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AWS – AWS Glue Crawlers can now be started using Amazon S3 event notifications
AWS Glue includes crawlers, a capability that make discovering datasets simpler by scanning data in Amazon S3 and relational databases, extracting their schema and automatically populating the AWS Glue Data Catalog, which keeps the metadata current. This reduces the time to insight by making newly ingested data quickly available for analysis with your favorite analytics […]
AWS – Introducing Distributed Load Testing on AWS v2.0.0
Distributed Load Testing on AWS is a solution that automates software applications testing at scale and at load to help you identify potential performance issues before their release. It creates and simulates thousands of connected users generating transactional records at a constant pace without the need to provision servers. Read More for the details.
AWS – Announcing Amazon Forecast Weather Index for Central America, Middle East and Africa
We’re excited to announce that Amazon Forecast Weather Index is now also available in the Central America, Middle East and Africa regions. Weather Index can increase your forecasting accuracy, by automatically including the latest local weather information in your demand forecasts with one click and at no extra cost. Weather conditions influence consumer demand patterns, […]
AWS – Amazon EC2 now offers Microsoft SQL Server on Microsoft Windows Server 2022 AMIs
Amazon EC2 now adds 8 new Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) with SQL Server 2019 and 2017 on Windows Server 2022. With these AWS managed AMIs, customers can launch SQL Server on Windows Server 2022 and take full advantage of the latest Windows features on AWS. The AMIs are available in four editions – Enterprise, Standard, […]
Azure – Azure HDInsight support for Azure Private Link is generally available
Enhance your security posture by leveraging Azure Private Link to connect to your HDInsight cluster privately across networks over Microsoft backbone network Read More for the details.
Azure – Azure HDInsight support for Restricted Public Connectivity is generally available
You can now create Azure HDInsight with restricted public connectivity resulting in a more secure networking infrastructure. Read More for the details.
GCP – Vint Cerf and Jim Hogan reminded me why I’m proud to work at Google
Watching Vint Cerf at Google Cloud Nextthis week discuss the impact of technology on the more than 1 billion people with disabilities was inspiring and reassuring. He talked about why building accessible products matters to him on a personal level, which reminded me of why I joined Google seven years ago, and why I’m still […]
AWS – New datasets available on the Registry of Open Data from University of Sydney, International Brain Laboratory, Taiwanese Central Weather Bureau, and others
Read below for 26 new or updated datasets from University of Sydney, International Brain Laboratory, Taiwanese Central Weather Bureau, and others are available on the Registry of Open Data in the following categories. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling now supports describing Auto Scaling groups using tags
Today, Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling announced the ability to describe Auto Scaling groups using tags. Tag-based filtering makes it easier for you to view and manage your Auto Scaling groups based on the tags that you are interested in. Each tag is a simple label consisting of a customer-defined key and an optional value. Read […]
AWS – Amazon SageMaker Data Wrangler now supports Amazon Athena Workgroups, feature correlation, and customer managed keys
Amazon SageMaker Data Wrangler reduces the time it takes to aggregate and prepare data for machine learning (ML) from weeks to minutes. With SageMaker Data Wrangler, you can simplify the process of data preparation and feature engineering, and complete each step of the data preparation workflow, including data selection, cleansing, exploration, and visualization from a single […]