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Azure – Public preview: Cross region virtual machine restore points
Create restore points in any region and copy restore points from one region to another. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon MQ is now available in Africa (Cape Town) Region
Amazon MQ is now available in a total of 25 regions, with the addition of the Africa (Cape Town) region. Read More for the details.
GCP – From your device to Google Cloud API: Networking basics
In this post we’ll look at some networking touchpoints that occur when you decide to access a Google Cloud API and build in the cloud environment. When you’re exploring Google Cloud, whether it’s via (Cloud SDK, Cloud Console, or Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tool), one of the first things you’ll do is try to connect […]
Azure – In development: Price sheet download as a zip file
Price sheet download experience update for using Azure in a small business environment. Read More for the details.
Azure – General availability: Automatically delete a VM and its associated resources simultaneously
You can now automatically delete disks, NICs, and Public IPs associated with a VM at the same time you delete the VM. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon RDS now supports Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) on RDS Management APIs
Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) now offers customers the option to use Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) while accessing the RDS Management APIs. Customers moving to IPv6 can simplify their network stack by running their APIs on a network that supports both IPv4 and IPv6. Read More for the details.
GCP – Cloud SQL launches support for IAM Conditions and Tags
If you are responsible for administering Cloud SQL instances, securing your databases is one of your top priorities. However, as the number of users using your Cloud SQL instances grows, you may find yourself challenged to keep access locked down. More Cloud SQL users means more work ensuring that the right users have the appropriate […]
GCP – Announcing Google Cloud 2022 Summits [frequently updated]
Register for our 2022 Google Cloud Summit series, and be among the first to learn about new solutions across data, machine learning, collaboration, security, sustainability, and more. You’ll hear from experts, explore customer perspectives, engage with interactive demos, and gain valuable insights to help you accelerate your business transformation. Bookmark the Google Cloud Summit series website […]
GCP – Scaling to new heights with Cloud Memorystore and Envoy
Modern applications need to process large-scale data at millisecond latency to provide experiences like instant gaming leaderboards, fast analysis of streaming data from millions of IoT sensors, or real-time threat detection of malicious websites. In-memory datastores are a critical component to deliver the scale, performance, and availability required by these modern applications. Memorystore makes it […]
GCP – Standardize traffic management: Service Directory and Traffic Director
Modern services are built on a mix of heterogeneous infrastructure platforms, and this mix is constantly changing as services migrate to the cloud to simplify operations. When you migrate services to the cloud, or move from legacy technologies to newer ones, it can involve a cumbersome reconfiguration of key components like load balancing and traffic […]
