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AWS – New AWS Solutions Implementation: AWS Innovation Sandbox
We are delighted to announce the addition of AWS Innovation Sandbox to the AWS Solutions Implementations portfolio. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon Connect now provides an improved chatbot building experience, powered by Amazon Lex V2 console and APIs
Amazon Connect now makes it easier for customers to build, deploy, and manage chatbots using the enhanced Amazon Lex V2 console and APIs. Amazon Lex allows customers to create intelligent chatbots that turn their Amazon Connect contact flows into natural conversations. Amazon Lex V2 console and API enhancements include: 1) support for multiple languages in […]
GCP – BigQuery Admin reference guide: Data governance
Hopefully you’ve been following along with our BigQuery Admin series and are well on your way to getting ramped up with BigQuery. Now that you’re equipped with the fundamentals, let’s talk about something that’s relevant for all data professionals – data governance. What does data governance mean? Data governance is everything you do to ensure […]
Azure – General availability: Azure Sphere OS version 21.08 expected on Aug 25
Participate in the retail evaluation now to ensure full compatibility. The OS evaluation period provides 14 days for backward compatibility testing. Read More for the details.
GCP – Saving the day: How Cloud SQL makes data protection easy
If you’re managing a crucial application that has to be fully fault-tolerant, you need your system to be able to handle every fault, no matter the type and scope of failure, with minimal downtime and data loss. Protecting against these faults means juggling numerous variables that can impact performance as well as recovery time and […]
GCP – Monitor and troubleshoot your VMs in context for faster resolution
Troubleshooting production issues with virtual machines (VMs) can be complex and often requires correlating multiple data points and signals across infrastructure and application metrics, as well as raw logs. When your end users are experiencing latency, downtime, or errors, switching between different tools and UIs to perform a root cause analysis can slow your developers […]
GCP – Announcing our first-ever Google Cloud Startup Summit on September 9, 2021
We’re excited to announce our first-ever Google Cloud Startup Summit will be taking place on September 9, 2021. At Google Cloud, we’re invested in helping maximize your potential using all that Google has to offer. From my experience in venture capital, mentoring founders and working in the technology industry, I know how important it can […]
AWS – AWS Systems Manager Change Manager now supports AWS IAM roles as approvers
Change Manager, a capability of AWS Systems Manager, now allows you to specify AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) role as approvers for change requests and change templates. Change Manager simplifies the way you can request, approve, implement, and report on operational changes to your application configuration and infrastructure on AWS and on-premises. Now, you […]
GCP – New Google Cloud study: Cloud adoption increasing in financial services, but more guidance needed from regulators
The financial services industry is evolving at a rapid pace, with shifting consumer expectations, new technologies, and developing regulatory requirements. Financial services firms need the right technology to help them stay agile and prepare for the future. The cloud is a key point of leverage for firms looking to improve performance across a broad range […]
AWS – AWS Snow Family now supports ML inference at the edge with Amazon SageMaker Edge Manager and AWS IoT Greengrass
AWS Snow Family now supports AWS IoT Greengrass version 2.0 or higher, which makes it easier for you to build IoT solutions and run ML inference on Snowball Edge and Snowcone devices. With support for AWS IoT Greengrass on Snow, you can now use Amazon SageMaker Edge Manager to optimize, secure, monitor, and maintain ML […]