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AWS – Announcing general availability of VMware Cloud on AWS Outposts
We are announcing the general availability of VMware Cloud on AWS Outposts, a jointly-engineered solution that delivers VMware Cloud on AWS as a fully managed experience to virtually any datacenter, co-location space, or on-premises facility with AWS Outposts. It runs VMware’s enterprise-class Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC) software on dedicated AWS Nitro System-based EC2 bare metal […]

GCP – 10 ways Google Cloud IaaS stands out
When you choose to run your business on Google Cloud you benefit from the same planet-scale infrastructure that powers Google’s products such as Maps, YouTube, and Workspace. We have picked 10 ways in which Google Cloud Infrastructure services outshine alternatives in the market in how they simplify your operations, save money, and secure your data. […]

GCP – Service orchestration on Google Cloud
Going from a monolithic architecture to microservices has clear benefits, including reusability, scalability, and ease of change. Most of the time, business problems are solved by coordinating multiple microservices. This coordination is based on event-driven architectures, which can be implemented via two approaches: choreography and orchestration. Click to enlarge Service choreography and service orchestration Service […]

Azure – Azure Security Center: Public preview updates for September 2021
Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure Security Center in September 2021. Read More for the details.

Azure – Azure Applied AI Services | Latest public preview enhancements to Azure Form Recognizer
Azure Form Recognizer now offers a pre-built version of the service in preview for document extraction as well as the following capabilities in preview: signature detection, hotel receipts processing, and deeper extraction of content from US driver’s licenses. In addition, the service is now easier to use with Form Recognizer Studio and new REST APIs. […]

Azure – Korea Central Availability Zones now generally available
Azure Availability Zones are now generally available in the Korea Central region. These three new zones provide you with options for additional resiliency and tolerance to infrastructure impact. Read More for the details.

GCP – Better Kubernetes application monitoring with GKE workload metrics
The newly released 2021 Accelerate State of DevOps Report found that teams who excel at modern operational practices are 1.4 times more likely to report greater software delivery and operational performance and 1.8 times more likely to report better business outcomes. A foundational element of modern operational practices is having monitoring tooling in place to […]

GCP – How Etsy uses reCAPTCHA Enterprise to stop fraud and not customers
At Etsy.com, our mission is to Keep Commerce Human by providing a global marketplace that connects 5.2 million sellers with more than 90.5 million active buyers looking for unique items with a human touch. For our vibrant global community to continue to grow and thrive, interactions on the platform must be safe, private, and secure. […]

AWS – AWS Glue DataBrew is now available in the AWS Africa (Cape Town) Region
AWS Glue DataBrew, a visual data preparation tool that makes it easy for data analysts and data scientists to clean and normalize data for analytics and machine learning, is now available in the AWS Africa (Cape Town) Region. See where DataBrew is available by using the AWS Region Table. Read More for the details.
Azure – General availability: Azure NetApp Files waitlist removal
Azure NetApp Files, one of the fastest growing bare-metal Azure services is now available to Azure customers directly from the Azure portal, CLI, API or with SDK – without having to go through waitlist approval process. Read More for the details.