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AWS – Introducing Compliant Framework for Federal and DoD Workloads in AWS GovCloud (US)
Compliant Framework for Federal and DoD Workloads in AWS GovCloud (US), a new AWS Solutions Implementation, helps customers accelerate their Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) and U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Cloud Computing (CC) Security Requirements Guide (SRG) compliance while reducing the level of technical effort, cost, and risk. The solution deploys foundational AWS infrastructure […]
AWS – AWS App2Container now supports remote execution of containerization workflows
AWS App2Container (A2C) now supports remote execution of containerization Workflow. With this feature, users can now direct A2C workflows that need to be run on an application server (where applications are deployed) remotely. This is done without directly logging into the application server. Ability to run some of the containerization workflows remotely, has been supported […]
Azure – RabbitMQ Extension for Windows and Linux is now generally available
You can now use the RabbitMQ triggers and bindings extension to respond and send messages with Azure Functions. Read More for the details.
Azure – Azure Monitor for Containers support for Private Clusters now in public preview
You can now view live monitoring data for private clusters. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon EMR Release 6.2 now supports improved Apache HBase performance on Amazon S3, and Apache Hive ACID Transactions on HDFS and Amazon S3
Amazon EMR Release 6.2 now supports improved Apache HBase performance on Amazon S3 with persistent HFile tracking, and Apache Hive ACID transactions on HDFS and Amazon S3. EMR 6.2 contains performance improvements to EMR Runtime for Apache Spark, and PrestoDB performance improvements. Read More for the details.
AWS – AWS Glue launches AWS Glue Custom Connectors
Today we announced the availability of AWS Glue custom connectors, a new capability in AWS Glue and AWS Glue Studio that makes it easy for you to transfer data from SaaS applications and custom data sources to your data lake in Amazon S3. With just a few clicks, you can search and select connectors from […]
GCP – Scale up your EDA flows on Google Cloud with this simple setup
Companies embark on modernizing their infrastructure in the cloud for three main reasons: 1) to accelerate product delivery 2) to reduce system downtime and 3) to enable innovation. Chip designers with Electronic Design Automation (EDA) workloads share these goals, and can greatly benefit from using cloud. Chip design and manufacturing includes several tools across the […]
GCP – You asked, we listened—more productivity features to close out Spanner’s year
Cloud Spanner has had a busy year. We’ve rolled out more enterprise features, including managed backup and restore, local emulator, and numerous multi-region configurations. It’s easier than ever to test and deploy applications across multiple regions without manual sharding, downtime, or patching, and with an industry-leading SLA of 99.999%. In addition to enterprise features, we […]
GCP – Rethinking business resilience with Google Cloud
During my last 20 years of IT projects and consultancy across enterprise businesses, I have seen recurring patterns being implemented to deliver a resilient IT strategy. Challenges across security, operation, innovation, data strategy, and insights are very common for enterprises looking to modernize. 2020 has so far proven to be a very challenging year for […]
AWS – AWS Config launches ability to save advanced queries
AWS Config advanced queries feature adds ability to save your queries in your AWS Config account. Now, when you customize a sample query or write your query, you can save it with a name, description, and tags. This eliminates the need to save a query in a separate repository or rewrite it every time you […]