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AWS – AWS Glue Crawlers now support integration with Lake Formation
AWS Glue Crawlers now integrate with AWS Lake Formation, simplifying crawler setup, and supporting centralized permissions for in-account and cross-account crawling of AWS S3 data lakes. Read More for the details.
GCP – States jump start the journey to zero trust with new strategies and funding
The federal government is putting more resources behind its cybersecurity imperatives, much to the benefit of state and local governments. On June 21, 2021, President Biden signed into law the State and Local Government Cybersecurity Act of 2021, to increase cybersecurity collaboration between the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and state, local, and tribal governments. […]
GCP – Why retailers should switch to Google Cloud Retail Search
Many of us already know about Google Search, which provides relevant results with low latency, all while accommodating the user’s personal preferences and history. The results are quite relevant to each individual, such that they quite rarely browse to the next page of results. Retail Search is a service provided by Google Cloud for retailers […]
GCP – Black History Month: Celebrating the success of Black founders with Google Cloud: F8th
Editor’s note: February is Black History Month — a time for us to come together to celebrate the diverse identities and perspectives that make up the Black experience. Over the next few weeks, we will highlight Black-led startups and how they use Google Cloud to grow their businesses. Today’s feature highlights cybersecurity company F8th and […]
AWS – Vertical specific bot templates in Lex Console
Amazon Lex is a service for building conversational interfaces into any application using voice and text. With Amazon Lex, you can quickly and easily build conversational bots (chatbots), virtual agents, and interactive voice response (IVR) systems. Amazon Lex is further enhancing the developer experience by providing eight pre-built bot templates, containing 50+ intents, that can […]
Azure – Public Preview: Azure NetApp Files volume user and group quotas
Azure NetApp Files now supports volume user and group quotas to manage storage utilization on a per user or group basis Read More for the details.
AWS – AWS Systems Manager for SAP is now generally available, with initial support for backing up SAP HANA databases using AWS Backup
AWS Systems Manager for SAP is now generally available, with initial support for backing up SAP HANA databases using AWS Backup. Read More for the details.
AWS – AWS Transit Gateway is now available in Europe (Zurich) Region
AWS Transit Gateway is now available in the Europe (Zurich) AWS Region. AWS Transit Gateway enables customers to connect thousands of Amazon Virtual Private Clouds (Amazon VPCs) and their on-premises networks using a single gateway. Read More for the details.
Azure – General availability: Stream Analytics no-code editor updates in Feb 2023
New features are now available in Stream Analytics no-code editor GA including Power BI output support, and data preview optimization. Power BI output feature enables you to build real-time dashboard in minutes and low-cost. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon EMR on EKS is now available in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions
We are excited to announce that Amazon EMR on EKS is now available in AWS GovCloud (US-East, US-West) Regions. These regions are in addition to the existing Asia Pacific (Beijing, Mumbai, Ningxia, Seoul, Singapore, Tokyo), Australia (Sydney), Canada (Central), Europe (Frankfurt, Ireland, London, Paris, Stockholm), South America (São Paulo) and US (Northern California, N. Virginia, […]