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AWS – Amazon SageMaker Feature Store extends SageMaker Python SDK to support offline store
Today, Amazon SageMaker Feature Store is announcing SageMaker Python SDK support for its offline store. Amazon SageMaker Feature Store is a fully managed, purpose-built repository to store, update, search, and share machine learning (ML) features. SageMaker Feature Store offline store contains historical ML features, and you can use it to generate training data sets for […]

AWS – AWS Copilot announces support for Amazon ECS Service Connect
AWS Copilot now supports Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) Service Connect, a capability that simplifies building and operating resilient distributed applications. Service Connect enables you to have easier network setup and seamless communication between sevices deployed across multiple Amazon ECS clusters and virtual private clouds (VPCs). Service Connect enables you to add a layer […]

AWS – Amazon Fraud Detector launches Data Models Explorer
Amazon Fraud Detector now provides customers with a simple and effective way to align their business use cases with Amazon Fraud Detector data models. Amazon Fraud Detector is a fully managed service enabling customers to identify potentially fraudulent activities and catch more online fraud faster. Read More for the details.

GCP – How Google Maps Platform enabled businesses and government organizations to provide critical information and services during the pandemic
Google Maps Platform provides developers with business information, ratings, reviews and more for over 200 million businesses and places around the world. Points of interest (POI) data is constantly changing–new businesses open and existing businesses shut down or change their hours of operation. Changes like these can impact not only a business’ customers, but also […]

GCP – Speech AI Year in Review
Almost anywhere you looked, AI-based speech technologies continued to blossom in 2022, from increased interest measured in Google Trends, to surprising medical advances that suggest speech patterns can help detect some illnesses, to the variety of digital services and devices that users control with their voices. At Google Cloud, we spent 2022 making the best […]

GCP – IT prediction: Organizations prioritize sustainability as part of application design
Editor’s note: This post is part of an ongoing series on IT predictions from Google Cloud experts. Check out the full list of our predictions on how IT will change in the coming years. Prediction: By 2025, 3 out of 4 developers will lead with sustainability as their primary development principle For years now, the […]

GCP – Understand and optimize your BigQuery analytics queries using the query execution graph
BigQuery offers strong query performance, but it is also a complex distributed system with many internal and external factors that can affect query speed. When your queries are running slower than expected or are slower than prior runs, understanding what happened can be a challenge. The query execution graph provides an intuitive interface for inspecting […]

GCP – How HSBC is upskilling at scale with Google Cloud
Editor’s note: Founded in 1865, HSBC is one of the world’s largest banking and financial services organizations. In today’s post, Adrian Phelan, Global Head of Google Cloud, HSBC, explains how the organization is working with Google Cloud to drive cloud adoption at scale. Close to 90% of corporations say they’re affected by digital skills gaps, […]

GCP – Automate data governance, extend your data fabric with Dataplex-BigLake integration
Unlocking the full potential of data requires breaking down the silo between open-source data formats and data warehouses. At the same time, it is critical to enable data governance team to apply policies regardless of where the data happens, whether – on file or columnar storage. Today, data governance teams have to become subject matter […]
GCP – How Cardinal Health is redefining app modernization in healthcare
Apps play a critical role in an ever-expanding range of healthcare services, as patients and providers increasingly expect streamlined, engaging digital experiences. This means that IT must become faster, more agile, and free from the constraints of everyday infrastructure management. At Cardinal Health, we are continuously enhancing our technology to empower innovators across our organization […]