AWS re:Post

 AWS re:Post has launched a new functionality for community members to add a profile picture or avatar to their account. re:Post members will now be able to better personalize their accounts by uploading a photo or image of their choice. 

It has the ability to add a profile image creates a visual identifier for the account and helps members form connections, build relationships, and foster learning in the community.

re:Post also introduces a functionality for community members to add inline images within questions and answers. Using this feature, members can now enhance the content they post with architectural diagrams and screenshots.

To start uploading your profile picture or adding supporting images to your content, visit re:Post.

Ph D-Day

 

Today is D-Day (PhD viva defense [D] day); post effect of 7.5 years

My journey through PhD life was similar to others - a roller coaster (or Sin wave) of highs and lows. In this journey, had a difficult time refining my research work, keeping motivation, work research balance, health struggles and then a pandemic spelling.

After these challenges, still felt that everything was hanging on the dreaded viva. Day came finally!

Honestly, everything in those three hours is a bit of a blur with my brain fogged over. Still, it's a life time opportunity!

As the hard core results of consistency, commitment and courage, God blessed me to prefix as Dr. officially. 

Thanks every well wisher to make this D-Day!

Internet Explorer Retirement

After 25+ years of helping people use and experience the web, Internet Explorer (IE) is officially retired and out of support as of yesterday, June 15, 2022. To many millions of you, Microsoft is appreciative for using Internet Explorer as the gateway to the internet world.

Ref: https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2022/06/15/internet-explorer-11-has-retired-and-is-officially-out-of-support-what-you-need-to-know/

AWS Mainframe Modernization

 Today, I read an interesting article to modernize your mainframe applications and deploy them to AWS fully-managed runtime environments

Please go through at https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/modernize-your-mainframe-applications-deploy-them-in-the-cloud/

Well deserved transformation in the current IT industry. Kudos to AWS !

FSx Lustre Root Squash

 Amazon FSx for Lustre is a service to provide the cost-effective, high-performance, and scalable file storage for compute workloads. 

Recently, AWS started supportingroot squash, which is an administrative feature adds an additional layer of file access control on top of the current network-based access control and POSIX file permissions that FSx for Lustre provides. 

Using the root squash feature, the user can restrict root level file system access from clients that access an FSx for Lustre file system as root.

As an IT administrator, it provides the users root access on their compute instances to perform privileged operations such as changing system configurations or installing and removing software. 

Root squash feature is available at no additional cost on all Amazon FSx for Lustre file systems in all AWS Regions where FSx for Lustre is available. 

Amazon FSx for Lustre documentation at https://docs.aws.amazon.com/fsx/latest/LustreGuide/what-is.html.

Google Maps - Immersive View

Sundar Pichai unveils the next generation of Google maps. Immersive View is coming to Google Maps - awesome innovation, viewing would become a totally new and interactive experience hereafter!

The new Immersive View is sort of a Street View in the sky: you can look over a location from above to get a sense of the neighborhood and then drop to street level to see the specific spots you might want to hit up. Maps overlays its live busyness and traffic info, so you get a quasi-augmented reality look at whatever park or street corner or beach spot you’re looking at.

Developers are already using the API to make apps that are even more useful and provide an easy way to interact with both the digital and physical worlds at once. Shared electric vehicle company 

Lime is piloting the API in London, Paris, Tel Aviv, Madrid, San Diego, and Bordeaux to help riders park their e-bikes and e-scooters responsibly and out of pedestrians’ right of way. Telstra and Accenture are using it to help sports fans and concertgoers find their seats, concession stands and restrooms at Marvel Stadium in Melbourne

Artificial Intelligence will continue to play a critical role in making Google Maps the most comprehensive and helpful map possible for people everywhere.

ElatiCache dashboard

 

Last week, AWS announced new Amazon ElastiCache console to provide an intuitive way, which manages ElastiCache resources with simpler navigation and richer contextual information. The new console provides a more consistent look and feel with other AWS service consoles.

The new ElastiCache dashboard provides an overview of most important actions, resources and information. It is restructured and simplified the cluster creation experience for ElastiCache for Redis and ElastiCache for Memcached.

It also helps you perform tasks faster by providing you with contextual information and help panels. It is redesigned in the user and user group management pages with new controls, making interaction much more intuitive.

The new ElastiCache console is now available in all AWS Regions.