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GCP – Simplifying API operations with AI as you scale your API programs
APIs are the backbone of digital transformation. Via APIs, you can securely share data and functionality with developers both inside and outside of your organizational boundaries, letting you build applications faster, seamlessly connect and interact with partners, and drive new business revenue. Because APIs encompass business-critical information, any downtime or performance degradation can lead to […]
GCP – Missed Google I/O? Here’s the Latest from Google Maps Platform
This year marked the first ever virtual Google I/O, and even though we couldn’t be together in person, we appreciated getting the chance to still connect with our developer community around the world. Whether you spent hours in our virtual dome in Adventure, or could only make it to a few sessions, not to worry. […]
GCP – Have a cool summer with BigQuery user-friendly SQL
With summer just around the corner, things are really heating up. But you’re in luck because this month BigQuery is supplying a cooler full of ice cold refreshments with this release of user-friendly SQL capabilities. We are pleased to announce three categories of BigQuery user-friendly SQL launches: Powerful Analytics Features, Flexible Schema Handling, and New […]
AWS – Amazon EC2 M5zn instances, with high frequency processors and 100 Gbps networking are now available in Asia Pacific (Seoul)
Starting today, general purpose Amazon EC2 M5zn instances are available in the AWS Asia Pacific (Seoul) region. These new instances are a high frequency, high speed and low-latency networking variant of Amazon EC2 M5 instances, powered by custom 2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors (Cascade Lake). M5zn instances deliver the highest all-core turbo CPU performance […]
GCP – U.S. Navy Technology with Google Cloud and STS Jumpstart Expansion Across DoD and Beyond
The U.S. Navy spends billions annually to fight rust and corrosion on its ships. Of course, this is to be expected given its vessels are largely made of steel. However, inspections of ships, aircraft and vehicles are a time-consuming and critical part of keeping the U.S. Navy at top performance. To address this issue, Google […]
GCP – Testing Dataflow pipelines with the Cloud Spanner emulator
The Cloud SDK includes a local, in-memory Cloud Spanner Emulator, which you can use to develop and test your applications for free without creating a GCP Project or a billing account. The emulator offers the same APIs as the Cloud Spanner production service and is intended for local development and testing, not for production deployments. […]
AWS – Amazon Forecast now supports generating predictions for 5X more items using 3X more historic data points
Today we are excited to announce that Amazon Forecast can now generate predictions for 5X more items using 3X more historic data points, increasing the number of items and the amount of historic information that your forecasting models can learn from and predict. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon Elastic File System now supports longer resource identifiers
Starting today, Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS) will support the use of longer resource identifiers (IDs) for newly created file systems and mount targets. You can opt into this change by using the API, Command Line Interface (CLI), Cloud Development Kit (CDK), and Amazon EFS Console. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon RDS for Oracle now supports April 2021 Release Updates (RU)
Amazon RDS for Oracle now supports the April 2021 Release Updates (RU) for Oracle Database 12.2, 18c, and 19c. The April 2021 Patch Set Update (PSU) for Oracle Database 12.1 will be launched soon. Read More for the details.
GCP – Keep your budgets flexible with configurable budget periods
TL;DR – Automation makes managing budgets easier and the Budget API now supports configurable budget time periods for even more flexibility! As if I wasn’t going to re-use this template for a terrible Python joke Even though we just walked through some of the basics of using the Budget API, there’s a new feature that’s […]