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Amazon OpenSearch Adds Anomaly Detection for Historical Data
Amazon OpenSearch recently introduced the support of anomaly detection for historical data. The machine learning based feature helps identifying trends, patterns, and seasonality in OpenSearch data.
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Austrian DPA Ruling against Google Analytics Paves the Way to EU-based Cloud Services
In a recent ruling, the Austrian data regulator declared the use of Google Analytics unlawful based on EU GDPR regulation. While the ruling is very specifically argued and worded, its implications go well beyond this particular case.
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Cloudflare Introduces Support for Relational Database Connections Through Workers
Cloudflare recently announced they are introducing support for relational database connections through Workers, their serverless application platform. The initial support is for Postgres and MySQL. There are still a number of challenges that the Cloudflare team are working through and there are opportunities for community contributions.
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Java News Roundup: Java Plans for 2022, Spring Framework 6.0-M2, Introducing Eclipse Jifa
This week's Java roundup for January 10th, 2022, features news from JDK 18, JDK 19, Java’s plans for 2022 as presented by Nicolai Parlog, point releases for Spring Framework and Spring Data, Quarkus 2.6.2, Micronaut 3.2.5 and 3.2.6, Piranha 22.1.0, JobRunr 4.0.6, introducing Eclipse Jifa, Micrometer Metrics 2.0.0-M1, Micrometer Tracing 1.0.0-M1 and the July - December 2021 Foojay Status Report.
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Google Cloud Spanner Dialect for SQLAlchemy is Generally Available
Google Cloud recently announced the general availability of the Spanner dialect enabling SQLAlchemy applications to run on the distributed SQL database management and storage service.
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Amazon RDS Introduces Readable Standby Instances in Multi-AZ Deployments
AWS has recently announced readable standby instances in Amazon RDS multi-AZ deployments. The new database cluster option provides high availability and durability for workloads requiring more read capacity and consistent transaction latency.
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Microsoft Open-Sources Distributed Machine Learning Library SynapseML
Microsoft announced the release of SynapseML, an open-source library for creating and managing distributed machine learning (ML) pipelines. SynapseML runs on Apache Spark, provides a language-agnostic API abstraction over several datastores, and integrates with several existing ML technologies, including Open Neural Network Exchange (ONNX).
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Migrating Neo4j Graph Schemas with Neo4j Migrations
Neo4j Labs has released Neo4j Migrations, a database migration and refactoring tool that offers version control for relational databases. Inspired by FlywayDB, the tool supports migrations based on Cypher statements or Java. Triggering the migrations is possible via the CLI, Maven plugin, or a Spring Boot starter.
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Amazon RDS Custom for SQL Server Is Now Generally Available
Amazon announced the general availability of Amazon RDS Custom for SQL Server. The new service supports legacy, custom, and packaged applications that have dependencies on specific configurations and third-party tools and have historically been unable to move to a fully-managed database.
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Java News Roundup: Updates on Log4Shell, Spring Framework 6.0-M1, WildFly 26
This week's Java roundup for December 13th, 2021, features news from JDK 19, updates on the Log4Shell vulnerability, vendor statements on Log4Shell related to their products, point releases on various Spring-related projects and Hibernate, WildFly 26, Payara Platform, Quarkus 2.5.3.Final, Apache Camel 3.14.0, Piranha 21.11.0, and Apache Tika 2.2.0.
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Java News Roundup: JDK 18 in Rampdown, JDK 19 Expert Group, Log4j2 Vulnerability, MicroProfile 5.0
This week's Java roundup for December 6th, 2021, features news from OpenJDK JEPs, JDK 18 having moved into Rampdown Phase One, the creation of JDK 19 expert group, the discovery of a remote code execution vulnerability in Log4J, MicroProfile 5.0, and various Spring, Hibernate and Quarkus point releases.
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Recap of AWS re:Invent 2021
After one year as a virtual-only event, re:invent was back last week to Las Vegas with fewer attendees for the 10th edition, and with multiple sessions and keynotes, including a first one for the new CEO Adam Selipsky. AWS announced new features and improvements, with a focus more on packaged solutions than new primitives.
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Get Consistent Access to Third-Party APIs with AWS Data Exchange for APIs
During the recent AWS re:Invent in Las Vegas, the company announced the AWS Data Exchange for APIs. This new capability enables customers to find, subscribe to, and use third-party API products from providers on AWS Data Exchange.
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AWS Introduces Amazon Redshift Serverless
As part of a trend towards serverless analytics options, AWS announced the public preview of Amazon Redshift Serverless. The latest version of the managed data warehouse service targets deployments where it is difficult to manage capacity due to variable workloads or unpredictable spikes.
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Amazon Aurora Supports MySQL 8.0
A few days before re:Invent 2021, AWS announced the general availability of Aurora MySQL 3 with MySQL 8.0 compatibility. The latest major MySQL version adds features such as common table expressions (CTEs), role-based authentication, invisible indexes and instant DDL previously lacking on Aurora.