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AWS – AWS Elemental MediaConnect adds support for input thumbnail images
You can now monitor your sources and get instant visual feedback for AWS Elemental MediaConnect flows with thumbnail images via the AWS Management Console or API. Thumbnails are also available in the Workflow Monitor tool. Input thumbnails provide a visual representation of your live content. Rather than relying solely on metadata or metrics, you can […]
GCP – Next-gen search and RAG with Vertex AI
Generative AI has fundamentally transformed how the world interacts with information, and the search industry is no exception. The search landscape is changing rapidly, driven by the rise of large language models (LLMs). Whether they’re interacting with their company’s internal data or browsing public websites, users now increasingly expect more intelligent, intuitive, and comprehensive search […]
GCP – Cut through the noise with new log scopes for Cloud Observability
Do you struggle to find the right data amidst all the data in your observability tools? This can make it hard to focus on what matters for your role. Today, we are excited to introduce log scopes for Cloud Logging – a major advancement in how you manage and analyze your organization’s logs. Log scopes […]
GCP – Google Cloud helps manufacturers bridge IT and OT data with Manufacturing Data Engine and Cortex Framework
Connecting operational technology (OT) and information technology (IT) has long been a goal for manufacturers to drive greater insights across their operations. Today, at the International Manufacturing Technology Show, Google Cloud is announcing an update to our Manufacturing Data Engine (MDE) to help bridge this divide and deliver greater productivity, innovation, and profitability to the […]
AWS – Amazon Kinesis Data Streams now supports FIPS 140-3 enabled interface VPC endpoint
Starting today, Amazon Kinesis Data Streams supports adding a VPC endpoint using AWS PrivateLink that connects through the regional endpoint that has been validated under the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-3 program. With this new launch, you can easily use AWS PrivateLink with Kinesis Data Streams for those regulated workloads that require a secure […]
AWS – Amazon RDS Custom for SQL Server is now available in 3 additional AWS Regions
Amazon RDS Custom for SQL Server is a managed database service that allows you to bring your own licensed SQL Server media and have access to the underlying operating system and database environment. This service is now available in the AWS Regions of US West (N. California), Asia Pacific (Osaka), and Europe (Paris). By using […]
AWS – CloudWatch Application Signals now supports request based Service Level Objectives (SLOs)
CloudWatch Application Signals, which helps troubleshoot issues quickly by providing out-of-the-box dashboards that correlate telemetry across metrics, traces, and logs for your applications and their dependencies, now supports Service Level Objectives (SLOs) calculated based on the request count i.e. the fraction of good or bad requests of the total operations performed by any service. This […]
AWS – Amazon Timestream for InfluxDB is now available in the Canada, London and Paris AWS regions
You can now use Amazon Timestream for InfluxDB in the Canada (Central), Europe (London) and Europe (Paris) AWS regions. Timestream for InfluxDB makes it easy for application developers and DevOps teams to run fully managed InfluxDB databases on AWS for real-time time-series applications using open-source APIs. To migrate to Timestream for InfluxDB from a self-managed […]
AWS – Amazon ECS now supports AWS Graviton-based Spot compute with AWS Fargate
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) now supports AWS Graviton-based compute with AWS Fargate Spot. This capability helps you run fault-tolerant Arm-based applications with up to 70% discount compared to Fargate prices. AWS Graviton processors are custom-built by AWS to deliver the best price-performance for cloud workloads. Amazon ECS with AWS Fargate enables customers to […]
AWS – Amazon RDS for MariaDB supports minors 10.11.9, 10.6.19, 10.5.26
Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for MariaDB now supports MariaDB minor versions 10.11.9, 10.6.19, and 10.5.26. We recommend that you upgrade to the latest minor versions to fix known security vulnerabilities in prior versions of MariaDB, and to benefit from the bug fixes, performance improvements, and new functionality added by the MariaDB community. You […]