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AWS – Amazon Redshift introduces query identifiers for improved query performance monitoring
Amazon Redshift introduces a unique identifier assigned to SQL queries, which lets you effectively track query performance over time and identify recurring patterns in resource-intensive queries. This new feature, called a ‘query hash’, uniquely identifies SQL queries based on their textual representation and predicate values. Query hash is a unique query signature that is generated […]
AWS – Streamline automation of policy management workflows with service reference information
We now offer service reference information to streamline automation of policy management workflows, helping you to retrieve available actions across AWS services from machine-readable files. Whether you are a security administrator establishing guardrails for workloads or a developer ensuring appropriate access to applications, you can now more easily identify the available actions for AWS services. […]
AWS – Amazon WorkSpaces Thin Client inventory now available to purchase in UK
Amazon WorkSpaces Thin Client inventory is now available to purchase in UK on Amazon Business. Amazon WorkSpaces Thin Client is a low-cost end-user device that helps organizations reduce overall virtual desktop costs, strengthen security posture, and simplify end-user deployment. End users can set up WorkSpaces Thin Client in minutes using an on-device guided deployment experience […]
AWS – Four new synthetic generative voices for Amazon Polly
Today, we are excited to announce the general availability of four highly expressive Amazon Polly voices speaking in American and Australian English. Amazon Polly is a managed service that turns text into lifelike speech, allowing you to create applications that talk and to build speech-enabled products depending on your business needs. The generative engine is […]
AWS – Announcing general availability of Console to Code to generate code
AWS is announcing the general availability of Console to Code, powered by Amazon Q Developer. Console to Code makes it simple, fast, and cost-effective to move from prototyping in the AWS Management Console to building code for production deployments. Customers can generate code for their console actions in their preferred format with a single click. […]
GCP – Using BigQuery Omni to reduce log ingestion and analysis costs in a multi-cloud environment
In today’s data-centric businesses, it’s not uncommon for companies to operate hundreds of individual applications across a variety of platforms. These applications can produce a massive volume of logs, presenting a significant challenge for log analytics. Additionally, the broad adoption of multi-cloud solutions complicates accuracy and retrieval, as the distributed nature of the logs can […]
GCP – Better together: BigQuery and Spanner expand operational insights with external datasets
Data analysts have traditionally struggled to analyze data across different databases. Because of data silos, they need to copy data from transactional databases into analytical data stores using ETL processes. BigQuery made the problem a little easier to solve if you have data in Spanner and BigQuery. Using the EXTERNAL_QUERY table-valued function (TVF), you could […]
GCP – Project Shield expands free DDoS protection to even more organizations and nonprofits
Project Shield has helped news, human rights, and elections-related organizations defend against distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks since 2013 as part of Google’s commitment to keep online content universally accessible. The solution has helped keep election resources online, supported news reporting during pivotal geopolitical events, and helped governments during times of urgency. We are […]
GCP – Database Center — your AI-powered, unified fleet management solution
Organizations are grappling with an explosion of operational data spread across an increasingly diverse and complex database landscape. This complexity often results in costly outages, performance bottlenecks, security vulnerabilities, and compliance gaps, hindering their ability to extract valuable insights and deliver exceptional customer experiences. To help businesses overcome these challenges, earlier this year, we announced […]
AWS – Amazon EventBridge Schema Registry now in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions
The Amazon EventBridge Schema Registry and Schema Discovery service is now available in the AWS GovCloud (US-East) and AWS GovCloud (US-West) Regions, allowing you to discover and store event structure – or schema – in a shared, central location. You can download code bindings for those schemas for Java, Python, Typescript, and Golang so it’s […]