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GCP – Google Cloud unveils Vertex AI, one platform, every ML tool you need
Today at Google I/O, we announced the general availability of Vertex AI, a managed machine learning (ML) platform that allows companies to accelerate the deployment and maintenance of artificial intelligence (AI) models. Vertex AI requires nearly 80% fewer lines of code to train a model versus competitive platforms1, enabling data scientists and ML engineers across […]

Azure – Azure Stream Analytics: 5 new regions are now generally available
Azure Stream Analytics is a fully managed, real-time analytics service designed to help you analyze and process fast moving streams of data that can be used to get insights, build reports, or trigger alerts and actions. The service is now available in 5 new regions. Read More for the details.

Azure – Generally available: Azure Health Bot adds new regions and languages for it’s systems checker
Azure Health Bot’s new regions empower customers to build critical business applications by hosting database in the same region as the application stack and close to customers for better performance. Read More for the details.

GCP – With new geothermal project, it’s full steam ahead for 24/7 carbon-free energy
When Google announced our plan to go beyond purchasing renewable power for 100% of our energy usage and operate on 24/7 carbon-free energy by 2030, we noted that achieving this goal will require new transaction structures, advancements in clean energy policy, and innovative new technologies. Today, we’re pleased to announce that one of these new […]

AWS – Announcing general availability of AWS Application Migration Service
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced the general availability of AWS Application Migration Service (AWS MGN), a new service that enables organizations to move applications to AWS without making changes to the applications, their architecture, or the migrated servers. AWS Application Migration Service is the primary migration service recommended for lift-and-shift migrations to AWS. Customers currently […]

AWS – AWS Amplify Hosting announces server-side rendering (SSR) support for Next.js web apps
AWS Amplify Hosting now supports deploying and hosting server-side rendered (SSR) apps built with the Next.js framework with zero configuration. Frontend developers can now leverage all of Amplify Hosting’s CI/CD and hosting capabilities for deploying SSR apps. Next.js is a React framework that combines build-time static site generation (SSG) and dynamic server-side rendering (SSR) to […]

Azure – General availability: IoT Hub service API support for Azure Active Directory based access control
IoT Hub support for Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) and Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) is now generally available for service APIs. This means you can secure your service connections to IoT Hub with much more flexibility and granularity. Read More for the details.

GCP – Arming Google Workspace users and admins with advanced counter-abuse and threat-analysis capabilities
Like everything we build at Google, we created Google Workspace with security at its core to defend against threats and combat abuse, helping all of our users stay safe. With these protections, we enable IT admins to defend against attackers who are always looking for new vectors to exploit. To ensure we’re giving admins the […]

GCP – Transforming collaboration in Google Workspace
After more than a year of remote collaboration, many people are showing signs of digital fatigue. Throughout the pandemic, millions of employees bridged the physical distances with their colleagues by making themselves more available, joining a deluge of virtual meetings, and leaning into a dizzying array of tools and applications. As part of our mission […]
AWS – AWS Elemental MediaConnect adds CDI and JPEG XS support
Today, we are excited to announce support for AWS Cloud Digital Interface (AWS CDI) flows in AWS Elemental MediaConnect. A MediaConnect CDI flow allows you to build uncompressed video workflows in the AWS Cloud, using MediaConnect to link different products and services together into a virtualized live video production system. With MediaConnect CDI flows, you […]