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GCP – Create a secure and code-free data pipeline in minutes using Cloud Data Fusion
Organizations are increasingly investing in modern cloud warehouses and data lake solutions to augment analytics environments and improve business decisions. The business value of such repositories increases as additional data is added. And with today’s connected world and many companies adopting a multi-cloud strategy, it is very common to see a scenario where the source […]

AWS – AWS announces Amazon Location Service (Preview)
Amazon Location Service is a fully managed service that helps developers easily add location data to their applications without sacrificing data security and user privacy. The service is now in preview. With Amazon Location, you can build a wide range of location-enabled applications for use cases such as asset tracking, geomarketing, and delivery management. Read […]

AWS – AWS Launch Wizard now supports SAP application software installation
AWS Launch Wizard now enables you to install SAP application software as part of the deployment process, with support for SAP NetWeaver on HANA, SAP S/4HANA, and SAP BW/4HANA. Read More for the details.

AWS – AWS Cost Anomaly Detection is now generally available
AWS Cost Anomaly Detection is a free service that monitors your spending patterns to detect anomalous spend and provide root cause analysis. It helps customers to minimize cost surprises and enhance cost controls. Read More for the details.

AWS – Cost & Usage Report Now Available to Member (Linked) Accounts
Member accounts in an AWS Organization can now set-up Cost & Usage Reports containing the specific cost and usage data for just their account. This will provide member account-level insights for cost optimization initiatives and save management account holders’ time from having to generate detailed cost and usage data for their member accounts. Read More […]

AWS – APIs now available for the AWS Well-Architected Tool
The AWS Well-Architected Tool now offers APIs that allow customers and APN partners to extend AWS Well-Architected functionality, best practices, measurements, and learnings into their existing architecture governance processes, applications, and workflows. Read More for the details.

GCP – Baking recipes made by AI
Have you ever wondered what, fundamentally, scientifically, makes a piece of cake different from a slice of bread or a cookie? Me neither. But now this important, controversial question finally has an answer, thanks to explainable machine learning. (Sort of.) In machine learning, explainability is the study of how we can make models more interpretable, […]

AWS – AWS SDK for JavaScript version 3 is now generally available
The AWS SDK for JavaScript, version 3 (v3) is now generally available and includes many frequently requested features, such as a new middleware stack and a first-class TypeScript support. It also has a modular architecture, with a separate package for each service. You can improve your application performance by only importing the packages your application […]

AWS – AWS Lambda now supports self-managed Apache Kafka as an event source
AWS Lambda now allows customers to build applications that can be triggered by messages in an Apache Kafka cluster hosted on any infrastructure. Customers can keep their existing Apache Kafka cluster as-is, and quickly and easily build Kafka consumer applications with Lambda without needing to worry about provisioning or managing servers. Read More for […]
AWS – Announcing the first AWS Wavelength Zone in Tokyo, Japan
Today, we are announcing the general availability of AWS Wavelength on KDDI’s 5G network in Japan. Wavelength allows developers to build applications that need ultra-low latency or high bandwidth for mobile devices and users on KDDI’s 5G network. AWS Wavelength is available on the KDDI 5G network today in Tokyo, and we are collaborating with […]