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AWS – Now DynamoDB can return the throughput capacity consumed by PartiQL API calls to help you optimize your queries and throughput costs
Amazon DynamoDB supports PartiQL – a SQL-compatible query language that lets you query, insert, update, and delete table data in DynamoDB. Now DynamoDB PartiQL APIs support ReturnConsumedCapacity, an optional parameter that returns the total read and write capacity consumed, along with statistics for the table and any indexes involved in an operation, to help you optimize […]
Azure – Generally available: Azure IoT Edge tools for Visual Studio extension now supports Visual Studio 2022
Download and install the Azure IoT Edge tools for Visual Studio extension that includes latest features and .NET 6 support in Visual Studio 2022. Read More for the details.
AWS – AWS Outposts now FedRAMP authorized
Today we are announcing AWS Outposts is now FedRAMP Moderate authorized for US East (N. Virginia), US East (Ohio), US West (N. California), US West (Oregon) and FedRAMP High authorized for GovCloud (US-West) and GovCloud (US-East). Read More for the details.
AWS – Announcing new AWS Wavelength Zones in Charlotte, Detroit, Los Angeles and Minneapolis
Today, we are announcing the availability of four new AWS Wavelength Zones on Verizon’s 5G Ultra Wideband network in Charlotte, Detroit, Los Angeles, and Minneapolis. Wavelength Zones are now available in 17 major cities in the US, including the previously announced cities of Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Las Vegas, Miami, New York City, […]
GCP – How can demand forecasting approach real time responsiveness? Vertex AI makes it possible
Everyone wishes they had a crystal ball—especially retailers and consumer goods companies looking for the next big trend, or logistics companies worried about the next big storm. With a veritable universe of data now at their fingertips (or at least at their keyboards), these companies can now get closer to real-time forecasting across a range […]
GCP – DevOps for tech companies and startups: Learn from over 32,000 professionals on how to drive success with Google Cloud’s DORA research
Many technology-driven organizations and startups use DevOps as a business enabler, allowing them to bring ideas to market quickly, increase developer productivity, and increase their customer base. Adopting DevOps workflows can drive success but many companies continue to struggle with how to get started or optimize the DevOps tools they currently have incorporated. Google Cloud’s […]
GCP – How Wayfair is modernizing, one database at a time
Editor’s note: With 18 fulfillment centers, 38 delivery centers, and a catalog of more than 22 million items, online retailer Wayfair needed a way to quickly move from their on-premises data centers running SQLServer to Google Cloud—without derailing their team of over 3,000 engineers, their tens of millions of customers, or their 16,000 supplier partners.This […]
GCP – Understanding Firestore performance with Key Visualizer
Firestore is a serverless, scalable, NoSQL document database. It is ideal for rapid and flexible web and mobile application development, and uniquely supports real-time client device syncing to the database. To get the best performance out of Firestore, while also making the most out of Firestore’s automatic scaling and load balancing features, you need to […]
GCP – Patterns for better insights and troubleshooting with hybrid cloud logs
Hybrid and multi-cloud environments produce a boundless array of logs including application and server logs, logs related to cloud services, APIs, orchestrators, gateways and just about anything else running in the environment. Due to this high volume, logging systems may become slow and unmanageable when you urgently need them to troubleshoot an issue, and even […]
GCP – The future of work requires a more human approach to security
Most businesses that have adopted off-site or hybrid working models over the last two years made the change under immense pressure. The need was incredibly urgent and timing was a major factor. Now that they’ve had a chance to adapt and settle in, leaders are revisiting how their teams work in a more proactive way. […]