SD Times news digest: Databricks launched Partner Connect; OpenAI’s API now available with no waitlist; Logz.io unveils observability updates

Databricks, the information and AI firm, not too long ago introduced Databricks Associate Join, a portal for customers to rapidly uncover a broad set of validated information, analytics, and AI instruments and simply combine them with their Databricks lakehouse throughout a number of cloud suppliers.

Integrations with Databricks companions Fivetran, Labelbox, Microsoft Energy BI, Prophecy, Rivery, and Tableau are initially out there to prospects, with Airbyte, Blitzz, dbt Labs, and a number of other others coming within the months forward. 

As well as, with Databricks Associate Join, customers are enabled to find new, pre-validated options from Databricks companions that complement their enterprise wants. With this, customers can simply develop their lakehouse into each nook of their information ecosystem to be able to clear up present or future challenges.

OpenAI’s API now out there with no waitlist

OpenAI revealed that its API is now out there for builders in supported international locations to enroll and begin experimenting with no waitlist. Over the previous yr, OpenAI has made many enhancements to it’s API, together with the Instruct Collection fashions that adhere higher to human directions, specialised endpoints for extra truthful question-answering, and a free content material filter to assist builders mitigate abuse.

Different modifications to the API embrace an improved Playground, leading to simpler prototyping with fashions, an instance library with many prompts to assist builders get began, and Codex, a brand new mannequin that interprets pure language into code.

Logz.io unveils observability updates 

Logz.io, an open supply observability platform for contemporary DevOps groups, introduced a number of updates to its observability platform at its annual ScaleUP consumer convention. The mixture of updates brings customers a variety of superior and mission-critical capabilities to be able to assist at present’s unified full stack observability.

Accessible later this yr, the updates embrace unified dashboards, anomaly detection, service efficiency monitoring, safety occasion administration, and OpenSearch. As well as, Logz.io introduced that it’s going to develop its operations to Japan earlier than the tip of the yr.

New Kubernetes certification from The Cloud Native Computing Basis

The Linux Basis, the nonprofit enabling innovation via open supply, and The Cloud Native Computing Basis, which builds sustainable ecosystems for cloud native software program, have introduced that the Kubernetes and Cloud Native Affiliate (KCNA) examination, initially introduced final month, is now usually out there for enrollment and scheduling. 

As well as, a brand new on-line coaching course, Kubernetes and Cloud Native Necessities, has been launched to each put together people for entry degree cloud roles and to take a seat for the KCNA examination. KCNA is made up of a multiple-choice certification examination designed to check entry-level information and abilities in Kubernetes in addition to the broader cloud native ecosystem. 

The KCNA examination is damaged up into completely different sections, together with Kubernetes fundamentals, container orchestration, cloud native structure, cloud native observability, and cloud native utility supply.