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AWS – Amazon CloudFront announces new APIs to locate and move alternate domain names (CNAMEs)
Amazon CloudFront announces two new APIs, ListConflictingAliases and AssociateAlias, that help locate and move Alternate Domain Names (CNAMEs) if you encounter the CNAMEAlreadyExists error code. These new APIs let you see which distribution has the CNAME and move the CNAME to a target distribution as long as the source distribution is in the same account […]
GCP – Authenticating to Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL with IAM service accounts
In October of 2020 we announced the launch of a preview of IAM Authentication to Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL. This blog post’s goal is to provide an ELI5 procedural outline of the steps that one needs to take in order to that led to perform: Configure Cloud SQL for IAM Authentication Configure a user agent […]
AWS – AWS Storage Gateway adds support for AWS Privatelink for Amazon S3 and Amazon S3 Access Points
AWS Storage Gateway adds support for AWS Privatelink for Amazon S3 and Amazon S3 Access Points. If you use Amazon S3 File Gateway for your on-premises gateway (VMware, Microsoft Hyper V, Linux Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) or AWS Storage Gateway Hardware Appliance), you can now create a private connection from your gateway directly to Amazon S3 […]
GCP – Learn to code for the cloud: Earn native app development skills badges for free
Earlier this year, we launched the Google Cloud skills challenge, which provides 30 days of free access to training to build your cloud knowledge and an opportunity to earn skill badges that showcase your Google Cloud competencies. Today, we’re adding a Native App Development track to the skills challenge, joining the Getting Started, Data Analytics, […]
GCP – Closer to the action: Call of Duty League and Google Cloud deliver new feature for esports fans
Millions of people annually view esports, as top players and teams compete in thrilling, fast-paced tests of reflexes, strategy, and teamwork. Fans are a diverse group, sharing a passion for action. A new, revolutionary project we’re working on with Call of Duty League just made that action a lot better. ActivStat brings fans, players, and […]
GCP – Measuring Cloud Spanner performance for your workload
Database migration to a new database platform or technology can be daunting for various reasons. One of the common concerns is database performance. It is hard to evaluate database performance early in the evaluation cycle without performing actual data migration and application changes. This becomes even more important in the case of Cloud Spanner where […]
AWS – Amazon EC2 adds Resource Identifiers and Tags for VPC Security Group Rules
Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) now supports resource identifiers and tags for security group rules. You can now manage VPC security group rules using the assigned rule IDs and resource tags. Read More for the details.
AWS – AWS Lambda now supports Amazon MQ for RabbitMQ as an event source
AWS Lambda now supports Amazon MQ for RabbitMQ as an event source, allowing customers to quickly and easily build applications that are triggered from messages in their RabbitMQ queue. Amazon MQ is a managed message broker service for Apache ActiveMQ and RabbitMQ that makes it easy to set up and operate message brokers in the cloud. Customers can […]
AWS – The Amazon Chime SDK adds media capture pipelines to enable capture of meeting video, audio, and content streams
The Amazon Chime SDK lets developers add real-time audio, video, screen share, and messaging capabilities to their web or mobile applications. Starting today, developers can capture the contents of their Amazon Chime SDK meeting and save them to an Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) bucket of their choice with media capture pipelines. This new […]
AWS – Announcing the General Availability of AWS Local Zones in Dallas and Philadelphia
Today we are announcing the general availability of AWS Local Zones in Dallas and Philadelphia. Customers can now use these new AWS Local Zones to deliver applications that require single-digit millisecond latency to end-users or on-premises installations in Dallas and Philadelphia metro areas. Read More for the details.