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Azure – Azure Shared Image Gallery–New features are now generally available
Shared Image Gallery introduces new features to copy image versions, use disks or VMs to create image versions, and export a managed from an image version. Read More for the details.
Azure – Multiple new features for Azure VPN Gateway are now generally available
Take advantage of multiple new enhancements and features that are now generally available in Azure VPN Gateway. Read More for the details.
AWS – NICE EnginFrame releases version 2020.0 with refreshed UI and support for DCV session manager
We are pleased to announce the release of NICE EnginFrame version 2020.0. NICE EnginFrame is a powerful and easy to use web front-end for accessing technical and scientific applications on-premises and in the cloud. Read More for the details.
GCP – Extending Chrome on Windows 7 to Support our Enterprise Customers
This year has presented a lot of challenges for organizations of all sizes. Facing difficult business and technology decisions, supporting a changing work environment, and navigating uncertainty are among just a few of the issues IT leaders have faced over the course of 2020. While the past few months served as a catalyst for technology […]
GCP – Beyond COVID-19, retail looks to transform with AI/ML
The global retail industry, which has grappled with waves of change over the past decade, is facing one of its most dynamic and unpredictable periods to date. When I speak with retail executives, some are thriving, some are surviving, and some are struggling. What I have taken from these conversations is that COVID-19 has seriously […]
GCP – How AI, and specifically BERT, helps patent industry
In recent years the patent industry has begun to use machine-learning (ML) algorithms to add efficiency and insights to business practices. Any company, patent office, or academic institution that works with patents—generating them through innovation, processing applications about them, or developing sophisticated ways to analyze them—will benefit from doing patent analytics and machine learning in […]
AWS – Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics now supports the Apache Flink Dashboard
Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics for Apache Flink now provides access to the Apache Flink Dashboard, giving you greater visibility into your applications and advanced monitoring capabilities. You can now view your Apache Flink application’s environment variables, over 120 metrics, logs, and the directed acyclic graph (DAG) of the Apache Flink application in a simple, contextualized user […]
AWS – Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics now supports Apache Flink v1.11
You can now build and run streaming applications using Apache Flink version 1.11 in Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics for Apache Flink. Apache Flink v1.11 provides improvements to the Table and SQL API, which is a unified, relational API for stream and batch processing and acts as a superset of the SQL language specially designed for […]
AWS – AWS Announcing Windows Server version 20H2 AMIs for Amazon EC2
Today we are announcing the availability of License Included (LI) Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) for Windows Server version 20H2 for Amazon EC2, providing customers with an easy and flexible way to get up and running with the latest version of Windows Server Semi-Annual Channel release. Windows Server 20H2 provides the latest fixes and performance enhancements […]
AWS – Amazon QuickSight launches persistence and cross dataset filters
Amazon QuickSight launched enhancements to dashboard filtering experience. When readers slice and dice dashboards with filters, QuickSight will now persist filter selection until they return to the dashboard. Readers can pick up where they left off and do not have to re-select filters. Dashboard persistence is applicable to both QuickSight Web and the Mobile app. […]