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GCP – GKE operations magic: From an alert to resolution in 5 steps
As applications move from monolithic architectures to microservices-based architectures, DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) teams face new operational challenges. Microservices are updated constantly with new features and resource managers/schedulers (like Kubernetes and GKE) can add/remove containers in response to changing workloads. The old way of creating alerts based on learned behaviors of your monolithic […]
AWS – AWS Proton introduces customer-managed environments
AWS Proton now allows customers to import their existing shared resources as customer-managed environments. Customers can now create environments in AWS Proton by providing an infrastructure-as-code template that AWS Proton will provision, or by linking to their existing provisioned resources. This allows customers to start incorporating Proton in their existing infrastructure without having to recreate […]
AWS – Achieve faster database failover with Amazon Web Services JDBC Driver for PostgreSQL, now in preview
The Amazon Web Services (AWS) Java (JDBC) Driver for PostgreSQL is now available in preview. This open-source database driver allows applications connecting to Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL to minimize failover time by closely monitoring the database cluster status. Read More for the details.
GCP – Partnering with NSF to advance networking innovation
Today, we’re excited to announce our partnership with the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), joining other industry partners and federal agencies, as part of a combined $40 million investment in academic research for Resilient and Intelligent Next-Generation (NextG) Systems, or RINGS. In addition to funding, Google will offer expertise, research collaborations, infrastructure, and in-kind support […]
GCP – Turbocharge workloads with new multi-instance GPUs on GKE
Developers and data scientists are increasingly turning to Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) to run demanding workloads such as machine learning, visualization/rendering and high-performance computing, leveraging GKE’s support for NVIDIA GPUs. GKE brings the flexibility, autoscaling and management simplicity, while GPUs bring superior processing power. Today, we are launching support for multi-instance GPUs in GKE (currently […]
AWS – Introducing Performance Dashboard on AWS
Starting today, AWS customers can use the Performance Dashboard on AWS, a new open source AWS Solutions Implementation, to build, deploy, and maintain customizable dashboards designed to increase transparency between governments and their constituents around the performance of public sector services and initiatives. Read More for the details.
AWS – Alexa for Business now available on Zoom Rooms appliances
Alexa for Business is now available to run directly on Zoom Rooms Appliances, enabling customers with voice-activated control without deploying additional hardware. Users get a touch-free way to interact with Zoom Rooms and keep meetings on track by leveraging Alexa to join meetings and be reminded to wrap up when a meeting is about to […]
AWS – Amazon Kendra launches dynamic relevance tuning
Amazon Kendra is an intelligent search service powered by machine learning, that enables organizations to provide more relevant information to customers and employees, when they need it. Starting today, Amazon Kendra is giving AWS customers more control when it comes to optimizing search results for end users with the release of dynamic relevance tuning. Read More […]
GCP – Simplify your Chrome OS migration with Parallels Desktop
As businesses everywhere work to reduce overhead and shift to hybrid working models, they’re increasingly recognizing the value of Chrome OS. Earlier this year, Chrome OS was recognized as the 2nd largest operating system in the world. Unique benefits like multi-layered security, a plethora of remote management options, and easy cloud deployment make it an […]
AWS – Amazon Translate increases the size limit of Parallel data from 1GB to 5GB
Amazon Translate is a fully managed, neural machine translation service that delivers real-time, high-quality, affordable and customizable language translation. Today, we are announcing that Amazon Translate has increased the size limit of parallel data (PD) from 1 GB to 5 GB. PD is used in Active Custom Translation (ACT), a feature that gives you more […]