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AWS – AWS Instance Scheduler v1.4 adds support for multiple stack deployments and GovCloud US Regions
We’re excited to announce that we’ve updated AWS Instance Scheduler, a reference implementation that makes it easier for customers to control their AWS compute resource capacity and cost by configuring start and stop schedules for their Amazon EC2 and RDS instances. Read More for the details.
AWS – New digital course: Amazon Elastic Block Store Primer
We’re excited to announce an intermediate, 150-minute, digital course: Amazon Elastic Block Store Primer. This free course provides an overview of Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS), and explores how to balance cost and performance using different volume types. Designed for cloud architects, storage architects, and operations engineers, it includes interactive lessons, a self-paced lab, […]
AWS – AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry adds support for AWS managed Lambda Layer and other features
Today, AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry (ADOT) adds support for an AWS managed Lambda layer in Java, node.js, and Python, providing a simple getting started experience for customers to add the OpenTelemetry SDK and Collector into their AWS Lambda functions for collecting trace data. In addition, ADOT has added support for AWS Systems Manager agent, enabling […]
AWS – Amazon MSK adds support for Apache Kafka version 2.6.2
Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK) now supports Apache Kafka version 2.6.2 for new and existing clusters. Apache Kafka 2.6.2 includes several bug fixes and security fixes. Version 2.6.2 will replace 2.6.1 as the default recommended version for new clusters created in Amazon MSK. For a complete list of fixes, see the Apache […]
Azure – General availability: Set up Azure Site Recovery with proximity placement groups across hybrid and cloud disaster recovery scenarios
Azure Site Recovery now provides a portal experience to failover VMs or physical servers inside a proximity placement group in the target Azure region. Read More for the details.
Azure – General availability: Azure Site Recovery now supports cross-continental disaster recovery for 3 region pairs
Protect your applications from outages by replicating your virtual machines across continents. Read More for the details.
Azure – Azure Site Recovery now supports Azure Policy in public preview
Leverage Azure Policy to enable Azure Site Recovery for your VMs at scale and ensure organizational standards. Read More for the details.
GCP – The evolution of Kubernetes networking with the GKE Gateway controller
Last week the Kubernetes community announced the Gateway API as an evolution of the Kubernetes networking APIs. Led by Google and a variety of contributors, the Gateway APIunifies networking under a core set of standard resources. Similar to how Ingress created an ecosystem of implementations, the Gateway API delivers unification, but on an even broader […]
GCP – 6 more reasons why GKE is the best Kubernetes service
It’s that time of the year again: time to get excited about all things cloud-native, as we gear up to connect, share and learn from fellow developers and technologists around the world at KubeCon EU 2021 next week. Cloud-native technologies are mainstream and our creation, Kubernetes, is core to building and operating modern software. We’re […]
GCP – Introducing Open Saves: open-source cloud-native storage for games
Many of today’s games are rich, immersive worlds that engage the audience in ways that make a gamer a part of a continuing storyline. To create these persistent experiences, numerous storage technologies are required to ensure game data can scale to the standards of gamers’ demands. Not only do game developers need to store different […]