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GCP – Google a leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud Infrastructure and Platform Services
For the third consecutive year, Gartner has positioned Google Cloud as a Leader in the 2020 Magic Quadrant for Cloud Infrastructure and Platform Services (formerly Infrastructure as a Service, or IaaS). As our customers and communities continue to weather uncertainty in 2020 and beyond, we’re focused on ensuring that our customers are resilient and agile. […]

AWS – New AWS Solutions Consulting Offer – Data-Lake-as-a-Service
Data-Lake-as-a-Service is an AWS Solutions Consulting Offer delivered via a consulting engagement from Cloudwick, an AWS Data & Analytics, AWS DevOps, and AWS Machine Learning Competency Partner. Data-Lake-as-a-Service is a consulting engagement that enables organizations to quickly implement business use cases. The offer relies on Cloudwick’s Amorphic solution, which accelerates enterprise data lake adoption with […]

Azure – Azure Data Explorer Kafka Connector – Improved delivery guarantees, schema registry support, and Confluent certification
Azure Data Explorer Kafka connector now supports schema registry, additional converters, "at least once" delivery guarantees, improved and configurable retries, behavior on error, and is Confluent gold certified. Read More for the details.

GCP – Introducing interactive code samples in Google Cloud documentation
The Google Cloud documentation set has a new feature that makes it easier for you to run code samples that include placeholder variables. With this new feature, you can replace the variables inline, before you even copy the snippet. When you paste the text into your editor or into the command line, the values are […]

GCP – Expanding Google Cloud’s Confidential Computing portfolio
However you use Google Cloud services, your data is your data. Our layered approach to security proactively protects your data and gives you control on your terms. In fact, at Google we believe the future of computing will increasingly shift to private, encrypted services where users can be confident that their data is not being […]

GCP – Google Cloud API Gateway is now available in public beta
We see developers increasingly adopting serverless capabilities that allow them to concentrate on application code and testing, without worrying about infrastructure set up and scaling. By incorporating serverless architectures and best practices, developers are able to deliver world-class applications and services faster to customers as digital becomes the first and most preferred choice of interacting […]

GCP – Accelerate digital transformation with business application platform
2020 has been among the most disruptive years business leaders have ever confronted, with many enterprises absorbing several years of digital transformation over just a few months. These ongoing efforts have not been easy, with numerous organizations finding their existing resources and workflows won’t scale and don’t allow them to move quickly or responsively enough. […]

AWS – AWS AppSync simplifies GraphQL query prototyping in the AWS Console with GraphiQL Explorer and Cognito integration improvements
Today we are making it easier to create, prototype and test GraphQL queries directly in the AWS AppSync GraphQL Console. Read More for the details.

AWS – AWS Launch Wizard now supports SAP deployments with SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 and 12 SP5
AWS Launch Wizard now allows customers to deploy SAP workloads using SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5. Read More for the details.
AWS – Meetings readiness checker APIs help developers ensure that end-users can join Amazon Chime SDK meetings from their devices
Starting today, developers using the Amazon Chime SDK can help their application end-users test their device before they try to join a meeting. New meeting readiness checker APIs in the Amazon Chime SDK for JavaScript can help verify access to audio and video devices and confirm that users can reach the Amazon Chime service from […]