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AWS – AWS Backup adds Amazon CloudWatch metrics to its console dashboard
AWS Backup now provides you a way to centrally view your Amazon CloudWatch metrics for your data protection jobs, directly in the AWS Backup console. With this launch, you can monitor your data protection metrics (of backup, copy, and restore jobs) for all the AWS Backup supported services, spanning compute, storage, databases, and third-party applications. […]
AWS – AWS CloudFormation announces new language extensions transform
AWS CloudFormation announces the general availability of a new transform supporting extensions to the CloudFormation template language. AWS CloudFormation is an Infrastructure as Code (IaC) service that lets you model, provision, and manage AWS and third-party resources by authoring templates which are formatted text files in JSON or YAML. This release introduces a language transform […]
AWS – Now track user identity for API calls from Amazon SageMaker Studio in AWS CloudTrail
Amazon SageMaker Studio is a fully integrated development environment (IDE) for machine learning that enables data scientists and developers to perform every step of the machine learning workflow, from preparing data to building, training, tuning, and deploying models. SageMaker Studio is integrated with AWS CloudTrail to enable administrators to monitor and audit user activity and […]
AWS – Amazon QuickSight Q is now available in four new regions
QuickSight Q is now available in four new regions (in addition to six existing regions) – Asia Pacific (Mumbai, Singapore, Sydney) and Canada (Central). AWS customers can signup for QuickSight in these four new regions in addition to existing regions, details can also be found at AWS QuickSight Q regions. Get started with a free […]
AWS – Amazon EC2 C6id, M6id and R6id instances are now available in an additional region
Starting today, Amazon EC2 C6id, M6id and R6id instances are available in AWS Region Asia Pacific (Tokyo). C6id, M6id and R6id instances are powered by 3rd generation Intel Xeon Scalable Ice Lake processors, with an all-core turbo frequency of 3.5 GHz, up to 7.6 TB of local NVMe-based SSD block-level storage, and up to 15% […]
AWS – SageMaker built-in algorithms now provides TensorFlow Image Classification algorithms
Amazon SageMaker provides a suite of built-in algorithms, pre-trained models, and pre-built solution templates to help data scientists and machine learning practitioners get started on training and deploying machine learning models quickly. These algorithms and models can be used for both supervised and unsupervised learning. They can process various types of input data including tabular, […]
GCP – Introducing Kubernetes control plane metrics in GKE
An essential aspect of operating any application is the ability to observe the health and performance of that application and of the underlying infrastructure to quickly resolve issues as they arise. Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) already provides audit logs, operational logs, and metrics along with out-of-the-box dashboards and automatic error reporting to facilitate running reliable […]
GCP – Airship chooses Bigtable to empower mobile app developers
Editor’s note: Learn how mobile app experience company Airship uses Cloud Bigtable to deliver high performance throughput and speed, while freeing app developers to focus on high-value feature development. Airship is a company that helps marketers, product owners, and developers create and adapt powerful mobile app experiences. The mobile app experience is becoming the digital […]
GCP – The future of work requires digital dexterity
While businesses can’t expect the unexpected, they can prepare for it. Events of the last few years have proven that circumstances can change at any time, with little warning. But flexible, dynamic culture and tools are one way that organizations can stay on course through unsteady waters. And one way to achieve dynamic flexibility is […]
GCP – Introducing Google Cloud Backup and DR
Backup is a fundamental aspect of application protection. As such, the need for a seamlessly integrated, centralized backup service is vital when seeking to ensure resilience and recoverability for data generated by Google Cloud services or on-premises infrastructure. Regardless of whether the need to restore data is triggered by a user error, malicious activity, or […]