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AWS – Amazon DevOps Guru now available in seven additional regions
Amazon DevOps Guru is now available in the Europe (London), Europe (Paris), Asia Pacific (Mumbai), Asia Pacific (Seoul), US West (N. California), South America (São Paulo), and Canada (Central) regions. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon CloudWatch Container Insights launches lifecycle events for Amazon ECS
Amazon CloudWatch Container Insights now provides lifecycle events for Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS). With Container Insights you can monitor, isolate, and diagnose your containerized applications running on ECS. Now with the addition of lifecycle events, you can easily correlate metrics, logs and events in a single view for more complete operational visibility. Read More […]

AWS – Announcing 1-Click templates and tutorials in AWS Budgets
Starting today, you can create budgets using a simplified 1-click workflow for common budgeting scenarios as well as take step-by-step tutorials to learn about creating different kinds of budgets. AWS Budgets helps you track against expected spend by sending alerts when your cost and usage exceeds (or is forecasted to exceed) thresholds you define, or when […]

AWS – AWS IoT FleetWise is now generally available
AWS IoT FleetWise is now generally available to help automotive companies collect, transform, and transfer vehicle data to the cloud in near real time. Automotive companies can use the data in the cloud to extensively analyze vehicle fleet health. Insights gained allow companies to quickly identify potential maintenance issues, make in-vehicle infotainment systems smarter, or […]

AWS – Amazon Connect launches updated flows UI and improved flow language
Amazon Connect now has an updated flow designer UI, that makes it easier and faster to build personalized and automated end-customer experiences. With this launch, you can now easily filter the available blocks to quickly find what you need to build the flow, create color coded connections between blocks, view additional block metadata (e.g., the full […]

GCP – How Volkswagen and Google Cloud are using machine learning to design more energy-efficient cars
Volkswagen strives to design beautiful, performant, and energy efficient vehicles. This entails an iterative process where designers go through many design drafts, evaluating each, integrating the feedback, and refining. For example, a vehicle’s drag coefficient—its resistance to air—is one of the most important factors of energy efficiency. Thus, getting estimates of the drag coefficient for […]

GCP – Adore Me embraces the power and flexibility of Looker and Google Cloud
You don’t have to work in the women’s clothing business to know that one size doesn’t fit all. Adore Me pioneered the try-at-home shopping service, helping to ensure that every woman can feel good in what she wears. I’ve been lucky enough to have played a part in our growth and success over the years. […]

GCP – Get a head start with no-cost learning challenges before Next ‘22
Google Cloud Next is just two weeks away, taking place October 11-13. We’re giving developers across the globe the chance to get a head start with no-cost learning opportunities. By registering now for Next ‘22, you’ll get early access to #GoogleClout challenges designed for Next attendees, including the recently announced Google Cloud Fly Cup challenge. […]

GCP – Google Cloud Deploy adds Cloud Run and deployment verification support
Google Cloud customers want to be able to easily deploy their applications to the full breadth of platforms that we offer, including Cloud Run. And when they push out code to production, they want confirmation that the deployment was successful. Today, we’re pleased to announce the Preview availability of Cloud Run targets and deployment verification […]
GCP – 4 steps to get the most out of your Google Cloud Next experience
I’ll be honest. I’ve been dreaming about Google Cloud Next. Not dreaming as in “wistfully anticipating” – dreaming as in “this is all my brain wants to think about, even while I’m asleep.” It’s going to be incredible. It’s going to be global. One of a kind. Inclusive. Truly personalized. If you can’t tell, I’m […]