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Azure – Public preview: Read replicas for Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server
Read replicas are used to offload read workloads and for disaster recovery scenarios in Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server, a managed service running the open source Postgres database. Read More for the details.
Azure – Azure SQL Public preview updates for late October 2022
Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in late October 2022. Read More for the details.
Azure – Azure SQL General availability updates for late October 2022
General availability enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL in late October 2022. Read More for the details.
Azure – Public preview: Azure Load Testing supports authenticating with client certificates
Azure Load Testing now enables you to authenticate to application endpoints which require a client certificate for authentication. Read More for the details.
Azure – Generally available: Azure Communication Services short code functionality for SMS
Execute high-volume SMS campaigns in seconds with easy, automated short code functionality. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon EC2 C6i, M6i instances are now available in additional regions
Starting today, Amazon EC2 C6i and M6i instances are available in the Asia Pacific (Osaka) and Africa (Cape Town) regions. C6i instances are an ideal fit for compute-intensive workloads such as batch processing, distributed analytics, high performance computing (HPC). M6i instances are SAP Certified and are ideal for workloads such as web and application servers, […]
AWS – Amazon MSK adds support for Apache Kafka version 3.3.1
Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK) now supports Apache Kafka version 3.3.1 for new and existing clusters. Apache Kafka 3.3.1 includes several bug fixes and new features that improve performance. Some of the key features include enhancements to metrics and partitioner. Amazon MSK will continue to use and manage Zookeeper for quorum management in this […]
GCP – Improved TabNet on Vertex AI: High-performance, scalable Tabular Deep Learning
Data scientists choose models based on various tradeoffs when solving machine learning (ML) problems that involve tabular (i.e., structured) data, the most common data type within enterprises. Among such models, decision trees are popular because they are easy to interpret, fast to train, and can obtain high accuracy quickly from small-scale datasets. On the other […]
GCP – Best practices for migrating Hadoop to Dataproc by Liveramp
Abstract In this blog, we describe our journey to the cloud and share some lessons we learned along the way. Our hope is that you’ll find this information helpful as you go through the decision, execution, and completion of your own migration to the cloud. Introduction LiveRamp is a data enablement platform powered by identity, […]
GCP – Announcing new GKE functionality for streamlined security management
At Google Cloud, we’re driven by a vision of invisible security, where advanced security capabilities are engineered into our platforms, operations are simplified, and stronger security outcomes can be achieved. As we pursue this ideal, we want to help make security easier to use and manage. Our new built-in Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) security posture […]