Bend – November 03, 2026 -- Platformr, an AWS Partner, has released two additions to its Optics AI Suite: Optics Tag Manager, which audits and applies resource tags across an entire AWS Organization from plain-English requests, and the Optics Remote MCP Server, which connects third-party AI assistants to Platformr Organizations.

Bend, Ore. – September 18, 2026 -- Amazon Web Services has published MSP Validation Checklist (VCL) 8.0, a revised standard requiring managed service providers to prove AI-driven delivery capabilities to earn and maintain AWS MSP validation, cloud operations firm Platformr said.