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GCP – Transforming the consumer goods industry with SAP on Google Cloud
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic struck, the consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry was facing disruption. Consumers have come to expect personalized and seamless experiences at every point in their relationship with a brand. Additionally, consumers are expecting CPG brands to meet rising standards for sustainability, social responsibility, and transparency. Business models are shifting as well. […]
AWS – Amazon RDS M6g and R6g instances now available for MySQL, MariaDB, and PostgreSQL in AWS GovCloud (US), Asia Pacific (Seoul), and Europe (Stockholm) regions
Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) now supports AWS Graviton2-based database (DB) instances in the regions of AWS GovCloud (US), Asia Pacific (Seoul), and Europe (Stockholm). Depending on DB engine, version, and workload, Graviton2 instances provide up to 35% performance improvement and up to 52% price/performance improvement over comparable current generation x86-based instances for Amazon RDS for […]
GCP – Google Cloud Welcomes EU’s new Standard Contractual Clauses for cross-border data transfers
The European Commission (EC) has recently published new Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs, also known as Model Contractual Clauses) to help safeguard European personal data. Following the applicable transition period, these new SCCs will replace the SCCs previously adopted by the EC. Google Cloud plans to incorporate the new SCCs into our contracts to help protect […]
GCP – Leveraging Google geospatial AI to prepare for climate resilience
While there is uncertainty about how much the climate will change in the future, we know it won’t look like the past. Extreme weather events will increase in frequency and severity; the world will continue to warm, and the cost of climate change will increase. Government plays a vital role in understanding and responding to […]
AWS – AWS China (Beijing) Region Adds the Third Availability Zone
Today, AWS China (Beijing) Region* has added a third Availability Zone (AZ) to support the high demand of our growing customer base. An Availability Zone (AZ) is one or more discrete data centers with redundant power, networking, and connectivity in an AWS Region. AZs give customers the ability to operate production applications and databases that […]
AWS – AWS Audit Manager is now available in the Asia Pacific (Mumbai) and Canada (Central) Regions
AWS Audit Manager is now available in the Asia Pacific (Mumbai) and Canada (Central) Regions. Read More for the details.
GCP – Intro to Kf: Cloud Foundry apps on Kubernetes
While many companies are writing brand-new Kubernetes-based applications, it’s still quite common to find companies who want to migrate existing workloads. A common source platform for these applications is Cloud Foundry. However, getting an existing Cloud Foundry application running on Kubernetes can be non-trivial, especially if you want to avoid making code changes in your […]
AWS – Announcing new PostgreSQL 13.2, 13.1, and 12.6 version support for Amazon RDS on AWS Outposts
Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) on AWS Outposts now supports PostgreSQL 13.2, 13.1, and 12.6 for production deployment. Amazon RDS on Outposts allows you to deploy fully managed database instances in your on-premises environments. AWS Outposts is a fully managed service that extends AWS infrastructure, AWS services, APIs, and tools to virtually any datacenter, […]
Azure – General availability: Update in Policy Compliance for Resource Type Policies
Azure Policy built-in policies in which resource type is the only evaluation criterion (e.g. Allowed Resource Types, Disallowed Resource Types) have updated logic to provide a more accurate assessment of your overall environment when aggregated with other policies. Read More for the details.
AWS – New AWS Solutions Consulting Offer – Financial Services Security and Compliance Framework
Financial Services Security and Compliance Framework is an AWS Solutions Consulting Offer delivered via a consulting engagement from Airwalk Reply, an AWS Financial Services Competency Partner. Financial Services Security and Compliance Framework helps customers establish continuous compliance through the use of cloud-native tools, market-leading products, and Airwalk Reply’s own Continuous Compliance Framework (CCF). Customers that […]