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GCP – New blueprint helps secure confidential data in AI Platform Notebooks
Core to Google Cloud’s efforts to be the industry’s most Trusted Cloud is our belief in shared fate – taking an active stake to help customers achieve better security outcomes on our platforms. To make it easier to build security into deployments, we provide opinionated guidance for customers in the form of security blueprints. We […]
GCP – Take the 2021 State of DevOps survey: Shape the future of DevOps
Today, Google Cloud and the DORA research team are excited to announce the launch of the 2021 State of DevOps survey. The survey takes approximately 25 minutes to complete and we’d love to hear from you. Your answers will allow us to better understand the practices that teams are employing to improve software delivery performance […]
GCP – Cloud computing 101: Frequently asked questions
There are a number of terms and concepts in cloud computing, and not everyone is familiar with all of them. To help, we’ve put together a list of common questions, and the meanings of a few of those acronyms. You can find all these, and many more, in our learning resources. What are containers? Containers […]
AWS – Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics for Apache Flink introduces custom maintenance windows in preview
Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics for Apache Flink now supports UpdateApplicationMaintenanceConfiguration in preview. Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics periodically patches the underlying infrastructure of applications with OS and container-image security updates to meet AWS compliance and security goals during the default maintenance windows in each region. You can use UpdateApplicationMaintenanceConfiguration via the CLI or the API to choose […]
GCP – This week’s stories from Google Cloud: April 30, 2021
Here’s a round-up of the key stories we published the week of April 30, 2021. Introducing Open Saves: Open-source cloud-native storage for games Open Saves is a brand-new, purpose-built single interface for multiple storage back ends that’s powered by Google Cloud and developed in partnership with 2K. Now, development teams can store game data without […]
AWS – AWS RoboMaker announces support for Robot Operating System (ROS) 2 Foxy and Gazebo 11
AWS RoboMaker, now supports ROS 2 Foxy Fitzroy (ROS 2 Foxy), which is the latest long-term support (LTS) release for ROS 2, and its compatible simulation engine, Gazebo 11, and Ubuntu 20.04 (Focal Fossa) operating system. Read More for the details.
AWS – New Developer Desktop Feature in AWS RoboMaker Integrated Development Environment (IDE)
AWS RoboMaker has released a new feature that enables developers to open a desktop session to the IDE and run graphical tools to interact with simulations. AWS RoboMaker IDE provides a cloud robotics workspace that is preconfigured with the essential tools to start building and testing robot applications without needing to provision additional hardware. This […]
AWS – New AWS Solutions Implementation: AWS Blueprints
We are delighted to announce the addition of AWS Blueprints to the AWS Solutions Implementations portfolio. AWS Solutions Implementations help you solve common problems and build faster using the AWS platform. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon Monitron Service is Now Available in the Europe (Ireland) region
Amazon Monitron is an end-to-end system that uses machine learning (ML) to detect abnormal conditions in industrial equipment, enabling you to implement predictive maintenance and reduce unplanned downtime. It includes sensors to capture vibration and temperature data from equipment, a gateway device to securely transfer data to AWS, the Amazon Monitron service that analyzes the data […]
AWS – Amazon Connect reduces 26 rates in Latin America
Amazon Connect is announcing 26 telephony rate reductions for customers in Costa Rica, Panama, El Salvador and Colombia from the US East (N. Virginia) and US West (Oregon) regions. Read More for the details.