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Building an Amazon Nova AI Chatbot Using Bedrock
If you ever want to build your own AI chatbot on Amazon, this guide will show you how. You’ll create a working, serverless chatbot powered by Amazon Bedrock Nova, one of the easiest ways to try foundation models on Amazon. The setup is simple, fully managed, and does not [...]
Crowd Detection: How AI Predicts Busy Areas
You might use Google Maps in your daily commute, but have you ever wondered how it provides real-time traffic data? Or how it highlights the busiest areas and even the popular times for a business? To achieve this, Google powers these features with large-scale analysis and crowdsourcing from our [...]
Terraform vs AWS CloudFormation: Which Is Better for Building Serverless Applications?
Serverless applications feel effortless — until you try to scale. You might start with a single AWS Lambda function. Soon, you add API Gateway endpoints, DynamoDB tables, S3 triggers, SNS notifications, and maybe Step Functions to orchestrate your workflow. Before long, your AWS console looks like a maze, and [...]
Microsoft Unveils the NEW Agentic AI Business Solutions Architect Certification (AB-100 beta)
As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to reshape industries rapidly, the demand for professionals who can design, implement, and manage autonomous AI systems that deliver real business value is skyrocketing. In response to this evolving landscape, Microsoft has introduced a groundbreaking new certification: Microsoft Certified: Agentic AI Business Solutions Architect [...]
Data Preprocessing Guide for Beginners in ML
Before machine learning (ML) models can generate predictions or insights, the raw data must first be cleaned, organized, and transformed into a suitable format for the model. This process is known as data preprocessing. It is the foundation of every successful ML project. It ensures that the model learns [...]
AWS Certified Generative AI Developer Professional Study Path
AWS has just unveiled the newest AWS Certified Generative AI Developer – Professional certification. This important credential is for developers and AI professionals who want to advance their careers by building, deploying, and improving high-quality generative AI applications on AWS. This certification confirms your skills in using foundation models [...]
Don’t Struggle with Kaggle: Build your First Data Science Project!
Are you a beginner wanting to start your very first data science or machine learning project, but don’t have the right hardware or enough storage capacity? Well, Kaggle is the perfect platform to start your journey! What is Kaggle? Kaggle is a powerful web-based platform that provides opportunities for [...]
Tech Burnout: Is It Really Inevitable?
What if the dream job, the one you've always been dreaming of and manifesting ever since, is quietly draining the life out of you? This exhaustion is a known feeling in the tech industry, where the relentless pressure forces professionals and students to push until they hit a wall. [...]
Rise of Microservices in Modern Apps: From One Block to Many
Have you ever thought about the pain of fixing just one small piece of a massive software system without accidentally breaking everything else? Honestly, most of the time, that is almost impossible. That challenge led to the rise of microservices in modern apps. It marked a shift from old monolithic [...]
High-Performing ≠ Massive: The Rise and Progression of Small Language Models (SLMs)
Have you ever needed to find a new charger for your device, only to discover that its voltage wasn’t compatible, causing it not to work or even risking damage? Without checking the actual needs of your device, you’ve probably thought that you could go with what the seller recommends [...]

New AWS Cloud Practitioner Video Course Release and AWS Video Courses Price Drop

Beginners in cloud computing find it much simpler to learn various lectures or topics through video courses. It's undoubtedly among the best tools for learning that you can use in preparing for an AWS certification exam. Our Video Courses, created by AWS Certified professionals, will certainly help you prepare to pass your AWS certification exams. New AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner CLF-C02 Video Course The first step in AWS Certification is the Foundational level [...]

Configuring Azure Object Replication

Data replication is crucial for organizations focused on maintaining uninterrupted business operations, strengthening data safety, and enhancing application efficiency. Organizations can avert data loss, lessen downtime, and ensure continuous access to essential information by producing and overseeing multiple data duplicates across a range of systems and sites. In today's breakneck speed and interconnected world, data replication is vital for complying with regulatory standards and offering an outstanding user experience. It is a core aspect [...]

How To Reduce Your Monthly Azure Usage

As organizations embrace the digital transformation era, they're turning to cloud computing to facilitate operations, scale up and down smoothly, and, most importantly, cut IT costs. Microsoft Azure is one of the powerhouses for providing cloud computing services to its users worldwide, providing numerous tools and services from computing power, storage, networking, databases, and AI. In this article, we will provide an insightful overview of the various strategies for optimizing resource usage that ensures [...]

Azure 101: Azure Migrate

In today's rapidly evolving digital landscape, migrating to the cloud has become crucial for organizations seeking to remain competitive and agile. While the cloud offers numerous benefits, such as scalability, cost optimization, and flexibility, the migration process presents a unique challenge. These challenges include the need for technical expertise to navigate complex cloud environments, potential security risks that come with transferring sensitive data and ensuring a seamless transition with minimal downtime. By recognizing and [...]

Azure 101: Protecting Your Resources Using Azure Resource Locks

Microsoft Azure provides a wide range of features and services to ensure the security and stability of cloud resources. One such feature is Azure Resource Locks, which helps organizations protect critical resources from accidental deletion or modification. In this article, we will explore the uses and benefits of Azure Resource Locks and the types of locks available, helping you understand how to leverage this feature for your organization's needs. Uses of Azure Resource Locks [...]

How AWS IAM Handles Conflicting IAM Policies

Overview When a user attempts an action in AWS, such as launching an EC2 instance or listing S3 buckets, AWS evaluates all involved IAM policies to determine whether to grant the request. Since IAM policies can be associated with various types of identities, the hierarchy of these identities influences the final permissions for a user. AWS IAM Policy Evaluation Flow Let’s break down the process of how AWS evaluates a request using the simplified [...]

Understanding the IAM:PassRole Permission

Introduction Many AWS services often require the use of an IAM role to execute actions on your behalf. For example, when you create a Lambda function, you assign an execution role to it. AWS can generate one for you automatically, and then you define the permissions you want it to have after. Most of the time, that's the case. However, there are instances when you might choose to associate an existing IAM role. In [...]

Different Ways of Passing Parameters Securely in CloudFormation

Introduction When writing CloudFormation templates, it's a security best practice to avoid hardcoding sensitive info, like client secrets, API keys, or passwords. Sharing templates with hardcoded details by mistake can put your infrastructure and data at risk. In this article, we'll explore different secure methods to pass parameters in CloudFormation templates. Using the NoEcho Attribute To avoid hardcoding parameters in your template, you can define them during stack creation using the Parameters section. However, [...]

Automate Confluence Backup Using AWS Step Functions

Introduction In this article, I'm gonna show you how you can create an automated Confluence backup in Atlassian using an AWS serverless solution. The motivation behind this article stems from a recent task I was working on a couple of weeks ago. My goal was to run a scheduled backup of Confluence data and export it to Amazon S3. Since Confluence backups are deleted 14 days after creation, it’s a good idea to have [...]

How To Peer Two Azure Virtual Networks

Organizations rely on efficient and secure communication between various infrastructure components in today's breakneck speed and interconnected world. Virtual Network Peering is a powerful solution to address these needs by seamlessly connecting resources across different Azure virtual networks. This feature enables organizations to optimize their network performance, reduce latency, and enhance security, all while minimizing costs. In this article, we will delve into the concept of virtual network peering, explore its benefits, and how [...]