative AI applications on Amazon SageMaker JumpStart. Generative AI startups that have already developed a Minimum Viable .

Amazon Cloud unit enters health care AI market, adds chatbot tools

AWS also announced it will be adding more business-intelligence tools to its QuickSight product, which competes with Microsoft's PowerBI and Salesforce Inc.'s Tableau

PayU, AWS India, Chiratae Ventures collaborate to launch fintech program

The cohort will receive training and mentorship sessions, including access to experts from PayU, 'guiding them to scale their business operations and expand their customer base'

Amazon Web Services India and South Asia head Puneet Chandok resigns

The downsizing round is part of the layoffs announcement made in March by Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, which was expected to impact 9,000 employees

As the race for AI domination intensifies, Apple looks for talent

Apple has posted around a dozen openings on its career page inviting applications from professionals in generative AI

AWS to invest Rs 1.05 trillion to boost cloud infrastructure in India

Amazon's cloud computing unit said its long-term commitment in India will reach Rs 1.36 trillion by 2030

AWS, Microsoft, Google capture 64% Cloud services market share globally

Worldwide cloud infrastructure services spending increased 19% to $66.4 billion in Q1 2023

Amazon Web Services served Rs 549 crore income tax demand notice: Report

AWS: The income tax department has reportedly raised the demand for Rs 190.85 crore tax for 2014-15 and Rs 358.27 crore for 2016-17 by invoking Section 147 of the Income-tax Act

We are committed to India; review process is normal: Amazon India's Tiwary

In an interview with Peerzada Abrar, Tiwary said India has become the innovation hub for the company for the rest of the world. Edited excerpts

Will expand data residency controls and transparency in India: AWS

As the Indian government asks Big Tech and enterprises to store the residents' data locally, Amazon Web Services (AWS) has said that it will continue to expand its existing capabilities in the country

Accenture partners with AWS to launch cloud acceleration platform

Accenture and AWS plan to expand their portfolio of differentiated solutions across industries to accelerate innovation powered by Velocity

Amazon Web Services launches 'SimSpace Weaver' computer service

The new service allows users to connect external clients to their simulations so that they can interact and view the simulations with multiple users in real-time

AWS upbeat on India, sees massive headroom for growth in cloud adoption

Within days of announcing mega investments for building in Hyderabad its second data centre cluster in India, Amazon Web Services (AWS) on Monday said it is excited about the India market, where cloud adoption offers massive headroom for growth. Pledging its long-term commitment to the India market, AWS, Amazon's cloud computing unit, said it expects global uncertainties to accelerate the decisions by companies to opt for flexible, on-demand cloud infrastructure to pare costs, gain efficiencies and drive business innovation. "Cloud reacts well to uncertainty," Puneet Chandok, President Commercial Business, AWS India and South Asia, Amazon Internet Services Pvt Ltd (AISPL) told PTI. Chandok, while speaking on the sidelines of AWS' annual flagship event 're:Invent 2022' explained that in times of slowdown, cloud technology offers flexibility as compared to conventional models where businesses own their entire IT infrastructure. "That is the reason we see demand like never before for

AWS announces Digital Sovereignty Pledge to protect customers assets

All AWS services already support encryption, with most also supporting encryption with customer managed keys that are inaccessible to AWS

AWS to return more water to communities than it uses by 2030: CEO

The Amazon company has committed to be water positive by 2030 and so far, AWS-funded replenishment projects have returned nearly 2.4 billion litres of water to communities and the environment