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Azure – Public preview: Azure Synapse Runtime for Apache Spark 3.3
You can now create Azure Synapse Runtime for Apache Spark 3.3. The essential changes include features which come from upgrading Apache Spark to version 3.3.1, and upgrading Delta Lake. Read More for the details.
GCP – Responding to changes in cloud resources with Eventarc and Cloud Run
Responding to changes in cloud resources with Eventarc and Cloud Run In this post we explore how to use Eventarc to asynchronously react to cloud events that signal changes in cloud infrastructure. We also walk through an implementation of a basic Cloud Run service that can react to such an event and perform downstream operations. […]
GCP – Automating the retail customer journey through technology
Editor’s note: To kick off the new year and in preparation for NRF The Big Show, we invited partners from across our retail ecosystem to share stories, best practices, and tips and tricks on how they are helping retailers transform during a time that continues to see tremendous change. Please enjoy this entry from our […]
GCP – Sparse Features Support in BigQuery
Introduction Most machine learning models require the input features to be in numerical format and if the features are in categorial format, pre-processing steps such as one-hot encoding are needed to convert them into numerical format. Converting a large number of categorical values may lead to creating sparse features, a set of features that contains […]
AWS – Amazon Kendra launches Kendra Intelligent Ranking for self-managed OpenSearch
Amazon Kendra is an intelligent search service powered by machine learning, that enables organizations to provide more relevant information to customers and employees, when they need it. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon S3 Storage Lens introduces tiered pricing for cost-effective monitoring at scale
Amazon S3 Storage Lens now offers lower pricing tiers for customers with 25 billion or more objects, making continuous monitoring of large storage footprints more cost effective. Customers with hundreds of billions of objects will now see progressively lower prices, saving up to 40% on organization-wide storage monitoring. Read More for the details.
AWS – AWS Network Firewall adds support for reject action for TCP traffic
AWS Network Firewall now supports reject as a firewall rule action so you can improve performance of latency-sensitive applications and improve internal security operations. Read More for the details.
AWS – AWS Elemental MediaLive adds POIS signal conditioning
You can now use AWS Elemental MediaLive with a POIS (placement opportunity information system) to condition and react to in-band SCTE-35 signals in your sources. Read More for the details.
Azure – At-scale monitoring for Azure Site Recovery with Backup center
The new enhancements released in Backup center enable you to monitor replicated items, jobs and manage them across subscriptions, resource groups and locations from a single view. Read More for the details.
Azure – Generally Available: Azure Red Hat OpenShift in Brazil Southeast
Azure Red Hat OpenShift is now available in Brazil Southeast region. Read More for the details.