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GCP – Dataflow Pipelines, deploy and manage data pipelines at scale
We see data engineers use Dataflow for a wide variety of their data processing needs, ranging from ingesting data into their data warehouses and data lakes to processing data for machine learning use cases to implementing sophisticated streaming analytics applications. While the use cases and what customers do varies, there is one common need that […]
GCP – Automated onboarding: How USAA’s security team onboards users to GCP
Since 1922, technology and innovation have played an integral role in USAA’s ability to serve military members and their families. As membership has grown to over 13 million, the services required to meet members’ needs have also evolved. As a result, application teams across our banking and insurance businesses have turned to Google Cloud to […]
GCP – Accelerating the journey to the cloud with a product mindset
The migration of storage and computing workloads to the Cloud is increasing the pressure for CXOs to maintain a zero data footprint and accelerate the journey to the Cloud. However, this process is much more than just a technology transformation. After more than 40 years building and scaling highly efficient data centers, many organizations are […]
GCP – Get started, build and grow your Startup on Google Cloud
We understand how crucial it is for startups that are experimenting with technologies, to get the right support on this journey, build fast, optimize and scale. At Google Cloud, we want to help you build your business and partner with you at every stage of your startup journey. Elevate your startup with our how-to guided […]
AWS – Amazon Neptune now supports Auto Scaling for Read Replicas
You can now use Amazon Neptune Auto Scaling to automatically add or remove Read Replicas in response to changes in performance metrics you specify. Neptune Read Replicas share the same underlying volume as the primary instance and are well suited for read scaling. With Neptune Auto Scaling, you can specify a desired value for CloudWatch […]
GCP – Serving predictions & evaluating Recommendations AI
In this post we’ll show how to use Recommendations AI to display predictions on a live website and set up A/B experiments to measure performance. A/B testing involves creating two or more versions of a page and then splitting user traffic into groups to determine the impact of those changes. This is the most effective […]
AWS – Amazon Lex launches progress updates for fulfillment
Starting today, you can configure your Amazon Lex bots to provide periodic updates to users while their requests are processed. Customer support conversations often require execution of business logic that can take some time to complete. For example, updating an itinerary on an airline reservation system may take a couple of minutes during peak hours. […]
AWS – Amazon EC2 Mac instances are now available in seven additional AWS Regions
Starting today, Amazon EC2 Mac instances are available in Europe (Stockholm), Europe (London), Europe (Frankfurt), Asia Pacific (Seoul), Asia Pacific (Tokyo), Asia Pacific (Mumbai), and Asia Pacific (Sydney) Regions. Built on Apple Mac mini computers, EC2 Mac instances enable customers to run on-demand macOS workloads in the AWS cloud for the first time, extending the […]
AWS – Amazon OpenSearch Service (successor to Amazon Elasticsearch Service) now comes with an improved management console
We have updated the Amazon OpenSearch Service (successor to Amazon Elasticsearch Service) management console to improve your overall experience with configuring and managing your OpenSearch and Elasticsearch clusters on the service. The new console helps you create and update domains, as well helps you get information about your domains, more easily. Read More for the […]
AWS – Amazon Chime SDK media capture pipelines adds the ability to configure APIs for customizable media capture
The Amazon Chime SDK lets developers add real-time audio, video, screen share, and messaging capabilities to their web or mobile applications. With media capture pipelines, developers can capture the contents of their Amazon Chime SDK meeting and save them to an Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) bucket of their choice. Starting today developers can […]