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GCP – Migrating your Data Warehouse to BigQuery? Make sure to unit test your BigQuery UDFs with Dataform
When you’re migrating to BigQuery, you have a rich library of BigQuery native functions available to empower your analytics workloads. You can also extend this existing set of functions with your own user-defined functions (UDFs). Because we’re human and we all make mistakes, it’s a good idea to write unit tests to validate that your […]
GCP – Apache Cassandra on Anthos: Scaling applications for a global market
Your users are everywhere. Meeting them where they live and work requires scaling your experience, not just in data size and processing power, but also geographically. Scaling for a global market needs successful cloud-native delivery, cutting-edge management tools, and new approaches that can efficiently handle distributed, hybrid, and even multi-cloud environments. Successful Hybrid/Multi/distributed applications provide […]
GCP – TC partners with Google Cloud to put the power of investing into the hands of everyday Brazilians
When investing in stocks, access to timely, accurate information can make the difference between success or failure. With so many factors impacting markets, everyday investors need trusted information they can count on—something that was particularly challenging for Brazilians. Five years ago Israel Massa, Rafael Ferri, and I founded TC (formerly TradersClub), an online community that […]
GCP – Google Cloud joins forces with EDM Council to build a more secure and governed data cloud
Google Cloud joins the EDM Council to announce the release of the CDMC framework v1.1.1. This has been an industry wide effort which started in the summer of 2020, where leading cloud providers, data governance vendors and experts worked together to define the best practices for data management in the cloud. The CDMC Framework captures expertise […]
Azure – Reminder: Azure Service Management API for Messaging Services will be retired on 1 November 2021
Transition to Azure Resource Manager by 1 November 2021. Read More for the details.
GCP – Training more than 40 million new people on Google Cloud skills
Around the world, organizations across multiple industries are in the midst of digitally transforming their businesses. For many, the COVID-19 pandemic only accelerated things. These digital transformations are already impacting the way we work and live, from enabling more sustainable, carbon neutral growth; to creating new business models shaped by artificial intelligence; to allowing unprecedented […]
Azure – General availability: Azure Sphere version 21.10 expected on Oct. 20, 2021
Participate in the retail evaluation now to ensure full compatibility. The OS evaluation period for 21.10 provides 14 days for backward compatibility testing. Read More for the details.
AWS – Prepare and visualize time series datasets in Amazon SageMaker Data Wrangler
Amazon SageMaker Data Wrangler reduces the time it takes to aggregate and prepare data for machine learning (ML) from weeks to minutes. With SageMaker Data Wrangler, you can simplify the process of data preparation and feature engineering, and complete each step of the data preparation workflow, including data selection, cleansing, exploration, and visualization from a single […]
GCP – Model training as a CI/CD system: Part I
In software engineering, Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Delivery (CD) are two very important concepts. CI is when you integrate changes (new features, approved code commits, etc.) into your system reliably and continuously. CD is when you deploy these changes reliably and continuously. CI and CD both can be performed in isolation as well as […]
Azure – Windows 11 is now generally available on Azure Virtual Desktop
Deploy Windows 11 desktops and applications on Azure Virtual Desktop and utilize new capabilities while optimizing for cost. Read More for the details.