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AWS – Amazon Macie supports criteria-based bucket selection for sensitive data discovery jobs
Amazon Macie now allows you to define a run-time criteria to determine which S3 buckets should be included in a sensitive data discovery job. When a job runs, Macie identifies the S3 buckets that match your criteria and automatically adds or removes them from the job’s scope. This capability makes it easier for you to […]
AWS – New AWS Solutions Consulting Offer – Enterprise Cloud Foundation Accelerator
Enterprise Cloud Foundation Accelerator is an AWS Solutions Consulting Offer delivered via a consulting engagement from World Wide Technology (WWT), an AWS DevOps Competency Partner. Enterprise Cloud Foundation Accelerator enables customers to immediately find value and begin the use of AWS by building out a new, secure, multi-account AWS environment. Customers that request this consulting […]
GCP – Lower development costs: schedule Cloud SQL instances to start and stop
When you’re using a Cloud SQL instance as a development server you likely don’t need to have it running constantly. If so, you can greatly reduce the cost of using Cloud SQL by scheduling your development server to start every morning when your work day starts and stop it each evening when you’re done with […]
GCP – Meet the inspiring folks behind Google Cloud Public Sector
At Google Cloud, being a strategic partner is part of our DNA. Whether it’s listening closely to our customers, helping to build team skills for innovation or simply being there (since we know the cloud is 24/7), we get excited about working hands-on with customers to deliver new solutions. As we look to solve decades-old […]
AWS – Amazon DynamoDB global tables now support AWS CloudFormation
Amazon DynamoDB global tables now support AWS CloudFormation, which means you can create global tables and manage their settings with CloudFormation templates. Global tables build upon the global footprint of DynamoDB to deliver a fully managed, multi-Region, multi-source database. You can use global tables to replicate table updates automatically across the AWS Regions you select, […]
AWS – Amazon WorkDocs adds filtering to the activity feed for both iOS and Android
Starting today, you can now add or remove filters by activity type on a file to narrow your results for both iOS and Android. The Activity Feed is designed to easily track all activities related to your files and folders, allowing you to stay connected to what’s going on. Now with the ability to filter […]
GCP – How insurers can use severe storm data for dynamic pricing
It may be surprising to know that U.S. natural catastrophe economic losses totaled $119 billion in 2020, and 75% (or $89.4B) of those economic losses were caused by severe storms and cyclones. In the insurance industry, data is everything. Insurers use data to influence underwriting, rating, pricing, forms, marketing, and even claims handling. When fueled […]
GCP – API design 101: Links to our most popular posts
APIs play a critical role in helping software connect and communicate, as well as making the lives of developers a little easier. Over the years we’ve published a number of posts to help developers design APIs to get the most from them. Below is a list of our most popular API design posts you can […]
AWS – AWS Step Functions now supports Amazon custom events to EventBridge
AWS Step Functions now supports a service integration with Amazon EventBridge, enabling you to send custom events from your Step Functions workflows to an EventBridge event bus without writing custom code. You can now emit custom events from your workflows that allow loosely-coupled applications to react to steps in your business logic, orchestrated by Step […]
AWS – Amazon RDS Data API now supports FIPS 140-2 validated endpoints
Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) Data API now offers Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-2 validated endpoints. FIPS 140-2 is a U.S. and Canadian government standard that specifies the security requirements for cryptographic modules that protect sensitive information. If you require use of FIPS 140-2 validated cryptographic modules, you can now do so with […]