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GCP – VESSL AI builds end-to-end MLOps platform with Google Cloud
Despite AI’s potential to drive competitive advantages, realizing its business value remains a challenge. Organizations are still struggling to move AI projects beyond experimentation, with some estimates in the last few years indicating that more than half of machine learning (ML) pilots fail to make it to production. ML systems are full of hidden technical […]
GCP – How DZ BANK improved developer productivity with Cloud Workstations
Editor’s note: DZ BANK is the second largest bank by asset size in Germany. It is also the central institution for all cooperative banks in Germany, which number around 700. Read on to learn how it used Cloud Workstations to improve the developer experience — onboarding them faster and making them more productive — while […]
GCP – Vertex AI’s Grounding with Google Search: how to use it and why
Introduction Once in a while, you come across a feature that is so easy to use and so useful that you don’t know how you lived without it before. For me, Vertex AI’s Grounding with Google Search is one of those features. In this blog post, I explain why you need grounding with large language […]
AWS – Amazon DynamoDB now supports resource-based policies in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions
Amazon DynamoDB now supports resource-based policies in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. Resource-based policies help you simplify access control for your DynamoDB resources. With resource-based policies, you can specify the Identity and Access Management (IAM) principals that have access to a resource and what actions they can perform on it. You can attach a resource-based […]
Azure – Generally Available: Azure Chaos Studio supports a new Pause Process fault for Windows virtual machines
Azure Chaos Studio supports a new Pause Process fault for Windows virtual machines. Read More for the details.
Azure – General availability: Azure NetApp Files support for large volumes up to 500TiB in size
You can now create Azure NetApp Files large volumes between 50TiB to 500TiB in size. Read More for the details.
Azure – Public preview: Advanced Container Networking Services for Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS)
Advanced Container Networking Services for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) is a suite of services that tackles observability, security, and compliance challenges in your containerized applications. Gain deep insights with Advanced Network Observability, our first feature of the suite that unlocks Hubble metrics, CLI, and UI for powerful traffic monitoring and performance optimization. Read More for […]
AWS – Amazon DynamoDB local supports configurable maximum throughput for on-demand tables
Amazon DynamoDB local now supports configurable maximum throughput for individual on-demand tables and associated secondary indexes. Customers can use the configurable maximum throughput for on-demand tables feature for predictable cost management, protection against accidental surge in consumed resources and excessive use, and safe guarding downstream services with fixed capacities from potential overloading and performance bottlenecks. […]
AWS – AWS Network Firewall increases quota for stateful rules
The AWS Network Firewall service quota limit for stateful rules is now adjustable. The default limit is still 30,000 stateful rules per firewall policy in a Region, but you can request an increase up to 50,000. This firewall rule limit increase helps customers strengthen their security posture on AWS and mitigate emerging threats more effectively. […]
AWS – Amazon Redshift Serverless is now generally available in the AWS China (Ningxia) Region
Amazon Redshift Serverless, which allows you to run and scale analytics without having to provision and manage data warehouse clusters, is now generally available in the AWS China (Ningxia) region. With Amazon Redshift Serverless, all users, including data analysts, developers, and data scientists can now use Amazon Redshift to get insights from data in seconds. […]