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AWS – AWS Pricing Calculator now supports modernization cost estimates for Microsoft workloads
We are announcing the general availability of the AWS Modernization Calculator for Microsoft Workloads. Read More for the details.

GCP – How The FA is moving the goal posts with a data cloud approach in Qatar
We’re moments away from the kick-off of another historic tournament. After the England men’s football team reached the Euro 2020 final in last year’s pandemic-delayed competition, there is genuine confidence in a successful run in Qatar. The Football Association (The FA) is the governing body of association football in England, and has left no stone […]

AWS – AWS Proton is now available in 6 new regions
Amazon Web Services (AWS) announces that AWS Proton is now available in 6 new AWS regions: Europe (Frankfurt), Europe (London), Asia Pacific (Seoul), Asia Pacific (Singapore), Asia Pacific (Sydney), and Canada (Central). Read More for the details.

GCP – Built with BigQuery: How Connected-Stories leverages Google Data Cloud and AI/ML for creating personalized Ad Experiences
Editor’s note: The post is part of a series highlighting our awesome partners, and their solutions, that are Built with BigQuery In the field of producing engaging video content such as ads, many marketers ignore the power of data to improve their creative efforts to meet the consumers’ need for personalized messages. The demand for […]

AWS – Amazon Forecast generates predictions for products with no historical data that is more accurate than before
With Amazon Forecast you can now generate forecasts that are more accurate than before for new products with no history. Forecast is a fully managed service that uses machine learning (ML) algorithms to deliver highly accurate time series forecasts for inventory planning, supply-chain management, and workforce planning – without requiring any machine learning experience. Read […]

AWS – Introducing cross-account sharing to direct IAM principals and sharing with AWS Organization units using LF-TBAC in AWS Lake Formation
Cross-account sharing version 3 in AWS Lake Formation is now generally available. Version 3 includes features to improve ease of use in granting cross-account permissions using Lake Formation. You can now share AWS Glue Data Catalog resources such as, databases and tables from one account directly to another account’s IAM principals, namely, IAM roles and […]

AWS – AWS Organizations tag policies are now available in AWS GovCloud (US) Regions
AWS Organizations tag policies are now available in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. The tag policies feature is available to customers through the AWS Console, AWS Command Line Interface (CLI), or AWS SDKs. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon Personalize enables customers to measure the impact of their recommendations
Today, Amazon Personalize launches the ability for customers to measure the business impact of their Personalize recommendations. Amazon Personalize is a fully managed machine learning service that allows customers to deliver personalized experiences to their users, no ML experience required. Customers can now evaluate the sum or count of any user interaction with a Personalize recommendation […]

AWS – AWS IoT TwinMaker now supports camera view and sub-model selection
Starting today, AWS IoT TwinMaker Scene Composer will support two new features, Camera View and Sub-model Selection, which make it easier for customers to navigate complex 3D models in digital twins. Read More for the details.
AWS – AWS IoT TwinMaker now supports data connector to Amazon Athena
Amazon Athena data connector for AWS IoT TwinMaker is now available to all customers. Amazon Athena is an interactive query service that makes it easy to analyze data in Amazon Simple Storage Service using standard SQL. The Amazon Athena data connector enables you to connect your tabular data from the Amazon Athena data store to […]