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Azure – Public Preview: Azure Percept DK May (2105) software update is available
Azure Percept DK May (2105) SW update is available. The Azure Percept May update includes improvements for example to security, log rotation fixes, and provisioning experience. Read More for the details.

GCP – Discover datasets to enrich your analytics and AI initiatives
With the mission of accelerating data-powered innovation for our customers, Google Cloud has always put data first. Recognizing that various organizations within Google have robust catalogs of data available for public or commercial use, we’re delighted to introduce a more unified view of those programs– Google Cloud datasets solutions. Building upon the trends we’re seeing […]

GCP – Follow your org’s app dev best practices with Cloud Code custom samples
As an engineering leader, it can be difficult to disseminate best practices to developers in your organization. This is critical, however, as these best practices can be used as a starting point to accelerate the time-to-market for your team’s ideas. Today, we are excited to introduce custom samples in Cloud Code, our family of IDE […]

GCP – Transforming your business with the data cloud
I’m so excited to be part of Google Cloud. Data has been a longstanding part of my career and it is at the heart of business transformation. Many companies have mastered the ability to collect data and have mechanisms in place to draw on some of it to solve business problems. But most data collected […]

GCP – Datasets for Google Cloud: Introducing our new reference architecture
We are so excited by the announcement of Datasets for Google Cloud. In this blog post, I’d like to share more details about the new reference architecture that we built for a more streamlined data onboarding process for the Google Cloud Public Datasets Program. Data onboarding: Enhancing the developer experience For us, data onboarding isn’t […]

GCP – Forrester names Google Cloud a Leader in Unstructured Data Security Platforms
As organizations expand their use of cloud computing services, more of their sensitive data inevitably moves to and lives in the cloud. Much of this sensitive data is unstructured and can be challenging to secure. Despite this potential challenge, the usefulness of cloud for data storage and processing is too big for most organizations to […]

AWS – AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio Code adds Java and Go Support for Serverless Applications
Using the AWS Toolkit for VS Code, customers can now create, locally debug, and deploy Lambda functions written in Java and Go. Java users will be able to step-through debug Lambdas built with Maven and Gradle in Java 8, Java 8.al2, and Java 11, while Go users will be able to do the same with […]

GCP – Google Cloud’s contribution to an environment of trust and transparency in Europe
Google Cloud’s industry-leading controls, contractual commitments, and accountability tools have helped organizations across Europe meet stringent data protection regulatory requirements for years. This commitment to supporting the compliance efforts of European companies has earned us the trust of businesses like retailers, manufacturers and financial services providers. As part of our continued efforts to uphold that […]

AWS – Amazon Route 53 Resolver Endpoints for Hybrid Cloud Are Now Available in the Asia Pacific (Osaka) Region
You can now use Amazon Route 53 Resolver endpoints for hybrid cloud configurations in the Asia Pacific (Osaka) Region. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling Introduces Predictive Scaling as a Native Scaling Policy
Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling now natively supports Predictive Scaling so you can proactively scale out your Auto Scaling group to be ready for upcoming demand. Predictive Scaling can help you avoid the need to over-provision capacity, resulting in lower EC2 cost, while ensuring your application’s responsiveness. (Previously, Predictive Scaling was only available via AWS Auto Scaling […]