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AWS – AWS IoT Device Management increases the limit for concurrent Active Jobs to 1,000 per AWS account per region
We’re excited to announce that customers will be able to create up to 1,000 Active Jobs per AWS account per connected region. The prior limit was 100 active continuous jobs and 100 active snapshot jobs per AWS account. This new limit will apply to the total number of Jobs created – including both, continuous and […]
GCP – Compute Engine explained: Picking the right licensing model for your VMs
We recently posted a guide to choosing the right Compute Engine machine family and type for your workloads. Once you’ve decided on the right technical specs, you need to decide how to license it appropriately, what kind of image to use—and evaluate tradeoffs between your options. This is an important process as licensing decisions can […]
GCP – Google Cloud named a Leader in the 2020 Forrester Wave for API Management Solutions
APIs are a critical component of any enterprise’s digital transformation strategy. They can drive customer engagement, accelerate time to market of new services, power innovation and unlock new business opportunities. Therefore, choosing the right API management platform is critical to running a successful API program, and research from industry analyst firms like Forrester Research can […]
GCP – The best of Google Cloud Next ’20: OnAir’s Security Week for technical practitioners
Hello security aficionados! This is your week for Google Cloud Next ’20: OnAir. There is a ton of content related to security coming out this week across a wide range of topics and audiences. With that in mind, here are some sessions that I think are particularly useful for security professionals and technical practitioners: Take […]
GCP – Work the way you want, with new mobile enhancements for Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides
Whether helping healthcare workers provide care at a patient’s bedside or giving manufacturers access to critical information on the factory floor, mobile applications empower people to be productive, from anywhere. And with the recent growth of remote work, providing all employees—not just those on the frontlines—with the flexibility to work the way they want has […]
AWS – NICE DCV Releases Version 2020.1 with Printer Redirection and Support for Amazon EC2 6th Generation Instances based on Graviton2
We are pleased to announce the release of NICE DCV version 2020.1 with the following new features: Support for printer redirection on DCV Windows server and client DCV Linux server support for Amazon EC2 6th generation Arm-based Graviton2 instances such as M6g/C6g/R6g Support for RHEL 8 and CentOS 8 on Linux server Stylus support with […]
AWS – CodeGuru Reviewer now has Full Repository Analysis Support
Amazon CodeGuru is a developer tool powered by machine learning that provides intelligent recommendations for improving code quality and identifying an applications’ most expensive lines of code. Read More for the details.
AWS – AWS CodeDeploy Agent has improved compatibility for Amazon Linux 2, Windows and Ubuntu
The AWS CodeDeploy Agent now has improved memory efficiency for Amazon Linux 2 (AL2), Ubuntu, and RHEL7 and added support for Ubuntu 19.10 and Ubuntu 20.04. Additionally, stability issues on Windows Server 2019 related to Disk Cleanup have been fixed. With this release AWS CodeDeploy has included AL2 and Windows Server 2019 as officially supported […]
AWS – Live Streaming on AWS with MediaPackage now includes QVBR encoding
The Live Streaming on AWS solution demonstrates how to ingest, transcode, and deliver live streaming video with high availability and at scale. Built with AWS Elemental MediaLive and AWS Elemental MediaPackage, this solution is designed to provide high levels of resilience by using a standard MediaLive channel with dual inputs and outputs as well as […]
AWS – AWS Step Functions adds support for Amazon SageMaker Processing
You can now include Amazon SageMaker Processing in your machine learning workflows created using AWS Step Functions, allowing you to build data processing and compute steps into your machine learning workflows without leaving the SageMaker service. Read More for the details.