Welcome to above the clouds
GCP – Introducing Cloud Domains: Easily register and manage custom domains
Using custom domain names can be a cumbersome process: you need to register a domain with a domain name registrar, verify the domain, and finally configure the DNS to map to your cloud products and services. The entire process requires dealing with multiple UIs, several steps and separate billing for domain registration. At Google Cloud, […]
AWS – Amazon Elasticsearch Service adds Trace Analytics, a new feature for distributed tracing
Amazon Elasticsearch Service adds Trace Analytics, a new feature for distributed tracing that enables developers and IT operators to find and fix performance problems in distributed applications, leading to faster problem resolution times. Read More for the details.
GCP – To the cloud and beyond! Planning a multi-year data center migration
A data center migration into the cloud is often a daunting business initiative that can take years as you transition your existing hardware, software, networking, and operations into a brand new environment. In our roles with Google Cloud’s Professional Services organization, we work side by side with customers to collaboratively architect and enable data center […]
GCP – The life-changing magic of making with ML
One of the most fun ways to learn machine learning is by building projects for yourself. In this post, I’ll show you how. An eon ago, I decided to learn to code by building my own personal website. I knew nothing about computers then, let alone what a server was, but it felt like I […]
GCP – Databricks on Google Cloud: an open integrated platform for data, analytics and machine learning
Google Cloud and Databricks share a common vision of open source, open data platforms, and an open cloud. With this shared philosophy, Google Cloud is delighted to announce our partnership with Databricks to bring their data analytics and machine learning solutions to Google Cloud. The partnership enables customers to accelerate Databricks implementations by simplifying their […]
GCP – Introducing Django ORM Support for Cloud Spanner
Today we’re happy to announce beta support for Google Cloud Spanner in the Django ORM. The django-google-spanner package is a third-party database backend for Cloud Spanner, powered by the Cloud Spanner Python client library. The Django ORM is a powerful standalone component of the Django web framework that maps Python objects to relational data. It […]
Azure – Azure IoT Edge 1.1.0 release is now generally available
Azure IoT Edge 1.1.0 is our first long term servicing (LTS) release. Read More for the details.
Azure – .NET Core support for Analysis Services client libraries is generally available
Today, we are announcing general availability (GA) of Analysis Services client libraries for .NET Core, along with several enhancements. Read More for the details.
Azure – US Gov Virginia Availability Zones now generally available
Availability Zones are now generally available from the US Gov Virginia datacenter region, offering US government customers more options for their most demanding mission-critical applications. Read More for the details.
AWS – AWS Graviton2 based M6g, C6g, and R6g instances are now available in EU (Stockholm) region, and M6gd, C6gd, and R6gd instances are now available in US West (Northern California), and Asia Pacific (Tokyo) regions
Starting today, Amazon EC2 M6g, C6g, and R6g instances are available in EU (Stockholm) region. Additionally, Amazon EC2 M6gd, C6gd and R6gd instances with local NVMe-based SSD storage are now available in US West (Northern California), and Asia Pacific (Tokyo) regions. Read More for the details.