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AWS – Amazon Connect launches API to make an agent eligible for new contacts, after a missed contact
Amazon Connect now provides an API to programmatically clear the notifications agents receive after they have missed or rejected a contact and make them eligible to be routed new contacts. Today, if an agent misses a contact, they won’t be routed additional contacts until they acknowledge and clear the missed contact notification. Using this API, […]
Azure – Generally available: Device Update for IoT Hub
Use Device Update for IoT Hub to publish, distribute, and manage over-the-air updates for everything from tiny sensors to gateway-level devices. Read More for the details.
Azure – Generally available: Azure Databricks SQL Pro
Beginning in November, Azure Databricks customers have an additional option for SQL compute, with Azure Databricks SQL Pro, which provides enhanced performance and integration features. Read More for the details.
Azure – Generally available: Block domain fronting behavior on newly created customer resources
All the newly created Azure Front Door, Azure Front Door (classic) or Azure CDN Standard from Microsoft (classic) resources will block any HTTP request that exhibits domain fronting behavior. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon Braket adds support for a neutral atom quantum processor named Aquila from QuEra Computing Inc.
Amazon Braket, the quantum computing service from AWS, adds support for Aquila, a new neutral atom-based quantum processor from QuEra Computing Inc. As a special purpose device designed for solving optimization problems and the study of quantum phenomena in nature, it enables researchers in industry and academia to explore a new, analog paradigm in quantum […]
GCP – Can writing code be emotional? Google Cloud’s Kelsey Hightower says yes
Editor’s note: Kelsey Hightower is Google Cloud’s Principal Developer Advocate, meeting customers, contributing to open source projects, and speaking at internal and external events on cutting-edge technologies in cloud computing. A deep thinker and a charismatic speaker, he’s also unusually adept at championing a rarely-noticed aspect of software engineering; it’s really emotional stuff. So how […]
GCP – Real-time Data Integration from Oracle to Google BigQuery Using Striim
Editor’s notes: In this guest blog, we have the pleasure of inviting Alok Pareek, Founder & EVP Products, at Striim to share latest experimental results from a performance study on real-time data integration from Oracle to Google Cloud BigQuery using Striim. Relational databases like Oracle are designed to store data, but they aren’t well suited […]
GCP – Meet Google Cloud at Supercomputing 2022
Google Cloud is excited to announce our participation in the Supercomputing 2022 (SC22) conference in Dallas, TX from November 13th – 18th, 2022. Supercomputing is the premier conference for High Performance Computing and is a great place to see colleagues, learn about the latest technologies, and meet with vendors, partners and HPC users. We’re looking […]
GCP – What’s new in Firestore from Cloud Next and Firebase Summit 2022
Developers love Firestore because of how fast they can build an application end to end. Over 4 million databases have been created in Firestore, and Firestore applications power more than 1 billion monthly active end users using Firebase Auth. We want to ensure developers can focus on productivity and enhanced developer experience, especially when their […]
GCP – Introducing reCAPTCHA Enterprise’s Mobile SDK to help protect iOS, Android apps
reCAPTCHA Enterprise is Google’s online fraud detection service that leverages more than a decade of experience defending the internet. reCAPTCHA Enterprise can be used to prevent fraud and attacks perpetrated by scripts, bot software, and humans. When installed inside a mobile app at the point of action, such as login, purchase, or account creation, reCAPTCHA […]