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GCP – EyecareLive transforms healthcare ecosystem with Enhanced Support
EyecareLive transforms the healthcare ecosystem with Enhanced Support, a support service from the Google Cloud Customer Care portfolio. Telemedicine is now mainstream. It exploded during the COVID-19 pandemic. A 2022 survey by Jones Lang Lasalle (registration required) found that 38% of U.S. patients were using some form of telemedicine. This number is expected to grow […]
GCP – How to simplify and fast-track your data warehouse migrations using BigQuery Migration Service
Migrating data to the cloud can be a daunting task. Especially moving data from warehouses and legacy environments requires a systematic approach. These migrations usually need manual effort and can be error-prone. They are complex and involve several steps such as planning, system setup, query translation, schema analysis, data movement, validation, and performance optimization. To […]
GCP – Analyzing satellite images in Google Earth Engine with BigQuery SQL
Google Earth Engine (GEE) is a groundbreaking product that has been available for research and government use for more than a decade. Google Cloud recently launched GEE to General Availability for commercial use. This blog post describes a method to utilize GEE from within BigQuery’s SQL allowing SQL speakers to get access to and value […]
GCP – Building an automated data pipeline from BigQuery to EarthEngine with Cloud Functions
Over the years, vast amounts of satellite data have been collected and ever more granular data are being collected everyday. Until recently, those data have been an untapped asset in the commercial space. This is largely because the tools required for large scale analysis of this type of data were not readily available and neither […]
Azure – Generally available: Query Store hints Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance
Shape your query plans without changing the code. Read More for the details.
Azure – Generally available: Azure Ultra Disk Storage in China North 3
Azure Ultra Disk Storage provides high-performance along with sub-millisecond latency for your most-demanding workloads, now available in China North 3. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon Machine Images now support Instance Metadata Service Version 2 by default
You can now set an EC2 Amazon Machine Image (AMI) to use Instance Metadata Service Version 2 (IMDSv2) by default. IMDSv2 is an enhancement to instance metadata access that requires session-oriented requests to add defense in depth against unauthorized metadata access. IMDSv2 requires a PUT request to initiate a session to the instance metadata service […]
AWS – Amazon SageMaker Canvas supports quicker set up of time-series forecasting models
Amazon SageMaker Canvas now supports quicker set up of time-series forecasting models with simplified administration of required permissions. SageMaker Canvas is a visual point-and-click service that enables business analysts to generate accurate machine learning (ML) models for insights and predictions on their own — without requiring any machine learning experience or having to write a […]
AWS – Amazon ECS and Amazon EKS optimized Amazon Machine Images for Microsoft Windows Server now use Docker CE runtime
AWS customers have been using Amazon ECS and Amazon EKS to run and optimize their Microsoft Windows Server workloads. ECS and EKS-optimized Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) for Windows Server have traditionally leveraged Mirantis Container Runtime (formerly Docker Engine – Enterprise) as the default runtime framework. AWS has now migrated all the latest (September 2022) container-optimized […]
AWS – AWS announces new course for practical decision making using no-code ML with Amazon SageMaker Canvas
AWS is excited to announce the launch of a new hands-on course on Coursera for business analysts – “Practical Decision Making using No-Code ML on AWS,” featuring Amazon SageMaker Canvas. Read More for the details.