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GCP – Deploy a coloring page generator in minutes with Cloud Run
Have you ever written a script to transform an image? Did you share the script with others or did you run it on multiple computers? How many times did you need to update the script or the setup instructions? Did you end up making it a service or an online app? If your script is […]
GCP – Cloud Support API: Building a “red button” for creating critical cases
The Cymbal Group is a happy (and fictional) GCP premium support customer. They enjoy the benefits of being a premium support customer – access to a dedicated Technical Account Manager (TAM), 15 minute response time for P1 Technical support cases, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and now – access to the Cloud […]
AWS – Now launch RStudio on Amazon SageMaker using AWS CloudFormation
RStudio on Amazon SageMaker is the industry’s first fully managed RStudio Workbench in cloud. Data scientists and developers can launch the familiar RStudio integrated development environment (IDE) in a single click to build, train, and deploy models on Amazon SageMaker. You can elastically dial up and down the underlying compute resources without interrupting your work, […]
AWS – Amazon Route 53 now offers usage-based pricing for resource records above the free tier limit
Starting today, you can add resource records to your Amazon Route 53 hosted zones beyond the free tier limit using pay-as-you-go pricing. Previously, Route 53 customers could add a maximum of 10,000 resource records to any hosted zone for free. Customers who required more than 10,000 resource records in a hosted zone had to contact […]
Azure – Public preview: Arm64-based Azure VMs can deliver up to 50% better price-performance
New general-purpose and memory-optimized Azure Virtual Machines, which feature Ampere Altra Arm-based processors, deliver even better price-performance than comparable x86-based Azure Linux Virtual Machines. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon RDS Proxy now supports PostgreSQL major version 13
Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) Proxy now supports Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL and Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL – Compatible edition major version 13. PostgreSQL 13 includes many new features and performance enhancements such as de-duplication of B-tree index entries, improved performance for queries that use partitioned tables, better query planning when using extended statistics, parallelized vacuuming […]
AWS – Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager is now available in the AWS Asia Pacific (Jakarta) Region
Today, we are announcing the availability of Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager in the AWS Asia Pacific (Jakarta) Region. Read More for the details.
AWS – AWS releases version 2.0 of the Amazon Pinpoint API for expanded support of SMS and voice channels
In addition to the existing Amazon Pinpoint console capabilities, the Amazon Pinpoint API 2.0 provides customers increased control over their SMS and voice sending and configuration. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon Connect now supports scheduled syncs of Zendesk knowledge articles
Amazon Connect now supports scheduled syncs of Zendesk for its AppIntegrations data service. AppIntegrations 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 Zendesk to download knowledge articles via scheduled syncs and surface them in the Amazon Connect agent […]
AWS – Amazon EKS, Amazon EKS Distro, and Amazon EKS Anywhere now support Kubernetes version 1.22
You can now use Amazon EKS, Amazon EKS Distro and Amazon EKS Anywhere to run Kubernetes version 1.22. Highlights of Kubernetes version 1.22 release includes external credential providers, server-side apply, and bound service account token volumes graduating to stable, and warning mechanisms for deprecated API usage. You can find more details about Kubernetes 1.22 release in the […]