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AWS – Amazon Honeycode releases three new app templates that help teams manage work
Amazon Honeycode has introduced three new app templates that help you build mobile & web apps for managing work in teams – with no programming required. Honeycode app builders can now launch app templates for applicant tracking, instant polls, and collaborative brainstorming in addition to Honeycode’s existing template library. The new templates are intended for Honeycode […]

Azure – HoloLens 2 Development Edition is now available for purchase in the United States
The Development Edition combines the capabilities of HoloLens 2 with Azure, Unity, and Pixyz to empower developers to build interactive experiences and render 3D holographic content with people, places, and things. Read More for the details.

Azure – Generate Azure Functions using Azure API Management extension for Visual Studio Code
Using Azure API Management extension for Visual Studio Code, you can now generate Azure Functions. This will help you scaffold all the necessary functions for your API based on the API definitions. Read More for the details.

AWS – AWS CodeArtifact now supports resource tagging
AWS CodeArtifact now supports resource tagging making it simpler for customers to manage their CodeArtifact resources. Read More for the details.

AWS – Announcing AWS PrivateLink support for Amazon Braket
Amazon Braket now supports AWS PrivateLink, providing private connectivity between Amazon Braket, Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs), and on-premises applications. Amazon Braket is a fully managed quantum computing service that enables researchers and developers to explore quantum algorithms, test them on quantum circuit simulators, and run them on different quantum hardware technologies. Read More for the […]

AWS – Amazon Braket now supports resource tagging
Amazon Braket, the fully managed quantum computing service, now supports resource tagging, making it easy for you to manage resources effectively as you scale use of the service. Tags are simple labels consisting of a customer-defined key and value that make it easier for you to manage and filter resources. You can now add, manage, […]

Azure – PowerShell support for Server Migration with Azure Migrate is now generally available
Automate migration of VMware virtual machines to Azure using Azure Migrate and Azure PowerShell Read More for the details.

Azure – Azure Security Center—News and updates for October 2020
New enhancements and updates made to Azure Security Center in October 2020. Read More for the details.

GCP – How Mercari reduced request latency by 15% with Cloud Profiler
Editor’s note: For retailers, predicting consumers’ desires and demand is the holy grail. For retail IT, the goal is understanding the performance of your ecommerce applications. Here, Japanese online retailer Mercari shows how they used Cloud Profiler and Trace to understand a complex microservices-based application running on Google Cloud, to meet rigorous SLOs as demand […]
GCP – The democratization of insights: Empowering Data Analysts and Business Users
Today, we’re kicking off a multi-part series that looks at one of the things all businesses—regardless of geography, size, or industry—have in common: they want to be data-driven. As long as there has been data, businesses have tried to use it to better understand their customers, market, and competitors. What’s changed recently is the nature […]