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AWS – You can now choose from two different compression options on Amazon FSx for OpenZFS
With the introduction of LZ4 data compression, you can now choose from two different compression options on Amazon FSx for OpenZFS file systems. LZ4 provides another highly popular performance-optimized compression option (in addition to Z-Standard) to help you optimize storage efficiency and performance based on the needs of your individual workloads. Read More for the […]
GCP – Google Cloud’s security and resiliency measures for customers and partners
As the tragic Russian invasion of Ukraine continues, we want to provide customers and partners with an update on how Google Cloud is providing resources for organizations, protecting against potential cyberattacks, and delivering network resiliency. We continue to work closely with U.S. and international officials in our approach—and have undertaken several steps across Google to […]
GCP – Customizing time ranges for budgets in the console
TL;DR: You can now use the Google Cloud Console to customize the time ranges of your budgets! Technically you’re saving money because the month is shorter, right? Good news everyone! If you manage your budgets through the Google Cloud Console, you can now choose custom time ranges for your budgets. Those of you dedicated readers […]
AWS – Achieve faster database failover with the Amazon Web Services JDBC Driver for MySQL
The Amazon Web Services (AWS) Java (JDBC) Driver for MySQL is now generally available for use with your Amazon RDS or Amazon Aurora MySQL-compatible edition database clusters. This database driver minimizes failover time by monitoring database cluster status and caching the cluster’s topology. The cache is then used to improve DNS name resolution speed if a […]
GCP – Extending network reachability of Vertex AI Pipelines
Vertex AI Pipelines and jobs use the Service Networking API to configure their networking. As such, they will run in a Google-owned VPC network in tenant project that is peered to the network in your project. This peering is subject to the following standard VPC Peering networking constraints; The Google-owned network has its own default […]
AWS – AWS Data Provider for SAP now supports JDK11 and additional Amazon EC2 instance types
AWS Data Provider for SAP version 4.1 is now available in all commercial regions, including AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. Read More for the details.
Azure – Public preview: SKU recommendation in Azure SQL Migration extension – Azure Data Studio
Use the new SKU recommendation support in the Azure SQL Migration extension in Azure Data Studio for Azure SQL Managed Instance and SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines. Read More for the details.
Azure – Azure SQL—Public preview updates for early March 2022
Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL. Read More for the details.
Azure – Azure SQL—General availability updates for early March 2022
Public preview enhancements and updates released for Azure SQL. Read More for the details.
Azure – Public preview: Azure Synapse Link for Azure Cosmos DB partitioning Spark 3.1
Use Azure Synapse Spark 3.1 to partition your Azure Cosmos DB data in analytical store for improved query performance. Read More for the details.
