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AWS – Amazon Pinpoint launches journey custom channel input and response support
Amazon Pinpoint journeys now include the ability to pass data into a custom channel, and be able to perform a yes/no or multivariate split based on the response. Journeys in Amazon Pinpoint were designed for customers who want to send targeted communications that drive high-value user actions. Journeys can include custom channel activities, which can […]
AWS – Amazon RDS adds support for publishing events to encrypted Amazon SNS topics
Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) can now publish events to Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS) topics that have server-side encryption (SSE) enabled, for additional protection of events that carry sensitive data. Amazon RDS groups events into categories that you can subscribe to so that you can be notified when an event in that […]
AWS – AWS Step Functions launches an interactive workshop for building and deploying application workflows
You can now learn to use AWS Step Functions with a new workshop called The AWS Step Functions Workshop. This self-paced tutorial teaches you how to use the primary features of Step Functions through a series of interactive modules. Each module contains lesson materials you can deploy to your AWS account, covering topics such as […]
AWS – Amazon EMR Serverless is now generally available
We are happy to announce the general availability of Amazon EMR Serverless, a new serverless deployment option in Amazon EMR that makes it easy and cost effective for data engineers and analysts to run petabyte-scale data analytics in the cloud. Amazon EMR is a big data solution that you can use to run large-scale distributed […]
GCP – Learn how Google Maps Platform partners can help you meet your business goals
At Google Maps Platform, we build end-to-end solutions and low-code tools that help you solve technical challenges and meet your business needs. We also work with a diverse group of partners who specialize in helping companies of all sizes and backgrounds get the most out of our products. In last month’s Maps OnAir, partner sales […]
AWS – Amazon S3 on Outposts now supports AWS PrivateLink for management of buckets and access points
Amazon S3 on Outposts now supports AWS PrivateLink, providing direct access to manage your S3 on Outposts storage capacity via a private endpoint within your virtual private network. This allows you to simplify your internal network architecture and perform management operations on your S3 storage by using private IP addresses in your Virtual Private Cloud […]
AWS – Announcing Geofence Management in Amplify Geo (JavaScript), powered by Amazon Location Service
Today we are announcing the general availability of Geofences for Amplify Geo. Amplify Geo enables frontend developers to add location-aware features to their web applications. Developers looking to display geometric boundaries or Geofences on a map, can now implement a complete Geofence management solution in minutes using the cloud-connected UI widget and APIs from Amplify […]
GCP – Automate identity document processing with Document AI
How many times have you filled out forms requesting personal information? It’s probably too many times to count. When online and signed in, you can save a lot of time thanks to your browser’s autofill feature. In other cases, you often have to provide the same data manually, again and again. The first Document AI […]
AWS – Amazon Transcribe now supports automatic language identification for multi-lingual audio
Amazon Transcribe is an automatic speech recognition (ASR) service that makes it easy for you to add speech-to-text capabilities to your applications. Today, we are excited to announce automatic language identification support for multi-lingual audio in batch mode. If your audio recording contains more than one language, you can enable multi-language identification, which identifies all languages […]
GCP – Google Cloud enables inclusive financial services with Black-owned business initiative
In June of 2020, Sundar Pichai outlined a number of commitments Google will make to racial equity, starting with the Black+ community in the United States. As part of this initiative, we formed a team at Google Cloud to help black entrepreneurs accelerate the growth of their businesses with cloud technology. Racial equity is inextricably […]