What's New with AWS in Hong Kong

Amazon Web Services（AWS）在本月稍早於 2022 AWS re:Invent 全球盛會期間舉辦的「媒體與娛樂產業最新技術趨勢」論壇上，邀請到《阿凡達：水之道》製片 John Landau 及其特效團隊 Wētā FX，分享 AWS 媒體與娛樂解決方案如何協助《阿凡達：水之道》在 8 個月內完成高達 33 億個渲染執行緒小時的雲端製作，助力該團隊打造 48FPS High Frame Rate（HFR）的逼真特效並按時交片，確保電影如期上映。

AWS announced the launch of AWS Clean Rooms, a new service that helps customers create data clean rooms to collaborate with their business partners and generate new insights while protecting underlying raw data. Amazon Ads, Comscore, DISH Media, Experian, Fox Corporation, LiveRamp, Omnicom Media Group’s Annalect, and TransUnion's Neustar among customers and partners looking forward to using AWS Clean Rooms

AWS announced the launch of AWS Industry Quest, a new interactive, game-based learning experience to help individuals and organizations develop the skills they need to build solutions for common use cases in their industry.

Amazon Web Services（AWS）在re:Invent全球大會上發布涵蓋數據分析與管治、資訊安全、機器學習等範疇的多項新服務和功能，當中包括推出助企業輕鬆管理數據的Amazon DataZone、保障企業資訊安全的Amazon Security Lake、由三種新的自研晶片支援的Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud（Amazon EC2）執行個體，以及助企業提高供應鏈的可見性和透明度的AWS Supply Chain。

AWS announced it will be water positive (water+) by 2030, returning more water to communities than it uses in its direct operations. The company also announced its 2021 global water use efficiency (WUE) metric of 0.25 liters of water per kilowatt-hour, demonstrating AWS’s leadership in water efficiency among cloud providers.

隸屬於新加坡金融科技集團長橋（Longbridge）的長橋科技，早前透過運用AWS的雲端科技在香港推出全港首個涵蓋數據中心、網絡、伺服器，及證券交易前、中、後階段各大證券商服務系統的全面託管軟件即服務（SaaS）一站式解決方案Longbridge Whale（下稱 Whale），並開發多項先進金融科技應用以協助香港證券行業實現數碼轉型。

VMware announces VMware Cloud on AWS is now available in the Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) Region. This addition extends coverage of the service to 21 regions globally. With VMware Cloud on AWS, customers in Hong Kong can run workloads across VMware vSphere-based hybrid cloud environment, with optimized access to AWS.

With AWS, blockchain specialist InnoBlock Technology (InnoBlock) has built TT Green, Hong Kong’s first environmental, social, and governance (ESG) data platform. The platform, which was advised by leading global conservation organization WWF-Hong Kong, enhances organizations’ ability to collect and report emissions reductions, helping organizations integrate sustainability into their daily business.

With this collaboration, AWS and HKSTP will launch a series of programs under four key pillars to drive innovation of IT companies, startups, and researchers throughout their entire growth cycle – Research & Development, Technology Simulation, Co-incubation, and Talent and Culture Cultivation.