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GCP – Helping the state of Ohio build a digitally skilled workforce
Digital skills training is critical to the future of work and economic mobility in America—82% of jobs that require less than a bachelor’s degree while paying a living wage are described as “digitally intensive,” (Burning Glass) but almost one-third of U.S. workers lack digital skills (National Skills Coalition). This growing divide between demand for digital […]
GCP – Reduce your cloud carbon footprint with new Active Assist recommendations
Last year, we analyzed the aggregate data from all customers across Google Cloud, and found over 600,000 gross kgCO2e in seemingly idle projects that could be cleaned up or reclaimed — which would have a similar impact to planting almost 10,000 trees1. Today, we’re making it easy for you to identify if any of those […]
GCP – Media supply chains – why now is the best time to migrate
The broadcasting industry has gone through many evolutions since its inception. From linear over-the-air (OTA) to digital & personalized, to standard to ultra high definition, these evolutions were driven by increased demand from viewers who want more choices. The next evolution is happening now, driven by the emergence in cloud computing in a globally connected […]
GCP – Vimeo builds a fully responsive video platform on Google Cloud
Editor’s note: The video platform Vimeo leverages managed database services from Google Cloud to serve up billions of views around the world each day. Here’s how they deliver a consistent user experience across all their content. Vimeo is the world’s leading video software solution, powering hundreds of thousands of new uploads every day and billions […]
AWS – Amazon CodeGuru Reviewer now detects Apache Log4j and other log injection vulnerabilities in code
Amazon CodeGuru is a developer tool powered by machine learning that provides intelligent recommendations to detect security vulnerabilities, improve code quality, and identify an application’s most expensive lines of code. Read More for the details.
AWS – CodeGuru Reviewer launches new Detector Library and example repositories
Amazon CodeGuru is a developer tool powered by machine learning that provides intelligent recommendations to detect security vulnerabilities, improve code quality and identify an application’s most expensive lines of code. Read More for the details.
GCP – Back by popular demand: Google Cloud products in 4 words or less (2022 edition)
We know that it is not easy to keep track of 200+ Google Cloud products and their use cases. Where do you even start?! Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered! We have created a version 2 of the Google Cloud Cheat Sheet for developers. You asked and we listened…you wanted an interactive version of the […]
AWS – Amazon Braket adds support for the new 80-qubit quantum processor from Rigetti
Amazon Braket, the quantum computing service from AWS, makes it easy for customers to conduct scientific research and software development with quantum computers. Today, we are excited to announce that Amazon Braket has added support for the new 80-qubit superconducting gate-based quantum processor from Rigetti named Aspen-M-1. With this launch, customers will be able to utilize […]
GCP – Speed up your Teradata migration with the BigQuery Permission Mapper tool
During a Teradata migration to BigQuery, one complex and time consuming process is migrating Teradata users and their permissions to the respective ones in GCP. This mapping process requires admin and security teams to manually analyze, compare, and match hundreds to thousands of Teradata user permissions to BigQuery IAM permissions. We already described this manual […]
GCP – Starting over on Google Cloud: BK Medical shares its SAP migration story
When BK Medical, a leading medical device manufacturer, became an independent company in 2019, it faced a major technological hurdle: separating its own SAP environment from that of its parent company. The well-established maker of surgical ultrasound machines is now striking out on its own after being part of Analogic Corporation for four decades. “We’re […]