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AWS – AWS Solutions Implementation – AWS Data Streaming Solution for Amazon MSK adds a template for you to read events and store data to Amazon S3 from a streaming application
The AWS Solutions team recently updated AWS Streaming Data Solution for Amazon MSK, an AWS Solutions Implementation that provides an automated configuration of the AWS services necessary to easily capture, store, process, and deliver streaming data. This update adds a template that accelerates development of streaming data workloads by reducing the need for you to […]
Azure – Append blob support for Azure Data Lake Storage is now in limited public preview
Applications can now create append blobs in addition to block blobs in Azure Data Lake Storage accounts and append to them using Append Block operations. Applications that need to add information to existing files efficiently and continuously can leverage append blobs. Read More for the details.
Azure – Azure IoT Central new and updated features—January 2021
January updates include jobs improvements, new API features, new data export features, and documentation enhancements. Read More for the details.
AWS – AWS Graviton2 M6g, C6g, and R6g instances now available in Asia Pacific (Seoul, Hong Kong) regions, and M6gd, C6gd, and R6gd instances now available in EU (Frankfurt), and Asia Pacific (Singapore, Sydney) regions
Starting today, Amazon EC2 M6g, C6g, and R6g instances are available in Asia Pacific (Seoul), and Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) regions. Additionally, Amazon EC2 M6gd, C6gd and R6gd instances with local NVMe-based SSD storage are now available in EU (Frankfurt), Asia Pacific (Singapore), and Asia Pacific (Sydney) regions. Read More for the details.
AWS – AWS Solutions Implementation – AWS MLOps Framework adds a model monitoring pipeline for customers to take remedial action when there are deviations in model quality
AWS Solutions has updated the AWS MLOps Framework, an AWS Solutions Implementation that now provides a pipeline for model monitoring. In addition to the bring-your-own-model pipeline, the solution offers the ability to provision multiple model monitor pipelines to periodically monitor the quality of deployed ML models on Amazon SageMaker endpoints. This added functionality is key […]
GCP – Search and browse Google Cloud code samples
We’ve added new features to our documentation to provide quick and easy ways to search and browse all code samples that are available for Google Cloud. When getting started with a new technology, are you the type of developer who immediately looks for code samples? If so, you’ll be happy to check out these new […]
GCP – Avoid cost overruns: How to manage your quotas programmatically
One important aspect of managing a cloud environment is setting up financial governance to safeguard against budget overruns. Fortunately, Google Cloud lets you set quotas for a variety of services, which can play a key role in establishing guardrails—and protect against unforeseen cost spikes. And to help you set and manage quotas programmatically, we’re pleased […]
GCP – A primer on Cloud Bigtable cost optimization
To serve the various workloads that you might have, Google Cloud offers a selection of managed databases. In addition to partner-managed services, including MongoDB, Cassandra by Datastax, Redis Labs, and Neo4j, Google Cloud provide a series of managed database options: CloudSQL and Cloud Spanner for relational use cases, Firestore and Firebase for document data, Memorystore […]
GCP – Black History Month: Celebrating the success of Black founders with Google Cloud
February is Black History Month —a time for us to come together to celebrate and remember the important people and history of the African heritage. Over the next four weeks, we will highlight four Black-led startups and how they use Google Cloud to grow their businesses. Our first feature highlights TQIntelligence and its founder, Yared. […]
AWS – Introducing Amazon EBS Local Snapshots on Outposts
Starting today, with Amazon EBS Local Snapshots on Outposts you can store snapshots of your Amazon EBS volumes locally on Amazon S3 on Outposts to meet your data residency and local data processing needs. EBS Local Snapshots on Outposts require your Outpost to be provisioned with S3 on Outposts. You can also continue to back […]