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GCP – Build Voice AI into your apps with our top 3 Speech API codelabs
With voice-controlled touchpoints becoming more and more the norm in human-computer interactions, our Speech-to-Text (STT) API is a great option for developers looking to build voice into their applications. The API processes over 1 billion spoken minutes of speech each month, enough to transcribe all Presidential inauguration speeches in U.S. history over 1 million times. […]

AWS – AWS Announces General Availability of openCypher support for Amazon Neptune
Today, AWS announces the general availability of openCypher query language support with Amazon Neptune. Customers can now use openCypher with Amazon Neptune, giving them more choices to build or migrate graph applications to a highly available, secure, and fully managed graph database. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon Relational Database Service now supports Multi-AZ deployments on AWS Outposts for High Availability
Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) now supports highly available configurations with Multi-AZ deployments for PostgreSQL and for MySQL on AWS Outposts in all commercial regions. Amazon RDS Multi-AZ on Outposts deployments provide enhanced availability and durability for RDS database (DB) instances, making them a natural fit for production database workloads. When you provision a Multi-AZ […]

AWS – AWS Key Management Service introduces new HMAC API
AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS) lets you create KMS keys that can be used to generate and verify Hash-Based Message Authentication Code (HMACs). HMACs are a powerful cryptographic building block that incorporates secret key material within a hash function to create a unique keyed message authentication code. HMAC KMS keys can only be generated and […]

AWS – AWS Step Functions expands support for over 20 new AWS SDK integrations
AWS Step Functions expands integration with the AWS SDK by expanding support for over 20 new AWS SDK integrations and over 1000 new AWS API actions. Read More for the details.

AWS – AWS Transit Gateway is now available in AWS Asia Pacific (Jakarta) Region
AWS Transit Gateway is now available in the Asia Pacific (Jakarta) AWS Region along with support for AWS Direct Connect. AWS Transit Gateway enables customers to connect thousands of Amazon Virtual Private Clouds (Amazon VPCs) and their on-premises networks using a single gateway. Read More for the details.

AWS – AWS Security Hub launches cross-Region security scores and compliance statuses
AWS Security Hub has released support for cross-Region security scores and compliance statuses to enable a more complete view of your security posture across all of your accounts and Regions. Last year, Security Hub added support for cross-Region aggregation of findings. This release extends Security Hub’s capabilities to now also support cross-Region security scores and […]

GCP – Doing our part: How Google’s network helps internet content reach users
Every video shared, every email sent and app downloaded depends on data traffic that moves through international network infrastructure. How is this content magically available to people within milliseconds? It’s thanks to a rich ecosystem of companies and local providers who build global infrastructure that provides businesses and people around the world with the best […]

GCP – 7 trends to watch in API economy
Organizations across every industry are aiming to achieve digital transformation initiatives to stay competitive, which increasingly include overcoming the complexity of hybrid and multicloud environments. With resources stretched and margins getting thinner, application programming interfaces (APIs) and the API economy will continue to play a critical role in connecting services, applications, and clouds. So, what […]
GCP – Nuuly does it: How technology is weaving sustainability into the future of retail
They say black never goes out of style. It’s something the team at Nuuly, URBN’s digital rental and resale business, know well. And it’s not just true of the company’s garments but their gadgets, too. “I was having an offhand conversation with a UX designer recently,” Rebecca Sandercock, Nuuly’s strategy and insights manager, recalled in […]