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AWS – Amazon RDS for Oracle supports managed Oracle Data Guard Switchover and Automated Backups for replicas in additional regions
Amazon RDS for Oracle now supports additional regions for Oracle Data Guard Switchover and Automated Backups of replica instances (read-only and mounted) deployed within an Availability Zone, or in separate Availability Zones of a given Region, or in separate AWS Regions. Read More for the details.
Azure – GA: New Property for Disks-LastOwnershipUpdateTime
Introducing LastOwnershipUpdateTime for Disks in Azure Portal, PowerShell, and CLI. It indicates the last state change time for the Disk, useful for tracking its current state and when it was last updated. Read More for the details.
Azure – Azure Event Grid support for last will & testament (LWT) capabilities now in Public Preview
Ensures predictable and reliable flow of communication among MQTT clients during unexpected disconnections. Read More for the details.
Azure – Generally available: Azure Site Recovery update rollup 73 – April 2024
This article describes the improvements for the latest version of Azure Site Recovery components. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon RDS for SQL supports minor version 2022 CU12
A new minor version of Microsoft SQL Server is now available on Amazon RDS for SQL Server, providing performance enhancements and security fixes. Amazon RDS for SQL Server now supports the latest minor version of SQL Server 2022 across the Express, Web, Standard, and Enterprise editions. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon MSK is now available in Canada West (Calgary) Region
Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK) is now available in Canada West(Calgary) Region. Amazon MSK is a fully managed service for Apache Kafka and Kafka Connect that makes it easier for you to build and run applications that use Apache Kafka as a data store. Amazon MSK is fully compatible with Apache Kafka, […]
GCP – Introducing LLM fine-tuning and evaluation in BigQuery
BigQuery allows you to analyze your data using a range of large language models (LLMs) hosted in Vertex AI including Gemini 1.0 Pro, Gemini 1.0 Pro Vision and text-bison. These models work well for several tasks such as text summarization, sentiment analysis, etc. using only prompt engineering. However, in some scenarios, additional customization via model […]
GCP – Google Cloud launches new generative AI, cybersecurity, and data analytics trainings with employer partner the U.S. Department of the Treasury
To advance President Biden’s Executive Order on Artificial Intelligence, the U.S. Department of the Treasury joins forces with Google Cloud to reimagine talent acquisition. The Treasury will harness the newly announced Google Cloud Certificates to drive a new skills-based hiring effort to expand access to jobs in data analytics and cybersecurity. “In an age of […]
GCP – Google Cloud offers new AI, cybersecurity, and data analytics training to unlock job opportunities
Google Cloud is on a mission to help everyone build the skills they need for in-demand cloud jobs. Today, we’re excited to announce new learning opportunities that will help you gain these in-demand skills through new courses and certificates in AI, data analytics, and cybersecurity. Even better, we’re hearing from Google Cloud customers that they […]
GCP – New Professional ChromeOS Administrator certified digital perks
We know you are hard at work as ChromeOS administrators. Across the globe, you are managing millions of ChromeOS Devices in education and businesses across the globe. Individuals who become ChromeOS certified are able to create their personalised profiles in the ChromeOS certified Directory and today we are thrilled to announce some new Professional ChromeOS […]