This Quick Start deploys Tableau Server in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud and configures it to work with Snowflake in about 30 minutes. This Quick Start is for IT and database professionals who want to understand the infrastructure requirements of these solutions and deploy production workloads for end users in their organizations.

Hollow laughs were heard all over the UK yesterday when our first 5G network was launched. Those in not-spots, and those thankful to get GPRS and Edge, will regard the ‘launch’ as a bad joke. As with 3G and 4G, 5G is being rolled out mainly to relieve congestion. For a few giddy months, early …

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The bible of high tech selling, Marketing High Technology by Bill Davidow, gives an example of how tricky pricing can be: “The first really powerful 8-bit microprocessor on the market was Intel’s 8080,” writes Davidow, “it had been preceded by a lower-performance device, the 8008, which initially sold for $36.“ “Since the 8080 had ten …

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What are the most popular topics covered? Well, there’s a return of the China-ARM IP story, a Raspberry Pi-based home camera system, the possible sale of Cypress and long-range comms with a Sony chip…

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Synopsys says it has stopped providing Huawei with updates to its software and has suspended sales of new software. The pressure is now on Cadence to follow suit.  Whereas Synopsys employees have been told not to engage with Huawei, apparently Cadence employees have not. Mentor Systems, now a Siemens subsidiary, could provide part of the EDA …

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AWS CodeCommit , a fully-managed source control service, is now available in the AWS GovCloud (US-East) Region. CodeCommit makes it easy for companies to host secure and highly scalable private Git repositories.  

Avis Budget Group is a global provider of transportation solutions. Its Avis and Budget brands have more than 11,000 rental locations in approximately 180 countries around the world. Its Zipcar brand, a leading car sharing network, has more than one million members in over 500 cities and towns.

Avis Budget Group sought to become an API-driven company to reinvent the rental car experience, digitize its business, and develop new business models. The company needed help managing and using its data effectively while also scaling globally.

After deciding to build on AWS, Avis Budget Group chose to work with Slalom to complete a successful PoC on AWS and move forward with a pilot project at Newark airport. Using machine learning (ML), the pilot focused on building a practical on-site solution that could address the over- and under-utilization of cars in real-time using an optimization engine built in Amazon SageMaker. Avis Budget Group plans to roll out the optimization engine to all of its North American locations by December of 2020. The company’s speed of development has improved substantially since building on AWS and working with Slalom. Through the PoC, Avis Budget Group found that moving the needle even a small amount on some of its objectives, such as optimizing car mileage, translates into big benefits for the business and for its customers.

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Today we released the AWS Competency Partner Spotlight, featuring qualified APN Technology and Consulting Partners who have deep expertise and proven customer success in specific areas like Machine Learning, Financial Services, Oralce, and more. 

The AWS Competency Program highlights APN Partners who bring the right expertise for specific business needs by quickly narrowing the search among the tens of thousands of Partners in the APN. AWS Competency Partners are equipped to solve business problems in a complex IT environment.

AWS Competency offerings follow AWS best practices for building the most secure, high-performing, resilient, and efficient cloud infrastructure for industry applications.

This APN Spotlight provides success stories for AWS Customers to learn more about APN Partner solutions or technology offerings that can help meet business goals. 

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Cypress Semiconductor is on the block, reports Bloomberg. Following takeover interest, Cypress has hired advisers to explore options for selling the company. Cypress shares went up 13% yesterday after news broke of the move. The shares have gone up 36% this year. In Q1 the company reported a 5.5% drop in revenues but forecast a …

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Distributor, Farnell, has added four compact Arduino MKR shields to its Arduino product range. The accessories – three shields and a motor carrier – can be integrated into battery-powered IoT applications in industrial automation, environmental monitoring, agriculture, tracking and energy monitoring projects. The ENV Shield, RGB Shield and Therm Shield have a standard, modular design and are …

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