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GCP – The ultimate App Engine cheat sheet
App Engine is a fully managed serverless compute option in Google Cloud that you can use to build and deploy low-latency, highly scalable applications. App Engine makes it easy to host and run your applications. It scales them from zero to planet scale without you having to manage infrastructure. App Engine is recommended for a […]
AWS – Amazon Redshift launches RA3 in Hong Kong and China Regions (Beijing, Ningxia)
Amazon Redshift RA3 is now available in the Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) Region, China (Beijing) Region, operated by Sinnet, and China (Ningxia) Region, operated by NWCD. Amazon Redshift RA3 instances with managed storage allow you to scale compute and storage independently for fast query performance and lower costs and also enable you to securely and easily […]
AWS – AWS Elemental MediaPackage extends its metadata passthrough capabilities
AWS Elemental MediaPackage now supports timed ID3 metadata passthrough for live and VOD streams in HLS, CMAF, and DASH formats. ID3 metadata tags enable data to be embedded into video streams at specified timecodes and used by downstream systems or clients to enhance the playback experience. By dynamically adding metadata to a stream, you can […]
AWS – Amazon EKS managed node groups now supports parallel node upgrades
Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) managed node groups now supports upgrading multiple nodes in parallel. Read More for the details.
AWS – AWS Glue Studio now provides data previews during visual job authoring
AWS Glue Studio now allows you to preview your data at each step of the visual job authoring process. AWS Glue Studio automatically samples your data, then runs each transform in your job so you can test and debug your transformations without having to save or run the job. Data previews are available for each […]
Azure – Update PowerShell versions 7.0 and 7.1 to protect against a vulnerability
If you manage your Azure resources from PowerShell, update versions 7.0 and 7.1 of PowerShell as soon as possible. Read More for the details.
AWS – Announcing Amazon Kendra Smaller Units and Price Drop
We are excited to announce that Kendra Enterprise Edition is now offered in smaller more granular units to enable smaller workloads. The base Kendra Enterprise Edition (KEE) now starts at $1.40/h ($1,008/mo), offering the same functionality and availability at a smaller scale and cost. The base KEE now supports up to 100,000 documents and 8,000 […]
Azure – General availability: Azure Security Center updates for June 2021
New enhancements and updates released in Azure Security Center in June 2021. Read More for the details.
AWS – AWS ParallelCluster now supports Ubuntu 20.04
AWS ParallelCluster is a fully supported and maintained open source cluster management tool that makes it easy for scientists, researchers, and IT administrators to deploy and manage High Performance Computing (HPC) clusters in the AWS cloud. HPC clusters are collections of tightly coupled compute, storage, and networking resources that enable customers to run large scale […]
GCP – Rubin Observatory offers first astronomy research platform in the cloud
This week, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory is launching the first preview of its new Rubin Science Platform (RSP) for an initial cohort of astronomers. The observatory, which is located in Chile but managed by the U.S. National Science Foundation’s NOIRLab in Tucson, AZ and SLAC in California, is jointly funded by the NSF and […]