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AWS – Amazon Timestream for InfluxDB now supports enhanced managed features
We are excited to announce the launch of enhanced management options for Amazon Timestream for InfluxDB, allowing you to scale your instance sizes up or down as needed and update your deployment configuration between Single-AZ and Multi-AZ, giving you greater flexibility and control over your time-series data processing and analysis. Timestream for InfluxDB is extensively […]
GCP – Cut costs and boost efficiency with Dataflow’s new custom source reads
Scaling workloads often comes with a hefty price tag, especially in streaming environments, where latency is heavily scrutinized. So it makes sense we want our pipelines to run without bottlenecks — because costs and latency grow with inefficiencies! This is especially true for most modern autotuning strategies: whenever there are hot keys or hot workers […]
GCP – BigQuery and Anthropic’s Claude: A powerful combination for data-driven insights
The world’s most productive and innovative organizations rely on their trusted business data to inform their decision-making, operational efficiency, insights, and growth. Now, gen AI enters the equation, opening up possibilities to transform this wealth of information into an unprecedented competitive edge. Google Cloud has been at the forefront of integrating advanced gen AI capabilities […]
GCP – Google named a leader in the Forrester Wave: AI/ML Platforms, Q3 2024
Today, we are excited to announce that Google is a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: AI/ML Platforms, Q3 2024, tying for the highest score of all vendors evaluated in the Strategy category. At Google Cloud, we are committed to providing you with a unified platform that supports the entire AI lifecycle – from data preparation […]
GCP – ChromeOS powered digital signage guides the way at Gerald R. Ford International Airport
Today’s post is by J.J. Swain, IT Manager for Gerald R. Ford International Airport (GRR) in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The airport serves more than three million passengers annually and over 100 cargo flights per day. GRR partnered with ChromeOS and Art of Context to upgrade and modernize the airport’s extensive digital signage system. At an […]
AWS – AWS Fault Injection Service introduces additional safety control
AWS Fault Injection Service (FIS) now provides additional safety control with a safety lever that, when engaged, stops all running experiments and prevents new experiments from starting. Customers can now prevent fault injection during certain time periods, such as sales events or product launches, or in response to application health alarms. FIS has built-in safety […]
AWS – AWS Glue now provides job queuing
Today, AWS adds job queuing for AWS Glue jobs. This new capability enables you to submit AWS Glue job runs without needing to manage account level quotas and limits. AWS Glue job queuing monitors your account level quotas and limits. If quotas or limits are insufficient to start a Glue job run, AWS Glue will […]
AWS – Amazon EBS direct APIs now supports IPv6 in AWS PrivateLink
Amazon EBS direct APIs now support the Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) protocol when you connect your Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) to EBS Direct APIs using AWS PrivateLink. EBS direct APIs can help customers to simplify their backup and recovery workflows by directly creating and reading EBS snapshots via APIs. Through AWS PrivateLink, customers can […]
AWS – Introducing sagemaker-core: A New Object-Oriented SDK for Amazon SageMaker
Amazon SageMaker is excited to announce sagemaker-core, a new Python SDK that provides an object-oriented interface for interacting with SageMaker resources such as TrainingJob, Model, and Endpoint resource classes. The resource chaining feature in sagemaker-core lets developers pass resource objects as parameters, eliminating the need to manually specify complex parameters. The SDK also abstracts low-level […]
AWS – Amazon DynamoDB announces support for Attribute-Based Access Control
Amazon DynamoDB now supports Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC) for tables and indexes. ABAC is an authorization strategy that defines access permissions based on tags attached to users, roles, and AWS resources. With ABAC, you can now use your tags to configure access permissions and policies. Tag-based access conditions can be used to allow or deny […]