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AWS – Amazon Connect CTI Adapter for Salesforce now provides guided setup
The Amazon Connect Computer Telephony Integration (CTI) Adapter for Salesforce now provides an improved guided setup after installing the CTI Adapter AppExchange package. Customers leveraging the guided setup will accelerate the time to deploy and take the first call to minutes. In addition, each step of the guide will have contextual documentation links for additional […]
AWS – Amazon SageMaker Autopilot and Automatic Model Tuning now support more refined access control using Condition Key Policies
Amazon SageMaker Autopilot automatically builds, trains and tunes the best machine learning models based on your data, while giving you full control and visibility, and Amazon SageMaker Automatic Model Tuning (AMT) automatically finds the best version of a machine learning model for any algorithm and data set. Autopilot and AMT now support enhanced access control […]
GCP – Easy data blending, intelligent reporting leveraging Google Cloud to extend Anaplan Planning
All around the globe, organizations have had to re-evaluate their enterprise planning needs to keep up with changing demands while dealing with point solutions and data scattered across disjointed systems and sources. This re-evaluation has become even more pressing with the unprecedented levels of disruption over the past 18 months. Connected planning makes enterprises agile […]
GCP – New to ML: Learning path on Vertex AI
At Google I/O this year, we announced Vertex AI: Google Cloud’s end-to-end ML platform. There’s a lot included here, as you can see from the diagram below. Figure 1. Vertex AI overview If you’re new to ML, or new to Vertex AI, this post will walk through a few example ML scenarios to help you […]
GCP – IKEA Retail (Ingka Group) increases Global Average Order Value for eCommerce by 2% with Recommendations AI
Background At IKEA we have multiple places in our customer journey in various channels where different kinds of personalization can deliver a superior customer experience. Product recommendations in the shopping basket, content recommendations in editorial sections, inspirational recommendations on product pages and more. After a while in the broader “recommendations” team there was a decision […]
GCP – How to lower costs and improve innovation with cloud computing
There is no one way to recover. The past year has seen unprecedented challenges for business across the world, with social distancing and quarantine measures forcing many organizations to quickly adapt to remote working. A new report from BCG Platinion, titled “Finding a New Normal in the Cloud”, points out that while companies have done […]
GCP – Delivering API stability with Google Enterprise APIs
Developing and running transformative applications in the cloud requires innovative technology, infrastructure, and services. It also requires a foundation of trust and stability, so organizations have the confidence to make long-term investments on our platform. At Google Cloud, we’ve been implementing programs to enhance your trust in our platform; for example, we introduced Mission Critical […]
AWS – Amazon SageMaker JumpStart introduces new vision models for image feature vector extraction and object detection
Amazon SageMaker JumpStart helps you quickly and easily solve your machine learning problems with one-click access to popular model collections from TensorFlow Hub, PyTorch Hub and Hugging Face (also known as “model zoos”), and to 16 end-to-end solutions that solve common business problems such demand forecasting, fraud detection and document understanding. Read More for the […]
AWS – Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL supports the pg_partman extension for managing time or serial id based table partitioning in AWS GovCloud (US) Regions
Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL-Compatible Edition supports the Partition Manager (pg_partman) extension in AWS GovCloud (US) regions. pg_partman is a PostgreSQL extension that helps you to manage both time series and serial-based table partition sets, including automatic management of partition creation and runtime maintenance. pg_partman works with PostgreSQL native partitioning so users can benefit from significant performance […]
GCP – Strengthening our workplace with neurodiverse talent
My passion for neurodiversity began 10 years ago, when I became involved with Els for Autism, an organization that works with children and adults who have autism, as well as their families. At the time, I had a friend who was struggling to find resources for his son with autism. The foundation promotes acceptance and […]