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GCP – Set up Anthos Service Mesh for multiple GKE clusters using Terraform
Anthos Service Mesh is a managed service mesh for Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) clusters. Anthos Service Mesh allows GKE clusters to use a single logical service mesh, so that pods can communicate across clusters securely and services can share a single Virtual Private Cloud (VPC). Using Anthos Service Mesh requires GKE clusters and firewall rules. […]
GCP – Introducing HPC VM images—pre-tuned for optimal performance
Today, we’re excited to announce the Public Preview of a CentOS 7-based Virtual Machine (VM) image optimized for high performance computing (HPC) workloads, with a focus on tightly-coupled MPI workloads. In 2020, we introduced several features and best-practice tunings to help achieve optimal MPI performance on Google Cloud. With these best practices, we demonstrated that […]
AWS – Amazon Redshift delivers better cold query performance to three additional AWS regions
Improved cold query performance is now available in South America (São Paulo), Canada (Central) and Asia Pacific (Mumbai) regions. Read More for the details.
GCP – How to optimize your network for live video on Google Cloud
Like so many industries impacted by the global pandemic, the media and entertainment industry was forced to quickly create ad-hoc solutions to help broadcasters “keep the show on the air.” This caused seismic shifts in media production, distribution, and consumption, which accelerated trends like virtual work that were already underway and are now likely permanent. […]
GCP – Getting vaccines into local communities safely and effectively
Introducing: Google Cloud’s Intelligent Vaccine Impact solution With a number of COVID-19 vaccines approved, state and local governments are now focused on executing effective and equitable immunization programs. This promises to be the largest public health campaign of a generation, and Google is committed to helping our customers and communities rise to the challenge of […]
Azure – Azure Security Center—Public preview updates for January 2021
New preview enhancements and updates made to Azure Security Center in January 2021. Read More for the details.
Azure – Azure Security Center—general avialability updates for January 2021
New general availability enhancements and updates made to Azure Security Center in January 2021. Read More for the details.
GCP – Limiting public IPs on Google Cloud
You’ve heard this saying: Hope is not a strategy when it comes to security. You have to approach security from all angles, while minimizing the burden on dev and SecOps. But with an ever increasing number of endpoints, networks, and attack surfaces, setting automated and trickle down security policies across your cloud infrastructure can be […]
AWS – AWS Launch Wizard now configures RHEL and SLES clustering for SAP application High Availability
AWS Launch Wizard now configures Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) clustering for High Availability (HA) at the SAP application layer. Read More for the details.
Azure – General availability: Text Analytics’ Named Entity Recognition v3 now supports 10 languages with improved AI quality
With support for more entity categories and more languages, using Text Analytics NER enables organizations to extract higher quality insights from unstructured text. Read More for the details.