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GCP – Are you an Elite DevOps performer? Find out with the Four Keys Project
Through six years of research, the DevOps Research and Assessment (DORA) team has identified four key metrics that indicate the performance of a software development team: Deployment Frequency – How often an organization successfully releases to production Lead Time for Changes – The amount of time it takes a commit to get into production Change […]
Azure – General availability: Zone redundant configuration for Azure SQL Database in additional regions
The zone redundant configuration for Azure SQL Database is now generally available in these additional regions: Canada Central, West US 2, and North Europe. Read More for the details.
AWS – AWS CloudFormation now supports StackSets Resource Type in the CloudFormation Registry
AWS CloudFormation has expanded the CloudFormation Registry to include the StackSets resource type. StackSets is a CloudFormation feature that allows you to centrally manage deployment of cloud resources to multiple AWS accounts and regions in a single operation. You can now model, provision, and manage your stack sets resources alongside other AWS resources through CloudFormation […]
AWS – Announcing event logging and self-upgrade capabilities in SSM Agent, with new version 3.0
AWS Systems Manager Agent (SSM Agent) version 3.0 logs agent start and update events, and you can make these events trigger actions via alarms in Amazon CloudWatch. Additionally, in SSM Agent version 3.0, you can elect to have SSM Agent self-upgrade when the previously installed version of the agent is deprecated. Read More for the […]
AWS – Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL Patches 2.5.4 / 2.6.1 / 3.2.4 / 3.3.1 now generally available
Newer patches 2.5.4 / 2.6.1 / 3.2.4 / 3.3.1 are now available for customers using Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL. For detailed release notes visit our version documentation. You can apply the new patch version in the AWS Management Console, via the AWS CLI, or via the RDS API. For detailed instructions, please see our technical documentation. […]
Azure – Azure Private Link Services available in China
Azure Private Link now includes multiple new services available in all China Regions Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon MSK now supports SASL/SCRAM authentication with usernames and passwords secured by AWS Secrets Manager
Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK) can now authenticate Apache Kafka clients using usernames and passwords for new clusters, secured by AWS Secrets Manager. Username and password authentication uses SASL/SCRAM (Simple Authentication and Security Layer/Salted Challenge Response Authentication Mechanism), a popular authentication mechanism supported by Apache Kafka. By storing credentials in AWS Secrets […]
GCP – Cloud migration: What you need to know (and where to find it)
Migrating to the cloud for an enterprise that has been running workloads on premises for years can be very daunting. To be successful, a migration plan needs to factor in many different aspects relating to people, process and technology. If you are designing the migration, you need guidance and best practices to help steer you […]
GCP – Better together: Google Cloud Load Balancing, Cloud CDN, and Google Cloud Armor
Like many Google Cloud customers, you probably use Global Load Balancing platform to get benefits such as high availability, low latency, and the convenience of a single anycast IP to front-end your global load balancing capacity. But did you know that by adding Cloud CDN and Google Cloud Armor to your existing Global HTTP(S) load […]
AWS – AWS CodeCommit is now available in the EU (Milan) region
CodeCommit is a fully-managed source control service that makes it easy for companies to host secure and highly scalable private Git repositories. CodeCommit eliminates the need to operate your own source control system or worry about scaling its infrastructure. You can use CodeCommit to securely store anything from source code to binaries, and it works […]