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GCP – Streamline your ML training workflow with Vertex AI
At one point or another, many of us have used a local computing environment for machine learning (ML). That may have been a notebook computer or a desktop with a GPU. For some problems, a local environment is more than enough. Plus, there’s a lot of flexibility. Install Python, install JupyterLab, and go! What often […]

AWS – Announcing Global Clusters for Amazon DocumentDB (with MongoDB compatibility)
Amazon DocumentDB (with MongoDB compatibility) is a fast, scalable, highly available, and fully managed document database service that supports MongoDB workloads. As a document database, Amazon DocumentDB makes it easy to store, query, and index JSON data at scale. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL Supports New Minor Versions 13.2, 12.6, 11.11, 10.16, 9.6.21, and 9.5.25 in AWS GovCloud (US) Regions
Following the announcement of updates to the PostgreSQL database, we have updated Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL to support PostgreSQL minor versions 13.2, 12.6, 11.11, 10.16, 9.6.21, and 9.5.25. This release closes security vulnerabilities in PostgreSQL and contains bug fixes and improvements done by the PostgreSQL community. This also includes the final release of PostgreSQL 9.5. […]

AWS – Amazon Cognito now supports SMS Sandbox from Amazon SNS
Amazon Cognito now supports SMS Sandbox in Amazon SNS. Amazon Cognito makes it easy to add authentication, authorization, and user management to your web and mobile apps. Amazon Cognito scales to millions of users and supports sign-in with social identity providers, such as Apple, Facebook, Google, and Amazon, and enterprise identity providers via standards such […]

Azure – Azure Digital Twins Explorer available in public preview
Visual developer tool for exploring your digital twin is now available as a web application. Read More for the details.

Azure – General availability: Azure API Management Premium tier price reduction for incremental purchased units
After the first purchased unit, a price reduction of 50% will be applied on all subsequent units purchased. Read More for the details.

AWS – New digital course: Improve Code Quality with Amazon CodeGuru Reviewer
Learn how to leverage the power of machine learning to automatically identify critical issues, security vulnerabilities, and hard-to-find bugs during application development with our new digital course, Improve Code Quality with Amazon CodeGuru Reviewer. In this course, you’ll learn how to use Amazon CodeGuru Reviewer to identify recommendations to improve the quality and security of […]

Azure – Azure Security Center: General availability updates for May 2021
New enhancements and updates released for general availability (GA) in Azure Security Center in May 2021. Read More for the details.

Azure – Azure Security Center: Public preview updates for May 2021
Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure Security Center in May 2021. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon WorkSpaces Cost Optimizer v2.3 adds support for existing VPCs and improves billing accuracy and reporting
We recently updated Amazon WorkSpaces Cost Optimizer, a reference implementation that monitors Amazon WorkSpaces usage patterns and automatically updates the billing mode to the most cost-efficient option (hourly or monthly) depending on usage. The Amazon WorkSpaces Cost Optimizer solution saves customers time and money by autonomously managing Amazon WorkSpaces billing so customers can focus on […]