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GCP – And the winners are… Announcing the first-ever Google Cloud Customer Awards
Today, on the eve of Next ‘21, we’re thrilled to announce the winners of our inaugural Google Cloud Customer Awards, recognizing the most innovative, technically advanced and transformative cloud deployments from around the globe built on our platform. These awards come at a particularly challenging time for businesses. Consumers’ buying habits are shifting. Organizations are […]
GCP – Using the Cloud Spanner Emulator in CI/CD pipelines
In past posts, we have seen how to provision and manage Cloud Spanner in production environments and how to use the Cloud Spanner Emulator in your development workflow with a sample Node.js app called OmegaTrade. We’ve covered: The Cloud Spanner emulator’s various deployment models, Running the emulator locally with OmegaTrade, and Running the emulator remotely […]
AWS – AWS Backup adds an additional layer for backup protection with the availability of AWS Backup Vault Lock
Today, AWS Backup announced the availability of AWS Backup Vault Lock. This new feature enhances customers’ ability to protect backups from inadvertent or malicious actions. It helps customers implement safeguards that ensure they are storing their backups using a Write-Once-Read-Many (WORM) model*. Read More for the details.
AWS – New AWS Solution: Maintaining Personalized Experiences using Machine Learning
We are pleased to announce the launch of the Maintaining Personalized Experiences with Machine Learning, an AWS Solutions Implementation that provides end-to-end automation and scheduling for your Amazon Personalize resources. This solution keeps your item and user data current and manages re-training for your models to ensure that recommendations are kept up-to-date with recent user […]
GCP – Analyzing Twitter sentiment with new Workflows processing capabilities
The Workflows team recently announced the general availability of iteration syntax and connectors! Iteration syntax supports easier creation and better readability of workflows that process many items. You can use a for loop to iterate through a collection of data in a list or map, and keep track of the current index. If you have […]
AWS – Introducing New AWS Solution: AWS QnABot, a self-service conversational chatbot built on Amazon Lex
We are pleased to announce that AWS QnABot has now been released as an official AWS Solution Implementation. The AWS QnABot is an open source, multi-channel, multi-language conversational chatbot built on Amazon Lex, that responds to your customer’s questions, answers, and feedback. Without programming, the AWS QnABot solution allows customers to quickly deploy self-service conversational […]
Azure – Public preview: Dynamic concurrency in Azure Functions
Azure Functions dynamic concurrency feature simplifies configuring concurrency for your function apps. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon ECS Anywhere now supports GPU-based workloads
Amazon Elastic Container Services (ECS) now enables customers to manage containerized GPU-based workloads running on-premises infrastructure using Amazon ECS Anywhere. With Amazon ECS Anywhere GPU support, customers can deploy GPU based applications that need to remain on premise due to regulatory, network latency, data residency, or other requirements. Additionally, enterprises can make use of their […]
Azure – General availability: Azure Monitor container insights portal experience update
Refreshed experience with accessibility updates and new reliable recommended alerts & metrics for monitoring your container resources. Read More for the details.
GCP – BigQuery migrations made easy
Migrations are not easy: they take time, energy and effort to make them successful. BigQuery makes it easier with customizable tools and years of expertise to help out with your journey to the cloud. In line with our commitment to providing an open and flexible platform, we have built these migration tools following an open […]