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GCP – New Cloud DNS response policies simplify access to Google APIs
Organizations building applications on top of Google Cloud make heavy use of Google APIs, allowing developers to build feature-rich and scalable services on Google Cloud infrastructure. But accessing those APIs can be tough if an organization uses VPC Service Controls to isolate resources and mitigate data exfiltration risks. Today, we’re introducing Cloud DNS response policies. […]
Azure – Resource instance rules for access to Azure Storage now in public preview
Resource instance rules enable secure connectivity to Azure Storage by restricting access to specific resources of select Azure services. Resource instance rules to control access to Azure Storage are now in preview in all Azure public regions. Read More for the details.
Azure – Azure Cognitive Services Translator – Inuktitut language text translation now available
Translate to or from Inuktitut into any of the more than 70 languages available in Translator. Read More for the details.
AWS – AWS Direct Connect launches second location in Italy
AWS Direct Connect is now live at Equinix ML2, Milano, Italy. This is the second Direct Connect location in Italy. Equinix ML2 compliments the existing CDLAN Srl in Via Caldera 21, Milano, Italy Direct Connect location. Customers in Italy can use both Milan locations to deploy location-redundant connectivity. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon EBS announces CloudWatch metrics with 1-minute granularity on all EBS volume types
We are excited to announce that all Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) volume types now receive CloudWatch metrics with 1-minute granularity at no additional cost. You can use CloudWatch metrics to monitor the performance and status of your Amazon EBS volumes. Additionally, you can use CloudWatch alarms to automatically perform actions or send SNS […]
GCP – New white paper: Strengthening operational resilience in financial services by migrating to Google Cloud
Operational resilience continues to be a key focus for financial services firms. Regulators from around the world are refocusing supervisory approaches on operational resilience to support the soundness of financial firms and the stability of the financial ecosystem. Our new white paper discusses the continuing importance of operational resilience to the financial services sector, and […]
Azure – 99.99% uptime for Azure Active Directory Premium customers is coming April 1st, 2021
SLA for Azure AD is increasing the up-time commitment to 99.99% for Azure AD Premium customers to support the need for an Identity service with high resilience and low interruptions. Read More for the details.
GCP – Lifecycle of a container on Cloud Run
Editor’s note: Today’s post comes from Wietse Venema, a software engineer and trainer at Binx.io and the author of the O’Reilly book about Google Cloud Run. In today’s post, Wietse shares how understand the full container lifecycle, and the possible state transitions within it, so you can make the most of Cloud Run. Serverless platform Cloud Run runs and autoscales […]
Azure – Confluent Cloud Integration with Azure is now generally available
Confluent and Microsoft have worked together to enable seamless integration experience between Azure and Confluent Cloud – a managed Apache Kafka service. This service will enable you to provision Confluent Cloud resources using Azure client interfaces like portal/CLI/SDKs. Other integration points include single sign-on using Azure Active directory and unified billing through Azure with an […]
Azure – South Central US Availability Zones now generally available
Azure Availability Zones are now generally available in the South Central US region. These three new zones provide customers with options for additional resiliency and tolerance to infrastructure impact. Read More for the details.