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GCP – Introducing the Hive-BigQuery open-source Connector
In our work on the Big Data solutions architecture, BigQuery, and Dataproc teams, we talk to a lot of customers who are interested in migrating all or part of their data warehouse from Apache Hive to BigQuery, but who have hit some speed bumps along the way. To help, we are proud to announce the […]
GCP – Making insights actionable with new Looker Studio scheduling capabilities
Scheduling reports in Looker Studio helps teams predictably and reliably distribute insights to business users in the flow of work and workflows where they spend their time. This helps to foster a data culture, making information more actionable and contextual, and enabling cross-team collaboration. Today, we are introducing two new capabilities in Looker Studio scheduling: […]
AWS – AWS Global Accelerator adds new edge location
AWS Global Accelerator now supports traffic through a new edge location in Osaka (Japan). With the addition of this edge location, Global Accelerator is now available through 107 Points of Presence globally and supports application endpoints in 24 AWS Regions. Read More for the details.
AWS – AWS Lambda simplifies copying environment variables in the console code editor
AWS Lambda console code editor now includes a read file listing all the environment variables associated with the function, making it easier for developers to discover the variables and reference them in their code. Environment variables are key-value pairs that developers use to extend a function’s configuration outside of their code. When referencing the environment […]
AWS – Announcing applications manager for Amazon AppStream 2.0
Today, Amazon AppStream 2.0 introduces a new applications manager feature to help you package and mobilize your Windows applications between different environments without affecting the underlying base image or operating system. To achieve this, you can launch an app block builder instance, install your application(s) and create a self-contained and sharable application image. You can […]
AWS – New ODBC driver now available for Amazon Athena
Today, Amazon Athena released a new ODBC driver that improves the experience of connecting to, querying, and visualizing data from your favorite SQL development and business intelligence applications. Read More for the details.
AWS – AWS Batch now supports ‘Min vCPUs’ for Multi-Node Parallel Jobs
AWS Batch now supports specifying a minimum number of vCPUs (Min vCPUs) for Multi-Node Parallel (MNP) Jobs. MNP jobs allow users to run large-scale tightly coupled workloads, such as ML training, across multiple Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instances. With this launch, customers can now retain a specified number of vCPUs on a compute […]
Azure – Public Preview: Default Rule Set 2.1 for Regional WAF with Application Gateway
Increase your security posture and reduce false positives with Default Rule Set 2.1, now in preview on Azure’s regional Web Application Firewall (WAF) with Application Gateway. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon S3 provides restore status of S3 Glacier objects using the S3 LIST API
Amazon S3 now provides the restore status of objects stored in Amazon S3 Glacier Flexible Retrieval and Amazon S3 Glacier Deep Archive using the S3 LIST API. This new information in S3 LIST API responses can be integrated into your applications, helping you identify and access restored objects from S3 Glacier. For example, S3 Glacier […]
AWS – Amazon Athena now supports querying restored data in S3 Glacier
We are excited to announce that you can now use Amazon Athena to query data stored in Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) Glacier storage classes. S3 Glacier is a secure and durable service for low-cost data archiving and long-term backup. With this launch, you can use Athena to directly query restored data in the Glacier Flexible […]