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AWS – Amazon EC2 R7g instances are now available in additional AWS regions
Starting today, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) R7g instances are available in AWS Middle East (UAE), Canada West (Calgary), Europe (Paris, Zurich), Asia Pacific (Jakarta, Osaka), and Israel (Tel Aviv) Regions. These instances are powered by AWS Graviton3 processors that provide up to 25% better compute performance compared to AWS Graviton2 processors, and built […]
AWS – AWS Resource Explorer supports 41 new resource types
AWS Resource Explorer now supports 41 more resource types across all AWS commercial Regions from services including AWS CloudTrail, Amazon Connect, Amazon Sagemaker, and more. With this release, customers can now search for the following resource types in AWS Resource Explorer: cloud9:environment cloudtrail:eventdatastore connect:instance/rule connect:instance/task-template connect:phone-number datapipeline:pipeline dax:cache devicefarm:project devicefarm:testgrid-project ds:directory ec2:ipam-resource-discovery ec2:ipam-resource-discovery-association elasticloadbalancing:listener-rule/net events:connection […]
AWS – AWS Systems Manager adds customization options for onboarding configuration
AWS Systems Manager now enables customers to customize their configurations when enabling the new Systems Manager experience, which provides centralized node management capabilities across AWS accounts and Regions. Customers can choose to enable or disable default EC2 instance permissions for Systems Manager connectivity, set the frequency of inventory metadata collection, and define how often the […]
AWS – Amazon MSK enables seamless certificate renewals on MSK Provisioned clusters
Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK) now provides seamless certificate renewal for all MSK Provisioned clusters, allowing the brokers in your cluster to receive the most up-to-date encryption certificates without going through a restart. The encryption certificates used by Amazon MSK require renewal every 13 months. With this launch, certificate renewals on Amazon […]
AWS – Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus now available in the AWS Canada (Central) Region
Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus is now available in the AWS Canada (Central) region. Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus is a fully managed Prometheus-compatible monitoring service that makes it easy to monitor and alarm on operational metrics at scale. The list of all supported regions where Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus is generally available can […]
GCP – Guide to build MCP servers using vibe coding with Gemini 2.5 Pro
Have you ever had something on the tip of your tongue, but you weren’t exactly sure how to describe what’s in your mind? For developers, this is where “vibe coding ” comes in. Vibe coding helps developers achieve their vision with models like Gemini 2.5 Pro to generate code from natural language prompts. Instead of […]
GCP – Build, use and share data with data products in BigQuery
In today’s data-driven world, teams struggle with siloed data, lack of business context, data reliability concerns, and inconsistent governance that hinders actionable insights. But what if there was a way that could transform your data landscape, unlocking the true value of your information? That’s the problem we aim to solve with the experimental launch of […]
GCP – How Looker’s semantic layer enables trusted AI for business intelligence
In the AI era, where data fuels intelligent applications and drives business decisions, demand for accurate and consistent data insights has never been higher. However, the complexity and sheer volume of data coupled with the diversity of tools and teams can lead to misunderstandings and inaccuracies. That’s why trusted definitions managed by a semantic layer […]
GCP – COLDRIVER Using New Malware To Steal Documents From Western Targets and NGOs
Written by: Wesley Shields Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) has identified a new piece of malware called LOSTKEYS, attributed to the Russian government-backed threat group COLDRIVER (also known as UNC4057, Star Blizzard, and Callisto). LOSTKEYS is capable of stealing files from a hard-coded list of extensions and directories, along with sending system information and running […]
AWS – Amazon WorkSpaces is now available in AWS Europe (Paris) Region
Amazon Web Services has announced availability of Amazon WorkSpaces Personal, WorkSpaces Pools and WorkSpaces Core in the AWS Europe (Paris) Region. You can now provision WorkSpaces closer to your users, helping to provide in-country data residency and a more responsive experience. Additionally, you can quickly add or remove WorkSpaces to meet changing demand, without the […]