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AWS – Introducing Autoscaling in AWS Glue jobs (Preview)
Autoscaling in AWS Glue jobs is now available in preview. AWS Glue 3.0 can now dynamically scale resources up and down based on the workload, for both batch and streaming jobs. With autoscaling, you no longer need to worry about over-provisioning resources for jobs, spend time optimizing the number of workers, or pay for idle […]
AWS – AWS announces phone number enrichments for Amazon Fraud Detector Models
We are excited to announce the launch of phone number enrichments for Amazon Fraud Detector machine learning (ML) models. Amazon Fraud Detector (AFD) is a fully managed service that makes it easy to identify potentially fraudulent online activities, such as the creation of fake accounts or online payment fraud. Using ML under the hood and based […]
GCP – Apigee 2021: A year of innovations
Apigee is committed to continually innovating new capabilities and solutions for our customers, and 2021 saw new product launches, partnerships, and best practices for managing your expanding range of business-critical use cases. Here are some of our favorite stories from 2021. Spotting the trends in APIs Our State of API Economy 2021 Report surveyed over […]
GCP – A cloud built for developers — 2021 year in review
2021 was a seminal year for software developers. Every company accelerated their digital and online efforts, while simultaneously moving to remote development. Innovation by driving developer productivity was top of mind for nearly every IT executive we spoke to. Many asked us about Alphabet’s long track record of innovation. From Google search to Waymo’s driverless […]
AWS – AWS Secrets Manager now automatically enables SSL connections when rotating database secrets
AWS Secrets Manager now transparently supports SSL connections when rotating database secrets for Amazon RDS MySQL, MariaDB, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB. You can now enforce SSL to be always enabled for these databases, without first modifying AWS Lambda resources provided by AWS Secrets Manager. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon Connect Chat user interface now supports browser notifications for your customers
The Amazon Connect Chat user interface now supports browser notifications through your customers’ web browser, improving customer satisfaction by letting the customer know when the agent has responded to their message. When your customer receives a new chat message while in another application or browser window, they will receive a notification through their web browser […]
AWS – Amazon S3 on Outposts launches in AWS GovCloud (US) Regions
Amazon S3 on Outposts is now available in both AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. The expansion into the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions allows U.S. government agencies and contractors to move sensitive workloads onto their AWS Outposts by addressing their specific regulatory and compliance requirements for object storage. Read More for the details.
GCP – Cloud CISO Perspectives: December 2021
This is our last Cloud CISO Perspectives of 2021. It’s been an eventful year for the cybersecurity industry, both good and bad, and I welcome the opportunities and challenges we will continue to address together in 2022. In this final post, I’ll share the latest updates from the Google Cybersecurity Action Team, new reports from […]
GCP – Google Cloud Data Analytics 2021: The year in review
As I look back on 2021 I’m proud to see a fast growing number of companies use our data platform to unlock new insights, build new business models and help improve their employees’ and their customers’ experience. Data itself is just inactive information, useless without activation. The true power of data comes when it’s being […]
GCP – A year in review: Advancements in infrastructure at Google Cloud
This past year brought both new challenges and successes for our customers around the world. We thought life was going to return to normal… and then it didn’t. Despite the uncertainty, it was exciting to see customers make huge transformations in when, where, and how they run their businesses, with cloud infrastructure as a major […]