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GCP – Google named a Leader in 2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud Infrastructure and Platform Services again
For the fourth consecutive year, Gartner has positioned Google as a Leader in the 2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud Infrastructure and Platform Services (formerly titled as Magic Quadrant for Cloud Infrastructure as a Service upto 2014 Infrastructure as a Service, or (IaaS). With our customers and communities adjusting to new ways of working and […]

AWS – New AWS Solutions Implementation: SQL-based ETL with Apache Spark on Amazon EKS
You can now set up SQL-Based ETL with Apache Spark on Amazon EKS. This solutions implementation provides declarative data processing support, codeless extract-transform-load (ETL) capabilities, and workflow orchestration automation to help data scientists and analysts access their data and create meaningful insights without the need for manual IT processes. Read More for the details.

GCP – Building a unified analytics data platform on Google Cloud
Every company these days is becoming a data company whether they know it or not. This results in preparing the company to create an ecosystem for data processing. Traditionally, organisations’ data ecosystems consisted of point solutions that used to provide data services. For example, one of the most common questions we get from customers is, […]

GCP – New histogram features in Cloud Logging to troubleshoot faster
Visualizing trends in your logs is critical when troubleshooting an issue with your application. Using the histogram in Logs Explorer, you can quickly visualize log volumes over time to help spot anomalies, detect when errors started and see a breakdown of log volumes. But static visualizations are not as helpful as having more options for […]

GCP – Transforming a Fortune 500 Alc-Bev Firm into a Nimble e-Commerce leader
Editor’s note: Today we’re hearing from Ryan Mason, Director, Head of DTC Growth & Strategy, at alcoholic beverage firm, Constellation Brands on the company’s shift to Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) sales and how Google Cloud’s powerful technology stack helped with this transformation. It’s no secret that consumer businesses have been up-ended in a lasting manner after 18 […]

GCP – Consume services faster, privately and securely – Private Service Connect now in GA
At Google Cloud, we believe in making it simple and secure to consume services whether they’re from Google, a third party or customer-owned. With Private Service Connect, we have adopted a service-centric approach to our network that abstracts the underlying networking infrastructure. And today, we are announcing Private Service Connect is generally available in all […]

AWS – AWS Data Streaming Solution for Amazon MSK adds support for AWS IAM to streamline access control management
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. Read More for the details.

GCP – Unlocking new ways to collaborate with Google Workspace and Miro
While many of us are navigating the shift to hybrid work, every team’s experience is unique. Distributed work is taking many different forms—from the fully remote to a specific mix of in-person and in-office—but there are potential gaps across all the places that people work. Google Workspace helps teams bridge these gaps by providing tools […]

AWS – Announcing Amplify Geo (Developer Preview) for AWS Amplify
Amplify Geo enables developers to quickly add location-aware features to their frontend web and mobile applications. Extending existing Amplify capabilities, Amplify Geo includes a set of abstracted client libraries built on top of Amazon Location Service, pre-integrated map UI components (based on the popular MapLibre open-source library) and it updates the Amplify Command Line Interface […]
AWS – Amazon Redshift extends Automatic Table Optimization to support Column Compression Encoding
Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com company (NASDAQ: AMZN), extends Automatic Table Optimization to modify column compression encodings. This new capability maintains the optimal compression encodings in Amazon Redshift database tables on an ongoing basis to achieve high performance and reduce the storage utilization. By using automation to manage column compression, customers can ensure […]