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Azure – General availability: Use Azure Key Vault to securely store and retrieve access key when mounting Azure Storage as a local share in App Service
You can now use Azure Key Vault to securely store and retrieve Azure Storage account access key when mounting it as a local share in App Service. Azure Key Vault has the benefits of storing application secrets centrally and securely with the ability to monitor, administer, and integrate with other Azure services like Azure App Service. This […]
GCP – Fine tune autoscaling for your Dataflow Streaming pipelines
Stream processing helps users get timely insights and act on data as it is generated. It is used for applications such as fraud detection, recommendation systems, IoT and others. However, scaling live streaming pipelines as input load changes is a complex task, especially if you need to provide low-latency guarantees and keep costs in check. […]
GCP – What is Optical Character Recognition? OCR explained by Google
If you have ever used Google Translate to understand a menu while traveling, deposit a check through your bank’s mobile app, or search your photo storage for a screenshot, you’ve used Optical Character Recognition (OCR). The image above is an example of a real-world application of OCR in which text in images can be detected […]
GCP – SAP MaxDB High Availability (HA) solution using Google Cloud Native storage
Introduction SAP’s MaxDB database is an important aspect of a customer’s environment, with common use cases such as: SAP Content Server for document storage SAP LiveCache for Supply Chain Management (SCM) and/or Advanced Planner and Optimizer (APO) functions SAP Business All-In-One customer’s primary database in some cases Downtime for these systems will have a material […]
Azure – New in Kusto: `.show databases entities` command for viewing tables, functions, and more
View the entities of all accessible cluster databases with the new `.show databases entities` command for Kusto, and customize the output with various options. Read More for the details.
Azure – GA: Latest generation burstable VMs – Bsv2, Basv2, and Bpsv2
The new second generation burstable VMs provide the lowest cost of entry to the Azure VM portfolio with greater performance. Read More for the details.
AWS – Announcing memory optimized Amazon EC2 R7a instances
AWS announces the general availability of Amazon EC2 R7a instances. R7a instances, powered by 4th Gen AMD EPYC processors (code-named Genoa) with a maximum frequency of 3.7GHz, deliver up to 50% higher performance compared to R6a instances. Read More for the details.
AWS – Custom notifications are now available for AWS Chatbot
Today, AWS announces the general availability of custom notifications in AWS Chatbot. Customers can use AWS Chatbot custom notifications to define and add additional information in the notifications to monitor the health and performance of their AWS applications in Microsoft Teams and Slack channels. Read More for the details.
GCP – Generative AI on Google Cloud: New training content, from introductory to advanced
Generative AI is a type of machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) that is garnering a lot of attention right now, and we want to help keep you a step ahead by sharing the latest training available from Google Cloud. In this blog, we have compiled resources to help you learn about generative AI, how […]
AWS – Amazon Redshift announces cross-region data sharing support through AWS Lake Formation
Amazon Redshift enables you to use AWS Lake Formation to centrally manage permissions on data being shared across your organization. Amazon Redshift already supports sharing live data across AWS regions. Amazon Redshift now supports cross-region data sharing via AWS Lake Formation so you can centrally define AWS Lake Formation permissions of Amazon Redshift datashares and restrict […]