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AWS – Amazon QuickSight adds rich text formatting options for visual titles and subtitles
Amazon QuickSight now supports rich text formatting on visual titles and subtitles. Authors can now add rich context to their visuals by choosing from various formatting options like font type, size, style, color and style. They can also better organize the text by choosing from various alignment and ordering options. Visual titles and subtitles now […]
GCP – Unveiling a new visual user interface for Google Cloud’s Speech-to-Text API
At Google Cloud, we’re committed to making artificial intelligence (AI) accessible to everyone and easier to harness for new use cases. That’s why we’re excited to announce the general availability of our intuitive, new visual user interface for Google Cloud’s Speech-to-Text (STT) API, right in Google Cloud Console, which makes the API much simpler and […]
GCP – Don’t run all code, run only what’s changed: Optimizing IaC deployment with Cloud Build
We often use infrastructure-as-code (IaC) to deploy cloud resources at scale and store this code in source control repositories. Multi-folder repositories can be used to combine similar IaC into a single repository with following benefits: Reduced overhead of managing multiple CI/CD pipelines Better code visibility Reduced overhead of managing multiple ACLs for similar code We […]
GCP – Using AI/ML and real-time data at scale to help retailers improve on-shelf availability and ecommerce profitability
Editor’s note: We’re inviting partners from across our retail ecosystem to share stories, best practices, and tips and tricks on how they are helping retailers transform during a time that has seen tremendous change. The original version of this blog was published by Trax Retail in October 2021. Please enjoy this updated entry from our […]
GCP – Pub/Sub Lite low cost messaging, now with higher availability
When you build highly resilient data analytics pipelines, difficult trade-offs are common. Increasing reliability can come at a cost, but then pursuing low cost can mean more hands-on, operational management. The Cloud Pub/Sub team wants to give you the flexibility to optimize for cost, reliability, and level of management given your workload. So, we’re introducing […]
AWS – Amazon RDS Custom for Oracle Now Supports Oracle Database 12.1
Amazon RDS Custom for Oracle now supports Oracle Database version 12.1. Amazon RDS Custom is a managed database service for applications that require customization of the underlying operating system and database environment. With support for Oracle Database version 12.1, you can now run Oracle E-Business Suite applications on Amazon RDS Custom. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon Redshift default IAM role is now available in AWS GovCloud (US) Regions
Amazon Redshift now simplifies the use of other services such as Amazon S3, Amazon SageMaker, AWS Lambda, Amazon Aurora, and AWS Glue by allowing customers to create an AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) role from the Amazon Redshift console and assigning it as the default IAM role while creating an Amazon Redshift cluster. The […]
GCP – How to build a digital commerce platform on Google Cloud
Are you a retailer looking to create a next-gen digital commerce platform? If so, you have landed at the right place! This post describes three different ways to modernize your ecommerce platform on Google Cloud. No one way is right or wrong. You can start off on any path that works well for your team […]
AWS – Amazon EC2 customers can now use Recycle Bin to recover from accidental deletions of Amazon Machine Images
You can now use Recycle Bin for Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) to recover from accidental deletions to meet your business continuity needs. Previously, you could not recover AMIs if you accidentally deregistered them. With Recycle Bin, you can specify a retention time period and recover a deregistered AMI if needed, before the expiration of the […]
AWS – Amazon AppFlow launches Custom Connector SDK
You can now build custom connectors for Amazon AppFlow using the Custom Connector Software Development Kit (SDK). With the SDK, you can connect to private APIs, on-premise proprietary systems, and other cloud services by adding to AppFlow’s library of connectors. It is open source and available for both Java and Python. Read More for the […]