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GCP – Google chip design team benefits from move to Google Cloud
Editor’s note: All companies can wrestle with a cloud migration, even Google. That’s why within Google Cloud, we have a team called Alphabet Cloud whose mission is to assist any Alphabet team with a safe, frictionless journey to Google Cloud. Some of these internal customers include DeepMind, Vertex AI, Waze, and, today’s example, Google’s chip […]
GCP – Distributing software everywhere, all at once – a look at Cloud Deploy multi-target
As a developer, I’ve long dreamed of releasing to multiple targets at once – it speeds things up, and simplifies operations. Finally it’s real. This is all possible in the latest Cloud Deploy Public Preview. Whether you’re trying to improve release performance or organize your deployment phase targets – gone are the days of waiting […]
GCP – Announcing new BigQuery inference engine to bring ML closer to your data
Organizations worldwide are excited about the potential of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning capabilities. However, according to HBR, only 20% see their ML models go into production because ML often is deployed separately from their core data analytics environment. To bridge this increasing gap between data and AI, organizations need to build massive data pipelines, […]
AWS – AWS IoT Core deepens integration with Amazon Sidewalk
AWS IoT Core, a cloud service that connects billions of Internet of Things (IoT) devices and routes trillions of messages to AWS services, announce a deeper integration with Amazon Sidewalk. With AWS IoT Core for Amazon Sidewalk, customers can now easily provision, onboard, and monitor their Amazon Sidewalk devices. Read More for the details.
AWS – AWS Cost Anomaly Detection now automatically configured for all new Cost Explorer users
We are pleased to announce that as of today, new Cost Explorer users will automatically receive the benefit of Cost Anomaly Detection. Cost Anomaly Detection uses machine learning to continuously monitor, detect, and alert customers of unexpected cost increases. The default configuration allows new Cost Explorer users to quickly improve cost controls with zero effort. […]
AWS – Amazon EKS adds domainless gMSA authentication for Windows containers
Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) announces domainless Group Managed Service Account (gMSA) support for Windows containers. This helps customers to easily authenticate applications hosted on Amazon EKS with Microsoft Active Directory (AD) using a portable user identity and a plug-in mechanism to retrieve the gMSA credentials for their Windows containers. Now, customers can run containers […]
AWS – Amazon EC2 High Memory instances are now available in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions
Starting today, Amazon EC2 High Memory instances with 3TiB (u-3tb1.56xlarge) of memory are now available in the AWS GovCloud (US-West) Region and instances with 9TiB (u-9tb1.112xlarge) of memory are now available in the AWS GovCloud (US-East) Region. Customers can start using these new High Memory instances with On Demand and Savings Plan purchase options. Read […]
AWS – Amazon Connect now provides step-by-step guides in agent workspace
Amazon Connect agent workspace now provides programmatic step-by-step guidance that agents can use to identify customer issues and then recommends which actions to take to resolve them. Using Flows, the Amazon Connect no-code/low-code drag-and-drop design interface, you can design a guide that presents what the agent should review or do at a given moment during […]
AWS – AWS Glue Crawler now supports enhanced crawl capabilities in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions
AWS Glue Crawler now supports enhanced crawl capabilities in AWS GovCloud (US) Regions, simplifying running Crawlers with AWS Lake Formation, discovering datasets, and populating schema in the AWS Glue Data Catalog. Read More for the details.
Azure – Generally available: nconnect support for Azure Files NFS v4.1 shares
Azure Files NFS v4.1 share now support nconnect option. Read More for the details.