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AWS – Amazon Kendra releases Query Suggestions
Amazon Kendra is an intelligent search service powered by machine learning, that enables organizations to provide more relevant information to customers and employees, when they need it. Starting today, AWS customers can use Amazon Kendra’s Query Suggestions feature to guide end users towards more commonly asked questions and save them time in their search for the […]
AWS – AWS Glue DataBrew adds new nest and unnest transformations
AWS Glue DataBrew now supports nest and unnest transformations to help users pack or unpack data into columns to manipulate their datasets. With these transformations, users can now easily extract data from nested json string fields or combine data without writing any code. Read More for the details.
GCP – Integrating Eventarc and Workflows
I previously talked about Eventarc for choreographed (event-driven) Cloud Run services and introduced Workflows for orchestrated services. Eventarc and Workflows are very useful in strictly choreographed or orchestrated architectures. However, you sometimes need a hybrid architecture that combines choreography and orchestration. For example, imagine a use case where a message to a Pub/Sub topic triggers […]
AWS – AWS announces general availability of Amazon Redshift ML
We’re excited to announce that Redshift ML is now generally available. Amazon Redshift ML enables you to create, train, and deploy machine learning (ML) models using familiar SQL commands. With Amazon Redshift ML, you can now leverage Amazon SageMaker, a fully managed machine learning service, without moving your data or learning new skills. Read More […]
AWS – Amazon Polly Launches a new Korean Neural Text-to-Speech voice
Amazon Polly is a service that turns text into lifelike speech. Today, we are excited to announce the general availability of the Neural Text-to-Speech (NTTS) version of Seoyeon, a Korean Polly voice. Now Amazon Polly customers can enjoy Seoyeon either as an NTTS or Standard Korean voice. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon API Gateway REST APIs integrates with Step Functions Synchronous Express Workflows
You can now create Amazon API Gateway REST APIs to trigger a Synchronous Express Workflow from AWS Step Functions and respond with the output of that workflow. Read More for the details.
Azure – Query Delta Lake files using T-SQL in Azure Synapse Analytics (public preview)
Use T-SQL in Azure Synapse to read Delta Lake format. Read More for the details.
AWS – AWS Wavelength is now System and Organization Controls (SOC) compliant
All AWS System and Organization Controls (SOC) (1,2,3) compliant services deployed in AWS Wavelength are now in scope. You can download the SOC Report in AWS Artifact. AWS maintains certifications through extensive audits of its controls to ensure that information security risks that affect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of company and customer information are […]
AWS – Amazon Elastic Container Service Anywhere is now generally available
Today, we are excited to announce the general availability of Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS) Anywhere, a new capability of Amazon ECS. Amazon ECS Anywhere provides a fully managed container orchestration service that enables customers to run and manage containerized applications on-premises using the same APIs, cluster management, workload scheduling, monitoring, and deployment pipelines they […]
Azure – Cognitive Services – Form Recognizer adds new version in general availability
Support for 73 languages, prebuilt ID model, invoice line item extraction, table header extraction tagging as table, and more generally available in Azure Form Recognizer, part of Applied AI Services. Read More for the details.