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GCP – Build large-scale AI/ML and HPC clusters with Cluster Toolkit (formerly HPC Toolkit)
The Cloud HPC Toolkit, now rebranded as Cluster Toolkit, simplifies the creation and management of high performance computing environments on Google Cloud. Initially focused on scientific and technical computing workloads, it has expanded to encompass AI/ML applications, reflecting its widespread adoption across various domains. The Cluster Toolkit empowers users to focus on their workloads by […]
GCP – Accelerate PostgreSQL migrations to Google Cloud: move terabytes of data with Database Migration Service
For anyone bringing new workloads to Google Cloud, Database Migration Service (DMS) offers a comprehensive way to migrate your data, simplifying the process of transfering your data to various Google Cloud databases. Some of the major offerings of DMS include continuous migrations from MySQL, PostgreSQL and SQL Server into Cloud SQL and from PostgreSQL to […]
GCP – Cloud SQL Enterprise Plus delivers enhanced performance, availability and disaster recovery for SQL Server
Organizations running business-critical SQL Server workloads need a managed database service that is performant, highly available, flexible, and reliable. Today, we’re pleased to announce the general availability of Cloud SQL Enterprise Plus edition for SQL Server. With this launch, Cloud SQL Enterprise Plus for SQL Server delivers new innovations that meet the needs of your […]
AWS – AWS Systems Manager launches API support for Quick Setup
Quick Setup, a capability of AWS Systems Manager, provides an intuitive console experience for configuring frequently used Amazon Web Services features and services with recommended best practices. With just a few clicks, customers can enable common configurations and best practices across accounts and regions. This includes enabling auto-updates for popular AWS agents, such as the […]
AWS – New Amazon CloudWatch dimensions for Amazon EC2 On Demand Capacity Reservations
Today, we are introducing new Amazon CloudWatch(CW) dimensions for Amazon EC2 On-Demand Capacity Reservations(ODCR). The existing CW metrics for On-Demand Capacity Reservations can now be grouped using the following new dimensions: Availability Zone, Instance Match Criteria, Instance Type, Platform, Tenancy, or across all Capacity Reservations. You can group the metrics by any of these dimensions, […]
AWS – AWS CodePipeline introduces stage level conditions to implement pipeline gates
AWS CodePipeline V2 type pipelines now support stage level conditions to enable development teams to safely release changes that meet quality and compliance requirements. Customers can configure stage level conditions to gate a pipeline execution before entering the stage, and before exiting a stage – when all actions in the stage have completed successfully, or […]
AWS – Amazon RDS for SQL Server supports integration of transaction log backup with DMS
Amazon RDS for SQL Server now integrates transaction log backups with Database Migration Service (DMS). This integration provides greater reliability in data replication for customers using DMS to replicate data from an RDS for SQL Server source database. If database connection interruptions or sudden transaction volume spikes cause active transaction logs to be archived before […]
AWS – Amazon Redshift releases drivers for supporting single sign-on with AWS IAM Identity Center
Amazon Redshift customers can now connect to their data warehouses via JDBC/ODBC/Python drivers with corporate identity by integrating their identity providers with AWS IAM Identity Center, which enables a seamless single-sign-on experience with other AWS services or Redshift tools that already support trusted identity propagation. With single sign-on capabilities, users can seamlessly access Amazon Redshift […]
AWS – Amazon WorkSpaces now offers Microsoft Visual Studio
Today Amazon WorkSpaces and WorkSpaces Core are announcing the general availability of Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 on WorkSpaces Personal. Following this launch, WorkSpaces administrators can provide comprehensive Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for .NET and C++ developers on Windows powered WorkSpaces. With this launch, Amazon WorkSpaces adds Microsoft Visual Studio Enterprise 2022 and Microsoft Visual Studio […]
AWS – Amazon RDS for MySQL supports Long-Term Support version 8.4 in RDS Database preview environment
Amazon RDS for MySQL now supports version 8.4 in the Amazon RDS Database Preview Environment, allowing you to evaluate the latest Long-Term Support Release on Amazon RDS for MySQL. You can deploy MySQL 8.4 in the Amazon RDS Database Preview Environment that has the benefits of a fully managed database, making it simpler to set […]