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AWS – AWS announces Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL Optimized Reads in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions
AWS announces Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL Optimized Reads in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions, a new price-performance capability available on new r6gd and r6id instances that delivers up to 8x improved query latency and up to 30% cost savings compared to instances without it, for applications with large datasets that exceed the memory capacity of a […]
GCP – From keywords to relationships: Reveal deeper insights with full-text search and Spanner Graph
In today’s data-driven landscape, organizations grapple with the challenge of extracting valuable insights from rapidly expanding volumes of information. Graph databases excel at modeling complex relationships, while full-text search efficiently retrieves pertinent information from unstructured data. However, maintaining separate systems for these capabilities can lead to operational overhead and delayed insights. Spanner Graph offers a […]
GCP – Accelerate Ray in production with new Ray Operator on GKE
The AI field is constantly evolving. With recent advancements in generative AI in particular, models are larger and more complex, pushing organizations to distribute tasks efficiently across more machines. One powerful approach is to run ray.io, an open-source framework for distributed AI/ML workloads, on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), our managed container orchestration service. To make […]
GCP – Chat with your business data – Conversational Analytics comes to Gemini in Looker
Generative AI has invigorated the promise of self-service analytics, which, when combined with enterprise-scale security and governance, and backed by trusted metrics, can prevent data chaos and empower you to quickly understand and act on your data insights. Looker is playing a key role in this data revolution, evolving business intelligence (BI) for the AI […]
GCP – Cloud CISO Perspectives: The high value of cross-industry communication
Welcome to the first Cloud CISO Perspectives for September 2024. Today I’m taking a look at how our initiatives to drive cybersecurity collaboration across industries, regulators and governments, IT consortia, and researchers and universities can help make everyone safer online. As with all Cloud CISO Perspectives, the contents of this newsletter are posted to the […]
AWS – Amazon Connect expands AWS CloudFormation support for agent hierarchies
Amazon Connect now provides AWS CloudFormation for configuring agent hierarchy structures. You can use CloudFormation templates to programmatically deploy Amazon Connect hierarchy levels in a secure, efficient, and repeatable way, reducing the risk of human error from manual configuration. CloudFormation allows you to track changes over time, apply updates in a controlled and automated manner, […]
AWS – AWS WAF Bot Control Managed Rule expands bot detection capabilities
AWS WAF introduces a new version of Bot Control Managed Rule Group with enhanced features to help customers better manage and protect their web applications from bot activity. This includes: Token reuse detection: Identifies the reuse of WAF tokens across autonomous system numbers (ASNs) and geographic locations, in addition to existing IP-based detection. Customizable sensitivity […]
AWS – Amazon QuickSight now supports Direct Query for Google BigQuery connector
Today, Amazon QuickSight is announcing the general availability of Direct Query feature for its Google BigQuery data source. This launch is an extension of the feature here wherein QuickSight launched BigQuery connector support through SPICE (Super-fast, Parallel, In-memory Calculation Engine). Direct Query mode allows customers to perform near real-time querying of their BigQuery data. The […]
AWS – Amazon Connect launches AWS CloudFormation support for agent status
Amazon Connect now supports AWS CloudFormation for agent status, in addition to other resources used to configure a contact center like routing profiles, queues, Amazon S3 buckets, and AWS Lambda. You can use CloudFormation templates to programmatically deploy Amazon Connect agent statuses in a secure, efficient, and repeatable way, allowing you to ensure consistent configurations. […]
AWS – Amazon RDS for SQL Server Supports Minor Versions 2019 CU28, 2022 CU14
New minor versions of Microsoft SQL Server are now available on Amazon RDS for SQL Server, providing performance enhancements and security fixes. Amazon RDS for SQL Server now supports these latest minor versions of SQL Server 2019 and 2022 across the Express, Web, Standard, and Enterprise editions. We encourage you to upgrade your Amazon RDS […]