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GCP – Can you make OpenStack more interesting to cloud natives? Here’s how!
In this blog post I highlight how you can accelerate your application modernization journey by taking advantage of Anthos on bare metal’s support for running on OpenStack. I also introduce the recently published “Deploy Anthos on bare metal on OpenStack” and “Configure the OpenStack Cloud Provider for Kubernetes” guides. I point to different starting points […]

GCP – Join us for Google Cloud Security Talks: Zero Trust edition
Join us for our final Google Cloud Security Talks of 2021, a live online event on December 15th, where we’ll focus on all things zero trust. During this multi-session digital event, learn how you can leverage a zero trust approach to protect your employees, users, and critical information, with sessions including the following: A keynote […]

GCP – Empowering DevOps to foster customer loyalty in modern retail with MongoDB Atlas on Google Cloud
Consumer demands are becoming more complex, driven by high expectations for personalized experiences that strike the right chord at the perfect time. One study from McKinsey found thatnearly three-quarters of consumers demand personalization when interacting with retailers. Retailers old and new of any size must embrace the challenges head on and learn to capture customer […]

GCP – Edge computing—building enterprise edge applications with Google Cloud
As we discussed in part 2 of this blog series, if you design your edge computing realistically, your systems may not be connected to the network all the time. But there are a variety of tools you can use to manage those edge deployments effectively, and that can even tie them back into your main […]

GCP – Navigating the future of hybrid work in APAC
For many leaders, including myself, navigating hybrid work in APAC has opened our eyes to how the sociocultural landscape impacts the future of work. Unlike other regions, where flexible work has made inroads, navigating hybrid work in Asian markets comes with its own nuanced set of challenges. We recently partnered with Economist Impact on a […]

GCP – Security Command Center – Increasing operational efficiency with new mute findings capability
Security Command Center (SCC) is Google Cloud’s security and risk management platform that helps manage and improve your cloud security and risk posture. It is used by organizations globally to protect their environments providing visibility into cloud assets, discovering misconfigurations and vulnerabilities, detecting threats, and helping to maintain compliance with industry standards and benchmarks. SCC […]

AWS – Amazon Connect launches APIs to archive and delete contact flows
Amazon Connect now provides two new APIs to archive/unarchive and delete contact flows. The new APIs provide a programmatic and flexible way to manage your library of contact flows at scale. For example, contact flows used only during certain times of the year can be archived when not in use and then unarchived when needed. […]

AWS – Amazon Redshift launches RA3 Reserved Instance migration feature
Amazon Redshift RA3 Reserved Instance (RI) migration feature is now available in the Amazon Redshift Console, CLI and API to help migrate your DS2 RI clusters to RA3 RI clusters. Read More for the details.

Azure – General availability: Improved legends in IoT Central Analytics charts
Grouping by Device Name is now supported in IoT Central Analytics charts. Read More for the details.
Azure – Public preview: Azure Virtual Machines DCasv5 and ECasv5-series now available
New DCasv5 and ECasv5-series Azure Confidential Virtual Machines are available in public preview Read More for the details.