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GCP – Introducing new connectors for Workflows
Workflows is a service to orchestrate not only Google Cloud services, such as Cloud Functions, Cloud Run, or machine learning APIs, but also external services. As you might expect from an orchestrator, Workflows allows you to define the flow of your business logic, as steps, in a YAML or JSON definition language, and provides an […]

GCP – How to use multi-VPC networking in Google Cloud VMware Engine
Not too long ago, we wrote about some key new capabilities in Google Cloud VMware Engine. One of the new main innovations we announced was multi-VPC connectivity, or the ability to connect the same VMware Private Cloud (that’s the name we use at Google to describe what VMware calls a Software Defined Datacenter, or SDDC) […]

AWS – Amazon RDS Now Supports PostgreSQL 13 in AWS GovCloud (US) Regions
Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL now supports major version 13 in AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. PostgreSQL 13 includes improved functionality and performance from new features and enhancements such as de-duplication of B-tree index entries, improved performance for queries that use partitioned tables, incremental sorting to accelerate data sorts, parallel processing of indexes with the VACUUM command, […]

Azure – New Azure VMs for general purpose and memory intensive workloads now in public preview
New Dv5, Dsv5, Ddv5, Ddsv5, and Ev5, Edv5 series Azure Virtual Machines deliver increased scalability and an upgraded CPU architecture, including better price to performance compared to the prior generation. The new VMs – now in public preview – run on the 3rd Generation Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake) processor in a hyper-threaded configuration. […]

GCP – La que nos une: Univision partners with Google Cloud to transform media experiences
The past year has given everyone lots to think about—about our priorities as people and as businesses. As the world retreated behind closed doors, we saw how shared interests and experiences can bring us together. As the world grappled with a common enemy, we witnessed just how differently individuals, communities and indeed entire countries can […]

AWS – AWS announces data sink capability for the Glue connectors
AWS Glue is a serverless data integration service that makes it easy to discover, prepare, and combine data for analytics, machine learning, and application development. AWS Glue custom connectors makes it easy for customers to transfer data between SaaS applications, cross-cloud data stores, AWS services, data warehouses, custom data sources, and Amazon S3. Today, we are […]

AWS – AWS Transit Gateway is Now Available in AWS Asia Pacific (Osaka) Region
AWS Transit Gateway is now available in the Asia Pacific (Osaka) AWS Region along with support for AWS Direct Connect. AWS Transit Gateway enables customers to connect thousands of Amazon Virtual Private Clouds (Amazon VPCs) and their on-premises networks using a single gateway. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon Rekognition Custom Labels is now available in the Europe (Frankfurt), Europe (London), and Asia Pacific (Mumbai) AWS Regions.
Amazon Rekognition Custom Labels is now available in three additional regions AWS regions: Europe (Frankfurt), Europe (London), and Asia Pacific (Mumbai). Read More for the details.

GCP – Colgate-Palmolive moves to the cloud with Chrome Enterprise and Google Workspace
Editor’s note: Today’s post is by Roger Lim, IT Manager of Collaboration Infrastructure Development, and Jim Arcure, Director of Infrastructure Development, both with Colgate-Palmolive, the multinational consumer products company. Colgate-Palmolive is in the midst of a multiyear project to create a collaborative, flexible work culture, leveraging Google Workspace and Chrome Enterprise. Colgate-Palmolive Company is a […]
GCP – How Cloud Spanner helped Merpay easily scale to millions of users
Editor’s note: To launch a new mobile payment platform, Mercari needed a database solution strong on scalability, availability, and performance. Here’s how Cloud Spanner delivered those results. E-commerce companies need to connect customers to their services securely, reliably, with zero downtime. When Mercari, Inc. launched a new mobile payment platform, we chose Cloud Spanner as […]