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Azure – Node.js 14 in Azure Functions is now generally available
Azure Functions support for the Node.js 14 runtime is now in general availability. Read More for the details.
Azure – General availability: Azure Functions supports .NET 5 in production
Azure Functions now supports running production applications in .NET 5, the latest version of .NET. Read More for the details.
GCP – Scaling workloads across multiple dimensions in GKE
In Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), application owners can define multiple autoscaling behaviors for a workload using a single Kubernetes resource: Multidimensional Pod Autoscaler (MPA). The challenges of scaling Pods horizontally and vertically The success of Kubernetes as a widely adopted platform is grounded in its support for a variety of workloads and their many requirements. […]
GCP – Songkick harmonized their infrastructure with Memorystore
Songkick is a U.K.-based concert discovery service and live music platform owned by Warner Music Group connecting music fans to live events. Annually, we help over 175 million music fans around the world track their favorite artists, discover concerts and live streams, and buy tickets with confidence online and via their mobile apps and website. […]
AWS – Amazon Aurora Global Database Expands Availability to São Paulo and Stockholm
An Amazon Aurora Global Database is a single database that spans multiple AWS Regions, enabling disaster recovery from region-wide outages and low latency global reads. With today’s launch, the feature is available in the AWS Americas (São Paulo) and AWS Europe (Stockholm) Regions. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL-Compatible edition supports simultaneous authentication with both Microsoft Active Directory (AD) and AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
Customers can now enable multiple authentications protocols at the same time for an Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL-Compatible Edition cluster. Amazon Aurora with PostgreSQL compatibility supports both Kerberos authentication with Microsoft Active Directory (AD) and IAM database authentication, but in the past you could choose only one for a given cluster. Now, Amazon Aurora with PostgreSQL compatibility […]
Azure – HDInsight Apache Kafka REST Proxy is now generally available
Azure HDInsight Kafka REST proxy greatly simplifies messaging architecture patterns by allowing Kafka producers and consumers to be located outside the virtual network and enables working with unsupported languages. Read More for the details.
AWS – Introducing Lower Cost Storage Classes for Amazon Elastic File System
Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS) now supports single Availability Zone (AZ) storage classes (One Zone), reducing storage costs by 47% compared to Amazon EFS Standard storage classes, while maintaining the EFS capabilities that customers love. With this launch, you can achieve an effective storage price of $0.043/GB-month.[1] Read More for the details.
Azure – New Brazil Southeast region added to Azure HDInsight
HDInsight is now available for Brazil South customers requiring scenario-based in-country disaster recovery. Read More for the details.
AWS – CloudEndure Migration and CloudEndure Disaster Recovery now support EBS Local Snapshots on AWS Outposts
CloudEndure Migration and CloudEndure Disaster Recovery, services offered by AWS, now allow you to migrate, replicate, and recover applications from any source directly into AWS Outposts or between AWS Outposts devices, leading to lower latencies, better performance, and reduced costs. Previously, replicated data had to be transferred to and stored in a public AWS Region […]