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AWS – AWS CloudFormation Modules are now available in AWS GovCloud (US)
AWS CloudFormation Modules are now available in AWS GovCloud (US). A Module encapsulates one or more AWS or Non-AWS resources and their configurations for reuse across your organization. Read More for the details.
AWS – AWS Lambda now supports SASL/PLAIN authentication for functions triggered from self-managed Apache Kafka
AWS Lambda functions that are triggered from self-managed Apache Kafka topics can now access usernames and passwords secured by AWS Secrets Manager using SASL/PLAIN, a simple username/password authentication mechanism that is typically used with TLS for encryption to implement secure authentication. This is in addition to SASL/SCRAM, which is already supported on Lambda. To get started, customers […]
GCP – Use Vertex Pipelines to build an AutoML classification end-to-end workflow
Introduction This post shows how you can use Vertex Pipelines to build an end-to-end ML workflow. The workflow trains a custom model using AutoML; evaluates the accuracy of the trained model; and if the model is sufficiently accurate, deploys it to Vertex AI for serving. Vertex AI and Vertex Pipelines The recently-launched Vertex AI is […]
GCP – Cloud SQL for SQL Server: Database administration best practices
Cloud SQL for SQL Serveris a fully-managed database service that makes it easy to set up, maintain and administer SQL Server databases on Google Cloud Platform. While Cloud SQL reduces much of the operational toil, the SQL Server Databases running on Cloud SQL still require administration in order to perform optimally. This blog covers key […]
Azure – Limited Preview: New Azure VMs for confidential workloads
New DCsv3 and DCdsv3-series Azure Virtual Machines transform the state-of-the-art for confidential workloads Read More for the details.
GCP – Dataflow, the backbone of data analytics
Data is generated in real-time from websites, mobile apps, IoT devices,and other workloads. Capturing, processing and analyzing this data is a priority for all businesses. But, data from these systems is not often in the format that is conducive for analysis or for effective use, by downstream systems. That’s where Dataflow comes in! Dataflow is […]
GCP – Improve online-to-offline experiences with Google Maps Platform retail solutions
We all experienced, first hand, how Covid-19 has impacted the world and our communities. Last year, store closures, reduced hours, and social-distancing requirements drove people to adopt more e-commerce options, which, according to eMarketer, grew 27.6% worldwide in 2020. Meanwhile, consumer desires to shop locally also grew with Google searches for “____ near me” up […]
GCP – ATB Financial boosts SAP data insights and business outcomes with BigQuery
When ATB Financial decided to migrate its vast SAP landscape to the cloud, the primary goal was to focus on things that matter to customers as opposed to IT infrastructure. Based in Alberta, Canada, ATB Financial serves over 800,000 customers through hundreds of branches as well as digital banking options. To keep pace with competition […]
Azure – Public preview: Azure Automanage now supports Arc enabled servers
Now you can automatically onboard your Arc enabled servers to best practice Azure management services using Azure Automanage, saving time and manual management effort. Read More for the details.
AWS – Support for HDR10+ for HEVC outputs is now available with AWS Elemental MediaConvert
AWS Elemental MediaConvert has added support for HDR10+ metadata analysis and insertion. HDR10+ is a technology that further enhances HDR video with dynamic color metadata for viewing devices to adjust automatically on a scene-by-scene basis. Using MediaConvert you now have the option to perform a HDR10+ analysis on your HDR10 content and then to insert the resulting […]