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GCP – Save the date for Google Cloud Next: October 11–13, 2022
We’re excited to announce that Google Cloud Next returns on October 11–13, 2022. Join us for keynotes from industry luminaries and engage live with Google developers. Explore dynamic content across various learning levels, and dive deep into technologies and solutions spanning the Google Cloud and Google Workspace portfolios. Participate in breakout sessions, demos, and hands-on […]
AWS – Amazon Redshift default IAM role is now available in additional AWS regions (KIX, CPT, MXP)
Amazon Redshift now simplifies the use of other services such as Amazon S3, Amazon SageMaker, AWS Lambda, Amazon Aurora, and AWS Glue by allowing customers to create an IAM role from the Redshift console and assigning it as the default IAM role while creating an Amazon Redshift cluster. The default IAM role helps simplify SQL […]
AWS – Amazon Comprehend launches model copy for custom Comprehend
Amazon Comprehend now supports model copy functionality which allows customers to copy Comprehend custom classification or custom entity recognition models from a source AWS account to a designated target AWS account in the same AWS region. Enterprise customers and AWS partners often use multiple AWS accounts that are provisioned based on development phases (e.g. build, test, stage, […]
Azure – General Availability: The Azure Sphere OS 22.01 release is cancelled
The next release of Azure Sphere will be version 22.02. Read More for the details.
AWS – AWS IoT Core now supports per-device level logging capability for fine-grained diagnostic of IoT devices
You can now configure AWS IoT device-specific logging using devices’ client ID, source IP, or principal ID. Until now, customers were able to configure logging at account level and for a specific thing group. Starting today, AWS IoT now also supports setting fine-grained logging level using client ID, source IP, and principal ID. This enhancement […]
AWS – MLOps Workload Orchestrator adds support for Amazon SageMaker Model Explainability and Model Bias Monitoring
AWS Solutions has updated the MLOps Workload Orchestrator (formerly known as the AWS MLOps Framework), an AWS Solutions Implementation that streamlines the pipeline deployment process and enforces architecture best practices for machine learning (ML) model model operationalization. This solution addresses common operational pain points, including model monitoring and multi-account governance, that customers face when adopting […]
AWS – Maintaining Personalized Experiences with Machine Learning adds support for business domains and user segmentation
AWS Solutions has updated the Maintaining Personalized Experiences with Machine Learning solution, which is an AWS Solutions Implementation that provides end-to-end automation and scheduling for your Amazon Personalize resources. This solution keeps your item and user data current and manages re-training for your models to ensure that recommendations are kept up-to-date with recent user activity […]
AWS – AWS Secrets Manager now supports rotation windows
AWS Secrets Manager now supports the ability to schedule secret rotations within specific time windows. With this feature, you can limit secret rotations to specific hours on specific days. Previously, Secrets Manager supported automated rotation of secrets within the last 24 hours of specified rotation interval. With today’s launch, you no longer have to choose […]
AWS – Amazon Connect is now available in the Africa (Cape Town) AWS Region
Amazon Connect is now available in the Africa (Cape Town) AWS Region, increasing the number of AWS Regions where Amazon Connect is available to eleven. You can now claim South African toll-free and local telephone numbers. Read More for the details.
AWS – Prepare JSON and ORC data, balance and encode data sets, and launch data processing jobs in one click with Amazon SageMaker Data Wrangler
Amazon SageMaker Data Wrangler reduces the time it takes to aggregate and prepare data for machine learning (ML) from weeks to minutes. With SageMaker Data Wrangler, you can simplify the process of data preparation and feature engineering, and complete each step of the data preparation workflow, including data selection, cleansing, exploration, and visualization from a […]