AWS in Switzerland and Austria (Alps)

Generative KI im öffentlichen Sektor der Schweiz

Generative künstliche Intelligenz (KI) hat das Potenzial, die globale Wirtschaft und Arbeitsproduktivität signifikant zu steigern. Für die Schweiz prognostiziert PwC etwa ein zusätzliches Bruttoinlandsprodukt von bis 50 Milliarden Franken bis 2030 durch den Einsatz dieser Technologie. Im Gegensatz zur traditionellen KI kann generative KI, basierend auf leistungsfähigen Sprachmodellen und Basismodellen, neue Inhalte wie Texte, Bilder […]

Zurich Switzerland

2Y Anniversary – News About AWS Europe (Zurich) Region

November 2024 marked two years since we launched the AWS Europe (Zurich) Region, bringing AWS infrastructure to Switzerland with three Availability Zones and two Direct Connect locations. This robust infrastructure enables customers to build highly available and fault-tolerant applications while maintaining data residency within Switzerland. Since our launch, we’ve demonstrated our commitment to Swiss customers […]

Die Zukunft der Schadensabwicklung: Generative KI als Game-Changer für Versicherungsunternehmen

Das traditionelle Schadenmanagement in Versicherungsunternehmen, insbesondere bei Kranken- und Unfallversicherern, ist oft ein zeitaufwändiger und komplexer Prozess. Sachbearbeiter müssen Schadenfälle individuell prüfen, was zu langen Bearbeitungszeiten führt und die Kundenzufriedenheit beeinträchtigen kann. Hinzu kommt dass manuelle Prozesse naturgemäss anfälliger für menschliche Fehler sind. Falsche Einschätzungen oder das Übersehen wichtiger Details können zu fehlerhaften Entscheidungen führen. […]

Optimizing operational planning for sustainability: e-switch’s AI solution with Timefold and AWS

Every organization grapples with the complex challenge of operational planning and resource optimization. From selecting the most efficient routes for dispatches, crafting the optimal employee shift roster, or scheduling maintenance jobs to allocating resources effectively, businesses across industries of all sizes face a myriad of intricate planning decisions daily. These planning tasks, often involving numerous […]

Streamlining AWS Automation: Cloud Platform Engineering at Crealogix

Streamlining AWS Automation: Cloud Platform Engineering at Crealogix

Building and maintaining workloads in the cloud is slowed down when central teams manually provision AWS accounts – hampering development and innovation. The solution developed by Crealogix not only automates AWS account vending, but also provisions fully configured environments, including Kubernetes clusters, databases, and other essential infrastructure components. This automation approach ensures security, compliance, and […]

Modernizing Platform Management: Hilti Group’s Approach to Improving Kubernetes Multicluster Operations

Modernizing Platform Management: Hilti Group’s Approach to Improving Kubernetes Multicluster Operations

This blog post was originally focused on using Karpenter to manage worker nodes in Amazon EKS clusters. With the release of a new capability called Amazon EKS Auto Mode, we encourage you to use this more streamlined experience for managing Amazon EKS infrastructures. Introduction The Hilti Group supplies the worldwide construction industry with technology leading products, […]

From Silos to Synergy: Philip Morris International’s Distributed Data Network

From Silos to Synergy: Philip Morris International’s Distributed Data Network

This post was written by Parviz Shariff, Giorgio Sorbara, Yhawmini Balakrishnan and Jacques Detroyat from Philip Morris International, with the support of Jordi Porta and Samuel Riedo from AWS. Introduction   Philip Morris International (PMI), a multinational corporation operating across 4 continents, is undergoing a significant digital transformation journey to support our multi-category portfolio of smokefree […]

Zurich Switzerland

Adding Generative AI capabilities to your data in Switzerland with Amazon Bedrock

Today, we are announcing the availability of Amazon Bedrock in the Europe (Zurich) region. Customers can now access Amazon Bedrock via an API endpoint in Switzerland and have the option to process their data in country. In this post, we are providing an overview of the new Amazon Bedrock capabilities launching in the Europe (Zurich) […]

Data Protection and Responsible use of Amazon Bedrock in Switzerland

Security is our top priority. Our customers depend on Amazon Web Services (AWS) for their mission-critical applications and most sensitive data. As technologies evolve, customers continue to face stringent security requirements around data confidentiality and privacy. Importantly with the adoption of generative AI, new security risks emerge. For example a traditional risk “who can access […]

Unleash the power of GPUs and pre-trained models: Deploying the Whisper voice-to-text model in Switzerland

Amazon SageMaker is a fully managed machine learning service that offers a comprehensive set of tools and features to simplify and accelerate the process of building, training, and deploying ML models. The seamless integration between Amazon SageMaker and the Hugging Face model hub allows for easy access and deployment of thousands of pre-trained AI models […]