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AWS – Amazon OpenSearch Service now supports OpenSearch version 1.2
You can now run OpenSearch and OpenSearch Dashboards version 1.2 on Amazon OpenSearch Service. This version includes a new observability interface in OpenSearch Dashboards, improvements to several other features such as anomaly detection, k-NN, and SQL/PPL. Read More for the details.
GCP – Calling Google APIs from serverless (Part I: Cloud APIs)
Introduction As Google Cloud users, you may already be familiar with Google App Engine, Cloud Functions, or Cloud Run, our serverless platforms allowing technical practitioners to focus on building solutions, not what they run on. Google as a whole, has many divisions which provide developer tools beyond these platforms, so a common question which arises […]
Azure – Generally available: Apache Spark 3.1.2 in Azure HDinsight
Spark 3.1 is now generally available on HDInsight 4.0 release across all regions. Read More for the details.
Azure – Generally available: Apache Kafka 2.4 in Azure HDinsight
Apache Kafka 2.4 is now in Azure HDinsight. Read More for the details.
GCP – How Managed Security Service Providers can accelerate their business with Google Cloud Security’s Partner Program using Google Chronicle
Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs) can deliver high-value security services for customers, helping to drive efficiencies in security operations across people, product, and processes. In an environment where the threat landscape continues to be challenging, MSSPs can allow customers to scale their security teams driving enhanced security outcomes. At the same time, MSSPs operating their […]
Azure – Public preview: Azure Bastion support for Kerberos authentication
Azure Bastion now supports the Kerberos authentication protocol in public preview. Read More for the details.
GCP – Modernizing Transportation Operations: Smarter Tolling and Beyond
Central Texas, which includes the City of Austin, is one of the fastest growing regions in the country. Enterprise technology companies are expanding their presence and an entrepreneurial spirit thrives in the region. Rapid growth brings new transportation challenges and opportunities, and the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority (CTRMA) is on the front lines of […]
GCP – Analyze Pacemaker events in Cloud Logging
Customer’s deploying SAP on Google Cloud often leverage Pacemaker for high availability to support their most critical systems. Let’s take a look at how you can use Cloud Logging to easily conduct root cause analysis of Pacemaker clusters. When there are multiple Pacemaker clusters running in Google Cloud platform, a central logging place can help […]
GCP – Application observability made easier for Compute Engine
When IT operators and architects begin their journey with Google Cloud, Day 0 observability needs tend to focus on infrastructure and aim to address questions about resource needs, a plan for scaling, and similar considerations. During this phase, developers and DevOps engineers also make a plan for how to get deep observability into the performance […]
GCP – Best practices for upgrading your Anthos clusters on bare metal
If you’re using Anthos to enable a hybrid or multicloud deployment, one option is to run the Kubernetes-based platform directly on bare metal hardware, without a virtualization layer. Running your applications on Anthos clusters on bare metal delivers strong performance and flexibility, while allowing you to modernize your applications: Anthos clusters on bare metal are […]