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GCP – Search and browse Google Cloud code samples
We’ve added new features to our documentation to provide quick and easy ways to search and browse all code samples that are available for Google Cloud. When getting started with a new technology, are you the type of developer who immediately looks for code samples? If so, you’ll be happy to check out these new […]
GCP – Avoid cost overruns: How to manage your quotas programmatically
One important aspect of managing a cloud environment is setting up financial governance to safeguard against budget overruns. Fortunately, Google Cloud lets you set quotas for a variety of services, which can play a key role in establishing guardrails—and protect against unforeseen cost spikes. And to help you set and manage quotas programmatically, we’re pleased […]
GCP – A primer on Cloud Bigtable cost optimization
To serve the various workloads that you might have, Google Cloud offers a selection of managed databases. In addition to partner-managed services, including MongoDB, Cassandra by Datastax, Redis Labs, and Neo4j, Google Cloud provide a series of managed database options: CloudSQL and Cloud Spanner for relational use cases, Firestore and Firebase for document data, Memorystore […]
GCP – Black History Month: Celebrating the success of Black founders with Google Cloud
February is Black History Month —a time for us to come together to celebrate and remember the important people and history of the African heritage. Over the next four weeks, we will highlight four Black-led startups and how they use Google Cloud to grow their businesses. Our first feature highlights TQIntelligence and its founder, Yared. […]
AWS – Introducing Amazon EBS Local Snapshots on Outposts
Starting today, with Amazon EBS Local Snapshots on Outposts you can store snapshots of your Amazon EBS volumes locally on Amazon S3 on Outposts to meet your data residency and local data processing needs. EBS Local Snapshots on Outposts require your Outpost to be provisioned with S3 on Outposts. You can also continue to back […]
AWS – AWS App Mesh now supports mutual TLS authentication
AWS App Mesh now supports mutual TLS (Transport Layer Security) authentication that offers two-way peer authentication. AWS App Mesh is a service mesh that provides application-level networking to standardize how your services communicate, giving you end-to-end visibility and options to tune for high-availability of your applications. Read More for the details.
AWS – Announcing AWS App Mesh Controller for Kubernetes version 1.3.0 with mTLS support
AWS App Mesh Controller for Kubernetes v1.3.0 is now available and includes support for mTLS (mutual Transport Layer Security) authentication on App Mesh. The AWS App Mesh Controller for Kubernetes provides a way to configure and manage AWS App Mesh using Kubernetes directly. AWS App Mesh is a service mesh that provides application-level networking to […]
GCP – Why a leader at Twitter thinks Google Cloud training is a must for IT execs and employees
Editor’s note: Today we’re hearing from Kathleen Vignos, Director of Platform Engineering at Twitter. Kathleen shares how Google Cloud training and certifications help Twitter leaders and employees increase business impact, stay up to date with the latest technologies, and grow their careers. One of Twitter’s core values is having a growth mindset, and as a […]
AWS – AWS Amplify Hosting adds monitoring capabilities with Amazon CloudWatch integration
AWS Amplify Hosting now allows users to monitor metrics for Amplify hosted applications in near real-time. Amplify provides a dashboard with metrics for Incoming requests, Bytes downloaded, Bytes uploaded, 4XX/5XX errors, and latency. You can create CloudWatch alarms in the Amplify console that send notifications when specific criteria are met. An alarm watches a single […]
AWS – AWS Copilot launches v1.2 providing more deployment capabilities
Today, AWS Copilot launched version 1.2 which now provides more deployment capabilities for applications hosted on Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS). Read More for the details.