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AWS – Elastic Load Balancing simplifies your AWS bill by introducing a new billing section
We are making a change to how we present Elastic Load Balancing charges in your AWS bill and Cost and Usage Reports to make it easier for you to understand your monthly Elastic Load Balancing spend. These changes will be effective in all AWS regions beginning August 2020. Read More for the details.
Azure – The Azure IoT Node.js SDK releases a new long term support (LTS) branch
A new Node.js IoT SDK LTS branch has been released offering customers a guarantee that they will benefit from any necessary security or critical bug fixes with minimal impact to their device’s stable code. Read More for the details.
Azure – Azure SQL Database gateways changes effective September 2020
Beginning September 1, 2020, new Azure SQL Database gateways in multiple regions will start accepting traffic Read More for the details.
GCP – Google Cloud AI and Harvard Global Health Institute Collaborate on new COVID-19 forecasting model
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a tremendous impact on the world, from changing the way we live to driving extraordinary acts of human compassion. Nowhere have both the disruption and perseverance been more evident than among the front-line workers who continue to respond tirelessly. In partnership with the Harvard Global Health Institute, Google Cloud is […]
GCP – Session guide: Get the most out of Next OnAir Security Week
With new threats, constantly evolving regulations, and the need to secure increasingly decentralized environments, keeping your organization safe and compliant keeps getting more complex. This year, COVID-19 has impacted all of us in multiple ways—including in how we think about and manage security. Google Cloud Next ‘20: OnAir has a range of sessions on ways […]
GCP – Getting to know Looker: How LookML can simplify BI workflows
Business intelligence workflows at any organization can help the business make better decisions, like where to expand your company and how to most effectively deploy your resources. My work as a data analyst, open data advocate, and former lead of the Google Cloud Public Datasets Program has given me a broad view into how data […]
Azure – Upcoming billing changes to Azure Bandwidth
On a rolling basis throughout September 2020, we’ll move Bandwidth to a source–destination billing model. Additionally, metering will be divided into inter-region meter IDs. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon Personalize enhances Recommendation Filters with filtering on item metadata
Amazon Personalize uses machine learning technology perfected from over 20 years of recommender systems development at Amazon.com. With Amazon Personalize you are can personalize recommendations for products, videos, music, ebooks, ads, marketing emails, and more, for your users, without any prior machine learning experience. Read More for the details.
Azure – Azure Data Lake Storage lifecycle management is now generally available
Lifecycle management for Azure Data Lake Storage provides an automated solution for tiering down infrequently used data to cooler tiers, allowing you to easily optimize your data for both performance and cost. Read More for the details.
Azure – New regions added for Azure Blob storage object replication public preview
We have expanded the preview regions for Azure Blob storage object replication to include East US 2, Central US. You can start previewing this feature on any existing or new General-purpose (GPv2) storage accounts in those regions. Read More for the details.