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AWS – AWS announces availability of Microsoft Windows Server 2022 images on Amazon EC2
AWS customers can now use managed Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) with Microsoft Windows Server 2022. With these AMIs, customers can launch Windows Server 2022 and take full advantage of the latest Windows features on AWS. Amazon EC2 makes launching and running Windows Server 2022 easy whether it is for testing and enabling new features in […]
GCP – Introducing Quota Monitoring Solution: Single Dashboard with Alerting capabilities
If you are looking for an automated way to manage quotas over a large number of projects, we are excited to introduce a Quota Monitoring Solution from Google Cloud Professional Services. By default, Google Cloud employs resource quotas to restrict how much of a particular shared Google Cloud resource you can use. Each quota represents […]
GCP – Build your data analytics skills with the latest no cost BigQuery trainings
BigQuery is a fully-managed enterprise data warehouse that helps you manage and analyze your data with built-in features like machine learning, geospatial analysis, and intelligent caching for business intelligence. To help you make the most of BigQuery, we’re offering the following no cost, on-demand training opportunities: BigQuery basics In this training, you’ll learn the basics […]
GCP – Updated data processing terms to reflect new EU Standard Contractual Clauses
For years, Google Cloud customers who are subject to European data protection laws1 have relied on our Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs), as previously approved by regulators, to legitimize overseas transfers of their customer personal data when using our services. Today, we are glad to announce an update to our data processing terms for Google Cloud Platform, […]
GCP – What are the components of a Cloud VM?
Last week, we published our second episode of VM End-to-End, a series of curated conversations between a “VM skeptic” and a “VM enthusiast”. Join Brian and Carter as they explore why VMs are some of Google’s most trusted and reliable offerings, and how VMs benefit companies operating at scale in the cloud. Here’s a transcript: […]
AWS – Amazon Macie adds support for selecting managed data identifiers
Amazon Macie now allows you to select which managed data identifiers to use when you create a sensitive data discovery job. This allows you to customize what data types you deem sensitive and would like Macie to alert on per specific data governance and privacy needs in your organization. When you create a job, choose from […]
AWS – Amazon Connect Customer Profiles adds product purchase history to personalize customer interactions
Amazon Connect Customer Profiles now supports out-of-the-box integration with product purchase history from Salesforce. When a customer calls or messages a contact center for service, Amazon Connect Customer Profiles equips contact center agents with the customer information they need to deliver personalized customer service and resolve issues quickly. Customer Profiles helps make it simple to […]
AWS – Amazon ElastiCache now supports M6g and R6g Graviton2-based instances in additional regions
Amazon ElastiCache for Redis and Memcached now supports Graviton2 M6g and R6g instance families in additional regions: South America (Sao Paulo), Asia Pacific (Hong Kong, Seoul), Europe (London, Stockholm), North America (Montreal), US East (GovCloud US East), US West (GovCloud US West), and mainland China (Ningxia, Beijing). Customers choose Amazon ElastiCache for workloads that require […]
AWS – AQUA is now available for Amazon Redshift RA3.xlplus nodes
AQUA (Advanced Query Accelerator) for Amazon Redshift is now generally available for Amazon Redshift RA3.xlplus nodes. Read More for the details.