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GCP – 3co reinvents the digital shopping experience with augmented reality on Google Cloud
Giving people as close to a “try-before-you-buy” experience is essential for retailers. With the move to online shopping further accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, many people are now comfortable shopping online for items they previously only considered buying in stores. The problem for shoppers is that it still can be difficult to get what feels […]

AWS – Introducing more flexible AWS Device Qualification Program for FreeRTOS
Introducing an updated and more flexible AWS Device Qualification Program (DQP) for FreeRTOS that aligns with the modular structure of the latest FreeRTOS and Long Term Support (LTS) library releases. The AWS DQP for FreeRTOS allows microcontroller (MCU) vendors to verify their integration of FreeRTOS AWS IoT libraries running on a specific MCU-based development board […]

AWS – AWS announces support for Android, iOS, and MacOS games with AWS GameKit for Unreal Engine
AWS GameKit is now extended to support Android, iOS, and macOS games developed with Unreal Engine. AWS GameKit, launched on March 23, 2022, gives game developers a powerful tool set to quickly and easily build AWS powered game features directly from the Unreal Editor. With today’s update, the AWS GameKit plugin for Unreal Engine now […]

GCP – How Google Cloud and SAP solve big problems for big companies
With SAP Sapphire kicking off today in Orlando, we’re looking forward to seeing our customers and discussing how they can make core processes more efficient and improve how they serve their customers. One thing is certain to be top of mind – the global supply chain challenges facing the world today. It’s affecting every business […]

GCP – Cloud TPU VMs are generally available
Earlier last year, Cloud TPU VMs on Google Cloud were introduced to make it easier to use the TPU hardware by providing direct access to TPU host machines. Today, we are excited to announce the general availability (GA) of TPU VMs. With Cloud TPU VMs you can work interactively on the same hosts where the […]

AWS – Amazon EC2 adds CloudWatch Events support for Amazon Machine Images
Amazon EC2 now emits notifications to Amazon CloudWatch Events for a variety of Amazon Machine Image (AMI) actions such as creation, registration and de-registration. With CloudWatch Events (CWE), you can establish rules that initiate programmatic actions in response to these changes. Read More for the details.

AWS – Announcing new workflow observability features for AWS Step Functions
AWS Step Functions now provides a new console experience for viewing and debugging your workflow executions that makes it easier to search, filter, and root cause issues in your executions. Read More for the details.

AWS – Monitor your Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus usage with Amazon CloudWatch usage metrics
Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus usage metrics are now available in Amazon CloudWatch at no additional charge. Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus is a fully managed Prometheus-compatible monitoring service that makes it easy to monitor and alarm on operational metrics at scale. Prometheus is a popular Cloud Native Computing Foundation open-source project for monitoring and […]

AWS – Announcing three new APIs for batch data retrieval in AWS IoT SiteWise
AWS IoT SiteWise now supports batch data retrieval from multiple asset properties with the launch of three new APIs that allow you to retrieve current values (BatchGetAssetPropertyValue), historical values (BatchGetAssetPropertyValueHistory), and aggregated values (BatchGetAssetPropertyAggregates) from AWS IoT SiteWise in a single API request. Read More for the details.
Azure – Generally available: Azure Arc-enabled servers support for private endpoints
Enhance your security posture by leveraging Azure private endpoints to connect your on-premises servers to Azure Arc privately. Read More for the details.