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Azure – Public preview: Identity-based connections in Azure Functions with latest Azure SDK triggers and bindings
Azure functions can now connect using an identity instead of a secret. Read More for the details.
Azure – Now Available: Pricing changes to Azure Sentinel and Azure Monitor to help you reduce costs
Enjoy additional cost savings with the new price changes to Azure Sentinel and Azure monitor. These changes took effect on June 2, 2021. Read More for the details.
GCP – Jumpstart your journey developing on GKE
Getting started with Kubernetes is often harder than it needs to be. While working with a cluster “from scratch” can be a great learning exercise or a good solution for some highly specialized workloads, often the details of cluster management can be made easier by utilizing a managed service offering. Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) allows […]
AWS – Amazon Rekognition Custom Labels adds support for deploying models via the Console
We are excited to announce that Amazon Rekognition Custom Labels now makes it easier and faster to deploy your trained models in Rekognition Custom Labels with a simple button click. Once your model is trained and ready, navigate to the model details page under your project, select the use model tab, and then click the […]
GCP – 5 ways Vertex Vizier hyperparameter tuning improves ML models
We recently launched Vertex AI to help you move machine learning (ML) from experimentation into production faster and manage your models with confidence—speeding up your ability to improve outcomes at your organization. But we know many of you are just getting started with ML and there’s a lot to learn! In tandem with building the […]
GCP – Cloud Firestore explained: for users who never used Firestore before
Learning to use a new database can be daunting, even more so if you don’t already have technical knowledge about databases. In this article, I will break down some database basics, terms you should know, what Firestore is, how it works, how it stores data, and how to get started using it with the assumption […]
GCP – Streamline your ML training workflow with Vertex AI
At one point or another, many of us have used a local computing environment for machine learning (ML). That may have been a notebook computer or a desktop with a GPU. For some problems, a local environment is more than enough. Plus, there’s a lot of flexibility. Install Python, install JupyterLab, and go! What often […]
AWS – Announcing Global Clusters for Amazon DocumentDB (with MongoDB compatibility)
Amazon DocumentDB (with MongoDB compatibility) is a fast, scalable, highly available, and fully managed document database service that supports MongoDB workloads. As a document database, Amazon DocumentDB makes it easy to store, query, and index JSON data at scale. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL Supports New Minor Versions 13.2, 12.6, 11.11, 10.16, 9.6.21, and 9.5.25 in AWS GovCloud (US) Regions
Following the announcement of updates to the PostgreSQL database, we have updated Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL to support PostgreSQL minor versions 13.2, 12.6, 11.11, 10.16, 9.6.21, and 9.5.25. This release closes security vulnerabilities in PostgreSQL and contains bug fixes and improvements done by the PostgreSQL community. This also includes the final release of PostgreSQL 9.5. […]
AWS – Amazon Cognito now supports SMS Sandbox from Amazon SNS
Amazon Cognito now supports SMS Sandbox in Amazon SNS. Amazon Cognito makes it easy to add authentication, authorization, and user management to your web and mobile apps. Amazon Cognito scales to millions of users and supports sign-in with social identity providers, such as Apple, Facebook, Google, and Amazon, and enterprise identity providers via standards such […]