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AWS – Now privately connect to AWS Database Migration Service from Amazon Virtual Private Cloud
Starting today, you can privately connect your Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) to AWS Database Migration Service (DMS) without requiring an internet gateway, NAT device, VPN connection, or AWS Direct Connect connection. Read More for the details.
Azure – Azure Automation is now available in Brazil Southeast region
Automate tasks across Azure & Non-Azure environment using Powershell and Python based scripts. Read More for the details.
GCP – Dataproc cooperative multi-tenancy
Data analysts run their BI workloads on Dataproc to generate dashboards, reports and insights. Diverse sets of Data analysts from various teams analyzing data to generate reports, dashboards and insights drive the need for multi-tenancy for Dataproc workloads. Today, workloads from all the users on the cluster runs as a single service account thereby every […]
AWS – Amazon Polly launches a British English Newscaster speaking Style
Amazon Polly is a service that turns text into lifelike speech, and today we are excited to announce the general availability of our brand-new British Newscaster speaking style voice – Amy. The speaking style mimics a formal and authoritative British newsreader and it is the result of our latest achievements in Neural Text-to-Speech (NTTS) technology. […]
Azure – SQL Server Analysis Services Virtual Machine images now available
SQL Server Analysis Services Virtual Machine images (in general availability) can help make your workloads more efficient, enable an easier onboarding experience, and helps viewing your different virtual machine workloads and managing them. Read More for the details.
AWS – AWS Managed Services (AMS) now offers Infrastructure Auto-Tagging functionality
AWS Managed Services (AMS) now provides Infrastructure Auto-Tagging feature for automated tagging of AMS infrastructure provisioned for management purposes. Read More for the details.
Azure – Intel SGX based confidential computing VMs now available on Azure Dedicated Hosts
The new DCsv2_Type1 Dedicated Host SKUs add confidential computing capabilities to Azure Dedicated Hosts. The DCsv2-series Azure Virtual Machines can help protect the confidentiality and integrity of your data and code while it’s processed in the public cloud. Dedicated hosts will provide further isolation from other tenants, further enhancing the isolation aspect of secure applications […]
GCP – DORA and the shared pursuit of digital operational resilience in finance
If you are a financial entity in the European Union (EU), the new draft regulation from the European Commission on Digital Operational Resilience for the Financial Sector (DORA) is likely top of mind. DORA aims to consolidate and upgrade existing Information and Communications Technology (ICT) risk management requirements, and is also introducing a new framework […]
GCP – Forbes embraces MongoDB on Google Cloud as part of digital-first strategy
It’s often said that success is more about the journey than it is about your destination. But for a modern tech organization, just the opposite is true. Every technology journey gets judged by its outcome: Does it contribute something of value to the business? The emergence of cloud-based managed services didn’t change the importance of […]
GCP – Healthcare gets more productive with new industry-specific AI tools
COVID-19 shined a light on the heroic efforts of front-line healthcare workers. But it also highlighted some of the challenges around managing healthcare data and interpreting unstructured digital text. For healthcare professionals, the process of reviewing and writing medical documents is incredibly labor-intensive. And the lack of intelligent, easy-to-use tools to assist with the unique […]