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GCP – The Cloud trust paradox: To trust cloud computing more, you need the ability to trust it less
At their core, many cloud security and, in fact, cloud computing discussions ultimately distill to trust. This concept of trust is much bigger than cyber security, and even bigger than a triad of security, privacy, and compliance. For example, trust may involve geopolitical matters focused on data residency and data sovereignty. At the same time, […]
AWS – AWS Fargate for Amazon ECS launches features focused on configuration and metrics
AWS Fargate for Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) announced features to improve configuration and metrics of containers: environment files, secret versions and JSON keys, granular network metrics, and more metadata. Read More for the details.
AWS – Savings Plans Alerts now available in AWS Cost Management
Savings Plans is a flexible pricing model that offers savings of up to 72% on your Amazon EC2, AWS Lambda, and Amazon ECS with AWS Fargate type usage, in exchange for a commitment to a consistent amount of compute usage (measured in $/hour) for a 1 or 3 year term. When you purchase a Savings […]
AWS – Amazon Kendra adds Confluence Cloud connector
Amazon Kendra is a highly accurate and easy to use intelligent search service powered by machine learning. Starting today, AWS customers can automatically index and search content that is contained in Confluence Cloud repositories using Kendra’s new built-in Confluence Cloud connector. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon SQS introduces new console experience in AWS GovCloud (US) regions
The new console for Amazon SQS is now available in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. The SQS console now simplifies development and production workflows by creating a new user experience. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon EMR service limits can now be managed through AWS Service Quotas
You can now use AWS Service Quotas to view and manage your Amazon EMR service limits, also known as quotas, from a central location via the AWS console, API, or AWS CLI. Using AWS Service Quotas, you can view your service limits in one place and eliminate the need to go to multiple sources or […]
AWS – AWS Systems Manager Quick Setup now supports targeting a resource group
AWS Systems Manager Quick Setup now enables you to target your setup to a specific resource group in an AWS account. Now, with a single click you can enable operational actions, such as patch compliance scanning and instance inventory collection, on a logical grouping of resources such as an application or environment. Read More for […]
Azure – Azure Monitor Application Insights Java 3.0 is now generally available
Now you can monitor your Java apps without a single change of code – the Application Java agent can be enabled through just a couple of configuration changes, and will monitor Java applications in any environment. Read More for the details.
AWS – AWS Lambda now supports Amazon MQ for Apache ActiveMQ as an event source
AWS Lambda now supports Amazon MQ for Apache ActiveMQ as an event source to give customers more choices for messaging services to use with their serverless application. Amazon MQ is a managed message broker service for Apache ActiveMQ that makes it easy to set up and operate message brokers in the cloud. Customers can build […]
AWS – AWS Client VPN now supports Client Connect Handler
AWS Client VPN is a managed, scalable, virtual private network service that enables users to securely access both AWS resources and on-premises networks. Read More for the details.