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AWS – Amazon Aurora Serverless v2 is generally available
Amazon Aurora Serverless v2, the next version of Aurora Serverless, is now generally available. Aurora Serverless v2 scales instantly to support even the most demanding applications, delivering up to 90% cost savings compared to provisioning for peak capacity. Read More for the details.
AWS – Announcing interactive, notebook-based job authoring in AWS Glue
AWS Glue Studio Job Notebooks are now generally available, providing interactive, notebook-based job authoring in AWS Glue. They help simplify the process of developing data integration jobs. Job Notebooks also provide a serverless, built-in interface for AWS Glue Interactive Sessions, another new feature that allows customers to run interactive Apache Spark workloads on demand. Read […]
AWS – AWS Amplify Studio Figma-to-React code capabilities are now generally available
Today, AWS announces the general availability of AWS Amplify Studio Figma-to-React code capabilities, giving frontend developers a faster workflow for building full-stack apps. These new capabilities add to existing Amplify Studio backend creation and management capabilities, helping developers accelerate UI development. Typically, there is a lot of back and forth between frontend developers and designers, […]
AWS – AWS IoT TwinMaker is now generally available
Today, we are announcing the general availability of AWS IoT TwinMaker, a service that makes it easier for developers to create digital twins of real-world systems such as buildings, factories, production lines, and equipment. Customers are increasingly adopting digital twins to make better operational and strategic decisions in industries such as smart buildings, manufacturing, construction, […]
Azure – General availability: Windows Server guest licensing offer for Azure Stack HCI
Bring simplicity and flexibility to licensing when you purchase unlimited Windows Server guest licenses for your Azure Stack HCI cluster through your Azure subscription. Read More for the details.
Azure – Public preview: App Service – Configure networking in Azure Portal during app creation
VNet integration and private endpoints options now configurable when creating a web application. Read More for the details.
Azure – General availability: App Service – Networking capabilities added to Basic pricing tier
Virtual network integration and private endpoints now supported in Basic pricing tier. Read More for the details.
GCP – Meet the people of Google Cloud: Jim Hogan, driving innovation through inclusion
Editor’s note: Jim Hogan is both the Principal Innovation Strategist at Google Cloud, and the VP of Accessibility in Technology for Google’s Disability Alliance. Being autistic, he’s faced severe challenges in finding belonging in the workplace. This experience fires his passion for workplace equity on many fronts. It also informs his technical work of aligning […]
GCP – Vaccinating a nation: Vaccination app delivery in 30 days with Cloud Spanner
As the most specialized provider of cloud computing solutions in Poland, Chmura Krajowa (OChK) works to accelerate the digital transformation of Polish businesses and public institutions. In November 2020, the Polish government handed us a formidable challenge: starting from scratch and within 30 days, design and deploy an application to help vaccinate every citizen in […]
GCP – Data visibility challenges? Manufacturer Spotlight ’22 is coming May 5
At Google Cloud, our mission is to accelerate manufacturers’ digital transformation by bridging data silos, and turning every engineer into a data scientist with easy-to-use AI technologies and an industry data platform. Manufacturers across all domains, from discrete manufacturing to energy and supply chain, are adopting Google’s products and purpose-built industry solutions because of their […]