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AWS – Introducing SQL Explorer in EMR Studio
Amazon EMR Studio is an integrated development environment (IDE) that makes it easy for data scientists and data engineers to develop, visualize, and debug big data and analytics applications written in R, Python, Scala, and PySpark. Today, we are excited to introduce SQL Explorer, a feature in your EMR Studio Workspace that allows you to browse the […]
GCP – Data governance in the cloud – part 1 – People and processes
In this blog, we’ll cover data governance as it relates to managing data in the cloud. We’ll discuss the operating model which is independent of technologies whether on-prem or cloud, processes to ensure governance, and finally the technologies that are available to ensure data governance in the cloud. This is a two part blog on […]
GCP – Megatrends drive cloud adoption—and improve security for all
We are often asked if the cloud is more secure than on-premise infrastructure. The quick answer is that, in general, it is. The complete answer is more nuanced and is grounded in a series of cloud security “megatrends” that drive technological innovation and improve the overall security posture of cloud providers and customers. An on-prem […]
GCP – The Google Cloud DevOps Awards: Final call for submissions!
DevOps continues to be a major business accelerator for our customers and we continually see success from customers applying DevOps Research and Assessment (DORA) principles and findings to their organization. This is why the first annual DevOps Awardsis targeted to recognize customers shaping the future of DevOps with DORA. Share your inspirational story, supported by […]
GCP – Google Cloud doubles-down on ecosystem in 2022 to meet customer demand
Google Cloud has been a partner-focused business from day one. As we reflect on 2021 and look forward to what’s ahead, I want to say “thank you” to our ecosystem for all of the amazing innovations and services you provided our mutual customers over the last year. In 2021, we faced unprecedented demand from businesses […]
Azure – Generally available: Load Balancer SKU upgrade through PowerShell script
Upgrade to Standard SKU Load Balancer easily through a simple PowerShell script and take advantage of enhanced capabilities. Read More for the details.
AWS – Introducing Amazon EC2 Hpc6a instances
Amazon Web Services (AWS) announces general availability of Amazon EC2 Hpc6a instances. These instances are optimized to efficiently run compute-intensive, high performance computing workloads, such as computational fluid dynamics, reservoir modeling, weather simulations, and finite element analysis. Hpc6a instances offer up to 65% better price performance over comparable Amazon EC2 x86 based, compute-optimized instances. With […]
GCP – Using a Subflow in Dialogflow CX
One of the best practices of software development is to refactor common code into modules and then use it across your application. A key feature of Dialogflow CX is to ensure that multiple teams are able to work on complex agents. This will require that it supports reuse of common functionality across flows, not just […]
AWS – AWS Toolkit for JetBrains IDEs adds support for ECS-Exec for troubleshooting ECS containers
The AWS Toolkit for JetBrains now provides developers with convenient IDE functionality to connect to Amazon ECS containers and issue commands using Amazon ECS Exec. This allows developers to directly interact with containers, such as running commands in or get a shell to an ECS container running on an Amazon EC2 instance or on AWS […]
AWS – Announcing AWS PrivateLink Support for Amazon Lex
Amazon Lex is a service for building conversational interfaces into any application using voice and text. Amazon Lex now supports Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) endpoints via AWS PrivateLink so you can securely initiate calls to Amazon Lex V2 APIs from within your VPC and without using public IPs or exposing your traffic to public […]