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AWS – Amazon QuickSight launches Customer Managed Keys (CMK) for SPICE data encryption
Amazon QuickSight launches new capability for account administrators to use Customer Managed Keys (CMK) to encrypt and manage SPICE datasets. Previously, QuickSight fully manages the protection of customer-data stored inside of the QuickSight service. Using the new Customer Managed Keys (CMK) capability will benefit QuickSight users to 1/ be able to revoke access to SPICE datasets with […]
GCP – An annual roundup of Google Data Analytics innovations
October 23rd (this past Sunday) was my 5th Googleversery and we just wrapped up an incredible Google Next 2022! It was great to see so many customers and my colleagues in person this year in New York City. This blog is an attempt to share progress we have made since last year (4th year anniversary […]
AWS – Announcing Amazon EMR Hive improvements: Metastore check (MSCK) command optimization and Parquet Modular Encryption
Hive users run Metastore check command with the repair table option (MSCK REPAIR table) to update the partition metadata in the Hive metastore for partitions that were directly added to or removed from the file system (S3 or HDFS). When run, MSCK repair command must make a file system call to check if the partition […]
AWS – Announcing general availability of SQL Notebooks support in Amazon Redshift Query Editor
Amazon Redshift introduces a new way to work on multiple SQL queries by organizing them into a single Notebook with documentation, visualization, and collaboration capabilities. The new SQL Notebook interface available in Amazon Redshift Query Editor v2 allows users such as data analysts and data scientists to run data analytics more efficiently by keeping relevant queries […]
AWS – Amazon RDS for Oracle now supports memory optimized R5b instance types
Amazon RDS for Oracle now supports memory optimized R5b instance types for Bring Your Own License (BYOL) model, featuring up to 4x the RAM per vCPU of existing R5b instance classes to better fit your workloads. Many Oracle database workloads require high memory, storage, and I/O bandwidth but can safely reduce the number of vCPUs […]
AWS – Announcing General Availability of Amazon EC2 i4i.metal instance for VMware Cloud on AWS
We are excited to announce the general availability of i4i.metal instance for VMware Cloud on AWS. Designed for storage I/O intensive workloads, i4i.metal instance is powered by 3rd generation Intel® Xeon® Ice Lake processor with an all-core turbo frequency of 3.5 GHz, offer up to 30% better compute price performance over i3 instances. This new […]
AWS – Announcing the general availability of AWS Local Zones in Hamburg and Warsaw
AWS Local Zones are now available in Hamburg and Warsaw—the first AWS Local Zones launch in Europe. You can now use AWS Local Zones in these metro areas to deliver applications that require single-digit millisecond latency or local data processing. Read More for the details.
Azure – Public preview: SAP S/4HANA events are now available on Azure Event Grid
Integrate your apps using Event Grid and SAP S/4HANA events. Read More for the details.
GCP – Google Cloud joins BlueSky Tennessee Institute to train students for high-demand tech jobs
The global workforce is facing a skills gap, affecting more than one billion jobs by 2030. As adoption of technology increases, the World Economic Forum estimates that 50% of all employees will need reskilling by 2025. Globally, 69% of employers report talent shortages and difficulty hiring – mainly due to skills gaps. BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee (BCBST) is facing these […]
GCP – Machine Learning Experiments in Gaming and Why it Matters
Introduction Machine learning (ML) is essential to video game development. Predicting specific in-game actions and identifying and reaching your most valuable players helps to drive better outcomes. To this end, we need to keep track of all experiments that are happening behind the scenes. Google Cloud recently announced the general availability of a new feature […]