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AWS – Amazon EC2 Hibernation adds support for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
Amazon EC2 now supports Hibernation for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS operating system. Hibernation allows you to pause your EC2 Instances and resume them at a later time, rather than fully terminating and restarting them. Resuming your instance lets your applications continue from where they left off so that you don’t have to restart your OS and […]
GCP – Unlocking the hidden value of data: Launching Dataflow Templates for Elastic Cloud
A key strategic priority for many customers that we work with is to unlock the value of the data they already have. Up to 73%of all data within an enterprise goes unused for analytics. “Dark data” is a commonly used term to refer to this and industry observers believe that most enterprises are only leveraging […]
GCP – How much can you save by migrating legacy apps to Google Cloud? Forrester does the math
Migrating expensive operating systems and traditional workloads to Google Cloud can help organizations reduce data center costs while improving performance and uptime. In addition, organizations can work with Google Cloud and its partners to further modernize those workloads, resulting in additional licensing savings, and avoiding cumbersome licensing audits by legacy enterprise software vendors. To better […]
GCP – Find your GKE cost optimization opportunities right in the console
It doesn’t matter whether you have one Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) cluster or a thousand, whether they’re all GKE standard clusters or autopilot, whether you’re the only person working on infrastructure, or are part of a larger team—knowing how to optimize your clusters for high performance and low cost is the key to success on […]
AWS – AWS IoT Events is available in the Asia Pacific (Mumbai) Region
AWS IoT Events is now available in the Asia Pacific (Mumbai) Region, extending the footprint to 13 AWS regions. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL Supports New Minor Versions 13.4, 12.8, 11.13, 10.18, and 9.6.23; Amazon RDS on Outposts Supports New PostgreSQL Minor Versions 13.4 and 12.8
Following the announcement of updates to the PostgreSQL database, we have added support in Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for PostgreSQL minor versions 13.4, 12.8, 11.13, 10.18, and 9.6.23. We have also added support in Amazon RDS on Outposts for PostgreSQL minor versions 13.4 and 12.8. This release closes security vulnerabilities in PostgreSQL and […]
AWS – Now use Apache Spark, Hive, and Presto on Amazon EMR clusters directly from Amazon Sagemaker Studio for large-scale data processing and machine learning
You can now use open source frameworks such as Apache Spark, Apache Hive, and Presto running on Amazon EMR clusters directly from Amazon SageMaker Studio notebooks to run petabyte-scale data analytics and machine learning. Amazon EMR automatically installs and configures open source frameworks and provides a performance-optimized runtime that is compatible with and faster than […]
AWS – Amazon MSK adds support for Apache Kafka version 2.8.1
Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK) now supports Apache Kafka version 2.8.1 for new and existing clusters. Apache Kafka 2.8.1 includes several bug fixes. To learn more about these fixes you can review the Apache Kafka release notes for 2.8.1. Read More for the details.
GCP – Google named a leader in the 2021 Gartner® Magic Quadrant® for Full Life Cycle API Management
We’re excited to share that Gartner has recognized Google Cloud’s Apigee as a Leader in the 2021 Magic Quadrant for Full Life Cycle API Management, marking the sixth time in a row we’ve earned this recognition. We believe this achievement is a testimony to Google Cloud’s differentiated vision for API management and strong track record […]
AWS – Now programmatically manage alternate contacts on AWS accounts
Today, we are making it easier for customers to view and update the alternate contacts on their AWS accounts using the AWS Command Line Interface (CLI) and AWS SDK. Customers can now programmatically keep their billing, operations, and security contacts for their accounts up to date to ensure that they receive important notifications about their […]