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GCP – Query your data in seconds with Cloud SQL Studio
Editor’s Note: Cloud SQL Studio is now generally available for MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQL Server. This intuitive, in-console tool simplifies database management and delivers AI-powered assistance for query writing. Experience the future of database administration and try Cloud SQL Studio today! Attention database administrators and developers: Cloud SQL Studio, a lightweight tool to query your […]
GCP – Farewell to overprovisioning: How to unlock cost-effective elasticity with Spanner
When it comes to databases, many enterprises face the following dilemma: How do you scale cost-effectively, while maintaining service quality, latency, and throughput? This is especially difficult because enterprise workloads are often subject to highly variable traffic patterns. For instance, traffic to e-commerce or retail banking applications fluctuate, often seeing peak utilization during day and […]
AWS – AWS Config expands support for 124 resource types across 29 AWS Regions
Today, AWS Config expands support for 124 resource types across 29 AWS Regions. If you have enabled AWS Config recording for these resource types, you will benefit from more comprehensive coverage across additional AWS Regions. This expansion provides you greater consistency across AWS Regions for multiple AWS Config use cases including resource inventory, resource configuration […]
AWS – Amazon Connect now provides an API to update routing criteria on a queued contact
Amazon Connect now provides an API to update the routing criteria on a contact while it is currently in queue. Routing criteria allow you to target a contact to a specific preferred agent or to a set of agents based on their attributes, such as their proficiency level in a particular language. With this API, […]
AWS – Amazon DocumentDB achieves FedRAMP High approval in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions
Amazon DocumentDB (with MongoDB compatibility) has achieved FedRAMP High approval in AWS GovCloud (US-East) and AWS GovCloud (US-West) Regions. Federal agencies, public sector organizations and other enterprises with FedRAMP High compliance requirements can now leverage Amazon DocumentDB to store and query their JSON-based document workloads. In addition to achieving FedRAMP High approval in the AWS […]
GCP – Create a powerful Kubernetes security duo with Custom Org Policy and Policy Controller
To help customers implement defense in depth strategies, Google Cloud offers multiple layers of centralized resource governance controls that can help organizations securely scale their Google Cloud adoption across thousands of projects, APIs, and developers. These controls can help administrators strengthen security and support compliance across their entire org, without introducing additional overhead in the […]
GCP – Apigee and the Interoperability Model (ModI) for the Italian Public Administration
Apigee API Management allows the Italian Public Administration and its customers, suppliers, and system integrators to achieve full compliance with the new Interoperability Model (source New Interoperability Model – ModI) written and designed by Agency for Digital Italy (AgID). Apigee as ModI platform enabler One of the key aspects of the ModI is promoting the […]
GCP – Announcing Apache Airflow operators for Google generative AI
The data analytics landscape is evolving rapidly, and generative AI is a driving force behind this transformation. By generating meaningful content from data, generative models are changing how we approach data-driven decision-making. Google Cloud’s Vertex AI, a unified AI development platform, offers powerful generative models such as Gemini that lead this innovation. Now, it’s never […]
AWS – Amazon Cognito enhances Advanced Security Features (ASF) to detect additional risks and to cover custom authentication flows
Amazon Cognito enhances Advanced Security Features (ASF) to detect additional risk factors and cover custom authentication flows. ASF now identifies risks such as impossible travel, where a user signs in from two different locations in a time period implausible for travel between them. Additionally, ASF now detects risks in custom authentication flows. Customers can improve […]
AWS – Amazon EC2 C7i-flex instances are now available in US West (Oregon) Region
Starting today, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) C7i-flex instances that deliver up to 19% better price performance compared to C6i instances, are available in US West (Oregon) region. C7i-flex instances expand the EC2 Flex instances portfolio to provide the easiest way for you to get price performance benefits for a majority of compute intensive […]