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AWS – Amazon RDS for MySQL now Supports Minor Versions 5.6.48 and 5.7.30
Amazon RDS for MySQL has been updated to support release 5.6.48 and release 5.7.30 of the MySQL database. These releases include a number of bug fixes as well as functionality improvements. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon EMR uses real-time capacity insights to provision spot instances to lower cost and interruption
Amazon EMR introduces now offers “Capacity Optimized” allocation strategy for provisioning Spot Instances in an Amazon EMR cluster. The “Capacity Optimized” allocation strategy automatically makes the most efficient use of available spare capacity while still taking advantage of the steep discounts offered by Spot Instances. By offering the possibility of fewer interruptions, the capacity-optimized strategy […]
AWS – Announcing Cross-Cluster Search support for Amazon Elasticsearch Service for AWS GovCloud (US)
Amazon Elasticsearch Service (Amazon ES) now offers support for cross-cluster search in AWS GovCloud (US) Regions, enabling you to perform searches, aggregations, and visualizations across multiple Amazon ES domains with a single query or from a single Kibana interface. With this feature, you can separate heterogeneous workloads into multiple domains, which provides better resource isolation, […]
Azure – Azure CLI June 2020 update
The Azure CLI continues to expand with support for new Azure services. This release includes 23 new modules to manage as many Azure services. Read More for the details.
Azure – Azure Speech Services REST API v3.0 is now available
Azure Azure Speech Services REST API v3.0 is now available, along with several new features. Read More for the details.
GCP – Mitigating Web Scraping with reCAPTCHA Enterprise
As more and more businesses post content, pricing, and other information on their websites, information is more important than ever in today’s digital age. Web scraping—also commonly referred to as web harvesting or web extracting—is the act of extracting information from websites all around the internet, and it’s becoming so common that some companies have […]
AWS – Manage your AWS Identity and Access Management quotas with AWS Service Quotas
AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) administrators can now view and manage their IAM quotas through AWS Service Quotas. Read More for the details.
GCP – Princeton University’s OIT connects students, staff, and faculty with Google Cloud and Palo Alto Networks
One of the biggest challenges organizations have faced due to the COVID-19 pandemic has been transitioning from in-person to remote working, and doing it securely, reliably, and quickly. This transition can be particularly tough for higher education institutions, which have to consider flexible options for faculty, students, and staff that let them be successful from […]
GCP – How Loblaw turns to technology to support Canadians during COVID-19
The impact of COVID-19—and the shift in how we work, live, and shop—has tested every industry, and retailers in the grocery space are no exception. While hospitals and local governments have crisis plans for scenarios like what we are experiencing, few grocery store operators had fully contemplated implications of a global pandemic. While traditional grocers […]
AWS – Announcing Amazon Aurora Serverless with MySQL 5.7 compatibility
Amazon Aurora Serverless is now available with MySQL 5.7 compatibility. MySQL 5.7-compatible Aurora offers enhancements such as JSON support, spatial indexes, and generated columns, and is up to 5X faster than MySQL 5.7. Read More for the details.