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Azure – Announcing the new Azure Container Registry libraries
We’re pleased to announce that version 1.1.0 of the Azure Container Registry (ACR) libraries for .NET, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, and Python are now generally available. Read More for the details.
GCP – Highlight your generative AI skills by earning the new no-cost skill badge
Generative AI is a rapidly expanding technology with a wide range of potential applications. Google Cloud Learning is thrilled to offer a new, no-cost Generative AI Fundamentals skill badge. This skill badge is designed for anyone eager to learn about the power of generative AI. No technical skills or prior knowledge required! For those new […]
GCP – Computer vision made easy: Vision AI on Spring Boot and Java
In today’s era of data-driven applications, leveraging advanced machine learning and artificial intelligence services like computer vision has become increasingly important. One such service is the Vision API, which provides powerful image analysis capabilities. In this blog, we will explore how to create a Computer Vision application using Spring Boot and Java, enabling you to […]
GCP – The Modernization Imperative: Shifting left is for suckers. Shift down instead
Welcome to the inaugural edition of The Modernization Imperative, also known as ‘TMI’ — an acronym perfectly capturing our mission: to enthusiastically over-share on all things tech. This column from Google Cloud leaders is dedicated to software development, distributed systems, serverless, microservices, DevOps & SRE, platform operations, or whatever buzzword du jour is sparking the […]
GCP – Productionizing SQL-based workflows in Google Cloud
Despite its use and relevance in the Big Data realm, SQL can be cumbersome to manage from a DevOps perspective, as there are no standardized processes for managing, deploying, or orchestrating a repository of SQL scripts. Dataform is a tool that enables cross-team collaboration on SQL-based pipelines. By pairing SQL data transformations with configuration-as-code, data […]
GCP – New Cryptomining Protection Program offers $1 million for costly cryptomining attacks
Cryptomining is a pervasive and costly threat to cloud environments. A single attack can result in unauthorized compute costs of hundreds of thousands of dollars in just days. Further, the Google Cybersecurity Action Team (GCAT) September 2022 Threat Horizons Report revealed that 65% of compromised cloud accounts experienced cryptocurrency mining. Stopping a cryptomining attack requires […]
AWS – Amazon SageMaker Pipelines now supports Selective Executions
Today, AWS announced a new feature in SageMaker Pipelines, the ML workflow management service, to enable users run their desired steps in a pipeline as a sub-workflow. The new feature, called Selective Execution, allows you to run your selected steps in a pipeline while avoiding to rerun the entire pipeline. As a Data Scientist, Applied […]
AWS – Amazon QuickSight now supports APIs to automate and accelerate assets deployment
Amazon QuickSight launches new API capabilities that allow you to automate and accelerate your BI asset deployment and management. With these new APIs, you can get programmatic access to export and import QuickSight assets such as dashboards, analysis, datasets including ingestion schedules, datasources, themes, and VPC configurations across accounts and environments. You can interact with a […]
AWS – AWS Application Migration Service is now available in additional regions
AWS Application Migration Service (AWS MGN) is now available in the Europe (Zurich), Europe (Spain), Asia Pacific (Hyderabad), and Australia (Melbourne) regions. Starting today, you can use AWS Application Migration Service (AWS MGN) to migrate and modernize your applications in these regions. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon SageMaker Canvas supports retraining ML models, automating prediction workflows on updated datasets
Amazon SageMaker Canvas now provides the ability to retrain machine learning (ML) models and automate batch prediction workflows with updated datasets thereby making it easier to constantly learn and improve the model performance and drive efficiency. SageMaker Canvas is a visual interface that enables business analysts to generate accurate ML predictions on their own — […]