Advanced technologies will be included in Singapore’s Deep Tunnel Sewerage System to give the project an operational life expectancy of 100 years…
EPA, Army propose to amend effective date defining “Waters of the United States”
The 2015 Rule redefined the scope of where the Clean Water Act applies.
Valicor Environmental Services acquires Midstate Environmental Services
Acquisition extends Valicor’s service offerings into the Texas and Oklahoma markets.
Ed’s Budget Scheming
It’s Budget Week and a load of under-funded, mis-guided, over-optimistic initiatives are to be touted to give the impression that HMG understands tech, Ed confides to his diary. While the Treasury provides largesse, it’s up to Departmental Ministries to administer it, and my job is to get my Department’s hands on the money, pitiful though …
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9ns minimum on-time enables 2MHz high-ratio dc-dc converter : 2.5V from 60V
A 9ns minimum on-time has allowed Rohm to offer a 60Vto 2.5V dc-dc converter – a 24:1 step-down ratio – that runs at 2MHz, claiming this to be a world first.Worst case minimum on-time is 20ns. Called BD9V100MUF-C, the BiCDMOS chip includes output mosfets and is aimed at 48V automotive systems. 2MHz operation keeps it …
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Easily restore an Amazon RDS MySQL database from your MySQL backup
Starting today you can easily restore a new Amazon RDS for MySQL database instance from a backup of your existing MySQL database, including MySQL databases running on Amazon EC2 or outside of AWS. This is done by creating a backup using the Percona XtraBackup tool and uploading the resulting files to an Amazon S3 bucket. You then create a new Amazon RDS DB Instance from the backup files in Amazon S3, directly through the RDS Console or AWS Command Line Interface.
AWS Database Migration Service Offers Migration Validation
AWS Database Migration Service (DMS) offers two new ways to validate your database migration: pre-migration validation and post-migration data validation.
Amazon RDS for SQL Server now supports SQL Server 2017 and SQL Server 2016 SP1 CU5
Amazon RDS for SQL Server now supports Microsoft SQL Server 2017 and SQL Server 2016 SP1 CU5 for Express, Web, Standard and Enterprise Editions on the Windows Operating Systems. You can now leverage SQL Server 2017 features such as GraphDB, Automatic Plan Correction, and Resumable Index Rebuilds on your Amazon RDS SQL Server Instances.
Amazon Redshift Allows Regular Users to be Granted Access to All Rows in Selected System Tables
Starting today, Amazon Redshift allows Superusers to grant regular users access to all rows in selected system tables and views.
Amazon Redshift Improves Performance by Automatically Hopping Queries Without Restarts
Starting today, Amazon Redshift improves query performance by automatically moving read and write queries to the next matching queue without restarting the moved queries. This enhancement to Workload Management enables more efficient use of resources to improve query performance.