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GCP – How Palo Alto Networks and AI21 Labs innovate with AI infrastructure from Google Cloud
Artificial intelligence (AI) has the power to drive innovation, but many companies still grapple with how to realize the full potential of this technology. On average, only 54% of AI projects ever make it from pilot to production. One central problem is that most companies have insufficient AI infrastructure. They also face an array of workflow […]
GCP – Statsig unlocks new features by migrating Spark to BigQuery
Statsig is a modern feature management and experimentation platform used by hundreds of organizations. Statsig’s end-to-end product analytics platform simplifies and accelerates experimentation with integrated feature gates (flags), custom metrics, real-time analytics tools, and more, enabling data-driven decision-making and confident feature releases. Companies send their real-time event-stream data to Statsig’s data platform, which, on average, […]
GCP – AI in financial services: Applying model risk management guidance in a new world
Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) have led to increased adoption in the financial services sector. A prominent use for this technology is to assist in key compliance and risk functions, including the detection of fraud, money laundering, and other financial crimes and illicit finance, as well as trade manipulation — collectively […]
Azure – Retirement notice: Move to Azure Load Testing GA API versions by 10 September 2023
Retirement notice: Move to Azure Load Testing GA API versions by 10 September 2023 Read More for the details.
AWS – ECR basic scanning now uses version 3 of the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) framework
Starting today, Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR) basic scanning feature will use Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) version 3 information when determining the severity for new Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs). This enables customers to get the most recent severity information for vulnerabilities in their ECR container images. We use CVSS information to determine the […]
AWS – Amazon Connect now publishes new contact lifecycle events for callbacks
Amazon Connect now provides new contact lifecycle events for callbacks, including when a callback was queued, answered, or disconnected. Contact events can be used to create analytics dashboards to monitor and track contact activity, integrate into workforce management (WFM) solutions to better understand contact center performance, or take follow up actions such as updating your […]
Azure – Microsoft Azure Load Testing supports setting up quick start tests using requests per second
You can now set up a ‘quick test’ to check that your endpoint can handle a certain throughput of requests per second (RPS). Read More for the details.
Azure – Generally Available: Azure Monitor Alert resources now visible in the Azure portal
Alert rules, alert processing rules and action groups can now be viewed in the portal alongside all Azure resources. Read More for the details.
Azure – Generally available: Zone Redundant Storage for Azure Disks is now available in Japan East and Korea Central
Zone Redundant Storage (ZRS) for Azure Disks is now available on Azure Premium SSD and Standard SSD in Japan East and Korea Central. Read More for the details.
Azure – Azure SQL—General availability updates for mid-June 2023
General availability enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in mid-June 2023 Read More for the details.