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GCP – Now in preview, BigQuery search features provide a simple way to pinpoint unique elements in data of any size
Today, we are excited to announce the public preview of search indexes and related SQL SEARCH functions in BigQuery. This is a new capability in BigQuery that allows you to use standard BigQuery SQL to easily find unique data elements buried in unstructured text and semi-structured JSON, without having to know the table schemas in […]
GCP – Introducing Serverless Spark for interactive development
At Google Cloud, we’re committed to helping you build an open and integrated data platform that meets your specific business needs. We believe in order to build the world you want, you need to be able to use the tools you want, on a powerful and unified platform. To that end, we’re making Apache Spark […]
GCP – How to migrate from Apache HBase to Cloud Bigtable with Live Migrations
Cloud Bigtable is a natural destination for Apache HBase workloads, as it is a fully managed service that is compatible with the HBase API. As a result, many customers running business-critical applications with large-scale data and low-latency needs consider migrating to Bigtable. However, migrating from HBase to Bigtable can still be challenging since you typically […]
GCP – Designing TIC 3.0 compliant solutions on Google Cloud
Trusted Internet Connections (TIC) is a federal cybersecurity initiative established in 2007 to enhance network and boundary security across the federal government. The initial versions of the TIC initiative established a network security baseline by requiring agencies to consolidate and monitor their external network connections. The TIC 2.0 initiative focused on securing traffic at the […]
AWS – Amazon OpenSearch Service now supports using custom dictionaries with IK Analysis plugin
Amazon OpenSearch Service now allows you to use custom dictionaries with the IK (Chinese) Analysis plugin. With support for custom dictionaries, you can use your preferred keywords and synonyms with IK Analyzer to tailor search results to suit your business needs. Read More for the details.
GCP – Teaming up with MLB for game-changing sports analytics
Editor’s note: Major League Baseball™ (MLB™) is working closely with Google Cloud to score more use cases for its massive amounts of data. Here’s how the organization is using Google Cloud services to change the game for players, fans, and broadcasters. MLB Senior Director of Software Engineering, Rob Engel, contributed to this blog. Baseball and […]
GCP – Train your organization on Google Cloud Skills Boost
Enterprises are moving to cloud computing at an accelerated pace, estimating that 85% of enterprises will adopt a cloud first principle by 2025 (Gartner®, Gartner says Cloud will be the Centerpiece of the New Digital Experience, Laurence Goasduff, November 10, 2021). There are countless reasons why enterprises are moving to the cloud – from reduced […]
AWS – AWS Amplify Studio announces new file storage and file management capabilities
AWS Amplify Studio now offers a visual interface for setting up and managing file storage resources, making it easy to store and serve user-generated content (e.g. photos and videos) from web or mobile apps. With Amplify Studio, you can easily create an Amazon S3 bucket, configure file access levels, integrate storage client libraries into your […]
AWS – AWS Lambda Function URLs: built-in HTTPS endpoints for your Lambda functions
AWS Lambda is announcing Lambda Function URLs, a new feature that makes it easier to invoke functions through an HTTPS endpoint as a built-in capability of the AWS Lambda service. You can add Function URLs to new and existing functions in a single click from the console, or in a couple of lines using AWS CloudFormation […]
AWS – Amazon Athena adds support for querying Amazon Ion data
Amazon Athena now supports data stored in Amazon Ion format, a richly-typed, self-describing format developed and open-sourced by Amazon. Amazon Ion provides interchangeable binary and text formats which combine the ease of use of text with the efficiency of binary encoding. The Ion format is currently used by internal Amazon teams, by AWS services such as Amazon […]