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AWS – Amazon Kendra releases Alfresco Enterprise Connector
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 Alfresco Enterprise Connector to index and search documents from their Alfresco Enterprise repository. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon Kendra releases Alfresco PaaS Connector
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 Alfresco PaaS Connector to index and search documents from their Alfresco PaaS repository. Read More for the details.
AWS – AWS IoT SiteWise formula builder improvements
AWS IoT SiteWise, a service that makes it easy to collect, store, organize, and monitor data from industrial equipment, is announcing user experience improvements of the formula builder in the AWS Console, making it easier for customers to create and manage their metrics and transforms. Read More for the details.
GCP – Voltage scales Bitcoin and Lightning Network infrastructure with Google Cloud
One of the many innovations to come out of the blockchain space is the Lightning Network, a protocol for sending money on the internet via Bitcoin. Voltage is a Lightning as a Service (LaaS) provider that launched in 2020. Its mission is to provide enterprises with a Lightning Network solution that enables the settlement of […]
GCP – Four new no-cost generative AI training courses to advance your cloud career
An AI/ML (artificial intelligence/machine learning) career path can be a great specialty area within the cloud—and one of the most accessible! Because this area is constantly developing, most recently with the rise of generative AI, I want to share some recommendations to help you chart a sustainable career as AI/ML continues to evolve. Generative AI […]
GCP – Picture this: How media companies can render faster — for less — with cloud-based NFS caching
Content creators are by nature unique. So it should come as no surprise that content creation companies also have unique needs — especially when it comes to building out the infrastructure they need to deliver their work on time, and on budget. Gunpowder works with all manner of creators — advertising agencies, Visual Effects (VFX) […]
GCP – Migrating your Google Cloud network from IPv4 to dual-stack IPv6
In a previous blog, we discussed how to go about planning an IPv6 network in Google Cloud. In this blog, we’ll show you how to migrate your existing Google Cloud network to IPv6. For the scope of this blog, we’ll limit the discussion to migration of your existing Compute Engine VM instances used for external […]
GCP – Enriching GKE observability-in-context with uptime checks
Following the successful launch of Uptime Checks for Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), we are now pleased to announce the availability of the uptime checks creation and management experience directly in the GKE user interface. The uptime check capability offered by Cloud Monitoring is a simple yet powerful observability tool to monitor an application’s availability and […]
GCP – 2023 Accessibility updates in the Maps JavaScript API
In recognition of Global Accessibility Awareness Day on May 18, we wanted to share work we’ve done over the last year to improve accessibility in the Maps JavaScript API since our latest update last year. Our work in over the past year has been focused on making some fundamental improvements to Street View rendering service, […]
GCP – How Databricks and Google Cloud enable Uplight to deliver energy analytics solutions efficiently
You know how the saying goes, “with great power comes great…” amounts of data. And what if that data could help lower our carbon footprint? Uplight is on a mission to do just that. Uplight helps energy providers create a more sustainable future by using raw data and derived insights to motivate actions in their […]