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AWS – Identify and Copy existing objects to use S3 Bucket Keys, reducing the costs of Server-Side Encryption with AWS Key Management Service (SSE-KMS)
S3 Inventory and S3 Batch Operations add support to identify and copy objects to use S3 Bucket Keys, reducing the costs of Server-Side Encryption (SSE) with AWS Key Management Service (KMS). S3 Bucket Keys reduce the request costs of SSE-KMS by decreasing the request traffic from S3 to KMS. You can configure your bucket to […]

GCP – Serve a TensorFlow Hub model in Google Cloud with Vertex AI
Good artists copy, great artists steal, and smart software developers use other people’s machine learning models. If you’ve trained ML models before, you know that one of the most time-consuming and cumbersome parts of the process is collecting and curating data to train those models. But for lots of problems, you can skip that step […]

AWS – AWS Lambda Extensions are now Generally Available in all commercial regions
AWS Lambda Extensions are a new way to integrate your favorite operational tools for monitoring, observability, security, and governance with AWS Lambda. Starting today, extensions are generally available in all commercial regions, with new performance improvements and an expanded set of partners including Imperva, Instana, Sentry, Site24x7, and the AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry. Read More […]

AWS – Amazon GameLift Adds SDK Support and Updates for Unreal 4.26
We are excited to announce the update to Amazon GameLift Server SDK. An AWS managed service that is trusted by some of the most successful game companies in the world like Wargaming, Ubisoft, and IllFonic, GameLift deploys, operates, and scales dedicated servers in the cloud for multiplayer games. You as a mobile game developer expect […]

Azure – Public preview: Identity-based connections in Azure Functions with latest Azure SDK triggers and bindings
Azure functions can now connect using an identity instead of a secret. Read More for the details.

Azure – Now Available: Pricing changes to Azure Sentinel and Azure Monitor to help you reduce costs
Enjoy additional cost savings with the new price changes to Azure Sentinel and Azure monitor. These changes took effect on June 2, 2021. Read More for the details.

GCP – Jumpstart your journey developing on GKE
Getting started with Kubernetes is often harder than it needs to be. While working with a cluster “from scratch” can be a great learning exercise or a good solution for some highly specialized workloads, often the details of cluster management can be made easier by utilizing a managed service offering. Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) allows […]

AWS – Amazon Rekognition Custom Labels adds support for deploying models via the Console
We are excited to announce that Amazon Rekognition Custom Labels now makes it easier and faster to deploy your trained models in Rekognition Custom Labels with a simple button click. Once your model is trained and ready, navigate to the model details page under your project, select the use model tab, and then click the […]

GCP – 5 ways Vertex Vizier hyperparameter tuning improves ML models
We recently launched Vertex AI to help you move machine learning (ML) from experimentation into production faster and manage your models with confidence—speeding up your ability to improve outcomes at your organization. But we know many of you are just getting started with ML and there’s a lot to learn! In tandem with building the […]
GCP – Cloud Firestore explained: for users who never used Firestore before
Learning to use a new database can be daunting, even more so if you don’t already have technical knowledge about databases. In this article, I will break down some database basics, terms you should know, what Firestore is, how it works, how it stores data, and how to get started using it with the assumption […]