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AWS – AWS Elemental MediaTailor now supports cue ad tags in Channel Assembly
You can now configure ad breaks in AWS Elemental MediaTailor Channel Assembly using cue ad tags in addition to date range when using HLS outputs. When using cue ad tags, Channel Assembly will create the necessary EXT-X-CUE-IN/OUT/CONT markers in the specific HLS outputs. Additionally, you can now also configure asset metadata key/value pairs to be […]
AWS – Amazon Redshift announces support of QUALIFY clause in SELECT SQL statement
Amazon Redshift now supports the QUALIFY clause in SELECT SQL statements, which allows you to apply filtering conditions to the result of a window function without using a subquery. By filtering the results of window functions, you can focus on the desired data segments and derive insights from your data more efficiently. Read More for […]
AWS – AWS Elemental MediaPackage now available in AWS Canada (Central) region
AWS Elemental MediaPackage is a video origination and just-in-time packaging service that allows video distributors to securely and reliably deliver live streaming or on-demand content at scale. From a single video input, MediaPackage creates video streams formatted to play on connected TVs, mobile phones, computers, tablets, and game consoles. It makes it easy to implement […]
GCP – Vodafone: A DevOps approach to AI/ML through cloud-native CI/CD pipelines
Vodafone is one of the largest telecommunications companies in the world, and committed to building next-generation connectivity and a sustainable digital future. Last year, we discussed AI Booster, an AI/ML platform that we built that runs on Google Cloud, and how we use it to optimize customer service, improve customer loyalty, and provide better product […]
GCP – The big picture: How Google Photos scaled rapidly on Spanner
Mobile photography has become ubiquitous over the past decade, and it’s now easier than ever to take professional quality photos with the push of a button. This has resulted in explosive growth in the number of photo and video captures, and a huge portion of these photos and videos contain private, cherished, and beloved memories […]
GCP – New Google Research Innovators tackle wide range of challenges
Now in its third year, the Google Cloud Research Innovators program has invited 37 new participants to work with each other and Google experts to accelerate their most promising projects. The program offers select researchers expanded technical and networking support from Google professionals, access to Google’s latest cloud technologies, and additional Google Cloud research credits. […]
Azure – Retirement notice: Azure Media Services is being retired on 30 June 2024
Azure Media Services will be retired on 30 June 2024 – transition to a Microsoft partner solution or Azure Video Indexer Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon Connect launches APIs to programmatically delete Routing Profiles and Queues
Amazon Connect now provides APIs to programmatically delete routing profiles and queues. You can now remove routing profile and queue resources that are no longer applicable, streamlining your contact center as requirements change and you adapt to new strategies for call flows, agent groups and other routing configurations. Deleting unused resources also frees up capacity […]
AWS – AWS Batch on AWS Fargate now supports Linux ARM64 and Windows x86 containers in CLI/SDK
AWS Batch now supports Linux ARM64 and Windows x86 containers in AWS Fargate. This feature helps simplify the adoption of modern container technology for AWS Batch customers by expanding their architecture options for scheduling Linux ARM64 and Windows x86 containers in Fargate compute environments. Support for ARM64 architecture also gives customers sustainability benefits of Graviton […]
AWS – Amazon EMR on EKS adds programmatic execution for managed endpoints
We are excited to announce that Amazon EMR on EKS now supports programmatic execution of Jupyter notebooks when running interactive workloads via managed endpoints. Amazon EMR on EKS enables customers to run open-source big data frameworks such as Apache Spark on Amazon EKS. Amazon EMR on EKS customers can setup and use a managed endpoint […]