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GCP – Optimizing object storage costs in Google Cloud: location and classes
Storage is a critical component of any cloud-based infrastructure. Without a place to store and serve your data, databases won’t work, compute can’t run, and networks have nowhere to put the data they’re carrying. Storage is one of the top three cloud expenses for many customers, and most companies’ storage needs are only growing. It’s […]
AWS – AWS CloudFormation Modules now Provides YAML and Delimiter Support
AWS CloudFormation Modules encapsulate one or more AWS resources and their respective properties for reuse across your organization. Modules make it simple to use the specific resources you need, while keeping resource configurations aligned with organizational best practices. You can now create YAML-formatted Modules in your CloudFormation templates. YAML-formatted Modules follow the same anatomy as […]
GCP – Continuous migration to Cloud SQL for terabyte-scale databases with minimal downtime
When Broadcom completed its Symantec Enterprise Security Business acquisition in late 2019, the company made a strategic decision to move its Symantec workloads to Google Cloud, including its Symantec Endpoint Security Complete product. This is the cloud-managed SaaS version of Symantec’s endpoint protection, which provides protection, detection and response capabilities against advanced threats at scale […]
GCP – Broadcom improves customer threat protection with flexible data management
Editor’s note: Today we’re hearing from Padmanabh Dabke, Senior Director of Data Analytics and Zander Lichstein, Technical Director and Architect for GCP Migration at Broadcom. They share how Google Cloud helped them modernize their data analytics infrastructure to simplify their operations, lower support and infrastructure costs and greatly improve the robustness of their data analytics ecosystem. […]
GCP – Schools turn to Google Cloud to help re-open campuses
Schools and institutions are feeling optimistic that they’ll be able to have more in-person instruction in the near future and are eager to welcome students back. But institutions know that reopening safely is a complex challenge and delivering the services we all count on– such as housing, dining and athletics– faces uncertainty. They must plan […]
AWS – New digital rewards and racer profile personalization features on the AWS DeepRacer console
AWS DeepRacer is the fastest way to get rolling with machine learning, giving developers the chance to learn ML hands-on with a 1/18th scale autonomous car, 3D virtual racing simulator, and the world’s largest global autonomous car racing league. With the 2021 AWS DeepRacer League Virtual Circuit now underway, developers have five times more opportunities […]
AWS – Amazon FSx and AWS Backup announce support for copying file system backups across AWS Regions and AWS accounts
Amazon FSx and AWS Backup now enable you to copy your Amazon FSx file system backups (both Amazon FSx for Windows File Server and Amazon FSx for Lustre) across AWS Regions, AWS accounts, or both. With cross-region backups, you can store a copy of your backup data in AWS Regions other than where your primary […]
Azure – General availability: Lustre® HSM tools now available to import from or export to Azure Storage.
New tooling available for integrating Lustre file systems with an Azure storage account. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon Redshift now supports data sharing when producer clusters are paused
Amazon Redshift data sharing allows you to share live data across Redshift clusters for read purposes without the complexity and delays associated with data copies and data movement. Redshift already allows you to pause and resume your data sharing consumer clusters on-demand or based on schedule according to your workload demands. With this new capability, […]
AWS – NICE DCV releases version 2021.0 with Webcam redirection and printer redirection
NICE DCV is a high performance remote display protocol that helps users to securely access remote desktop or application sessions, including 3D graphics applications hosted on servers with high-performance GPUs. Read More for the details.