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AWS – AWS Mainframe Modernization is now available in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions
Today, we are announcing the availability of the AWS Mainframe Modernization service in the AWS GovCloud (US-East and US-West) Regions. The AWS Mainframe Modernization service allows customers and partners to modernize and migrate on-premise mainframe applications to AWS Cloud native fully-managed runtimes. For the modernization, it enables modernization patterns like refactor and replatform, as well […]

AWS – AWS Amplify’s GraphQL API capabilities now available as AWS CDK construct
AWS Amplify announces an AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK) construct for building GraphQL APIs backed by data sources such as Amazon DynamoDB tables or AWS Lambda functions using a single GraphQL schema definition. Launching an API for application frontends requires developers to author thousands of lines of repetitive, undifferentiated code to build and wire together […]

AWS – Amazon SageMaker Feature Store in-memory online store for low latency feature retrieval
Amazon SageMaker Feature Store now supports a fully managed, in-memory online store, which enables you to retrieve features for model serving in real time for high throughput ML applications. The new online store is powered by ElastiCache for Redis, which is a blazing fast in-memory data store built on open-source Redis. Read More for the […]

AWS – Amazon CloudWatch Metric Insights available in AWS GovCloud (US) Regions
Metrics Insights is a fast, flexible, SQL-based query engine which enables developers, operators and systems engineers to identify trends and patterns across operational metrics in real time. With Metrics Insights, operators can gain better visibility on their infrastructure and large scale application performance with flexible querying, on-the-fly metric aggregations and dynamic alarms that monitor fast […]

AWS – Amazon Kendra releases Drupal Connector to enable Drupal document search
Amazon Kendra is an intelligent search service powered by machine learning, enabling organizations to provide relevant information to customers and employees, when they need it. Starting today, AWS customers can use the Amazon Kendra Drupal Connector to index and search documents from Drupal. Read More for the details.

GCP – SAP developers rejoice: ABAP SDK for Google Cloud now supports 40+ more APIs
For many years, Advanced Business Applications Programming (ABAP) developers have played a critical role in transforming business processes by building extensions to SAP applications. Earlier this year, we released the first version of ABAP SDK for Google Cloud that helps ABAP developers easily connect and integrate SAP applications with Google Cloud. Since its release, our […]

Azure – General Availability: Upgrade your existing Azure Gen2 VMs to Trusted Launch
Enable Trusted Launch foundational compute security on existing Azure Generation 2 VMs. Read More for the details.

GCP – Deliver and secure your internet-facing application in less than an hour using Dev(Sec)Ops Toolkit
We are excited to announce the preview of the Dev(Sec)Ops toolkit for global front-end internet-facing applications, which can help you launch new apps on Google Cloud in less than an hour. This toolkit is part of the recently announced Cross-Cloud Network solution to help customers scale and secure their applications. The toolkit provides an out-of-the-box, […]

GCP – Generative AI for retail: how to keep pace and get ahead
Generative AI marks a significant technological shift. Like the internet or the mobile phone, its potential impact on individual and business productivity is extraordinary. Indeed, 82% of organizations considering or currently using generative AI believe it will either significantly change or transform their industry (Google Cloud Gen AI Benchmarking Study, July 2023). In retail, the […]
GCP – Reddit uses Web Risk to protect users against phishing, malware, and social engineering
Reddit is one of the most popular social media sites in the world, offering users the ability to post and connect on all kinds of topics in community forums, or “subreddits.” Millions of users use it every day to discuss topics ranging from the mundane to the silly to the profound. On Reddit, there’s a […]