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AWS – AWS Glue now supports native Snowflake connectivity with new ETL capabilities (preview)
AWS Glue for Spark now supports the Snowflake connector for Spark out-of-the-box with new ETL capabilities enabling users to preview Snowflake data, use Snowflake SQL queries as a source, and write to new or existing Snowflake tables. AWS Glue Studio offers a visual extract-transform-and-load (ETL) interface that helps ETL developers to author, run, and monitor AWS […]

AWS – Amazon SageMaker Data Wrangler now enables direct connection to Snowflake data
Amazon SageMaker Data Wrangler now enables direct connection to Snowflake to prepare data and create features for machine learning (ML). SageMaker Data Wrangler reduces the time it takes to aggregate and prepare data for ML from weeks to minutes using a visual interface in Amazon SageMaker Studio. Read More for the details.

AWS – AWS Glue now supports native Snowflake connector with new ETL capabilities (preview)
AWS Glue for Spark now supports the Snowflake connector for Spark out-of-the-box with new ETL capabilities enabling users to preview Snowflake data, use Snowflake SQL queries as a source, and write to new or existing Snowflake tables. AWS Glue Studio offers a visual extract-transform-and-load (ETL) interface that helps ETL developers to author, run, and monitor AWS […]

AWS – Amazon Redshift announces native console integration with ThoughtSpot
Amazon Redshift, a fully-managed cloud data warehouse, now supports native integration with ThoughtSpot from the Amazon Redshift Console. Thoughtspot simplifies the exploration and analysis of data in a user friendly environment without the need for complex transformations or technical expertise. Read More for the details.

AWS – AWS Control Tower achieves FedRAMP High authorization in AWS GovCloud (US) Regions
Starting today, you can now use AWS Control Tower with workloads that require FedRAMP High categorization level in the AWS GovCloud (US-East and US-West) Regions. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon SageMaker Neo now supports compilation of PyTorch and TensorFlow models for Inferentia 2 and Trainium 1 instances
Starting today, you can choose Inferentia 2 and Trainium 1 as additional targets to compile your PyTorch and TensorFlow models for Amazon SageMaker Neo, a capability of Amazon SageMaker that enables customers to optimize machine learning (ML) models for inference on SageMaker to achieve faster inference without any loss in accuracy. Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud […]

AWS – AWS SAM CLI announces remote invoke feature for AWS Lambda
The AWS Serverless Application Model (SAM) Command Line Interface (CLI) announces the launch of remote invoke command which enables developers to quickly invoke their AWS Lambda functions deployed to the AWS cloud. The AWS SAM CLI is a developer tool that makes it easier to build, test, package, and deploy serverless applications. Read More for […]

GCP – How to migrate sensitive data with confidence using Google Cloud’s CDMC-certified architecture
As enterprises accelerate adoption of cloud-based services and products, they face a common challenge: How can they effectively secure and govern rapidly expanding volumes of their most sensitive data in new environments? Today, Google Cloud released an architectural whitepaper and accompanying source code for a solution which successfully completed an assessment facilitated by KPMG LLP […]

GCP – GKE Security Posture dashboard now generally available with enhanced features
We are excited to announce that the Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) Security Posture dashboard is now generally available. The interface is designed to streamline the security management of your GKE clusters, and now includes a range of powerful features such as misconfiguration detection and vulnerability scanning to help ensure your applications remain safe and secure. […]
GCP – Announcing vector support in PostgreSQL services to power AI-enabled applications
Generative AI is ushering in a new wave of experiences that transform how we interact with information, brands, and one another. In the future, we believe that almost every application will be AI-driven, and developers who build these applications will need the right tools to build these new experiences into their applications. These experiences will […]