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AWS – Amazon Elasticsearch Service announces a new lower cost storage tier
Amazon Elasticsearch Service now supports cold storage, a fully-managed storage tier that makes it easy for customers to securely store and analyze their infrequently accessed data on-demand, at a lower cost than other storage tiers. You pay for compute only when you need it. Cold storage allows you to retain any amount of data in […]
GCP – How DueDil leverages Apigee API-first approach to deliver data insights at scale
As their name reflects, DueDil provides due diligence services ranging from customer-specific risk evaluations and selections to customer onboarding and real-time risk monitoring for leading financial services, high-growth tech and insurance companies. Founded in 2009, the company helps more than 3,000 enterprise users from over 400 clients to not only understand with whom they’re doing […]
GCP – Costa Mesa Sanitary District improves manhole maintenance with machine learning
Local governments are embracing more modern and scalable ways to support their communities. In an effort to save both time and money, Costa Mesa Sanitary District (“CMSD”) used machine learning to automate and streamline manhole maintenance. Manhole maintenance is an essential part of the upkeep of cities. Manholes provide critical access points for underground public […]
AWS – Amazon EMR 6.3 now supports Apache Ranger for fine-grained data access control
Amazon EMR integration with Apache Ranger is now available on EMR 6.3, allowing you to define, enforce, and audit fine-grained data access control. With this feature, you can define and enforce 1/ database, table, and column level authorization policies for Apache Spark and Apache Hive users to access data through Hive Metastore, and 2/ prefix […]
Azure – General availability: Azure API Management updates – May 2021
A regular Azure API Management service update was started on May 5, 2021, and included the following new features, bug fixes, and other improvements. Read More for the details.
AWS – AWS WAF adds support for log filtering
AWS WAF now supports log filtering, enabling you to specify which web requests are logged and which requests are discarded from log after the inspection. You can use log filtering to keep only the information you want to analyze. Log filtering can also help you save on log delivery and storage costs by reducing the […]
Azure – Azure Purview now supports Private Endpoints in public preview
Add a layer of security and network isolation to your Purview account. Read More for the details.
GCP – College admissions offices meet recruitment goals with Deloitte and Google Cloud
Given the May 1 deadline for students to enroll, colleges and universities have been carefully watching the numbers of students who put down deposits and commit to a school. Like nearly every other sector in the U.S., colleges and universities have been hit hard by the pandemic and economic downturn, making enrollment numbers more important […]
GCP – Introduction to modern application platform for enterprises
Enterprises’ needs are evolving in parallel with the evolution of technology. While technology is catching up to meet business needs, businesses are also catching up with technology and thereby adding more opportunities. Traditional enterprises are adapting with tectonic changes and constantly reinventing themselves. In the context of so many changes, it is important to revisit […]
GCP – The cloud developer’s guide to Google I/O 2021
Google I/O 2021 may look a little different this year, but don’t worry, you’ll still get the same first-hand look at the newest launches and projects coming from Google. Best of all – it’s free and available to all (virtually) on May 18-21! You probably already know that Google I/O is where the world first […]