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GCP – How Cloud Spanner helped Merpay easily scale to millions of users
Editor’s note: To launch a new mobile payment platform, Mercari needed a database solution strong on scalability, availability, and performance. Here’s how Cloud Spanner delivered those results. E-commerce companies need to connect customers to their services securely, reliably, with zero downtime. When Mercari, Inc. launched a new mobile payment platform, we chose Cloud Spanner as […]
GCP – Build security into Google Cloud deployments with our updated security foundations blueprint
At Google, we’re committed to delivering the industry’s most trusted cloud. To earn customer trust, we strive to operate in a shared-fate model for risk management in conjunction with our customers. We believe that it’s our responsibility to be active partners as our customers securely deploy on our platform, not simply delineate where our responsibility […]
GCP – Seven-Eleven Japan uses Google Cloud to serve up real-time data for fast business decisions
With the rise of technologies like smartphones, retailers have felt the pressure to meet evolving consumer needs and expectations. Seven-Eleven Japan(“SEJ”) has long been on the forefront of this thanks to the way they develop and invest in IT. However, in recent years, Japan’s leading convenience store chain has struggled to maintain its complex legacy […]
GCP – Sign here! Creating a policy contract with Configuration as Data
Configuration as Data is an emerging cloud infrastructure management paradigm that allows developers to declare the desired state of their applications and infrastructure, without specifying the precise actions or steps for how to achieve it. However, declaring a configuration is only half the battle: you also want policy that defines how a configuration is to […]
AWS – Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL Patches 1.9.2 / 2.7.2 / 3.4.2 / 4.0.2 now available
Patches 1.9.2, 2.7.2, 3.4.2, 4.0.2 are now available for customers using Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL-Compatible Edition. For detailed release notes visit our version documentation. You can apply the new patch version in the AWS Management Console, via the AWS CLI, or via the RDS API. For detailed instructions, please see our technical documentation. Read More for […]
AWS – Third-party software built for AWS Control Tower is now available in the AWS Control Tower Console, powered by AWS Marketplace
We are pleased to announce that AWS Control Tower customers can discover a curated collection of third-party software built for AWS Control Tower from within the AWS Control Tower Console. You can choose from professional services and software solutions including identity management, security for a multi-account environment, centralized networking, operational intelligence, Security Information and Event […]
AWS – AWS Secrets Manager Delivers Provider for Kubernetes Secrets Store CSI Driver
Today, AWS Secrets Manager launched the AWS Secrets and Configuration Provider (ASCP), a plugin for the industry-standard Kubernetes’ Secrets Store CSI driver. ASCP enables applications running in Kubernetes pods to retrieve secrets from AWS Secrets Manager easily, without the need for custom code. Once installed, ASCP ensures your applications always receive the most recent version […]
GCP – This week on the Google Cloud blog: April 25, 2021
Here’s a round-up of the key stories we published the week of April 25, 2021. Colossus under the hood: a peek into Google’s scalable storage system Get a deeper look at the storage infrastructure behind your VMs, specifically the Colossus file system, and how it helps enable massive scalability and data durability for Google services […]
GCP – Earth Week in the cloud
Although Earth Day was April 22, at Google Cloud we take sustainability seriously so we celebrated Earth Day all week long. We didn’t want you to miss a thing, so we’re recapping all our news from Earth Week in one handy location. Faster, cheaper, greener? Pick the Google Cloud region that’s right for you When it comes to […]
AWS – AWS Resource Access Manager is Now Available in the Asia Pacific (Osaka) Region
You can now use AWS Resource Access Manager (RAM) in the Asia Pacific (Osaka) Region. Read More for the details.