With AWS Elemental MediaLive, live channels that have inputs with matching embedded timecodes now produce synchronized video segments for HLS and Smooth Streaming outputs. Used with the input redundancy feature in AWS Elemental MediaPackage , this allows a live channel to seamlessly failover across the two channel pipelines provided by MediaLive and the redundant inputs used by a MediaPackage channel. The result is a highly available, multi-AZ , live channel from a single endpoint and a better-quality viewing experience.

You can now connect to Amazon EFS file systems from EC2 instances in other AWS regions using an inter-region VPC peering connection, and from on-premises servers using an AWS VPN connection. 

Over the course of 20 conferences, the Strategies in Light program has seen its share of changes. With his unique insight into the historic market research, conference co-chair Bob Steele draws patterns between the evolution of LED markets and the ways they have shaped the content of the event.

The new AWS Budgets console provides simplified budget creation workflows, contextual AWS Cost Explorer integration, and an enhanced Budgets dashboard.

Starting today, device makers building with Alexa Voice Service (AVS) can integrate their products with Alexa for Business . Alexa for Business customers can then manage these third party devices as shared devices  and make private skills available through their Alexa for Business console. This will provide Alexa for Business customers with an expanded choice of Alexa built-in devices to use in their organizations – from conference rooms to shared workspaces. 

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  Thanks to Statista for this one – the twelve best countries for holiday entitlement:

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Harwin’s circular sensor connector has a current rating of 2A per contact.

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CML Microcircuits of Maldon, Essex has upgraded its voice codec offering with the  CMX655D which integrates two matched channels with Digital Signal Processing (DSP) along with a 1 Watt 90% efficient filterless Class D amplifier and support for digital MEMS microphones. These are functions that would have previously only been possible by adding additional components. In …

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  September billings for semiconductor manufacturing equipment were down 6.5% on August at $2.09 billion compared to August,reports SEMI. August billings were $2.37 billion. September billings are 1.8% higher than the $2.05 billion of September 2017. “Quarterly global billings of North American equipment suppliers experienced their typical seasonal weakening in the most recent quarter,” says SEMI …

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