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AWS – AWS Glue Streaming ETL jobs support reading records in the Apache Avro format
Streaming extract, transform, and load (ETL) jobs in AWS Glue can now read data encoded in the Apache Avro format. Previously, streaming ETL jobs could read data in the JSON, CSV, Parquet, and XML formats. With the addition of Avro, streaming ETL jobs now support all the same formats as batch AWS Glue jobs. Read […]
AWS – Amazon CloudWatch Synthetics launches Recorder to generate user flow scripts for canaries
Amazon launches CloudWatch Synthetics Recorder, a Chrome browser extension, to help you create canaries more easily. The Recorder records your click and type actions on a website and automatically generates a script that you can use to create a canary that follows the same user click and type actions. Read More for the details.
AWS – New course for Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)
We are excited to announce the launch of a new three-day classroom course, Running Containers on Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS), which teaches practical, in-depth skills for managing containers. Read More for the details.
GCP – Making your new normal safer with reCAPTCHA Enterprise
Traffic from both humans and bots are at record highs. Since March 2020, reCAPTCHA has seen a 40% increase in usage – businesses and services that previously saw most of their users in person have shifted to online-first or online-only. This increased demand for online services and transactions can expose businesses to various forms of […]
AWS – New AWS Solutions Consulting Offer – Jira Service Desk Data Center Implementation
Jira Service Desk Data Center Implementation is an AWS Solutions Consulting Offer delivered via a consulting engagement from Cprime, an AWS DevOps Competency Partner. Jira Service Desk Data Center Implementation provides Jira Service Desk Data Center IT service management software with high availability and performance at scale. Customers that request this consulting offer will participate […]
AWS – AWS End of Support Migration Program for Windows Server now available as a self-serve solution for customers
AWS End of Support Migration Program (EMP) for Windows Server provides the tooling to migrate your legacy applications from Windows Server 2003, 2008, and 2008 R2 to newer, supported versions on AWS, without any refactoring. Read More for the details.
AWS – AWS Purchase Order Management is now generally available
AWS Purchase Order Management gives you the ability to define and manage your purchase orders (“POs”) for AWS services in a way that meets your business needs. You can manage your PO information from your AWS Billing Console, configure multiple POs, and define the rules of how POs map to your AWS invoices. You can […]
GCP – Prevent planned downtime during the holiday shopping season with Cloud SQL
Routine database maintenance is a way of life. Updates keep your business running smoothly and securely. And with a managed service, like Cloud SQL, your databases automatically receive the latest patches and updates, with significantly less downtime. But we get it: Nobody likes downtime, no matter how brief. That’s why we’re pleased to announce that […]
GCP – New Dataproc optional components support Apache Flink and Docker
Google Cloud’s Dataproc lets you run native Apache Spark and Hadoop clusters on Google Cloud in a simpler, more cost-effective way. In this blog, we will talk about our newest optional components available in Dataproc’s Component Exchange: Docker and Apache Flink. Docker container on Dataproc Docker is a widely used container technology. Since it’s now […]
Azure – Azure Sphere update 20.10 is now available for compatibility testing
The Azure Sphere OS update 20.10 is now available for evaluation via the Retail Eval feed. The 20.10 evaluation release includes an OS update as well as a special evaluation version of the SDK for use during this period. T Read More for the details.