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GCP – Accelerating MPI applications using Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC)
At Google, we are constantly improving the performance of our network infrastructure. We recently introduced Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC), a virtual network interface designed specifically for Compute Engine. gVNIC is an alternative to the VirtIO-based Ethernet driver. It is tightly integrated with our high performance, flexible Andromeda virtual network stack and is required to enable […]
GCP – Using AI to transform traditional approaches to online learning
The combination of a vital need for IT experts among businesses and a digital skills gap is making lifelong learning increasingly critical. Beyond professional development, learning new skills offers additional rewards from building peer connections to boosting your creativity. That’s why in 2020 Krishna Deepak Nallamilli and I launched KIMO.ai to reimagine how people approach […]
AWS – Amazon Chime SDK announces messaging channel flows
The Amazon Chime SDK lets developers add real-time audio, video, screen share, and messaging capabilities to their web or mobile applications. Starting today, the Amazon Chime SDK allows developers to execute business logic on in-flight messages before they are delivered to members of a messaging channel with channel flows. Using channel flows you can create […]
GCP – Expanding our partnership with NetApp to make cloud migration easier
As organizations continue to evolve to meet the needs of their stakeholders, they are increasingly looking to adopt the cloud and digitally transform their business. Since our partnership with NetApp began in 2018, we’ve been focused on delivering the infrastructure, tools, and services to help customers on their cloud migration journey and benefit from their […]
GCP – In the changing world of healthcare, Hackensack Meridian Health brings Chrome Enterprise on the journey
Editor’s note:Today’s post is by Mark Eimer, Senior Vice President, associate CIO, and Chief Technology Officer, Hackensack Meridian Health (HMH), a New Jersey network of 17 hospitals with 36,000 employees. Hackensack Meridian Health has made significant progress in its cloud adoption journey by standardizing on Chrome browser, Google Workspace, and Chrome OS with Citrix and […]
AWS – Amazon Corretto October Quarterly Updates
On October 19th, Amazon announced quarterly security and critical updates for Amazon Corretto Long-Term Supported (LTS) versions. Corretto 11.0.13 and 8.312 are now available for download. Amazon Corretto 17 updates will be available shortly after the release is tagged in the OpenJDK 17 repository. Amazon Corretto is a no-cost, multi-platform, production-ready distribution of OpenJDK. Read More […]
AWS – Bulk Editing of OpsItems in AWS Systems Manager OpsCenter
AWS Systems Manager now supports bulk editing of work items within OpsCenter. Read More for the details.
GCP – Cloud Spanner connectivity using JetBrains IDEs
If you are a developer working on an application backed by Google Cloud Spanner and use an IDE from the JetBrains suite of developer tools, we’ve got some good news for you! You can now browse the database schema and query data stored in Cloud Spanner directly from your JetBrains IDE. In this post, I […]
AWS – Announcing AWS Data Exchange for Amazon Redshift (Preview)
We are announcing the public preview of AWS Data Exchange for Amazon Redshift, a new feature that enables customers to find and subscribe to third-party data in AWS Data Exchange that they can query in an Amazon Redshift data warehouse in minutes. Data providers can list and offer products containing Amazon Redshift data sets in the AWS […]
AWS – AWS Pricing Calculator now supports Amazon CloudFront
Amazon CloudFront is now supported by the AWS Pricing Calculator. Estimate the cost of CloudFront workloads, which primarily includes costs associated with data transfer and requests. Apart from providing tips to estimate the number of requests based on your data transfer volume, the calculator gives you a granular view of costs across different usage tiers […]