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Microsoft Introduces New UI Experience for Trying out Computer Vision with Vision Studio
Microsoft recently introduced a new User Interface (UI) for developers called Vision Studio to try its Computer Vision API.
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SFTP for Azure Blob Storage Now Generally Available
Azure Blob Storage now supports the SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP), allowing customers to use SFTP for file access, transfer, and management on the object storage service. The new option is generally available and simplifies the migration to the cloud of legacy applications and enterprise workloads.
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New Features for Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server
New features for Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server are in preview. These new features include encryption of data at rest with customer-managed keys, database authentication with Azure Active Directory, geo-redundant backups and fast restores of data, and a migration tool for moving workloads from the product’s older Single Server deployment option.
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Amazon DynamoDB - Evolution of a Hyper-Scale Cloud Database Service: Akshat Vig at QCon SF 2022
Akshat Vig, a principal engineer in NoSQL databases at Amazon, spoke at QCon San Francisco about Amazon DynamoDB: Evolution of a Hyper-Scale Cloud Database Service. The talk was part of the "Architectures You've Always Wondered About" track.
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Amazon Neptune Now Supports Serverless Deployment Option
Recently AWS announced the general availability (GA) of a new deployment option for Amazon Neptune, providing automatic scaling capacity based on the application’s needs. The deployment option is called Amazon Neptune Serverless.
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KubeCon NA 2022: Doug Davis on CloudEvents and beyond
CloudEvents specification can help solve challenges associated with cloud event management lifecycle, like discovery of event producers, setting up subscriptions and event verification. Doug Davis from Microsoft spoke at KubeCon CloudNativeCon North America 2022 Conference about how CloudEvents project has been focused on eventing-related painpoints that might benefit from some standardization.
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Google Cloud Introduces Blockchain Node Engine for Web3 Development
Google Cloud recently announced the private preview of Blockchain Node Engine, a managed node-hosting option for Web3 development. Ethereum will be the first blockchain supported.
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Microsoft Previews Computer Vision Image Analysis API 4.0
Recently Microsoft announced the public preview of a new version of the Computer Vision Image Analysis API, making all visual image features ranging from Optical Character Recognition (OCR) to object detection available through a single endpoint.
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Azure Cosmos DB: Low Latency and High Availability at Planet Scale
Mei-Chin Sei and Vinod Sridharan spoke at QCon San Francisco on Azure Cosmos DB: Low Latency and High Availability at Planet Scale. The talk was part of the "Architectures You've Always Wondered About" track.
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Microsoft Introduces Azure Savings Plans for Compute
Microsoft recently announced Azure Savings Plans for Compute, providing customers with an easy and flexible way to save significantly on compute services compared to pay-as-you-go prices by committing to spend a fixed hourly amount for one or three years.
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Interactive Query Service Amazon Athena Introduces New Engine
AWS recently announced version 3 of the engine for Amazon Athena, the serverless interactive service to query S3 data using standard SQL. The cloud provider claims that the new engine improves performance and supports new use cases thanks to over 50 new SQL functions and 30 new analytics features.
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Leveraging Determinism: Frank Yu at QCon San Francisco 2022
Frank Yu, senior engineering manager at Coinbase, had his talk on leveraging deterministic systems to build and run consistent and predictable applications at scale, drawing direct and relevant experiences from building and running financial exchanges at Coinbase.
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AWS Introduces AWS Parameters and Secrets Lambda Extension to Improve Performances and Security
AWS recently announced the Parameters and Secrets Lambda Extension, a new way for developers to retrieve parameters from Systems Manager Parameter Store and secrets from Secrets Manager. The Lambda extension caches parameters and secrets, reducing latency and costs.
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James Gosling Shares Wisdom Related to IoT at Devoxx: Code on the Edge and Its Hurdles
In his Devoxx talk, James Gosling, the father of Java, zooms in on the technicalities of writing code for devices on the network's edge. Based on his impressive career developing software for devices ranging from satellites to autonomous submarines, he provides practical advice for the moments when the hardware is on the bottom of the sea, or when minor errors could cause mayhem or even fatality.
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Programming Your Policies: Justin Cormack at QCon San Francisco 2022
At QCon San Francisco 2022, Justin Cormack, CTO at Docker, presented on Programming your policies. The talk is part of one of the editorial tracks called "Languages of Infra: Beyond YAML."