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Azure – Public preview: Standard Network Features for Azure NetApp Files
Standard network features for Azure NetApp Files volumes is now in public preview in select regions. This includes support for increased IP limits, Network Security Groups, User-defined routes, and additional connectivity patterns like connectivity over Active/Active VPN gateway and ExpressRoute FastPath Read More for the details.

AWS – AWS Lambda now supports IAM authentication for Amazon MSK as an event source
AWS Lambda functions that are triggered from Amazon MSK topics can now access MSK clusters secured by IAM Access Control. This is in addition to SASL/SCRAM, which is already supported on Lambda. To get started, customers who select MSK as the event source for their Lambda function can configure their function’s execution role to allow Lambda […]

GCP – Debugging Vertex AI training jobs with the interactive shell
Training a machine learning model successfully can be a challenging and time consuming task. Unlike typical software development, the results of training depend on both the training code and the input data. This can make debugging a training job a complex process, even when you’re running it on your local machine. Running code on remote […]

GCP – Next ‘21 – Your guide to Google Cloud Security sessions
Google Next ’21 is just a few days away! We have an exciting lineup in the security track that will help you understand the Google Cloud security offerings available to protect your employees and assets, intellectual property, users, and brand. Thesecurity track at Next ’21 includes a security spotlight session, breakout sessions, panel discussions, hands-on […]

GCP – LOVOO’s love affair with Spanner
Editor’s note: In this blog, we look at how German dating app LOVOO broke up with its monolith system for a microservices architecture, powered in part by the fully managed, scalable Cloud Spanner. Founded in 2011, LOVOO is one of Europe’s leading dating apps, available in 15 languages. We currently employ approximately 170 employees from […]

GCP – Artifact Registry for language packages now generally available
Using a centralized, private repository to host your internal code as a package not only enables code reuse, but also simplifies and secures your existing software delivery pipeline. By using the same formats and tools as you would in the open-source ecosystem, you can leverage the same advantages, simplify your build, and keep your business […]

GCP – Migrating your Data Warehouse to BigQuery? Make sure to unit test your BigQuery UDFs with Dataform
When you’re migrating to BigQuery, you have a rich library of BigQuery native functions available to empower your analytics workloads. You can also extend this existing set of functions with your own user-defined functions (UDFs). Because we’re human and we all make mistakes, it’s a good idea to write unit tests to validate that your […]

GCP – Apache Cassandra on Anthos: Scaling applications for a global market
Your users are everywhere. Meeting them where they live and work requires scaling your experience, not just in data size and processing power, but also geographically. Scaling for a global market needs successful cloud-native delivery, cutting-edge management tools, and new approaches that can efficiently handle distributed, hybrid, and even multi-cloud environments. Successful Hybrid/Multi/distributed applications provide […]

GCP – TC partners with Google Cloud to put the power of investing into the hands of everyday Brazilians
When investing in stocks, access to timely, accurate information can make the difference between success or failure. With so many factors impacting markets, everyday investors need trusted information they can count on—something that was particularly challenging for Brazilians. Five years ago Israel Massa, Rafael Ferri, and I founded TC (formerly TradersClub), an online community that […]
GCP – Google Cloud joins forces with EDM Council to build a more secure and governed data cloud
Google Cloud joins the EDM Council to announce the release of the CDMC framework v1.1.1. This has been an industry wide effort which started in the summer of 2020, where leading cloud providers, data governance vendors and experts worked together to define the best practices for data management in the cloud. The CDMC Framework captures expertise […]