Cloud News for April 17th, 2023
A weekly post with all the latest Cloud news from Azure, Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud Platform. #cloud #news #softcorpremium
Monte Carlo’s New Fivetran Integration Accelerates Data Incident Detection, ResolutionÂ
Monte Carlo has integrated with Fivetran to speed up the detection and resolution of data incidents. #MonteCarlo #Fivetran #softcorpremium
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Maximizing Value and Minimizing Risk: Key Considerations for Divestiture Migrations
The post discusses the importance of careful planning and execution during the divestiture process, highlighting the potential for companies to transform their businesses and unlock new growth opportunities. #divestiture #transformation #softcorpremium
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Alibaba Initiates Significant Organizational Changes
Alibaba has announced major organizational changes, including the creation of a new business unit and the appointment of new executives, in an effort to better position itself for future growth. #Alibaba #organizationalchanges #softcorpremium
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Software-defined edge architecture for connected vehicles
Vehicle manufacturers and fleet operators are using data to improve vehicle capabilities and mobility applications in response to a competitive marketplace that emphasizes customer experience and views transportation as a service. #VehicleManufacturers #fleetoperators #data #softcorpremium
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Maximizing Savings: Cost Optimization for Azure’s Most-Used Services
The blog post discusses cost optimization in Azure and suggests cost-saving measures for commonly used Azure services. The author also recommends reevaluating technical architecture to optimize performance and efficiency and provides information on Azure Dev Test subscriptions. #Azure #costoptimization #softcorpremium
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Solving for the next era of innovation and efficiency with data and AI
Google has announced new product innovations and partner offerings that can optimize price-performance, help businesses take advantage of open ecosystems, securely set data standards, and bring the magic of AI and ML to existing data. They have also introduced new BigQuery pricing editions along with innovations for autoscaling and a new compressed storage billing model. #AI #ML #softcorpremium
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Modernizing Public Sector Call Centers
Google Cloud's Contact Center AI and Apigee API Management are used together to modernize government call center operations, offering better resilience against future crises, higher satisfaction for callers, greater empowerment for call center operators, and cost savings over time for the government agency. #GoogleCloud #ContactCenterAI #Apigee #softcorpremium
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Kubernetes Vault integration via Sidecar Agent Injector vs. Vault Secrets Operator vs. CSI provider
This article compares three different methods for integrating Kubernetes with Vault, including using a Sidecar Agent Injector, a Vault Secrets Operator, or a CSI provider. #Kubernetes #Vault #CSI #softcorpremium
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Sogou Founder Builds New Startup to Research Large-scale Model
Former founder of Sogou, Wang Xiaochuan, has established a new startup focused on researching large-scale models. #startup #researching #softcorpremium
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Right-size your Kubernetes Applications Using Open Source Goldilocks for Cost Optimization
The blog post discusses the importance of optimizing resource allocation and right-sizing workloads in Kubernetes environments to reduce costs. The post provides guidance on how to use Goldilocks, an open-source tool, to install and view suggested resource recommendations for Kubernetes applications. #Kubernetes #Goldilocks #softcorpremium
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Boost efficiency with Power Platform and Azure API Management
APIs have become more important than ever, and their use has increased tremendously in recent years with the rise of cloud computing, mobile devices, and IoT. Microsoft Power Platform and Azure API Management are being united to enable new business scenarios by expanding the consumption of organizational APIs, streamlining workflows, enhancing productivity, and expanding audience reach. #APIs #cloudcomputing #IoT #softcorpremium
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Confidential Space: The future of privacy-preserving collaboration
Google Cloud announced the general availability of Confidential Space, a Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) that provides a secure enclave for privacy-focused use cases such as joint data analysis and machine learning. Confidential Space is designed to protect data from all parties involved including hardened protection against cloud service provider access, and has received extensive interest from customers for digital asset custody leveraging multi-party computation (MPC). #GoogleCloud #ConfidentialSpace #softcorpremium
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Custom plugin creation and integration with JMeter and Azure Load Testing
The post describes how custom plugins can extend the functionality of JMeter and allow users to implement unique scenarios into their performance tests. The article also explains how to create a custom plugin using Java SDK, which can be used to generate pre-requisite data, validate records, and generate reports. #JMeter #plugins #softcorpremium
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Secure and privacy-centric sharing with data clean rooms in BigQuery
Google Cloud is introducing BigQuery data clean rooms in Q3 to help organizations create and manage secure environments for privacy-centric data sharing, analysis, and collaboration across organizations without generally needing to move or copy data. These data clean rooms can enable businesses across industries to optimize marketing and promotional activities, improve fraud detection, and share data within a clean room to learn how patients are reacting to treatments. #BigQuery #datacleanrooms #softcorpremium
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Let’s Architect! Streamlining business with migration and modernization
Many companies migrate their systems to AWS to gain a competitive edge and drive business value. To maximize benefits, applications are moved in conjunction with modernization initiatives for improved agility, scalability, and resilience. #AWS #modernization #scalability #softcorpremium
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Alibaba’s Version of ChatGPT Expects to Release Next Week
Alibaba is set to release its own version of ChatGPT, a chatbot powered by artificial intelligence, the following week. #Alibaba #ChatGPT #softcorpremium
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AWS' Bedrock offers foundation models to build generative AI apps
Amazon Web Services has released a new service called Amazon Bedrock, which offers foundation models from various companies to create customized generative AI applications. This service is currently in private preview and aims to help enterprises overcome constraints of closed-loop models like ChatGPT. #AmazonBedrock #generativeAI #softcorpremium
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5 Proven Best Practices for Measuring Data Team ROI
The post discusses five best practices for measuring the ROI of a data team, providing actionable insights for businesses looking to optimize their data strategies. #data #ROI #softcorpremium
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Maximizing Cost Efficiency of Cloud Infrastructure
The post discusses the misconception that optimizing cost efficiency in public clouds means minimizing spend on their services, when in fact growing cloud usage can lead to greater value realization. #cloudusage #costefficiency #softcorpremium
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Azure landing zones custom archetypes using Terraform
This post explains how to use custom archetypes of Azure Landing Zones and automate deployment using enterprise landing zone module in Terraform. Custom archetypes offer organizations a foundation for consistent deployment of resources, governance, and security across their Azure environment, meeting specific needs such as regulatory compliance and security requirements while reducing time and effort spent on deployment and improving the organization’s security posture. #Azure #Terraform #softcorpremium
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How and Why to Put Multicloud to Work
A guide on the benefits and implementation of utilizing multicloud solutions in your business strategy. #multicloud #businessstrategy #softcorpremium
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How CIEM Can Improve Identity, Permissions Management for Multicloud Deployments
CIEM can improve identity and permissions management for multicloud deployments. #CIEM #multicloud #softcorpremium
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Create a data solution on Azure Synapse Analytics with Snapshot Serengeti - Part 2 (Analytics)
This post is the second in a four-part series on building an end-to-end data analytics and machine learning solution on Azure Synapse Analytics. It covers how to integrate with Power BI and the Azure Machine Learning service, including connecting to Azure Synapse Analytics using Power BI Desktop and modeling data in Power BI. #AzureSynapseAnalytics #PowerBI #AzureMachineLearning #softcorpremium
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Build new generative AI powered search & conversational experiences with Gen App Builder
Gen App Builder is a recently announced generative AI offering by Google Cloud that lets developers create enterprise-grade generative AI applications using Googles foundation models, search expertise, and conversational AI technologies. It offers an orchestration layer that abstracts the complexity of combining various enterprise systems with generative AI tools to create a smooth, helpful user experience. #GenAppBuilder #generativeAI #GoogleCloud #softcorpremium
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Private endpoints for Azure SQL Managed Instance
This article explains private endpoints in Azure SQL Managed Instance, which use Azure Private Link technology to establish secure connectivity between a managed instance and another virtual network. Private endpoints bring remote services into a virtual network, allowing for secure communication between services in different security zones. #AzureSQL #AzurePrivateLink #softcorpremium
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