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AWS – Amazon QuickSight adds comparative and cumulative date/time calculations
Amazon QuickSight now supports comparative (e.g., year-over-year) and cumulative (e.g., year-to-date) time period functions. These new functions allow QuickSight authors to quickly implement advanced date/time calculations without having to use complicated row offsets or pre-computed columns, allowing these calculations to be added in regular business reporting, trend analysis and time series analysis. For further details, […]

AWS – AWS IoT Greengrass is now available in Canada (Central) region
AWS IoT Greengrass is now available in Canada (Central) region. AWS IoT Greengrass is an Internet of Things (IoT) edge runtime and cloud service that helps customers build, deploy, and manage device software. With AWS IoT Greengrass, customers can have their connected devices run AWS Lambda functions, Docker containers, or both, execute predictions based on […]

Azure – Public preview: Multitasking in the cost analysis preview
Azure Cost Management has a new tabbed experience to streamline analysis as you drill into costs. Read More for the details.

Azure – Public preview: Azure Percept DK January (2201) software update is available
The Azure Percept January update includes fixes related to security. Read More for the details.

Azure – General availability: Azure Key Vault increased service limits for all its customers
Azure Key Vault service throughput limits have been increased for each vault, driving higher performance for your applications. Read More for the details.

AWS – AWS announces the launch of prediction explanations for Amazon Fraud Detector Models
We are excited to announce the launch of prediction explanations for Amazon Fraud Detector machine learning (ML) models, available via both the AWS Console and SDK. Prediction explanations report the impact of the predictors (or input variables) on a fraud score, which helps customers achieve greater visibility into how an ML model arrived at a particular […]

AWS – Amazon AppFlow now supports bi-directional transfer of data between SAP applications and AWS
You can now create and update records in SAP ERP (ECC, S/4 HANA) and Business Warehouse (BW, BW/4HANA) with Amazon AppFlow and SAP OData APIs using the Amazon AppFlow SAP OData connector. Today’s release builds upon existing functionality which allows customers to read data from SAP systems as a source using the SAP OData connector. […]

GCP – Managing consent in Embedded Finance
When banks and other financial institutions make their products available via non-banks, we call that Embedded Finance. Think, for example, of a retailer offering financing for people buying goods; or a budgeting app gathering bank transactions to help you categorize and understand your spending patterns. The finance – the money management – has been embedded […]

GCP – Expanding support for early-stage startups on Google Cloud
Startups are uniquely adept at solving difficult challenges, and Google is committed to partnering with these organizations and delivering technology to help them do so as they start, build, and grow. Over the past year, we’ve deepened our focus on helping startups scale and thrive in the cloud, including launching new resources and mentorship programs, […]
GCP – Google Cloud launches new dedicated Digital Assets Team
Blockchain technology is yielding tremendous innovation and value creation for consumers and businesses around the world. As the technology becomes more mainstream, companies need scalable, secure, and sustainable infrastructure on which to grow their businesses and support their networks. We believe Google Cloud can play an important role in this evolution. Building on our existing […]