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GCP – Databases that transform businesses — What happened at Google Cloud Next ‘20: OnAir
Week 6 of Google Cloud Next ‘20: OnAir was all about Google Cloud databases and how to choose and use them, no matter where you are in your cloud journey. There was plenty to explore, from deep-dive sessions and demos to feature launches and customer stories. Across it all, what stood out is the strong […]
GCP – Using Cloud Logging as your single pane of glass
Logs are an essential tool for helping to secure your cloud deployments. In the first post in this series, we explored Cloud Identity logs and how you can configure alerts for potentially malicious activity in the Cloud Identity Admin Console to make your cloud deployment more secure. Today, we’ll take it a step further and […]
GCP – Multi-language Dataflow pipelines enabled by new, faster architecture
What do you do when your development and data science teams work in different language SDKs or if there are features available in one programming language, but not available in your preferred language? Traditionally, you’d either need to create workarounds that bridge the various languages, or else your team would have to go back and […]
Azure – Simplified Chinese language support now available in Azure Cognitive Services Computer Vision public preview
Computer Vision Read API v3.1, part of Cognitive Services, announces its public preview with support for Simplified Chinese language. Read More for the details.
Azure – Azure Sphere OS version 20.08 is now available
The Azure Sphere 20.08 OS quality release is now available in the Retail feed. This update includes enhancements and bug fixes in the Azure Sphere OS including a security update that represents a critical update to the OS. Read More for the details.
Azure – Azure Machine Learning announces output dataset (Preview)
With the new output datasets capability, write back to cloud storage and configure and register output data. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon Connect allows contact-centers to auto-resolve to the best voice
You can now configure your Amazon Connect contact-center to automatically resolve to the best sounding version of a Polly Text-to-Speech (TTS) voice. Instead of manually updating the settings within every ‘Set voice’ block, administrators can configure their contact-center once and every TTS prompt would auto-resolve to the best available voice, saving time and effort. For […]
AWS – Amazon EC2 M6g, C6g and R6g instances powered by AWS Graviton2 processors are now available in Asia Pacific (Mumbai, Singapore, Sydney) regions
Starting today, Amazon EC2 M6g, C6g, and R6g instances are available in Asia Pacific (Mumbai, Singapore, Sydney) regions. Amazon EC2 M6g, C6g, and R6g instances deliver up to 40% better price/performance over comparable x86-based instances for a broad spectrum of workloads, including application servers, micro-services, high-performance computing, CPU-based machine learning inference, electronic design automation, gaming, […]
AWS – API Gateway HTTP APIs adds integration with five AWS services
Customers can now create Amazon API Gateway HTTP APIs that route requests to AWS AppConfig, Amazon EventBridge, Amazon Kinesis Data Streams, Amazon SQS, and AWS Step Functions. With these new integrations, customers can easily create APIs and webhooks for their business logic hosted in these AWS services. Read More for the details.
GCP – How SAP customers can accelerate analytics in the cloud
These days, real-time, real-world data usually comes from multiple, disparate sources—for instance, IoT devices, messaging applications, social media, and clickstreams from web and ecommerce activity. This data is rapidly growing in variety, volume, and velocity. In a recent ESG survey, 66% of organizations report that they are managing a petabyte of data or more, with […]