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AWS – AWS Device Farm announces support for testing web apps on Microsoft Edge browser
AWS Device Farm’s Desktop Browser Testing feature lets you test your web applications on different versions of Chrome, Firefox, and Internet Explorer browsers. With today’s launch, we are adding support for the Microsoft Edge browser. Read More for the details.

AWS – Amazon EC2 now offers Global View on the console to view all resources across regions together
You can now view your AWS resources such as Instances, VPCs, Subnets, Security Groups, Volumes across AWS Regions. Previously, finding specific resources, monitoring for their status or taking inventory in the console was manual and time consuming. You had to know which region a particular instance resided in, or had to manually switch across multiple […]

GCP – What is Cloud Load Balancing?
Let’s say your new application has been a hit. Usage is growing across the world and you now need to figure out how to scale, optimize, and secure the app while keeping your costs down and your users happy. That’s where Cloud Load Balancing comes in. What is Cloud Load Balancing? Cloud Load Balancing is […]

Azure – Azure Purview is now generally available
The Azure Purview Data Map and Data Catalog are generally available. Read More for the details.

Azure – Norway East Availability Zones now generally available
Azure Availability Zones are now generally available in the Norway East region. These three new zones provide customers with options for additional resiliency and tolerance to infrastructure impact. Read More for the details.

Azure – Azure IoT middleware for FreeRTOS in general availability
Announcing the release of a solution to simplify the connection of devices running FreeRTOS to Azure IoT services. Read More for the details.

GCP – Learn how to create alerts based on your database logs in Cloud SQL
Imagine if you could remember everything you’ve ever done with perfect recall. Humans may not be able to, but databases don’t forget — every single alteration to your data can be recorded and logged, from an automated backup to a query. As such, logs are extremely useful when troubleshooting database behaviour. Cloud SQL uses Cloud […]

GCP – Simplify traffic steering with Cloud DNS routing policies
We are pleased to announce the Preview launch of Cloud DNS routing policies. With this feature, you can define custom ways to steer private and Internet traffic using DNS. There are many instances where traffic needs to be split, either because different vendors are being used or due to geographic preferences or because different versions […]

GCP – Do more with less: Introducing Cloud SQL Cost optimization recommendations with Active Assist
With Cloud SQL, teams spend less time on database operations and maintenance and more time on innovation and digital transformation efforts. This increased bandwidth for strategic work can sometimes lead to significant growth in database fleet size, which in turn can introduce operational complexity when it comes to managing cost. If your financial operations team […]
GCP – Cloud CISO Perspectives: September 2021
We’re busy getting ready for Google Cloud Next ‘21 where we’re excited to talk about the latest updates to our security portfolio and new ways we’re committing to help all of our customers build securely with our cloud. Here are a few sessions you don’t want to miss with our Google Cloud security experts and […]