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AWS – AWS Cloud Map now supports resource tagging in AWS Console
You can now tag your AWS Cloud Map namespaces and services through AWS Console. AWS Cloud Map is a cloud resource discovery service. Using AWS Cloud Map, you can define custom names for your application resources, such as Amazon ECS tasks, Amazon EC2 instances, Amazon S3 buckets, or any other cloud resource. Your application can […]

AWS – New AWS Solutions Consulting Offer – Digital Banking Engagement Platform
Digital Banking Engagement Platform (DBEP) is an AWS Solutions Consulting Offer delivered via a consulting engagement from Sopra Steria, an AWS Financial Services Competency Partner, and its subsidiary Sopra Banking Software. DBEP offers data-driven financial services to help institutions adopt Open Banking capabilities and enhance customer engagement. Customers that request this consulting offer will participate […]

AWS – New AWS Solutions Consulting Offer – AI-Powered Inventory Management
AI-Powered Inventory Management is an AWS Solutions Consulting Offer delivered via a consulting engagement from Intellify, an AWS Machine Learning Competency Partner. AI-Powered Inventory Management helps improve inventory health by automating inventory forecasting to take the time and guesswork out of inventory management. Customers that request this consulting offer will participate in an engagement that […]

Azure – General availability: Soft delete for Azure file shares is now on by default for new storage accounts
Soft delete, which protects Azure file shares from accidental deletion, is now on by default for new storage accounts created after January 31st. Read More for the details.

GCP – Improved troubleshooting with Cloud Spanner introspection capabilities
Excellent developer experience is one of the most important focus areas for Cloud Spanner, Google’s fully managed horizontally scalable relational database service. Whether you are a database specialist or a developer, it is important to have tools that help you understand the performance of your database, detect if something goes wrong, and fix the problems. […]

AWS – New AWS Solutions Consulting Offer – Persistent Digital Bank and Credit Union Solution
Persistent Digital Bank and Credit Union Solution (PDBCUS) is an AWS Solutions Consulting Offer delivered via a consulting engagement from Persistent Systems, an AWS Financial Services Competency Partner. PDBCUS will enable you to deploy new digital banking capabilities including customer onboarding, digital deposits, loan account opening, and automated credit decisioning. Customers that request this consulting […]

AWS – AWS CloudHSM Adds New Availability Zones
Today, AWS CloudHSM launched service in additional Availability Zones (AZs) in US East (N. Virginia), Asia Pacific (Singapore), Asia Pacific (Tokyo) and AWS GovCloud (US-West) to support high demand from our growing customer base. Read More for the details.

GCP – 6 best practices for effective Cloud NAT monitoring
For anyone building distributed applications, Cloud Network Address Translation (NAT) is a powerful tool: with it, Compute Engine and Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) workloads can access internet resources in a scalable and secure manner, without exposing the workloads running on them to outside access using external IPs. Cloud NAT features a proxy-less design, implementing NAT […]

GCP – Location intelligence: the new frontier for data-driven success
At Google, we’ve spent more than 15 years mapping the world and exploring the ways it can help businesses of all kinds do more, from tailoring customer experiences to optimizing processes across the enterprise. Its applications are endless, spanning marketing, workforce management, logistics, and even fraud detection. That’s why we’re excited to share Unlocking Value […]
AWS – Introducing Amazon CloudFront Security Savings Bundle
Today, we are announcing the Amazon CloudFront Security Savings Bundle, a flexible self-service pricing plan that helps you save up to 30% on your CloudFront bill in exchange for a monthly spend commitment for a 1-year term. The savings bundle also includes free AWS WAF (Web Application Firewall) usage up to 10% of your committed […]