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GCP – Migrating Apache Hadoop to Dataproc: A decision tree
Are you using the Apache Hadoop ecosystem? Are you looking to simplify the management of resources while continuing to use your existing tools? If yes, then checkout Dataproc. In this blog post, we will briefly cover Dataproc and then highlight four scenarios for migrating your Apache Hadoop workflows to Google Cloud. What is Dataproc? Dataproc […]
GCP – Run Data Science at Scale with Dataproc and Apache Spark
Data driven enterprises are transforming their businesses by migrating their on-prem data lakes and data warehouses to the cloud so they can enable new analytics at scale. As every enterprise looks to migrate, it’s important that IT leaders don’t forget about a key data stakeholder, the data scientist. Open source software (OSS) and libraries are […]
AWS – Amazon RDS for SQL Server now supports Always On Availability Groups for Standard Edition
Amazon RDS for SQL Server now offers Always On Availability Groups (AGs) for the Multi-AZ configuration in all AWS Regions on Standard Edition. This new high-availability option meets the requirements of enterprise-grade production workloads on SQL Server. Read More for the details.
AWS – AWS Database Migration Service now supports MariaDB version 10.5
AWS Database Migration Service (AWS DMS) has expanded functionality by adding support for MariaDB version 10.5. Using AWS DMS, you can now perform live migrations from any AWS DMS supported sources to MariaDB 10.5 databases, and from MariaDB 10.5 databases to any AWS DMS supported targets. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon Elasticsearch Service add support for Reporting in Kibana
Amazon Elasticsearch Service now supports Reporting, a new feature that enables Kibana users to generate and download reports. They can now generate reports directly from the Dashboard, Visualize and Discover panels, and export them to PDF, CSV and PNG file formats. Read More for the details.
Azure – Azure Automation is now available in UAE Central
Automate tasks across Azure & Non-Azure environment using PowerShell and Python based scripts. Read More for the details.
Azure – We’re retiring Classic Application Insights on 29 February 2024
Transition to workspace-based Application Insights. Read More for the details.
GCP – 3 common serverless patterns to build with Workflows
In January 2021, our Workflows orchestration and automation service reached General Availability. At the same time, we updated Workflows with a preview of Connectors, which provide seamless integration with other Google Cloud products. Workflows plus Connectors are a great way to design common architecture patterns that can help you build advanced serverless applications. Workflows is […]
GCP – Scale model training in minutes with RAPIDS + Dask and NVIDIA GPUs on AI Platform
Python has solidified itself as one of the top languages for data scientists looking to prep, process, and analyze data for analytics and machine learning (ML) related use cases. However, base Python libraries are not designed for large-scale transformations, creating major obstacles for data scientists seeking to deploy their code in production environments. Increasingly, ML […]
AWS – Introducing our new Solutions Training for Partners: Sales Best Practices courses
AWS Training and Certification is excited to launch the Solutions Training for Partners: Sales Best Practices digital training series. These 30-minute fundamental courses are designed to introduce AWS Partners to cloud concepts and relevant AWS solutions for services that customers leverage most to innovate and transform their business. Read More for the details.