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AWS – Amazon EFS integration with the new and improved launch experience on the EC2 Console
Starting today, you can now automatically attach Amazon EFS file systems to new Amazon EC2 instances created from the Configure storage section of the new and improved instance launch experience, making it simpler and easier to use serverless and elastic file storage with your EC2 instances. This integration helps you simplify the process of configuring […]
Azure – Generally available: Migrate devices across templates at scale in Azure IoT Central
Migrating devices across device templates at scale is now supported in Azure IoT Central jobs. Read More for the details.
GCP – Up for an update? Cloud SQL launches support for in-place upgrades
If you adore databases like we do, the launch of a new major version is an event you celebrate. With each new major version comes cutting-edge database features, performance boosts, and other goodies for database lovers like you. You can hardly wait to spin up a Cloud SQL instance to test out the freshest release […]
Azure – General availability: Azure Sphere OS version 22.04
Azure Sphere OS quality release 22.04 is available now. Read More for the details.
GCP – How do payments providers keep from getting disrupted? By disrupting themselves first
The first time I ever hailed a car with a ridesharing app, I went from point A to point B and never once had to think about whether I had enough cash or what credit card to use. This magical digital black car service removed the friction of a payment step from the journey, and […]
GCP – Easy CSV importing into Cloud Bigtable
If you’re trying to learn a new database, you’ll want to kick the tires by loading in some data and maybe doing a query or two. Cloud Bigtable is a powerful database service for scale and throughput, and it is quite flexible in how you store data because of its NoSQL nature. Because Bigtable works […]
GCP – Top 5 Takeaways from Data Cloud Summit ‘22
To compete in a fast moving, transforming, and increasingly digital world, every team, business, process and individual needs to level up the way they think about data. Which is why this year at our Data Cloud Summit 2022, we saw record turnout, both in volume and diversity of attendance. Our thanks go out to all […]
GCP – Introducing the Professional Cloud Database Engineer certification
Today, we’re pleased to announce the new Professional Cloud Database Engineer certification, in beta, to help database engineers translate business and technical requirements into scalable and cost-effective database solutions. By participating in the beta, you will directly influence and enhance the learning and career path for other Cloud Database Engineers. And upon passing the exam, […]
AWS – Amazon WorkSpaces launches new Graphics G4dn bundles to improve performance and optimize costs
Amazon WorkSpaces is introducing two new graphics bundles based on the EC2 G4dn family: Graphics.g4dn and GraphicsPro.g4dn. These bundles allow you to run graphics- and compute-intensive workloads on desktops in the cloud as cost-effective solutions for graphics applications that are optimized for NVIDIA GPUs using NVIDIA libraries such as CUDA, CuDNN, OptiX, and Video Codec […]
AWS – AWS AI & ML Scholarship Program opens applications for underrepresented and underserved students
The AWS Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) Scholarship program, in collaboration with Intel and Udacity, opens applications for underserved and underrepresented students in tech globally to gain hands on learning, tailored mentoring, and up to two of 2,500 Udacity Nanodegree scholarships awarded annually. Read More for the details.