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GCP – Easy CSV importing into Cloud Bigtable
If you’re trying to learn a new database, you’ll want to kick the tires by loading in some data and maybe doing a query or two. Cloud Bigtable is a powerful database service for scale and throughput, and it is quite flexible in how you store data because of its NoSQL nature. Because Bigtable works […]
GCP – Top 5 Takeaways from Data Cloud Summit ‘22
To compete in a fast moving, transforming, and increasingly digital world, every team, business, process and individual needs to level up the way they think about data. Which is why this year at our Data Cloud Summit 2022, we saw record turnout, both in volume and diversity of attendance. Our thanks go out to all […]
GCP – Introducing the Professional Cloud Database Engineer certification
Today, we’re pleased to announce the new Professional Cloud Database Engineer certification, in beta, to help database engineers translate business and technical requirements into scalable and cost-effective database solutions. By participating in the beta, you will directly influence and enhance the learning and career path for other Cloud Database Engineers. And upon passing the exam, […]
AWS – Amazon WorkSpaces launches new Graphics G4dn bundles to improve performance and optimize costs
Amazon WorkSpaces is introducing two new graphics bundles based on the EC2 G4dn family: Graphics.g4dn and GraphicsPro.g4dn. These bundles allow you to run graphics- and compute-intensive workloads on desktops in the cloud as cost-effective solutions for graphics applications that are optimized for NVIDIA GPUs using NVIDIA libraries such as CUDA, CuDNN, OptiX, and Video Codec […]
AWS – AWS AI & ML Scholarship Program opens applications for underrepresented and underserved students
The AWS Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) Scholarship program, in collaboration with Intel and Udacity, opens applications for underserved and underrepresented students in tech globally to gain hands on learning, tailored mentoring, and up to two of 2,500 Udacity Nanodegree scholarships awarded annually. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) Prefix Lists is now available in the AWS Asia Pacific (Osaka) region
Starting today, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) customers can now create their own Prefix List in the AWS Asia Pacific (Osaka) region. A prefix list is a collection of CIDR blocks that can be used to configure VPC security groups and route tables and share it with other AWS accounts using Resource Access Manager (RAM). […]
AWS – AWS Single Sign-On is now HIPAA eligible
Today, Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced that AWS Single Sign-On (AWS SSO) is now HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) eligible. AWS SSO is where customers create, or connect, workforce identities and manage their access centrally across AWS accounts. HIPAA eligibility means that customers subject to HIPAA – including health insurance companies, healthcare providers, […]
AWS – Amazon Personalize now supports resource tagging
Today we are announcing support for tagging of Amazon Personalize resources to help simplify organization and cost management of resources. Amazon Personalize enables developers to improve customer engagement through personalized product and content recommendations – no ML expertise required. Tags are labels in the form of key-value pairs that may be attached to individual Amazon […]
Azure – Generally available: Service tags support for user-defined routing
Simplify route creation and management by using service tags to represent multiple IP ranges in a single user-defined route. Read More for the details.
Azure – General availability: Glossary terms in Azure Purview data catalog search
The Azure Purview data catalog search experience now includes glossary terms in the search results. Read More for the details.