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AWS – Introducing Amazon SageMaker Ground Truth Plus: Create high-quality training datasets without having to build labeling applications or manage the labeling workforce on your own
Today, we are excited to announce the general availability of Amazon SageMaker Ground Truth Plus, a new turnkey data labeling servicethat enables you to create high-quality training datasets quickly and reduces costs by up to 40%. Read More for the details.

AWS – Introducing Amazon SageMaker Training Compiler to accelerate DL model training by up to 50%
Today, we are excited to announce Amazon SageMaker Training Compiler, a new feature of SageMaker that can accelerate the training of deep learning (DL) models by up to 50% through more efficient use of GPU instances. Read More for the details.

GCP – 5 things not to do with Cloud Functions, and 5 things you absolutely should do instead
Over the past several weeks, you’ve seen a collection of the most common questions and misconceptions the Cloud Functions Support team sees about Cloud Functions. Here is a recap of these most common “anti-patterns” and what you should do instead: How to write event-driven Cloud Functions properly by coding with idempotency in mind: We explored what […]

AWS – Amazon DynamoDB announces the new Amazon DynamoDB Standard-Infrequent Access table class, which helps you reduce your DynamoDB costs by up to 60 percent
Amazon DynamoDB announces the new Amazon DynamoDB Standard-Infrequent Access (DynamoDB Standard-IA) table class, which helps you reduce your DynamoDB costs by up to 60 percent for tables that store infrequently accessed data. The DynamoDB Standard-IA table class is ideal for use cases that require long-term storage of data that is infrequently accessed, such as application […]

Azure – Azure Communication Services: Short code functionality for SMS now available in public preview
Execute high-volume SMS campaigns in seconds with easy, automated short code functionality. Read More for the details.

Azure – General availability: AKS node image auto-upgrade
AKS now handles the routine task of node image upgrade for you. Read More for the details.

Azure – General availability: AKS auto-certificate rotation
You no longer need to monitor and manually rotate non-CA certificates on the AKS control plane and agent nodes for compliance or policy reasons. Read More for the details.

Azure – General availability: Create AKS clusters without local user accounts
Disable local accounts for AKS cluster and use AAD only for more secure cluster access. Read More for the details.

Azure – General availability: Audit Logs of Azure Monitor log queries
Azure Monitor logs is announcing a new capability to collect audit logs about query execution Read More for the details.
Azure – Public preview: Measure product effectiveness with new user analytics experience in Application Insights
A new experience based on Google’s “HEART framework” helps you measure product effectiveness. Read More for the details.