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GCP – Using TFX inference with Dataflow for large scale ML inference patterns
In part I of this blog series we discussed best practices and patterns for efficiently deploying a machine learning model for inference with Google Cloud Dataflow. Amongst other techniques, it showed efficient batching of the inputs and the use of shared.py to make efficient use of a model. In this post, we walk through the […]
AWS – Amazon Connect reduces telephony rates in Cyprus, Belgium, and Portugal
Amazon Connect reduces telephony rates for 3 countries in Europe: Cyprus, Belgium and Portugal. Starting April 1st, Amazon Connect, an easy to use omnichannel contact center service, decreased the following telephony rates in the EU (Frankfurt) and EU (London) regions: Read More for the details.
AWS – AWS Network Firewall is now available in ten more regions
Starting today, AWS Network Firewall is available in the following ten additional regions: Africa (Cape Town) Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) Asia Pacific (Osaka) Asia Pacific (Seoul) Canada (Central) Europe (Milano) Europe (Paris) Middle East (Bahrain) South America (São Paulo) US West (N. California) Read More for the details.
Azure – Microsoft Azure Web PubSub service now in public preview
Easily build large-scale real-time messaging applications with WebSockets without the need to manage backend infrastructure. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon RDS for SQL Server Now Supports High Availability in AWS Asia Pacific (Osaka) Region
Amazon RDS for SQL Server now supports Multi-AZ in the AWS Asia Pacific (Osaka) Region. This new high availability option leverages SQL Server Database Mirroring (DBM) or Always On Availability Groups (AGs) technology. Multi-AZ helps you meet the requirements of enterprise-grade production workloads running on SQL Server. The Multi-AZ deployment option provides enhanced availability and […]
AWS – AWS Snow Family now enables you to order, track, and manage long-term pricing Snow jobs
AWS Snow Family now enables you to order, track, and manage long-term pricing Snowball Edge jobs directly from the console or via APIs. Many Snowball Edge customers deploy Snowball Edge devices for one or more years. By paying the device fees upfront, Snowball Edge’s long-term pricing options enable you to use Snowball Edge devices for […]
AWS – Amazon Redshift announces support for hierarchical data queries with Recursive CTE
Amazon Redshift, a fully-managed cloud data warehouse, now adds support for Recursive Common Table Expression (CTE). Starting today, you can use a Recursive CTE on your Redshift cluster to query hierarchical data such as organizational charts where employees reports to other employees (managers), or multi-level product orders where a product consists of many components, which […]
AWS – AWS Instance Scheduler v1.4 adds support for multiple stack deployments and GovCloud US Regions
We’re excited to announce that we’ve updated AWS Instance Scheduler, a reference implementation that makes it easier for customers to control their AWS compute resource capacity and cost by configuring start and stop schedules for their Amazon EC2 and RDS instances. Read More for the details.
AWS – New digital course: Amazon Elastic Block Store Primer
We’re excited to announce an intermediate, 150-minute, digital course: Amazon Elastic Block Store Primer. This free course provides an overview of Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS), and explores how to balance cost and performance using different volume types. Designed for cloud architects, storage architects, and operations engineers, it includes interactive lessons, a self-paced lab, […]
AWS – AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry adds support for AWS managed Lambda Layer and other features
Today, AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry (ADOT) adds support for an AWS managed Lambda layer in Java, node.js, and Python, providing a simple getting started experience for customers to add the OpenTelemetry SDK and Collector into their AWS Lambda functions for collecting trace data. In addition, ADOT has added support for AWS Systems Manager agent, enabling […]