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AWS – Amazon FSx for Windows File Server is now FedRAMP compliant
Amazon FSx for Windows File Server is now authorized as FedRAMP Moderate in US East (N. Virginia), US East (Ohio), US West (N. California), US West (Oregon) and as FedRAMP High in AWS GovCloud (US-West) and AWS GovCloud (US-East). Amazon FSx for Windows File Server is also approved as Department of Defense Cloud Computing Security Requirements […]
GCP – BigQuery Write API explained: An overview of the Write API
Google BigQuery Write API was released to general availability in 2021 and is BigQuery’s preferred data ingestion path which offers high-performance batching and streaming in one unified API. Since its inception, numerous features and improvements have been made to improve performance and usability, making it easier for users to directly ingest data into BigQuery. Some […]
GCP – Access role-based Google Cloud training free of charge
Google Cloud is now offering 30 days no-cost access to Google Cloud Skills Boost, the definitive destination for skills development, to complete role-based training. Choose from the following eight learning paths, which include interactive labs and opportunities to earn skill badges to demonstrate your cloud knowledge: Getting Started with Google Cloud, Cloud Architect, Cloud Engineer, […]
GCP – Introducing new Cloud Client Libraries for Compute Engine
We’re pleased to announce general availability of Cloud Client Libraries for Compute Engine, now available in Java, Go, Python, NodeJS, Ruby, PHP, and C#. These new libraries provide enhanced developer productivity and ease of use by enabling a more idiomatic style for each programming language that we support. Cloud Client Libraries for Compute Engine wrap […]
GCP – How Newsweek increased total revenue per visit by 10% with Recommendations AI
Newsweek provides the latest news, in-depth analysis, and ideas about international issues, technology, business, culture, and politics to its readers around the world. While editors pick the best articles to display on the home page and topic pages, it is also critical for Newsweek to offer a personalized experience by delivering fresh and relevant article […]
GCP – Can email still delight us? An interview with Gmail’s Product Lead
This April, Gmail will be 18 years old. That’s a big milestone, given that email as a medium just turned 50. Launched in 2004—with its 1 GB free storage, conversation based grouping, and enhanced search capabilities—Gmail quickly became one of the most popular email services in the world. What started off as Paul Buchheit’s side […]
Azure – General availability: Azure API Management updates in January 2022
Regular API Management service updates for January 2022 with new features, bug fixes, and other improvements. Read More for the details.
GCP – Intro to data science on Google Cloud
While you likely know that data science is the practice of making data useful, you may not have a clear landscape around the tools that can aid each stage of the data science workflow as you use machine learning to tackle your challenges. Read on to discover the six broad areas that are critical to […]
AWS – Amazon Lex launches multiple transcripts and confidence scores support for speech input
Amazon Lex is a service for building conversational interfaces into any application using voice and text. We are excited to announce multiple transcripts and confidence scores support for speech input. The transcripts provide alternate interpretations of the user’s speech input. Each transcript is associated with a confidence score that indicates the likelihood of a match. […]
AWS – AWS Lambda auto scaling improvements for Amazon MSK and self-managed Apache Kafka as event sources
AWS Lambda has launched improved auto scaling for Amazon MSK and self-managed Kafka as event sources to improve performance and help lower costs for customers. Lambda starts with one consumer and checks the OffsetLag metric (measure of backlog at source) every minute and scales up or down every 3 minutes. Lambda allows up to one […]