Amazon Kinesis Agent is a pre-built Java application that offers an easy way to collect and send data to Amazon Kinesis Streams and Amazon Kinesis Firehose. The agent monitors a set of files for new data and continuously sends it to Amazon Kinesis Streams or Amazon Kinesis Firehose.
AWS Support introduces operations reviews, recommendations, and reporting available through Enterprise support plan
A new set of review, guidance and reporting activities have been formalized to help customers prepare, manage, and optimize their cloud operations. Included with the Enterprise support plan, Operations Support enables customers to work with their Technical Account Manager to gain:
- Operational insight: Operations assessments and analysis to identify gaps across the operations lifecycle, as well as recommendations based on best practices.
- Event Reporting: Detailed reporting on customer-impacting events, including AWS remediation steps and recommended customer actions to help mitigate future risk.
FLINT: EPA Inspector General’s Office examining Agency’s response
EPA Office of Inspector General to speak with early complainants about Flint water.
USGS to award $4M to improve groundwater monitoring program
The USGS is working with the Federal Advisory Committee on Water Information’s (ACWI) Subcommittee on Ground Water (SOGW) to develop and administer the NGWMN.
WaterWorld Weekly Newscast, April 11, 2016
A transcript of the WaterWorld Weekly Newscast for the week of April 11, 2016.
Amazon CEO Responds To Workers’ Mistreatment Claims
Amazon has come under fire for the way it treats its people. Now it has responded to criticisms in a letter from founder and CEO, Jeff Bezos, to shareholders. The New York Times reported that Amazon employees work at least 80 hours a week, are sent emails after midnight followed by texts if not answered, …
Intel IoT microcontroller on sale at Mouser
Intel’s internet of things (IoT) microcontroller, the Quark is now available from Mouser Electronics. The D2000 is aimed at applications that require long battery life, such as wearable sensors and RFID tags. The 32MHz, 32-bit microcontroller contains 32kbyte of flash and 8kbyte of SRAM and there are 25 general-purpose inputs and outputs (GPIOs). Designed to …
Sharp makes flexible OLED; investing $1.84bn
Sharp, now owned by Foxconn, is to invest $1.84 billion into OLED development and manufacturing over the next four years, reports the Nikkei. Sources have speculated that Apple encouraged, and possibly assisted, Foxconn in its takeover of Sharp because it sees OLED supply as vital to its iPhone and iPad product lines. Sharp has developed …
Sedna re-creates Picasso lighting experiment using LEDs
Sedna, the Cardiff LED lighting specialist, has recreated Picasso’s light experiment using an LED torch to mark the 43rd anniversary of the artist’s death. Mike Collins who was responsible for re-creating Picasso’s experiment, says: “Sedna have proved themselves to be innovative thinkers -using their resources to make a brighter world.” Collins explains his approach on …
NXP mulling sale of standard chip business to China
NXP is mulling a sale of its standard chip business reports Bloomberg. The division made an operating profit of $264 million last year on sales of $1.24 billion. It is thought to be worth about $2 billion. Chinese investor Jianguang Asset Management known as JAC Capital is thought to be interested. JAC bought NXP’s RF …