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AWS – AWS Resource Explorer now Supports Filtering for Multiple Values
Today, AWS Resource Explorer introduces support for filtering on multiple values in both the Search and ListResources APIs. This new feature allows customers to build targeted queries to find resources more easily. The new filtering feature allows customers to search for resources based on multiple criteria simultaneously, improving upon the previous process where they had […]
AWS – Amazon DocumentDB announces Extended Support for Version 3.6
Amazon DocumentDB (with MongoDB compatibility) offers Extended Support for version 3.6, allowing customers to maintain critical workloads on version 3.6 for up to three years beyond the standard support end date on March 30, 2026. This is designed for customers who may need more time to plan and implement version upgrades, especially when navigating application […]
AWS – Amazon DynamoDB now supports more frequent throughput mode updates from provisioned to on-demand capacity
You can now update your Amazon DynamoDB table throughput mode from provisioned capacity to on-demand mode up to four times in a rolling 24-hour period. This enhancement makes it simpler for customers who have use cases which require loading large volumes of data into their DynamoDB tables multiple times per day, or want greater flexibility […]
GCP – How Google does it: Your guide to platform engineering
What guides your approach to software development? In our roles at Google, we’re constantly working to build better software, faster. Within Google, our Developer Platform team and Google Cloud have a strategic partnership and a shared strategy: together, we take our internal capabilities and engineering tools and package them up for Google Cloud customers. At […]
GCP – Start and scale your apps faster with improved container image streaming in GKE
In today’s fast-paced cloud-native world, the speed at which your applications can start and scale is paramount. Faster pod startup times mean quicker responses to user demand, more efficient resource utilization, and a more agile development and deployment lifecycle overall. We’re continuously working to enhance the performance of Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) to help you […]
GCP – Designing a multi-tenant GKE platform for Yahoo Mail’s migration journey
Yahoo is in the midst of a multi-year journey to migrate its renowned Yahoo Mail application onto Google Cloud. With more than 100 services and middleware components in the application, Yahoo Mail is primarily taking a lift-and-shift approach for its on-premises infrastructure, and strategically transforming and replatforming key components and middleware to leverage cloud-native capabilities. […]
GCP – Smarter Authoring, Better Code: How AI is Reshaping Google Cloud’s Developer Experience
The mission of the Google Cloud Developer Experience team is simple: to help developers get from learning to launching as quickly and effectively as possible. Two of our primary tools for this are the robust hands-on documentation and the ready-to-use code samples embedded directly within it, which developers rely on every day. As Google Cloud’s […]
GCP – The University of Hawaii is helping the state retain top talent with Google AI
As the Hawaiian Islands’ primary higher education resource, the University of Hawaii (UH) System faces a unique challenge among U.S. universities: many graduates–including those with deep family roots in Hawaii – are soon confronted with a competitive job market, and struggle to land a fulfilling entry-level role and starting salary commensurate with Hawaii’s higher-than-average cost […]
AWS – Amazon FSx for OpenZFS now supports Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6)
Amazon FSx now offers customers the option to use Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) for access to Amazon FSx for OpenZFS file systems. More and more customers are adopting IPv6 to mitigate IPv4 address exhaustion in their private networks or to satisfy government mandates such as the US Office of Management and Budget (OMB) M-21-07 […]
AWS – AWS IAM Identity Center introduces support for user background sessions with Amazon SageMaker Studio
AWS IAM Identity Center introduces support for user background sessions, a new feature which allows Amazon SageMaker Studio users to initiate long-running jobs that continue to run in the background even after a user logs off from their computer. User background sessions leverage permissions tied to a user’s identity and their corporate directory group associations while […]