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GCP – How the State of Oklahoma is using data to fight the opioid epidemic
The opioid epidemic has plagued the United States for over 20 years. More recently, the COVID pandemic, with its associated stress and disruption, has contributed to new records for both the largest increase in opioid use—and the highest number of overdose deaths—to date. But the pandemic has also spurred new focus on more comprehensive behavioral […]
GCP – Early access to Chrome OS Flex: The upgrade PCs & Macs have been waiting for
Editor’s note:Today, we’re excited to announce early access to a new version of Chrome OS bringing the benefits of Chrome OS to PCs and Macs. Chrome OS Flex is the cloud-first, fast, easy-to manage, and secure operating system for PCs and Macs. Learn more below, try it out, and share your feedback to help us […]
AWS – Announcing sub-millisecond read latencies for Amazon Elastic File System
Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS) now supports sub-millisecond read latencies for all new and existing One Zone and Standard General Purpose file systems. Latency-sensitive applications such as content management systems, analytics, DevOps, and machine learning inference can now achieve read latencies as low as 600 microseconds on average. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon Connect now provides CloudFormation support for integrations with third-party data
Amazon Connect now supports CloudFormation for its third-party data integrations service. Data integrations enable Amazon Connect customers to download data from third-party SaaS apps like CRMs, quality management, billing software, and order management solutions. You can now use AWS CloudFormation templates to help you deploy data integrations, along with the rest of your AWS infrastructure, in […]
AWS – Introducing Amazon EC2 C6a instances
Amazon Web Services (AWS) announces the general availability of compute optimized Amazon EC2 C6a instances. C6a instances are powered by 3rd generation AMD EPYC processors (code named Milan) with an all-core turbo frequency of up to 3.6 GHz, deliver up to 15% better compute price performance compared to C5a instances for a wide variety of […]
GCP – Orchestrating PyTorch ML Workflows on Vertex AI Pipelines
Previously in the PyTorch on Google Cloud series, we trained, tuned and deployed a PyTorch text classification model using Training and Prediction services on Vertex AI. In this post, we will show how to automate and monitor a PyTorch based ML workflow by orchestrating the pipeline in a serverless manner using Vertex AI Pipelines. Let’s […]
AWS – Amazon MQ now supports RabbitMQ version 3.9.13
Amazon MQ now provides support for RabbitMQ version 3.9.13. This update to RabbitMQ contains several fixes and enhancements compared to the previously supported version, RabbitMQ 3.8.26. Read More for the details.
AWS – AWS SSO Expands Support for Customer Compliance with PCI-DSS and IRAP
Today, Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced that AWS Single Sign-On (AWS SSO) has increased its alignment with customer compliance requirements for security and privacy. AWS SSO achieved Payment Card Industry – Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) compliance and is Information Security Registered Assessors Program (IRAP) assessed at the PROTECTED level. These are in addition to existing […]
AWS – AWS WAF introduces AWS WAF Fraud Control – Account Takeover Prevention for protecting your login page against credential stuffing attacks
AWS WAF announces the launch of AWS WAF Fraud Control – Account Takeover Prevention to protect your application’s login page against credential stuffing attacks, brute force attempts, and other anomalous login activities. Account Takeover Prevention enables you to proactively stop account takeover attempts at the network edge. With Account Takeover Prevention, you can prevent unauthorized […]
Azure – General availability: Azure Sphere version 22.02 expected on Feb 28, 2022
Participate in the retail evaluation now to ensure full compatibility. The OS evaluation period for 22.02 provides 14 days for backward compatibility testing. Read More for the details.