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AWS – Amazon RDS on VMware Adds Support for Cross-Custom-Availability-Zone Read Replicas
To provide enhanced performance and read scalability, Amazon RDS on VMware adds support for read replicas across Custom Availability Zones for MySQL and PostgreSQL databases. You can create cross-custom-availability-zone read replicas of a DB instance to serve read traffic in one region, thereby increasing aggregate read throughput. A read replica can also be promoted to become […]
AWS – Amazon Connect launches API to configure user hierarchies programmatically
Amazon Connect now provides an API to programmatically create and manage user hierarchies. User hierarchies are a way for you to organize users into groups such as what location they work in or which department they are a part of. With this launch, you can now programmatically mirror your organization’s hierarchy in Amazon Connect as […]
Azure – Azure Firewall Premium is in public preview
Azure Firewall Premium provides next generation firewall capabilities that are required for highly sensitive and regulated environments. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon MSK customers can now use Cruise Control to more easily scale and balance resource utilization within clusters
You can now use Cruise Control to more easily scale and balance I/O in your Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK) clusters. Cruise Control is a popular tool among Apache Kafka users because it drastically simplifies partition management. Cruise Control can also be used to monitor the state and health of clusters using […]
GCP – Use real-time anomaly detection reference patterns to combat fraud
Businesses of every size and shape have a need to better understand their customers, their systems, and the impact of external factors on their business. How rapidly businesses mitigate risks and capitalize on opportunities can set apart successful businesses from businesses that can’t keep up. Anomaly detection—or in broader terms, outlier detection—allows businesses to identify […]
GCP – How we’re advancing intelligent automation in network security
We’re always looking to make advanced security easier for enterprises so they can stay focused on their core business. Already this year, we’ve worked to strengthen DDoS protection, talked about some of the largest attacks we have stopped and made firewall defences more effective. We continue to push our pace of security innovation, and today […]
GCP – Keep it safe and simple: Security enhancements in Google Meet, Gmail, and admin controls
Customers count on Google Workspace’s security to help protect collaboration and communication worldwide. That’s why we are constantly developing security innovations that provide our users, admins, and their organizations with a safer experience when using our products. And it’s this trust that has led us to a new milestone – today, more than 250 million […]
AWS – Amazon Elasticsearch Service adds support for hot reload of dictionary files
Amazon Elasticsearch Service now supports the ability to reload dictionary files without reindexing your data. Elasticsearch uses analyzers to convert string data into terms or tokens that power its search capabilities. These analyzers can do things like remove white space and stop words, perform stemming, handle compound words, and add synonyms. Previously, on Amazon Elasticsearch […]
AWS – Customers can now use AWS Service Catalog stack import to add governance to their existing AWS CloudFormation stacks
AWS Service Catalog administrators can now add Service Catalog governance to their existing AWS CloudFormation stacks. Once imported into Service Catalog, administrators can manage stack updates, govern parameters, and enforce tagging. With this new feature, long-running stacks can be governed while leaving the underlying resources untouched. Read More for the details.
GCP – Introducing Voucher, a service to help secure the container supply chain
Kubernetes helps developers build modern software that scales, but to do so securely, they also need a software supply chain with strong governance. From managed secure base images, Container Registry vulnerability scanning to Binary Authorization, Google Cloud helps secure that pipeline, giving you the support and flexibility you need to build great software without being […]