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AWS – Amazon MSK provides additional EC2 M5 broker sizes for more flexibility and cost optimization
You can now create Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK) clusters using kafka.m5.8xlarge and kafka.m5.16xlarge brokers. These new broker types give customers additional options to optimize the cost and performance of high volume streaming workloads on Amazon MSK. All Amazon MSK features apply to clusters with kafka.m5.8xlarge and kafka.m5.16xlarge brokers, including two and […]
AWS – Amazon MSK now supports 3 AWS Availability Zones in São Paulo and Canada regions
You can now create Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK) clusters clusters that span three AWS Availability Zones (AZs) in the South America (São Paulo) and Canada (Central) AWS regions. When Apache Kafka topics are replicated across three AZs, customers maximize fault tolerance and Apache Kafka availability. Read More for the details.
GCP – How the Google AI Community Used Cloud to Help Biomedical Researchers
In response to the global pandemic, the White House and a coalition of research groups published the CORD19-dataset on Kaggle, the world’s largest online data science community. The goal—to further our understanding about coronaviruses and other diseases—caught the attention of many in the health policy, research and medical community. The Kaggle challenge has received almost […]
AWS – Amazon AppStream 2.0 Now Supports Drawing Tablets
Today, Amazon AppStream 2.0 adds support for drawing tablets. Drawing tablets, also known as pen tablets, are computer input devices that let users draw with a stylus (pen). With AppStream 2.0, your users can now connect a drawing tablet, such as a Wacom drawing tablet, to their local computer and use it with their streaming […]
AWS – AWS IoT Device Tester v3.1.0 for AWS IoT Greengrass is now available
AWS IoT Device Tester for AWS IoT Greengrass is a test automation tool for your IoT devices running AWS IoT Greengrass. Read More for the details.
AWS – AWS CodePipeline Supports AWS AppConfig as a New Deploy Action type
AWS CodePipeline announces integration with AWS AppConfig to enable AWS customers to deliver features and updates safely, rapidly and reliably to their applications. AWS customers can now deploy application configurations using AppConfig in a validated, controlled and monitored way and automate orchestration of these deployments across deploy stages with AWS CodePipeline. Read More for […]
AWS – AWS Systems Manager Explorer is now available in the AWS China (Beijing) Region, Operated by Sinnet, and in the AWS China (Ningxia) Region, Operated by NWCD
Today, AWS announces Systems Manager Explorer availability to customers in the AWS China (Beijing) Region, operated by Sinnet, and in the AWS China (Ningxia) Region, operated by NWCD. Read More for the details.
GCP – 15 Google Maps Platform Best Practices
Looking forward to 15 more years of collaboration, we’ve compiled 15 Google Maps Platform best practices to help you build your projects and businesses. 1. Secure your API keys Restricting your API keys helps ensure your usage of Google Maps Platform is secure. We recommend you apply restrictions to every key you generate when you […]
AWS – Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics is now available in the AWS China (Beijing) Region, Operated by Sinnet and the AWS China (Ningxia) Region, Operated by NWCD
Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics is now available in the AWS China (Beijing) Region, operated by Sinnet and the AWS China (Ningxia) Region, operated by NWCD. Read More for the details.
Azure – Ephemeral OS disks for Azure Virtual Machines (VMs) now support additional VM sizes
You now have the ability to store ephemeral OS disks on the VM temp or resource disk in addition to the VM cache (in preview). Read More for the details.