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AWS – Ubuntu Pro for EC2 Spot Instances
Starting today, you can launch Amazon EC2 Spot Instances using Ubuntu Pro based Amazon Machine Images (AMIs). You can now easily deploy Ubuntu Pro Spot instances and get five additional years of security updates from Canonical. You will be charged on a per-second basis for Ubuntu Pro EC2 AMI instances. For any new Ubuntu Pro […]
GCP – Revolutionizing SQL with pipe syntax, now available in BigQuery and Cloud Logging
Since its invention 50 years ago, SQL has become the universal language used across the database industry. Its familiar syntax and well-established community have truly democratized how people access data everywhere. But let’s face it, SQL isn’t perfect. SQL’s syntax has several issues that make it harder to read and write: Rigid structure: A query […]
GCP – How to benchmark application performance from the user’s perspective
What kind of performance does your application have, and how do you know? More to the point, what kind of performance do your end users think your application has? In this era of rapid growth and unpredictable traffic surges, understanding your application’s scalability is not just a technical concern — it’s a strategic imperative for […]
GCP – Accelerating partner growth with Earnings Hub and new AI resources
Today, we’re announcing a new tool to help Google Cloud partners better track their growth and opportunities, and new resources to help them increase their AI expertise and respond to growing customer demand. Our partners are helping customers around the globe implement and generate business value with Google Cloud products. Generative AI in particular is […]
GCP – Secure the new endpoint: Check out Chrome Enterprise Premium’s latest innovations
The modern workplace revolves around the browser. It’s where employees access critical applications, handle sensitive data, and collaborate with colleagues. This makes the browser a critical point for enforcing security. Chrome Enterprise, the most trusted enterprise browser, recently introduced powerful new capabilities for Chrome Enterprise Premium designed to further enhance security, threat detection, and usability. […]
AWS – Amazon S3 adds new Region and bucket name filtering for the ListBuckets API
Amazon S3 now supports AWS Region and bucket name filters for the ListBuckets API. In addition, paginated ListBuckets requests now return your S3 general purpose buckets and their corresponding AWS Regions in the response, helping you simplify applications that need to determine bucket locations across multiple Regions. To get started, specify an AWS Region like […]
AWS – AWS Marketplace enables self-service creation of single AMI product listings for AWS GovCloud (US) Regions
AWS Marketplace now allows sellers to manage their Single Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) product availability in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions through a self-service experience. This makes the listing process easier and faster for AWS Marketplace sellers to sell software into the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. Starting today, eligible AWS Marketplace sellers can self-serve creating […]
AWS – AWS Marketplace now supports offers in four new currencies and non-US bank accounts for disbursement
AWS Marketplace announces support for sellers and channel partners to create contract pricing private offers in four new currencies, and choose non-US bank accounts for disbursement. These features make it easier for sellers and buyers to do business globally by simplifying funds flow. Sellers can now create private offers with contract pricing in EUR, GBP, […]
AWS – Amazon Transcribe now supports streaming transcription in 30 additional languages
Today, we are excited to announce support for 30 additional languages for streaming audio transcriptions bringing the total number of supported languages to 54. Amazon Transcribe is an automatic speech recognition (ASR) service that makes it easy for you to add speech-to-text capabilities to your applications. New languages supported with this release include Afrikaans, Amharic, […]
AWS – AWS Beanstalk adds support for Python 3.12
AWS Beanstalk adds support for Python 3.12 on AL2023 Beanstalk environments. AWS Elastic Beanstalk is a service that provides the ability to deploy and manage applications in AWS without worrying about the infrastructure that runs those applications. Python 3.12 on AL2023 adds improved error messaging, Linux perf profiler support, improved speed of interpreter and usability […]