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AWS – Amazon ECS now supports container port ranges for port mapping
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) now enables you to configure port ranges for your container as part of the port mapping. Port mappings (specified in the container definition) allow containers to access ports on the host container instance to send or receive traffic. In addition to individual ports, Amazon ECS now allows your application […]
AWS – AWS IQ launches public profiles for companies
AWS Partners and consulting firms can now create an AWS IQ profile for their company and connect with AWS customers. Customers can message the Partner directly and connect to receive immediate help. Partners can choose to respond as a company or as an individual who works for the company when engaging with customers. Any Partner […]
AWS – Introducing the new Amazon EMR Console
You can now use the newly re-designed Amazon EMR console. Amazon EMR is the cloud big data solution for petabyte-scale data processing, interactive analytics, and machine learning using open-source frameworks such as Apache Spark, Apache Hive, and Presto. The new re-designed console introduces a new simplified experience to launch and manage clusters running big data […]
AWS – Amazon Personalize extends limits to support more users and longer histories of interactions
We are excited to announce that Amazon Personalize has extended limits to support datasets with up to 100 million users and 3 billion interactions. Amazon Personalize enables developers to improve customer engagement through personalized product and content recommendations – no ML expertise required. Amazon Personalize trains custom models for each customer using their unique data. […]
AWS – Amazon SageMaker Feature Store extends SageMaker Python SDK to support offline store
Today, Amazon SageMaker Feature Store is announcing SageMaker Python SDK support for its offline store. Amazon SageMaker Feature Store is a fully managed, purpose-built repository to store, update, search, and share machine learning (ML) features. SageMaker Feature Store offline store contains historical ML features, and you can use it to generate training data sets for […]
AWS – AWS Copilot announces support for Amazon ECS Service Connect
AWS Copilot now supports Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) Service Connect, a capability that simplifies building and operating resilient distributed applications. Service Connect enables you to have easier network setup and seamless communication between sevices deployed across multiple Amazon ECS clusters and virtual private clouds (VPCs). Service Connect enables you to add a layer […]
AWS – Amazon Fraud Detector launches Data Models Explorer
Amazon Fraud Detector now provides customers with a simple and effective way to align their business use cases with Amazon Fraud Detector data models. Amazon Fraud Detector is a fully managed service enabling customers to identify potentially fraudulent activities and catch more online fraud faster. Read More for the details.
GCP – How Google Maps Platform enabled businesses and government organizations to provide critical information and services during the pandemic
Google Maps Platform provides developers with business information, ratings, reviews and more for over 200 million businesses and places around the world. Points of interest (POI) data is constantly changing–new businesses open and existing businesses shut down or change their hours of operation. Changes like these can impact not only a business’ customers, but also […]
GCP – Speech AI Year in Review
Almost anywhere you looked, AI-based speech technologies continued to blossom in 2022, from increased interest measured in Google Trends, to surprising medical advances that suggest speech patterns can help detect some illnesses, to the variety of digital services and devices that users control with their voices. At Google Cloud, we spent 2022 making the best […]
GCP – IT prediction: Organizations prioritize sustainability as part of application design
Editor’s note: This post is part of an ongoing series on IT predictions from Google Cloud experts. Check out the full list of our predictions on how IT will change in the coming years. Prediction: By 2025, 3 out of 4 developers will lead with sustainability as their primary development principle For years now, the […]